Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Bright, Thomas a Baptist minister, was born in Walton, England, in 1808. He came to America, and took up his residence in Utica, N.Y., where he was baptized, and soon after became, a minister. The churches he served were in New York state, and in Wisconsin, whither he removed in 1852. He suddenly died, September … Continue reading “Bright, Thomas”

Bright, George a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was born in Virginia, in 1812. He removed to Georgia when a young man; devoted himself to teaching; received license to preach in 1840, and in 1841 entered the Georgia Conference, in which he occupied many important appointments, laboring without interruption, save one year, first … Continue reading “Bright, George”

Bright, Edward, D.D a Baptist minister and editor, was born in 1808, at Kington, Herefordshire, England, but removed with his father to this country at. an early age, and settling in Utica, N.Y., learned the printer’s trade, eventually forming a publishing firm known as Bennett & Bright. A few years afterwards he became pastor of … Continue reading “Bright, Edward, D.D”

Bright, Brightness “bright” (from phos, “light”), is said of a cloud, Mat 17:5; metaphorically of the body, Mat 6:22, “full of light;” Luk 11:34, Luk 11:36. See LIGHT. “shining, brilliant, bright,” is used of the clothing of an angel, Act 10:30; Rev 15:6; symbolically, of the clothing of the saints in glory, Rev 19:8, RV, … Continue reading “Bright, Brightness”

Bright Act 10:30 (c) This tells of the glory and the heavenly character of this Person, the Holy Spirit. Rev 22:16 (a) Describes the beauty, the sinlessness, and the glory of CHRIST. BRIMSTONE Isa 30:33 (a) This reveals the terrible and destructive power of the wrath of GOD when it is poured forth. Rev 9:17 … Continue reading “Bright”

Brighit Saint SEE BRIGIDA. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Brigham Young SEEYOUNG, BRIGHAM. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Brigham, Willard a Congregational minister, was born in Marlborough (now Hudson), Massachusetts, May 4, 1813. He prepared for college at Phillips Academy, Amndover, graduated at Williams College in 1838, and at Andover Theological Seminary in 1842. On May 24, 1843, he was ordained pastor of the new Church at Wardsborough, Vermont, a pastorate which, lasted … Continue reading “Brigham, Willard”

Brigham, John Clark, D.D a Presbyterian minister, was born in New Marlborough, Massachusetts, in 1793. He graduated at Williams College in 1819, studied theology at Andover (class of 1822), spent three years in South America in missionary exploration and Bible distribution, and on his return, in 1825, became connected with the American Bible Society, of … Continue reading “Brigham, John Clark, D.D”

Brigham, Charles Henry a Unitarian minister, was born in Boston, July 27, 1820. He graduated at Harvard; became pastor at Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1844, and at Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1865; professor of ecclesiastical history at Meadville, Pennsylvania, in 1866; and died at Brooklyn, N.Y., February 19, 1879. He wrote, Letters of Foreign Travel: Life … Continue reading “Brigham, Charles Henry”