Chapin, Calvin, D.D. an eminent Congregational minister, was born in Springfield, Mass., about 1764. He graduated at Yale in 1788, and in 1791 became tutor in the same college, where he remained until March, 1794, when he was ordained pastor at Rocky Hill. He was a trustee of the Conn. Miss. Soc., and one of … Continue reading “Chapin, Calvin, D.D.”
Chapin, Asahel
Chapin, Asahel a Baptist minister, was born at West Springfield, Mass., July 20, 1804. He graduated at Amherst College in 1829, and at the Newton Theological Institution in 1833. He was ordained at Ashtabula, 0., Feb. 13, 1834, where he remained about one year and then removed to Buffalo, N. Y., and was pastor in … Continue reading “Chapin, Asahel”
Chapin, Alonzo B., D.D
Chapin, Alonzo B., D.D a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, was born in 1808 at Somers, Conn. lie practiced law for six years, entered the ministry in 1838, and was rector of the Church in South Glastonbury for several years, until about 1856; subsequently he removed to Hartford, to devote himself more especially to literary work, and … Continue reading “Chapin, Alonzo B., D.D”
Chapin, Almon
Chapin, Almon a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Kirkland, N.Y., Nov. 5, 1809. He was very precocious in childhood; experienced conversion at the age of sixteen; began school-teaching three years later, and settled on a farm in Oswego County, in 1835. He was reclaimed from a backslidden state in 1839, licensed to exhort in … Continue reading “Chapin, Almon”
Chaphenatha
Chaphenatha CHAPHENATHA (1Ma 12:37).Close to Jerusalem on the east. Unknown. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Chaphenatha ka-fena-tha (, Chaphenatha; the King James Version Caphenatha): A name apparently given to part of the eastern wall of Jerusalem or a fort in that neighborhood which is said (1 Macc 12:37) to have been repaired by Jonathan … Continue reading “Chaphenatha”
Chapharperah
Chapharperah SEE MOLE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Chaperon, Nicolas
Chaperon, Nicolas a French engraver, was born at Chateaudun in 1596, and studied painting under Simon Vouet. He visited Rome for improvement, and remained several years, in which time he published his set of fifty-two plates from the loges of Raphael in the Vatican. The following are some of his original works: The Holy Family; … Continue reading “Chaperon, Nicolas”
Chapels, Union
Chapels, Union is a name given to those places of worship in which the service of the Church of England is performed in the morning, and the service of Dissenters in the evening. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Chapelle, Placide-Louis
Chapelle, Placide-Louis (1842-1905) Archbishop of New Orleans, born Runes, Lozere, France ; died New Orleans, Louisiana. He studied at Saint Mary’s Seminary, Baltimore , and was ordained in 1865 . Consecrated coadjutor Archbishop of Santa Fe in 1891 , he succeeded to the see in 1894 , being transferred to New Orleans in 1891 . … Continue reading “Chapelle, Placide-Louis”
Chapelle, Armand Boisbeleau de
Chapelle, Armand Boisbeleau de SEE LA CHAPEPLLE, ARMAND. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature