Cate, William a Baptist minister, brother of Noah, was born in. Jefferson County, East Tenn., June 17, 1807, He united with the Church in 1837, was licensed in 1838, and ordained Jan. 24, 1840. In 1842 he took up his residence in Jonesborough. In 1841 he, was appointed General-Convention Agent for East Tennessee, and in … Continue reading “Cate, William”
Cate, Noah
Cate, Noah a Baptist minister, was born in Jefferson County, East Tenn., May 17,1805. He was baptized in 1822, began to preach when but little more than a boy, and was ordained when only eighteen years old. He spent the early part of his ministry in East Tennessee, and was among the first Baptist missionaries … Continue reading “Cate, Noah”
Cate, George W
Cate, George W a Baptist minister, was born at Uxbridge, Mass., in February, 1815. He graduated from Brown University in 1841, and from the Newton Theological Institution in 1844. He was ordained soon after as pastor in Barre, Mass., and died there, in 1847. See Newton Genesis Cat. p. 28. (J.C.S.) Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, … Continue reading “Cate, George W”
Catcna
Catcna (a chain), in Biblical criticism, is an exposition of a portion of the Scriptures, formed of collections from various authors. Thus we have Catenae of the Greek fathers by Procopius, by Olympiodorus, and by Nicephorus, on several books of the Old Testament. Poole’s Synopsis may be regarded as a catena of modern interpretations of … Continue reading “Catcna”
Catchi (or Cutchee) Version of the Scriptures
Catchi (or Cutchee) Version of the Scriptures This dialect is vernacular to the province of Cutch, between the Gulf of Cutch and the Indus. A translation of the Gospel of St. Matthew into Cutchee was made by the late Rev. James Gray, one of the chaplains at Bombay, and in 1835 a small edition was … Continue reading “Catchi (or Cutchee) Version of the Scriptures”
Catchcart, Robert
Catchcart, Robert a Presbyterian minister, came as a licentiate from Ireland, was received into New Castle Presbytery, April 15,1730, and was sent to supply Middletown, Pa., and Brandywine, Kent, and Lewes, in Delaware. In December he was called to Kent, but declined, and settled at Brandywine and probably at Middletown. In 1740 Catchcart began to … Continue reading “Catchcart, Robert”
Catch
Catch “to snatch or catch away,” is said of the act of the Spirit of the Lord in regard to Philip in Act 8:39; of Paul in being “caught” up to paradise, 2Co 12:2, 2Co 12:4; of the Rapture of the saints at the return of the Lord, 1Th 4:17; of the rapture of the … Continue reading “Catch”
Cataw
Cataw SEE CAD. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
catapult
catapult Emblem in art associated with Saint Barbara , patroness of firearms, because of the lightning which struck her father dead. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Cataploce; or, Sudden Exclamation
Cataploce; or, Sudden Exclamation Parenthetic Addition by Way of Exclamation Cat-a-plok-ee (), from (kata), down, and (plokee), a twining or plaiting. The figure is so called because the short sentence so interposed is intertwined with another. This name is given to a parenthesis when it takes the form of a sudden exclamation. Eze 16:23-24.-And it … Continue reading “Cataploce; or, Sudden Exclamation”