Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Cassin, Eugene a French philanthropist, was born in Sens, Dec. 11,1796. Having distinguished himself by his devotion to the sick in the hospital of Sens, which he entered as an employee, he went-to Paris and became one of the most active agents of all the societies of instruction and associations of charity. He died Feb. … Continue reading “Cassin, Eugene”

Cassie, John, A.M a Presbyterian minister, was born at Peterhead, near Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1807. He studied theology at Glasgow, was ordained in 1834, and installed pastor of a congregation at Port Hope, Canada West, in 1835; He died June 19, 1861. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1862, p. 316. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological … Continue reading “Cassie, John, A.M”

Cassidy, William Journalist, essayist, critic, b. at Albany, New York, U.S.A., 12 Aug., 1815; d. there 23 Jan., 1873. One of the most accomplished and brilliant journalists of his time, he was educated at the Albany Academy and Union College, graduating in 1833. He studied law with John Van Buren, eighth President of the United … Continue reading “Cassidy, William”

Cassiday, David a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Vermilion County, Ill., June 6, 1826. He was converted when about fourteen; received license to preach in 1846, and admitted into the Illinois Conference; located in 1850, and began business to provide for the education of his children; re-entered the effective ranks in 1852, and continued … Continue reading “Cassiday, David”

Cassidanus (or Cassadus). SEE CASSAN. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Cassianus, Julius, a heretical teacher Cassianus (2) Julius, a heretical teacher who lived towards the end of the 2nd cent., chiefly known to us by references to his writings made on two occasions by Clemens Alexandrinus. In the first passage (Strom. i. 21, copied by Eusebius, Praep. Ev. x. 12) Clement engages in a chronological … Continue reading “Cassianus, Julius, a heretical teacher”

Cassianus, Johannes (Also Called Joannes Massiliensis, Joannes Eremita), according to Gennadius (De Vir. Illust. 100:61), a Scythian; but the more likely view makes him a native of Marseilles. He was brought up at the celebrated monastery of Bethlehem (q.v.), under Germanus, with whom, about A.D. 390, he went to visit the hermits of Egypt, among … Continue reading “Cassianus, Johannes”

Cassianus, bishop of Autun Cassianus (6), bp. of Autun. The date we assign him will vary according as we attach more weight to the ancient Life of him, which professes to be based on a contemporary record (Acta SS. Aug. 5, vol. ii. p. 64), as Ruinart prefers to do, or to a casual statement … Continue reading “Cassianus, bishop of Autun”

Cassianus (11) Johannes, founder of Western Monachism Cassianus (11) Johannes has been called the founder of Western monachism and of the semi-Pelagian school. More exactly, he was the first to transplant the rules of the Eastern monks into Europe, and the most eminent of the writers who steered a course between Pelagianism and the tenets … Continue reading “Cassianus (11) Johannes, founder of Western Monachism”

Cassianus is the name of several persons in early Christian records: 1. The second Gentile bishop of Jerusalem (Eusebins, H. E. v. 12), 2. JULIUS. SEE CASSAN, JULIUS. 3. A Christian schoolmaster, and apparently a shorthand teacher at Imola (Forum Cornelii), in Romagna,. who, on refusing to sacrifice, was given up to the boys of … Continue reading “Cassianus”