Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Chace, Hannah a minister of the Society of Friends, wife of Harvey Chace, a prominent member of Swanzey Monthly Meeting, died at Fall River, Mass., July 20, 1833, aged thirty-two years. See The Friend, 6:359. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Chace, George Shepherd a Baptist minister, was born at Penn Yan, N.Y., March 9, 1826. He studied at Madison University, N.Y., from 1848 to 1850 and graduated from Rochester University in 1852, and from the Rochester Theological Seminary in 1854. His pastorates were in Warren, R.I., Pittsburgh, Pa., Columbus, O., Detroit, Mich., and New Bedford, … Continue reading “Chace, George Shepherd”

Chacaras was the name of the sun-priests among the Peruvians. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Chacabut was a religious sect of the Japanese, so called after their founder Chaca or Xaca, which name there signifies what Buddha does in India. They revere him rather as a god than as a religious teacher. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Chabry, Marc a French painter and sculptor, was born at Lyons in 1660, and studied there under Puget. He executed in that city a large number of works in both departments of art, among which were the paintings and bass-reliefs that adorn the great altar of the Church of St. Antoine; also two statues of … Continue reading “Chabry, Marc”

Chabris ( v. r. , Vulg. omits), the son of Gothoniel ( .), one of the three “rulors” () or “ancients” () of Bethulia (q.v.) in the time of Judith (Jdt 6:15; Jdt 8:10; Jdt 10:6). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Chabris CHABRIS.One of the three rulers of Bethulia (Jdt 6:15; Jdt … Continue reading “Chabris”

Chabib, Moses ben a Jewish writer, was a native of Lisbon, in the 16th century. In the persecution against the Jews, he had to leave the country. He is the author of on The First Rudiments of Hebrew Grnamnar (Venice, 1546): on New-Hebrews letrics (written at Bitonto della Puglia in 1486, and published together with … Continue reading “Chabib, Moses ben”

Chabib, Levi ben a Jewish writer, son of Jacob, with whom he had to leave Spain in 1492. was rabbi at Jerusalem, where he died in the middle of the 16th century. He is the author of Decisions (Venice, 1565), and also wrote a commentary on Maimonides treatise on the Jewish calendar, , printed with … Continue reading “Chabib, Levi ben”

Chabib, Jacob ibn a Jewish writer early in the 16th century, was a native of Zamora. He was one of the Spanish exiles who had settled at Saloniki, in Asia Minor. He is the author of a collection of hagadic sentences from the Talmud, to which he added explanations of his own and of others, … Continue reading “Chabib, Jacob ibn”

Chaberon SEE BUDDHA, LIVING. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature