Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Chefez (in Italian, Gentile), Moses, a Jewish writer of Italy, was born at Trieste about 1663, and died at Venice in 1711. He is the author of , A’ Philosophical Commentary on the Pentateuch (Venice, 17i0) : , or A Description and Explanation of the Second Temple (ibid. 1696). See Furst, Bibl. Jud. i, 172; … Continue reading “Chefez”

Chef is a name for a reliquary head. There is a fine one of St. Candidus, of the 9th or 10th century, of wood plated with silver, preserved in a church of Geneva. One of St. Eustachius, from Basle, of the 13th century, is in the British Museum. At Chichester there was a chapel of … Continue reading “Chef”

Cheever, William M. a Presbyterian minister, was born at North Vernon, Ind., Sept. 23, 1818. He graduated at Hanover College, Ia., and at Lane Theological Seminary in 1843; became pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church in Kansas City, Mo., and died there June 2, 1878. (W..P. S.) Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Cheever, Thomas a Congregational minister, brother of the preceding, graduated from Harvard College in 1677; was ordained at Malden, Mass., July 27, 1681; and was dismissed in consequence of charges being sustained against him, May 20,1686. After living many years in retirement he recovered public confidence, was installed first pastor of the Church in Chelsea, … Continue reading “Cheever, Thomas”

Cheever, Samuel a Congregational minister, son of the noted schoolmaster, Ezekiel Cheever, was born at. New Haven, Conn., Sept. 22,1639. He graduated from Harvard College in 1659; was ordained pastor of the Church in Marblehead, Mass., Aug. 13, 1684, after having preached there sixteen years, and died May 29, 1724. . Mr. Cheever was distinguished … Continue reading “Cheever, Samuel”

Cheever, George Barrell, D.D a Congregational and Presbyterian minister, was born in Hallowell, Maine, April 17, 1807. He was educated at Hallowell Academy and Bowdoin College, graduating in 1825; also from Andover Theological Seminary in 1830, and was ordained pastor of the Howard Street Congregational Church, Boston, in 1832. In 1835 he published, in a … Continue reading “Cheever, George Barrell, D.D”

Cheever, Ebenezer a Presbyterian minister, was born in 1787. He was converted in his twentieth year, and graduated from Bowdoi College, Brunswick, Me., in 1817. He accepted a call to Mount Vernon Congregational, Church, N. H., in 1819; in 1824 became pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Waterford, N. Y., and there labored for six … Continue reading “Cheever, Ebenezer”

Cheever, Amos a Congregational minister, son of Rev. Samuel Cheever of Marblehead, Mass. He graduated from Harvard College in 1707; was ordained at Manchester, Nov. 17, 1716; and died Jan. 15, 1756 See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, i, 253. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Cheetham, Charles an English Wesleyan minister, was born at Heywood, near Manchester, in 1794. He united with the Church at the age of twelve; commenced his ministry in 1823; retired, broken by sickness, in 1854; and died May 12, 1858. Mr. Cheetham was an animated preacher. See Minutes of the British Conference, 1858. Fuente: Cyclopedia … Continue reading “Cheetham, Charles”

Cheeswright, James Henry an English Wesleyan missionary, was converted in his sixteenth year, sent to the West Indies in 1853, and died at Puerto Plata, San Domingo, August, 1856, in the twenty-sixth year of his age. He overcame difficulties, conciliated the hostile, strengthened the feeble, and aroused the careless. See Minutes of the British Conference, … Continue reading “Cheeswright, James Henry”