Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Butler, Augustus Matthew an English Congregational minister, was born at Leicester, March 5, 1837. He was converted in early life, and joined the Church in 1858. In 1861 he became evangelist to the Leicestershire Congregational Union, and five years later removed to Stowupland as an evangelist to the Suffolk Union. He accepted an invitation to … Continue reading “Butler, Augustus Matthew”

Butler, Alban Historian and hagiologist. Born in Appletree, Northamptonshire, England on 24 October 1710 ; died Saint-Omer, France on 15 May 1773 of natural causes. After ordination he taught at the English College at Douai, and devoted himself to compiling “The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and Other Principal Saints,” the work by which he … Continue reading “Butler, Alban (2)”

Butler an honorable officer in the household of Pharaoh, king of Egypt (Gen 40:1; Gen 40:13). The original word , mashkeh’, properly signifies cup-bearer, as it is elsewhere translated (1Ki 10:5; 2Ch 9:4). The Sept. renders it , chief wine-pourer, implying him who had the charge of the rest, which, as appears from 2Ch 9:2, … Continue reading “Butler”

Butland, Benjamin Charles an English Congregational minister, was born in 1838. He learned the printer’s trade in London in the rooms of the Religious Tract Society. Having become interested in the work of foreign missions, he studied in the missionary institution at Bedford, and afterwards at New College, London. He was then ordained in connection … Continue reading “Butland, Benjamin Charles”

Butinone, Bernardo an Italian painter, a native of Travillo, was the companion and friend of Bernardino. In the Church of San Pietro, in Gessato, there are several pictures by Butinone, executed about 1484. He died in 1520. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Butini, Pierre a Swiss theologian and preacher, was born Feb. 8,1678. Having been admitted to the priestly office in 1698, he was called to preach at Leipsic, where he remained three years. ‘ He refused a call to the Church in London, and contented himself with the office of preacher in Geneva, where he died … Continue reading “Butini, Pierre”

Butini, Gabriel a Swiss ascetic theologian and poet, lived in the middle of the 17th century. Having been a village pastor in 1629, he obtained the office of curate of Geneva in 1689. He wrote, Carmina in Miraculosam et Felicem Liberationem a Deo Optimo Maximo Urbi Genevce Missam anno 1602: In Obitam Jacobi Godefiedi Carmen … Continue reading “Butini, Gabriel”

Butini, Dominique a Swiss preacher, was born at Geneva in 1677, and died in 1728. He was librarian in 1709, and published Theses et Universa Philosophia (Geneva, 4to). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Buthos Or Bythos (, the abyss) was the primal essence, among the Valentinian Gnostics, where the spirit is lost in contemplation. According to this system all existence has its ground in the self-limitation of the Buthos, which has in it a fulness of divine life that flows out in the complete series of ceons (q.v.). … Continue reading “Buthos Or Bythos”

Buth is the title of an individual who runs furiously on certain days of the year through the city of Lassa, in Thibet, killing recklessly all whom he meets, in honor of the goddess Manipa, who is said to take special delight in the shedding of blood. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature