Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Buchanan, Joseph H a Presbyterian minister, was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, September 22, 1833. He was educated at Muskingum College, Ohio; was ordained by the Muskingum Presbytery in 1862, became pastor at Thornville, Ohio, and died at Rushville, September 6, 1864. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1866, page 258. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological … Continue reading “Buchanan, Joseph H”

Buchanan, John Junkin an Associate Reformed minister, was born at Steubenville, Ohio, January 24, 1817. He graduated at Franklin College, New Athens, in 1838, studied theology in the Associate Reformed Seminary of Allegheny City, and was licensed by the Presbytery of Steubenville in 1841. The next year he served two congregations in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, … Continue reading “Buchanan, John Junkin”

Buchanan, John, D.D a minister of the Protestant Episcopal Church, was born near Dumfries, Scotland, in 1748. Having graduated at the University of Edinburgh, he studied law with a view to practicing in his native country; but, having gone to Richmond, Virginia, with his eldest brother, James, a merchant, he conceived an aversion to that … Continue reading “Buchanan, John, D.D”

Buchanan, George was born in 1506 at Killairn, in Dumbartonshire, and, after having studied at the University of Paris and served for a year in the army, he passed A.B. at St. Andrew’s 1525. In 1532 he was appointed tutor to the Earl of Cassilis, with whom he remained in France during five years. Returning … Continue reading “Buchanan, George (2)”

Buchanan, Claudius D.D., vice-provost of the College of Fort William, in Bengal, well known for his exertions in promoting an ecclesiastical establishment in India, and for his active support of missionary and philanthropic labors, was born on the 12th of March, 1766, at Cambuslang, a village near Glasgow. At the age of twenty-one he made … Continue reading “Buchanan, Claudius (2)”

Buchan, David a Baptist editor, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, March 3, 1807. He was educated for the legal profession, but gave it up; came to Canada in 1834, and settled near the town of Paris, where, through his efforts, a Baptist Church was formed. In 1849 he removed. to Toronto, and started a weekly … Continue reading “Buchan, David”

Bucer, Martin Reformer, born Schlettstadt, Alsace , 1491 ; died Cambridge, England , 1551 . He left the Dominican Order to join Luther, and became the chief reformer of Strasbourg. In 1549 he went to England at the invitation of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer and was called to Cambridge as regius professor of divinity. After Luther … Continue reading “Bucer, Martin”

Bucer, Gerson a Dutch theologian, was born in the latter part of the 17th century at Veere, where he also was settled as minister and spent his life. He was well versed in Hebrew, and also in Church government, upon which he wrote a volume, De Gubernatione Ecclesiae, in opposition to Dorman, a famous English … Continue reading “Bucer, Gerson”

Bucer (Butzer), MARTIN, coadjutor of Luther, was born at Schlettstadt, in Alsace, in 1491. His real name was probably Butzer, but some say that it was Kuhhorn, for which, agreeably to the taste of his age, he substituted the Greek synonym Bucer (, ). He assumed the habit of the Dominicans when only fifteen years … Continue reading “Bucer (2)”

Bucelin, Jean a French historian and Jesuit, was born at Cambray in 1571 and died in 1629. He wrote Gallo-Flandria Sacra et Profana (Douay, 1625). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature