Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Albendorf Village in district of Breslau, Silesia. Its shrine with miraculous image of the Virgin is annually visited by thousands of pilgrims. The church, built 1730, is modeled after the Temple of Jerusalem . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Albelda, Moses Ben-Jacob a Greek rabbi at Salonichi, who flourished at the beginning of the 16th century, is the author of , or expositions on the Pentateuch (Venice, 1603): , or disquisitions on the Pentateuch (ibid. 1526,1601): , , or treatises on the articles of faith (ibid. 1583) , an ascetical work on the vanity … Continue reading “Albelda, Moses Ben-Jacob”

Albelda, John SEE ALVELDA. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Albeit ALBEIT.Albeit is a contraction for all be it, and means although it be. It occurs in Eze 13:7, Phm 1:19, and in the Apocrypha. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Albeit ol-beit ( , hna me; literally, lest): Occurs in a paraphrase rather than as a translation of a clause in Phm 1:19 the … Continue reading “Albeit”

Albee, Isaac a Free-will. Baptist minister, was born at Wiscassett, Me., Sept. 20,1766. He was converted at Anson in June, 1795, and in August following he, with others, organized the first church of his denomination in that section of the country. Of this church he was ordained deacon on Oct. 19, 1812, and received license … Continue reading “Albee, Isaac”

Albati a sect so called from the white garments they wore. They entered Italy from the Alps about 1400, having as their guide a priest clothed in white, and a crucifix in his hand. He was deemed a saint, and his followers multiplied so fast that Pope Boniface IX, growing jealous of the augmenting power … Continue reading “Albati”

Albaspinius, Gabriel SEE AUBESPINE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Albany, New York, diocese of Embraces counties of Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, and Washington, and parts of Herkimer and Hamilton counties; area, 10,419 square miles; suffragan of New York. It was the scene of the early missionary labors of Blessed Isaac Jogues and his companions, martyred within … Continue reading “Albany, New York, diocese of”

Albany Capital of New York State, originally named Fort Orange, founded by Walloon settlers, 1623. In its earliest period the missions included in its territory were under the tutelage of Quebec and were ministered to by the Jesuits, among them Blessed Isaac Jogues. Under the Dutch regime there were few Catholic inhabitants but after its … Continue reading “Albany”

Albanus, Heinrich Friedrich a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born Jan. 6, 1694, at Eisleben. He studied at Leipsic and Wittenberg, was in 1719 called to the pastorate at Zscheplin, in Saxony, and died Feb. 10, 1754. He wrote, Disputatio Philolog. de Emphasi Verbi Psalmo 51, 9 (Lips. 1712): Dissertatib de Cor. iv, 3 (ibid.): … Continue reading “Albanus, Heinrich Friedrich”