Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Chaptal, Jean Antoine (1756-1832) Catholic chemist . Professor of organic chemistry at the Polytechnic School in Paris, greatly aided the advancement of chemical manufacture, e.g., improved manufacture of saltpetre for gunpowder. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Chaptal, Jean-Antoine Comte de Chanteloup, technical chemist and statesman; b. Nogaret, Lozère, France, 4 June, 1756; d. Paris, 30 July, … Continue reading “Chaptal, Jean-Antoine”

Chapt (, hathath): The Hebrew term hathath means broken, terrified or dismayed. This term as it occurs in Jer 14:4 is rendered chapt in English Versions of the Bible, cracked in the American Standard Revised Version, and dismayed in the Revised Version, margin. Inasmuch as the Hebrew term means broken, it is not incorrectly rendered … Continue reading “Chapt”

Chappuis, Mary de Sales (1793-1875) A Visitandine nun, co-founder of the Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales, born Soyhieres, Berne, Switzerland; died Troyes, France . She sought zealously to promote a form of spirituality called “The Way,” which met with opposition as well as favor. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Chappelow, Leonard, B.D. an eminent Oriental scholar, was born in England in 1683. He was educated at St. John’s College, Cambridge, chosen fellow in 1717, and became Arabic professor in that university in 1720. He also obtained the livings of Great and Little Hormead. He died in 1768. His principal works are, A Commentary on … Continue reading “Chappelow, Leonard, B.D.”

Chappel, William, D.D. bishop of Cork, was born at Lexington, Nottinghams., Dec. 10, 1582, and was educated at Mansfield, from whence he removed to Christ’s College, Cambridge, where he obtained a fellowship. By the favor of archbishop Laud he was made dean of Cashel, Ireland, in 1633, and soon after provost of Trinity College, Dublin. … Continue reading “Chappel, William, D.D.”

CHAPMEN Merchants, 2Ch 9:14 . Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

Chapman, Robert Martin, D.D a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, was born at Petersburg, Virginia, April 20, 1810. He was ten years president of the State University, Vincennes, Indiana; rector successively at Jeffersonville, Indiana, Pewee Valley, Kentucky, Sacramento and Oakland, California, and died at Los Gatos, April 8, 1883. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Chapman, John, D.D. an eminent English theologian, was born at Strathfieldsaye in 1704; studied at King’s College, Cambridge, and in 1739 became rector of Mersham, in Kent, from whence, in 1744, he removed to the rectorship of Alderton. He afterwards became archdeacon of Sudbury, and treasurer of Chichester, and died Oct. 14, 1784. The most … Continue reading “Chapman, John, D.D.”

Chapman ( , enosh hat-tur, man of the journeying, traveler, i.e. for purposes of traffic), a trader who transports articles of commerce from the place of production to a mart (2Ch 9:14); a merchant-man, as the same phrase is rendered in the parallel passage (1Ki 10:15). SEE MERCHANT. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical … Continue reading “Chapman”

Chaplin, Jonathan E. a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Connecticut in 1789, was converted in 1830, and entered the travelling ministry in the Ohio Conference in 1834. He was three years principal of Norwalk Seminary, Ohio, and then remained in the itinerant work in Ohio till 1840, when he removed to the Michigan Conference, … Continue reading “Chaplin, Jonathan E.”