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Brooks (Or Brookes), James (1), D.D an English prelate, was master of Balliol College, Oxford, in 1547, vice- chancellor of the university in 1552, and became bishop of Gloucester in 1554. He died September 7, 1558. His publications include a sermon and two dorations. See Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia … Continue reading “Brooks (Or Brookes), James (1), D.D”

BROOKS Num 13:23; Num 21:14; Deu 2:13; 1Sa 30:9; 2Sa 15:23; 1Ki 17:3; 1Ki 18:40 1Ch 11:32; Psa 83:9; Joh 18:1 Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible

Brooklyn, New York, diocese of Embracing Long Island (counties of Kings, Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk); area, 1,007 square miles; established, 1853 ; suffragan of New York. Catholic-Hierarch.Org diocese of Brooklyn Patron Saints Index New Catholic Dictionary Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Brooklyn Comprises the counties of Kings, Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk, or all of Long Island, in the State of New York, U.S.A., an area of 1,007 square miles. The population of Long Island is about 2,000,000, according to the State census of 1905, and of this, 600,000 are Catholics. The Catholics are mostly of Irish, … Continue reading “Brooklyn”

Brookins, Calvin a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Fulton County, N.Y.; January 5, 1827. He was converted in 1841, and united with the Baptist Church, but at the end of a year changed his membership to the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1851 he was licensed to preach, and removed to De Kalb, Illinois, in … Continue reading “Brookins, Calvin”

Brooking, James Harvey a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was born in Virginia, May 20, 1809. He studied law, and was licensed to practice; experienced religion in 1831; and in 1852 received license to preach, and entered the Kentucky Conference, wherein he labored until his decease, September 20, 1865. Mr. Brooking was uniform … Continue reading “Brooking, James Harvey”

Brookhouse, Joseph an English Weslevan minister, was born at Mackworth, Derbyshire, in 1767. He commenced his ministry in 1795, and travelled twenty-four circuits. He became a supernumerary in 1834, and settled at Brighton, afterwards (1844) in London, where he died January 23, 1850. He was a man of unblemished character and fervent zeal. See Minutes … Continue reading “Brookhouse, Joseph”

Brookes, Thomas an eminent English Independent divine, was chosen minister of St. Mary Magdalen about 1651, and ejected in 1662. He died in 1680. He wrote, Precious Remedies for Satan’s Devices (1653; about sixty editions): Heaven on Earth (1654): The Mute Christian under the Smarting Rod (1660): The Private Key of Heaven (1665): Cabinet of … Continue reading “Brookes, Thomas”

Brookes, James Last Catholic Bishop of Gloucester, England, b. May, 1512, in Hampshire, d. 1560. Proceeding to Oxford in 1528, he became Fellow of Corpus Christi in 1531, Doctor of Divinity, 1546, and Master of Balliol, 1547. Brookes was widely known as an eloquent preacher, and, on the deposition of Bishop Hooper, was elevated by … Continue reading “Brookes, James”

Brookes, G an English Baptist minister, was born in 1767, and became a Christian when quite young. When about thirty-five years of age he was called to the pastorate of the Church at Bewdley, in Worcestershire, and commenced his labors about 1802. This was the only Church over which he was ever settled, and he … Continue reading “Brookes, G”