Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Carling-Sunday is an English term for the fifth Sunday in Lent, or Passion Sunday, so called because a certain sort of peas, termed Carles, were made into cakes and eaten on that day. A rhyming couplet, designating the Sundays in Lent, after the first, is still commonly’ quoted in certain parts of England. The abbreviated … Continue reading “Carling-Sunday”

Carlill, Thomas an English Wesleyan minister, entered the itinerancy in 1762, after having been local preacher for ten years. In 1798 he became a supernumerary, and died in August, 1801. His sermons were sometimes characterized by an exuberance of wit. See Minutes of the British Conference, 1802. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Carlile, Stephen a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was born in Arkansas about 1818. He professed religion in 1837; soon became class-leader and exhorter; received license to preach in 1839, and was admitted into the Arkansas Conference, in which he served until his death, April 14, 1860. Mr. Carlile filled, with credit to … Continue reading “Carlile, Stephen”

Carli, Giovanni an Italian theologian, was born at Florence in 1425. He joined the Dominican order, and died Feb. 1, 1505. His works, for the most part, are unpublished; among .those published are, Vita B. F. Joannis Dominici Florentini, S. R. E. Carialis (in the Acta Sanctorum, vol. 2) Vita F. Angeli Acciaioli Florentisi, Patrice … Continue reading “Carli, Giovanni”

Carli, Dionigi da Piacenza One of a band of Franciscan friars of the Capuchin Reform, sent out to the Congo in 1666. One of his companions was Padre Michele Angelo Guattini da Rhegio, who wrote an account of the voyage of the missionaries from Genoa to Lisbon and thence to Brazil, Loanda, and the Congo, … Continue reading “Carli, Dionigi da Piacenza”

Carli, Denis an Italian Capuchin missionary, was a native: of Placentia. He was sent, in 1667, by the Propaganda to Africa, with Michael Angelo Guattini de Reggio, and fourteen other Capuchins. On their arrival at Guinea they were appointed to the provinces of Bamba, Congo, and Danda. They baptized three thousand children, and made a … Continue reading “Carli, Denis”

Carley, Robert a Protestant Episcopal clergyman of the diocese of Texas; entered the ministry while a resident of Missouri, in 1870; and in the following year became officiating minister of St. Andrew’s Church, Seguin, Tex. He died Aug. 5,1872. See Prot. Episc. Almanac, 1873, p. 133. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Carley, Jesse an English Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Burwash, Sussex, in June, 1801. He was converted at the age of sixteen, and two years afterwards began his labors as a local preacher in London, where he remained several years. Subsequently he emigrated to New York, and two years after his arrival entered the … Continue reading “Carley, Jesse”

Carleton, George J a Baptist minister, was born in Boston in 1812. He studied for a time at Amherst College, and also at Brown University, but did not graduate. He was ordained pastor of the Church in Andover, Mass., and subsequently labored at Wilmington, Del., and Arlington, Mass. For ten years he was chaplain of … Continue reading “Carleton, George J”

Carleton, George, D.D. bishop of Chichester, was born at Norham, Northumberland, 1559. He was educated by Bernard Gilpin, by whom he was sent to Edmund Hall, Oxford, where he graduated A.B. in 1580, and A.M. in 1585. He remained in the college as fellow and master until 1616. In 1617 he was made bishop of … Continue reading “Carleton, George, D.D.”