Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Brice (Lat. Brixius), Germain a French theologian, native of Auxerre, entered the ecclesiastical career, was almoner of the king, and canon of the cathedral of Paris. He died in the diocese of Chartres in 1538. Besides some small works, he wrote, Germani Brixii Carmina (1519): Dialogus de Episcopatu et Sacerdotio (1526). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. … Continue reading “Brice (Lat. Brixius), Germain”

Briccio, Paolo an Italian prelate and historian, entered the order of the Recollets, was theologian of the duchess of Savoy, and had charge of a Spanish negotiation. He obtained the bishopric of Alba in l142, and died in November 1665. He published, Seraphica, Subalpince D. Thomae Provinciae Monumenta Regio Subalpinorum Principi Sacra (Turin, 1647): De … Continue reading “Briccio, Paolo”

Briccio, Francesco SEE BRIZZIO. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Briccedil;onnet (1) Guillaume Briçonnet A French cardinal, b. at Tours, date of birth unknown; d. at Narbonne, 14 December, 1514. He was a younger son of Jean Briçonnet, Lord of Varennes, in Touraine, Secretary to the king and collector-general of Customs. Appointed Superintendent of Finances for the Province of Languedoc under Louis XI, Guillaume Briçonnet … Continue reading “Briccedil;onnet”

bribery The payment or promise of anything valuable to induce another, while under obligation of acting without additional emolument, to act as the briber prescribes. It ordinarily refers to influencing those bound by office to act for the common good. Bribery in any form, legislative, executive, or judicial, is immoral. Its tendency is to pervert … Continue reading “Bribery”

Bribe (, shochad’, a present, i.e. gift or reward, as often rendered, especially in the corrupt sense, a “bribe ;” also , ko’pher, a ransom or satisfaction, as generally rendered, once “bribe,” 1Sa 12:3), a valuable consideration given or taken for perverting justice; a frequent practice in the East, both by judge and witnesses. SEE … Continue reading “Bribe”

Briareus in Greek mythology, is the name which the deities gave to the frightful. hundred-armed giant AEgaeon. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Briard, Johannes a Flemish theologian, was born at Bailleul in Hainault. He was a doctor of theology, and vice-chancellor of the University of Louvain; a man held in estimation by Erasmus. He died January 15, 1520, leaving Quaestiones Quodlibeticae (Lyons, 1546): De Contractu Sortis seu Loteriae: De Caussa Indulgentiarum, etc. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, … Continue reading “Briard, Johannes”

Briant, Saint Alexander English Jesuit and martyr, born in Somersetshire of a yeoman family about 1556; executed at Tyburn, 1 December, 1581. He entered Hert Hall, Oxford, at an early age, where his remarkable beauty and purity of countenance won for him the appellation, “the beautiful youth”. At Oxford he became a pupil of Father … Continue reading “Briant, Saint Alexander”

Briant, Lemuel a Congregational minister, was born in Scituate, Massachusetts. He graduated at Harvard College in 1739; was ordained pastor of the Church in Quincy, September 4, 1745; was dismissed October 22, 1753; and died at Scituate, October 1, 1754, aged thirty-two. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 1:499. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological … Continue reading “Briant, Lemuel”