Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Agarene ( ), a Graecized form (Baruch 3, 23) of the name HAGARENE (q.v.). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Agard, Horace an esteemed Methodist Episcopal minister, entered the itinerancy in the Genesee Conference in 1819. In 1821 he was ordained deacon, and in 1823 elder. In 1826 he was made presiding elder of the Susquehanna district, which he served for seven years, and then was transferred to Berkshire district. He filled the various posts … Continue reading “Agard, Horace”

Agar, William Seth An English Canon, born at York, 25 December, 1815; died 23 August, 1872. He was educated at Prior Park, Bath, and was ordained priest there, and appointed (1845) to Lyme, Dorsetshire. Ill health obliged him to leave Lyme twice, and in 1852 he was appointed chaplain to the canonesses of St. Augustine … Continue reading “Agar, William Seth”

Agar, Joseph an English Wesleyan minister, was born in York. He was converted in his twenty-first year; entered the ministry in 1810; preached on the Driffield, Glasgow, and other circuits and died suddenly in Portsmouth, Aug. 23, 1830, aged forty-two. “I scarcely ever knew a person who had fewer infirmities, nor were they of a … Continue reading “Agar, Joseph”

Agar, John a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Newtonbrook, Canada, Feb. 10, 1843. He received an academical education; experienced religion at the age of seventeen; soon began preaching; about 1864. removed to New York State, and in 1873 was received into the Western New York Conference, wherein he labored until his death, at Kendall, … Continue reading “Agar, John”

Agar, Charles an Irish prelate of the last century, was born in Gowran Castle, in the County of Kilkenny, and educated in Westminster School, and afterwards at Christ Church, Oxford. Having entered into holy orders, he was appointed first chaplain to the duke of Northumberland while lord- lieutenant of Ireland in 1763, from which situation … Continue reading “Agar, Charles”

Agar (Hebrew: wandering) Handmaid of Sara (Genesis 16; 21; Galatians 4) by whom Abraham begot Ismael. After the birth of Isaac, Sara caused the expulsion of Agar and her son from the dwellings of the patriarch. The unfortunate woman determined to abandon the boy to death in the wilderness but hearkened to the angel who … Continue reading “Agar”

Agapius, ST. was a bishop and martyr, who with St. Secundianus was put to death for the faith at Cirta, in Numidia, May 6 (other martyrologies say April 29), 259 (or 260), in the same persecution in which Sts. James and Marianus suffered. See Ruinart, Acta Sin, cecr. SEE AGAPETUS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological … Continue reading “Agapius, ST.”

Agapius, monk a Greek monk OF MOUNT ATHOS, in Macedonia, lived in the 17th century. He was the author of The Salvation of Sinners ( ). Claude doubts his being the author. The work is written in Modern. Greek, and cited by Arnaud (De la Perpetuit ‘de la Foi). Nau translated it into Arabic. It … Continue reading “Agapius, monk”

Agapius, Bishop Of Cesarea succeeded Theotenus towards the end of the 3d century. Eusebius, his contemporary, praises him for his knowledge, the laborious character of his episcopate, and his great liberality towards the poor. He ordained St. Pamphilus a presbyter (Eusebius, Hist. Eccles. vii, 32; Niceph. vi, 37). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical … Continue reading “Agapius, Bishop Of Cesarea”