Stata Mater a Roman divinity to whom an image was dedicated in the forum, and whose rites consisted in the lighting of fires nightly before her image. She was regarded as a protectress against damage by fire, and was supposed to be either a wife of Vulcan or identical with the goddess Vesta. Fuente: Cyclopedia … Continue reading “Stata Mater”
STARVING THE FLOCK
STARVING THE FLOCK Jer 23:4; Eze 34:2; Eze 34:18; Mat 25:42 –SEE Unfaithful Ministers, LEADERS Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible
Stars, Seven
Stars, Seven the Great Bear, which never sets, and is the emblem of the everlasting state of the Catholic Church (Rev 1:20). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Stars, Seven See ASTRONOMY. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Stars, Seven Amo 5:8. See PLEIADES. Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Stars, Falling, Morning, Wandering
Stars, Falling, Morning, Wandering See ASTRONOMY, I, 8; I, 7; I, 9. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Stars, Courses of
Stars, Courses of See ASTRONOMY, I, 1. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
STARS
Stars The eleven stars (Gen. 37:9); the seven (Amos 5:8); wandering (Jude 1:13); See n in the east at the birth of Christ, probably some luminous meteors miraculously formed for this specific purpose (Matt. 2:2-10); stars worshipped (Deut. 4:19; 2 Kings 17:16; 21:3; Jer. 19:13); spoken of symbolically (Num. 24:17; Rev. 1:16, 20; 12:1). (See … Continue reading “STARS”
Starr, John Wesley (2)
Starr, John Wesley (1), a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was born in Wilke’s County, Ga., Aug. 7, 1806, and associated himself with the Church when fourteen years of age. He was licensed to preach Sept. 17, 1830, and in 1833 was admitted into the Georgia Conference. In 1839 he was transferred to … Continue reading “Starr, John Wesley (2)”
Starr, John Walcott
Starr, John Walcott a Congregational minister, was born at Guilford, Conn., March 9, 1848. He graduated at Yale College in 1871, and at the New Haven Theological Seminary in 1873. Soon after graduation he engaged in missionary labor in the town of Stratton, and in the following year he went to the town of Sleepy … Continue reading “Starr, John Walcott”
Starr, Frederick
Starr, Frederick a Presbyterian minister, was born in Rochester, N.Y., Jan. 23, 1826. He was converted when ten years of age; graduated at Yale College in 1846, and at the Theological Seminary at Auburn, N.Y., in 1849. Early in 1850 he turned his steps westward, and, under Dr. Bullard, began his labors as a city … Continue reading “Starr, Frederick”
Starr, Eliza Allen
Starr, Eliza Allen Born at Deerfield, Massachusetts, 29 August, 1824; died at Durand, Illinois, 8 September, 1901. She was educated at her father’s home. On her father’s side she was descended from Dr. Comfort Starr of Ashford, County Kent, England, who settled at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1633, and, on her mother’s side, from the “Allans … Continue reading “Starr, Eliza Allen”