Abgar, Abgarus, Abagarus abgar, ab-garus, a-baga-rus (, Abgaros): Written also Agbarus and Augarus. A king of Edessa. A name common to several kings (toparchs) of Edessa, Mesopotamia. One of these, Abgar, a son of Uchomo, the seventeenth (14th?) of twenty kings, according to the legend (Historia Ecclesiastica, i.13) sent a letter to Jesus, professing belief … Continue reading “Abgar, Abgarus, Abagarus”
Abgar
Abgar [see ABGARUS, in vol. 1, p.14] is the name of several kings of Edessa, who reigned, according to the chronicle of that city, at various periods from B.C. 99 to A.D. 217. Of the ten kings who are said to have borne the name of Abgar, we have only to do with the last … Continue reading “Abgar”
Abez
Abez (Heb. E’bets, , in pause A bets, lustre, and hence, perhaps, tin; Sept. , Vulg. Abes), a town in the tribe of Issachar, apparently near the border, mentioned between Kishion and Remeth (Jos 19:20). It is probably the Abesap () mentioned by Josephus (Ant. 6:13, 8) as the native city of the wife whom … Continue reading “Abez”
Abeyance
Abeyance signifies expectancy, probably from the French bayer, to gape after. Lands, dwelling-houses, or goods, are said to be in abeyance when they are only in expectation, or the intendment of the law, and not actually possessed. In the Church of England, when a living has become vacant, between such time and the institution of … Continue reading “Abeyance”
Abetting
Abetting See Complicity Complicity Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Abesta
ABESTA The name of one of the sacred books of the Persian Magi, which they ascribe to their great founder Zoroaster. The Abesta is a commentary on two others of their religious books, called Zend and Pazend; the three together including the whole system of the Ignicold, or worshippers of fire. Fuente: Theological Dictionary Abesta … Continue reading “Abesta”
Abesar
Abesar SEE ABEZ. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Abernethy, Perthshire, Scotland
Abernethy, Perthshire, Scotland Site of the ancient Scottish primatial see, 865-908, had a 5th-century church dedicated to Saint Bridget of Kildare, and a house of Culdees (1097), transferred to Augustinian Canons, 1272. It has one of the three “round towers” of Scotland, 73 feet high. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Abernethy, John
Abernethy, John an eminent Presbyterian divine, educated at the University of Glasgow, and afterward at Edinburgh. Born at Coleraine, in Ireland, 1680; became minister at Antrim in 1708, and labored zealously for twenty years, especially in behalf of the Roman Catholics. The subscription controversy, which was raised in England by Hoadley, the famous Bishop of … Continue reading “Abernethy, John”
Abernethy (or Abernethie), John, D.D
Abernethy (or Abernethie), John, D.D a Scotch prelate, studied at the University of Edinburgh, was laureated in 1587, and became reader in 1588. He was a member of the Assemblies in 1601, 1602, 1608, and 1616; signed a protest against introducing episcopacy in 1606; was chosen constant moderator of the Presbytery; solicited the appointment to … Continue reading “Abernethy (or Abernethie), John, D.D”