Buckfast Abbey Near Ashburton, England , founded probably about the middle of the 10th century ; incorporated into the Benedictine Congregation of Savigny (later part of the Cistercian Order ) in the 12th century ; and suppressed, 1538 . It was reclaimed by the Benedictines , and legally conveyed to them, 1882 . The community, … Continue reading “Buckfast Abbey”
Bucket
Bucket (, deli’, or , doli’, from hanging down), a vessel to draw water with (Isa 40:15); so , in Joh 4:11; spoken metaphorically of a numerous issue (Num 24:7). SEE WATER. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Bucket (2) (, deli’, or , doli’, from hanging down), a vessel to draw water … Continue reading “Bucket”
Buckeridge, John (2)
Buckeridge, John a Church of England divine and prelate, was born near Marlborough, date unknown. He was educated at Cambridge, and was made D.D. there in 1596. He was afterward rector of North Fambridge, and prebendary of Hereford; in 1604 he became archdeacon of Northampton, and vicar of St. Giles’s, Cripplegate. Becoming chaplain to the … Continue reading “Buckeridge, John (2)”
Bucker, George
Bucker, George an English martyr, was apprehended by the inquisitors appointed under the Six Articles Act, and taken to London, where he was sent to prison, and remained two years in a filthy room hardly large enough for him to stand in. He was declared a heretic, and for this cause was burned in 1544. … Continue reading “Bucker, George”
Buckbridge (Buckeridge Or Buckridge), John
Buckbridge (Buckeridge Or Buckridge), John an English prelate of the first part of the seventeenth century, was born at Draycott, near Marlborough, Wiltshire. He was educated under Mullcaster, in Merchant Taylors’ School, and at St. John’s College, Oxford, where, from a fellow, he became doctor of divinity and president (1605)., He afterwards succeeded Lancelot Andrews … Continue reading “Buckbridge (Buckeridge Or Buckridge), John”
Buck, William Foster
Buck, William Foster an English Congregational minister, was born at Chatham in 1802. He was converted in youth, and received his ministerial preparation at Hoxton College. He went, in 1827, to Burton-on-Trent, where he preached sixteen months, and then became co-pastor at Canterbury. In 1830 Mr. Buck removed to Harleston, Norfolk, and after laboring here … Continue reading “Buck, William Foster”
Buck, William Calmes
Buck, William Calmes a Baptist minister, was born in what is now Warren County, Virginia, August 23, 1790. He was ordained in 1812, served as a lieutenant in the United States army during the war of that year lived in Union County, Kentucky, a number of years, having the pastoral charge of several churches, and … Continue reading “Buck, William Calmes”
Buck, Victor De
Buck, Victor De Bollandist, born at Oudenarde, Flanders, 21 April, 1817; died 28 June, 1876. His family was one of the most distinguished in the city of Oudenarde. After a brilliant course in the humanities, at the municipal College of Soignies and the petit seminaire of Roulers and completed in 1835 at the college of … Continue reading “Buck, Victor De”
Buck, Minerson Erastus
Buck, Minerson Erastus a Protestant Episcopal clergyman of the diocese of Missouri, graduated at Nashotah Theological Seminary (Wisconsin), and was ordained in 1874. From 1874 to 1876 he was rector of Trinity Church, Three Rivers, Michigan; and from 1876 until the close of his life had charge of St. Luke’s Church, Kansas City, Missouri. He … Continue reading “Buck, Minerson Erastus”
Buck, John De
Buck, John De a Reformation martyr, was burned for reading the Scriptures, May 10, 1545, at Gaunt, in Germany. See Fox, Acts and Monuments, 4:384. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature