Carriere (or Carrieres), Francois de a French monk of the order of Conventuals of St. Francis, was born at Apt in 1612, and died in 1655, leaving, Medulla Bibliorum, Exprimens Summarie quaelibet Testamenti Liber Veteris Continet (Lyons, fol. 1660) . Fidei Cathol. Digestum, etc. (ibid. 1657, 2 vols. fol.). See Landon, Eccles. Dict. s.v.; Hoefer, … Continue reading “Carriere (or Carrieres), Francois de”
Carrick, Samuel
Carrick, Samuel a Presbyterian minister, was born in York County, Pa., July 17, 1760. At an early age he went to the valley of Virginia, and there pursued his studies under the Rev. William Graham. He was, licensed by the Hanover Presbytery, Oct. 25, 1781; became pastor at Rocky Spring, in November, 1783, and for … Continue reading “Carrick, Samuel”
Carrick, Robert
Carrick, Robert a Scotch clergyman, studied at the Glasgow University, and was licensed to preach in 1713; became tutor in the family of Andrew Buchanan, provost of Glasgow, through whom he was called, in 1719, to the living at Houston, and ordained in 1720. He died May 1, 1771, aged ninety years. See Fasti Eccles. … Continue reading “Carrick, Robert”
Carrick, James
Carrick, James a Scotch clergyman, was licensed to preach in 1765, presented to the living at Baldernock by the king, in 1772, and ordained; transferred to New Kirkpatrick in 1776, and died Feb. 28,1787. See Faisti Eccles. Scoticanae, 2, 343, 365. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Carriages
Carriages In our sense, “vehicles”. Only in 1Sa 17:20; 1Sa 26:5; 1Sa 26:7, margin “place of carriages,” i.e. “the trench,” alluding to the circle of wagons round the encampment. Elsewhere the things carried, baggage (1Sa 17:22; Isa 10:28; Jdg 18:21), literally, heavy things, i.e. the precious goods which the Danites had just seized on. Isa … Continue reading “Carriages”
Carriage
CARRIAGE In the Bible, usually means the baggage which formed the burden of a man of beast, Mal 21:15 . Once it seems to indicate a circular trench or rampart of baggage, etc., around a camp, /1Sa 17:20. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Carriage Vehicles answering to this term in modern usage were not … Continue reading “Carriage”
Carrhae
Carrhae A titular see of Mesopotamia. Carrhae is the Haran of the Bible. It is frequently mentioned in Assyrian monuments under the name Harranu, which means “Road”. It was the centre of the worship of the goddess Sin (the Moon), and was inhabited by Sabeans. Abraham came thither from Ur, in Chaldea (Genesis 11:31), with … Continue reading “Carrhae”
Carretus, Ludovicus
Carretus, Ludovicus a Jewish convert (originally Tadiros Cohen), was a native of France. As the physician of a Spanish duke, he was with the imperial troops who besieged Florence in 1530. Some years afterwards, at the age of fifty, he professed Christianity, at Genoa. He wrote , Liber Visorur Divinolrum, a cabalistic work, in which … Continue reading “Carretus, Ludovicus”
Carrera, Rafael
Carrera, Rafael Born at Guatemala, Central America, 24 October, 1814; died there 14 April, 1865, one of the most remarkable men that Central America has produced. A mestizo, he had no opportunity to secure an education, and learned to sign his name only after he had already risen to power. The judgment usually passed upon … Continue reading “Carrera, Rafael”
Carrera, Francesco
Carrera, Francesco an Italian Jesuit, was born in Sicily in 1629, and died Feb. 27, 1679, leaving Pantheon Siculum, sive Sanctoraum Siculoraum Eloqia (Genoa, 1679, 4to). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Gneral, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature