Encyclopedia - James Blair Clergyman: Encyclopedia Ii - James Blair Clergyman - Heritage
During the Colonial period, Dr. Blair was instrumental in reviving and reforming the Church of England in Virginia. Dr. Blair's contribut...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Blair Clergyman: Encyclopedia Ii - James Blair Clergyman - Missionary To The Virginia Colony
In London, 1685, he became ordained in the Church of England, and at the request of Henry Compton, the Bishop of London (responsible for ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Barlaam: Encyclopedia - Barlaam
Barlaam. Barlaam of Calabria an Italian clergyman of the 14th century Saint Barlaam, eventual companion of St. Josaphat of India Othe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1465: Encyclopedia - 1465
1465 - Events. July 13 - Battle of Montlhéry Troops of King Louis XI of France fight inconclusively against an army of the great nobl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anglican Terminology: Encyclopedia - Anglican Terminology
The following terms have traditional meanings for the Anglican Church, and possibly beyond: A churchman is in principle a member of a ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - W.v. Awdry: Encyclopedia - W.v. Awdry
The Reverend Wilbert Vere Awdry, OBE, (15 June 1911 – 21 March 1997) was a clergyman, railway enthusiast and children's author, best kn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1146: Encyclopedia - 1146
1146 - Events. Saint Bernard of Clairvaux preaches the Second Crusade at Vezelay, Burgundy First written mention of Bryansk. 1146 - ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Chauncy: Encyclopedia - Charles Chauncy
Charles Chauncy (November 5, 1592 – February 19, 1672) was an Anglo-American clergyman and educator. He was educated at Trinity College...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aaron Bancroft: Encyclopedia - Aaron Bancroft
Aaron Bancroft (10 November 1755 - 19 August 1839) was an American clergyman. He was born in Reading, Massachusetts. He began his studies...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jean-antoine Nollet: Encyclopedia - Jean-antoine Nollet
Jean-Antoine Nollet (19 November 1700 – 25 April 1770) was a French clergyman and physicist. As the head of a monastery, he was also kn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1416: Encyclopedia - 1416
1416 - Events. May 30 - The Catholic Church burns Jerome of Prague as a heretic. 1416 - Births. March 27 - Antonio Squarcialupi, I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1639: Encyclopedia - 1639
1639 - Events. January 14 - Connecticut's first constitution, the "Fundamental Orders," is adopted. January 23 - Francisco Maldonado d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1671: Encyclopedia - 1671
1671 - Events. April - Battle of Saraighat. The Ahom general Lachit Borphukan defeated the Mughal forces on the outskirts of present d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Annie Besant: Encyclopedia - Annie Besant
Annie Wood Besant (Clapham, London October 1, 1847 – India September 20, 1933) was a prominent Theosophist, women's rights activist, wr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry Ward Beecher: Encyclopedia - Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher (June 24, 1813 - March 8, 1887) was a theologically liberal American Congregationalist clergyman and reformer, and aut...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Preacher: Encyclopedia - Preacher
Preacher is a colloquial term for a clergyman, in particular a local priest, pastor or Minister; one who preaches. Some believe a preache...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Barlaam Of Calabria: Encyclopedia - Barlaam Of Calabria
Barlaam of Calabria was an Italian clergyman who converted to Eastern Orthodoxy in the 14th century. He is one of the representatives of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 19: Encyclopedia - August 19
August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 134 days remaining. August 19 - Events...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Archbishop Of Canterbury: Encyclopedia - Archbishop Of Canterbury
The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior clergyman of the established Church of England and symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Com...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andrew Young Poet: Encyclopedia - Andrew Young Poet
This page is not about the poet Andrew Young (1823 - 1901) Andrew John Young (29 April 1885 - 1971) was a Scottish poet and writer on bot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Simeon: Encyclopedia - Charles Simeon
Charles Simeon (1759 - November 13, 1836), was an English evangelical clergyman. He was born at Reading and educated at Eton College and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charlotte Brontë: Encyclopedia - Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte Brontë (April 21, 1816 – March 31, 1855) was an English novelist, the eldest of the trio of Brontë sisters whose novels hav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Captain Clegg: Encyclopedia - Captain Clegg
Captain Clegg is a fictional character and is one of the aliases of the Rev. Dr. Christopher Syn in a series of novels by Russell Thorndi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carlo Maria Cardinal Martini: Encyclopedia - Carlo Maria Cardinal Martini
Carlo Maria Cardinal Martini SJ (born 15 February 1927), Italian clergyman, was Catholic Archbishop of Milan from January 1980 to July 20...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wilberforce: Encyclopedia - Wilberforce
Wilberforce can refer to: the family name of several prominent English men: William Wilberforce, who fought against the slave trade, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - We Three Kings: Encyclopedia - We Three Kings
We Three Kings of Orient Are is a Christmas carol (technically an Epiphany carol) written in 1857 by Reverend John Henry Hopkins. He wrot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Rutter Dawes: Encyclopedia - William Rutter Dawes
William Rutter Dawes (March 19, 1799 – February 15, 1868) was a British astronomer. He was a clergyman who made extensive measurements ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1614: Encyclopedia - 1614
1614 - Births. January 1 - John Wilkins, English clergyman (d. 1672) January 5 - Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Governor of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Dudley Field: Encyclopedia - David Dudley Field
David Dudley Field (February 13, 1805 - April 13, 1894) was an American lawyer and law reformer. He was born in Haddam, Connecticut. He w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vadstena Bracteate: Encyclopedia - Vadstena Bracteate
The Vadstena bracteate (or rather bracteates since there are two of them) is a gold C-bracteate found in the earth at Vadstena in 1774. A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Webster Leadbeater: Encyclopedia - Charles Webster Leadbeater
C.W. Leadbeater (1847 or 1854-1934), English clergyman and Theosophical author, contributed to world thought mostly through his work as a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anne Hutchinson: Encyclopedia - Anne Hutchinson
Anne Hutchinson (July, 1591 – August 20, 1643) was the unauthorized Puritan preacher of a dissident church discussion group and a pione...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Blair Clergyman: Encyclopedia Ii - James Blair Clergyman - Capital Of Virginia Williamsburg
The State House at Jamestown burned again (for the third time) in 1698, and as it had in the past, the legislature again took up temporar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Blair Clergyman: Encyclopedia Ii - James Blair Clergyman - Youth And Education
James Blair was born in Banffshire, Scotland as one of five children. His father, Robert Blair, was a clergyman. James Blair was educated...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Blair Clergyman: Encyclopedia Ii - James Blair Clergyman - College Of William And Mary
The trip to London proved successful. Blair was supported in his efforts by John Tillotson, who was the Archbishop of Canterbury. In 1693...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Blair Clergyman: Encyclopedia Ii - James Blair Clergyman - Religious Leadership Writing
James Blair served as a member and for a time, president of the Governor's Council in Virginia. As representative of the Bishop of London...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry Edward Cardinal Manning: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry Edward Cardinal Manning - Anglican Clergyman
Returning to Oxford, he gained election as a fellow of Merton College, and received ordination; and in 1833 he became rector of Lavington...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry Edward Cardinal Manning: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry Edward Cardinal Manning - Conversion To Catholicism
Manning's belief in Anglicanism was shattered in 1850, when the Privy Council successfully ordered the Church to institute a clergyman w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minister Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Minister Christianity - Issues
There are contrasting views on the level of remuneration given to ministers relative to the religious community. There is often an expect...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry Edward Cardinal Manning: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry Edward Cardinal Manning - Early Life
He was born at Totteridge, Hertfordshire, the third and youngest son of William Manning, a West India merchant, who served as a director ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minister Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Minister Christianity - Training And Qualifications
Depending on the denomination the requirements for ministry vary. All denominations require that the minister has a sense of calling. As ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minister Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Minister Christianity - Related Titles
Minister Christianity - Priests/Vicars. The Roman Catholic, Orthodox churches and some Anglican or Episcopal churches refer to their or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minister Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Minister Christianity - Forms Of Address
In the majority of churches ordained ministers are titled Reverend, however as above some use the term pastor and others do not use any s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Brown: Encyclopedia Ii - John Brown - People Commonly Known As John Brown
John Brown - Scotsmen. John Brown (1826-1883) — the Scottish servant of Queen Victoria John Brown (1715-1766) — a Scottish clergym...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anne Hutchinson: Encyclopedia Ii - Anne Hutchinson - Early Years
Hutchinson was born Anne Marbury on an unknown date sometime in July of 1591 in Alford, Lincolnshire, England. Her parents were Francis M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred Marshall: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfred Marshall - Biography
Marshall grew up in the London suburb of Clapham and was educated at the Merchant Taylor's School and St John's College, Cambridge, where...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Progressive Creationism: Encyclopedia Ii - Progressive Creationism - Historical Development
In the early 19th century many such theories were produced by scientists looking to explain developments in geology but opposed to what t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Priory: Encyclopedia Ii - Priory - Other Prior And Priories
In some abbeys, there also was a prior, but as the deputy of the Abbot. Other congregations may have independent priories that depend in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fleet Marriage: Encyclopedia Ii - Fleet Marriage - Irregular Marriages
By the law of England a marriage was recognized as valid if each spouse had simply expressed (to each other) an unconditional consent the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Defrocking: Encyclopedia Ii - Defrocking - Eastern Orthodoxy
In Eastern Orthodoxy, the laicization of a clergyman or monk, tied to the infringement of a sacred vow or unrepentant heresy, goes hand i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Defrocking: Encyclopedia Ii - Defrocking - Eastern Orthodoxy
In Eastern Orthodoxy, the laicization of a clergyman or monk, tied to the infringement of a sacred vow or unrepentant heresy, goes hand-i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Bancroft: Encyclopedia Ii - George Bancroft - Early Life And Education
His family had been in America since 1632, and his father, Aaron Bancroft, was distinguished as a revolutionary soldier, clergyman and au...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Town Drunk: Encyclopedia Ii - Town Drunk - Antecedents
Because few people are famous only for drinking heavily, there are relatively few historical figures who inform the stereotype of the tow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Flying Dutchman: Encyclopedia Ii - The Flying Dutchman - Origins
Versions of the story are legion. According to some, the story is originally Dutch, while others claim it is based on the English play Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Walrus And The Carpenter: Encyclopedia Ii - The Walrus And The Carpenter - Interpretations
In the movie Dogma (directed by Kevin Smith), a fallen angel named Loki explains his theory that the poem is really an indictment of orga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry Winter Davis: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry Winter Davis - Early Life And Career
He was born in Annapolis, Maryland. His father, Rev Henry Lyon Davis (1775-1836), was a prominent Protestant Episcopal clergyman of Maryl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyrus West Field: Encyclopedia Ii - Cyrus West Field - Early Life
He was born in Stockbridge, Mass., the son of David Dudley Field, a clergyman. At 15 years of age, he abandoned the idea of a college edu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Church Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Church Of England - Appointments
All clergy are in theory appointed by the crown. Indeed no clergyman can be inducted into a parish without the reading of the royal warra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A Tale Of A Tub: Encyclopedia Ii - A Tale Of A Tub - Summary
A Tale of a Tub is divided between various forms of digression and sections of a "tale." The "tale," or narrative, is an allegory that co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - June 6: Encyclopedia Ii - June 6 - Births
June 6 - 1236 to 1899. 1236 - Wen Tianxiang, Chinese prime minister (d. 1283) 1436 - Regiomontanus, German mathematician (d. 1476) 150...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Romance: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander Romance - Li Romans D'alixandre: Alexander In 12th Century French Literature
Attributed to French clergyman Alexandre de Bernay (also known as Alexandre de Pâris), the Roman d'Alexandre (Li romans d'Alixandre) is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Buckland: Encyclopedia Ii - William Buckland - Megalosaurus And Marriage
He continued to live in Corpus Christi College and in 1824 he became president of the Geological Society of London. Here he announced the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - October 6: Encyclopedia Ii - October 6 - Births
October 6 - 1289 to 1899. 1289 - King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306) 1459 - Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 15...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messiah Handel: Encyclopedia Ii - Messiah Handel - Composition And Premiere
In the summer of 1741 Handel, at the peak of his musical powers but depressed and in debt, began setting Charles Jennens' Biblical libret...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing: Encyclopedia Ii - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - Life
Lessing was born in Kamenz, a little town in Saxony. His father was a clergyman and the author of theological writings. After visiting La...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Donne: Encyclopedia Ii - John Donne - Career
Donne's writings of this period, notable for their realistic and sensual style, include many songs and sonnets. His poetry is noted for i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lindy Chamberlain: Encyclopedia Ii - Lindy Chamberlain - Early Life
Lindy Chamberlain was born in Whakatane, New Zealand and moved to Australia with her family in 1949. She and her family were adherents to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Methodist Church Of Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Methodist Church Of Great Britain - History
Methodism arose as a revival movement within the Church of England in the 18th century and was organised by the Church of England clergym...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dmitry Levitzky: Encyclopedia Ii - Dmitry Levitzky - Biography
Dmitry was born in Kiev, currently Ukraine in a family of clergyman and engraver Grigory Levitzky. His father was his first art teacher. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edward Bradford: Encyclopedia Ii - Edward Bradford - Military Career
Bradford was born in Buckinghamshire, the son of a clergyman, and was educated from 1846 at Marlborough College. He was commissioned into...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gerald Heard: Encyclopedia Ii - Gerald Heard - Life And Work
The son of an Anglo-Irish clergyman, Heard was born in London. He studied history and theology at the University of Cambridge. After work...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Peace: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Peace - Early Years
Charles Peace told a clergyman who had an interview with him in prison shortly before his execution that he hoped that, after he was gone...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Billy Butlin: Encyclopedia Ii - Billy Butlin - Early Life
Billy Butlin was born in Cape Town, South Africa. His father, also called William Butler, was the son of a clergyman but his mother, Bert...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Astley Cooper: Encyclopedia Ii - Astley Cooper - Life
Cooper was born at the village of Brooke in Norfolk on August 23, 1768. His father, Dr. Samuel Cooper, was a clergyman of the Church of E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthony Howard Journalist: Encyclopedia Ii - Anthony Howard Journalist - Life And Career
The son of a Church of England clergyman Canon Guy Howard, he was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, University of Oxford,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1972 Outbreak Of Smallpox In Yugoslavia: Encyclopedia Ii - 1972 Outbreak Of Smallpox In Yugoslavia - The Outbreak
In early 1972, a 38-year-old Muslim clergyman from Damnjan near Djakovica, Kosovo, undertook the pilgrimage to Mecca. He also visited hol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shawnigan Lake School: Encyclopedia Ii - Shawnigan Lake School - History
Shawnigan Lake School, an independent (private) school for boys, was founded in 1916 by Christopher Windley Lonsdale (1886-1952). A clerg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Oratory School: Encyclopedia Ii - The Oratory School - The School Today
The school has been described in the past as the "Catholic Eton" (' A Catholic Eton? Newman's Oratory School ' by Paul Shrimpton, ISBN 08...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tess Of The D'urbervilles: Encyclopedia Ii - Tess Of The D'urbervilles - Plot Summary
The story concerns a simple country girl, Teresa "Tess" Durbeyfield, the daughter of uneducated (and rather shiftless) peasants. Tess's f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vágar: Encyclopedia Ii - Vágar - Villages
Vágar has three large villages and three small ones, but a hundred years ago there were seven. The largest is Miðvágur, which has 1025...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Samuel Johnson: Encyclopedia Ii - William Samuel Johnson - Career Before The Constitutional Convention
Johnson was already a prominent figure before the Revolution. The son of a well-known Anglican clergyman and later president of King's (C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virginia Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Virginia Novel - A Short Outline Of The Plot
Born in 1864 to a clergyman and his dutiful wife, Virginia grows up as a Southern belle in the town of Dinwiddie, Virginia. Her education...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pierre Prévost: Encyclopedia Ii - Pierre Prévost - Life
Son of a protestant clergyman in Geneva, he was born in that city, and was educated for a clerical career. However, he abandoned it for l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - R. S. Thomas: Encyclopedia Ii - R. S. Thomas - Works
Almost all of Thomas' work concerns his twin passions, the Welsh landscape and the Welsh people. Underlying these twin themes are the pol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pride And Prejudice: Encyclopedia Ii - Pride And Prejudice - Principal Characters
Mr. Bennet — An English gentleman with an estate in Hertfordshire. He is married with five daughters, a circumstance relevant to his le...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messiah Handel: Encyclopedia Ii - Messiah Handel - Composition And Premiere
In the summer of 1741 Handel, at the peak of his musical powers but depressed and in debt, began setting Charles Jennens' Biblical libret...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leverett House: Encyclopedia Ii - Leverett House - History
Leverett House was named after John Leverett, who was President of Harvard from 1708 to 1724. Leverett's election was one of the signific...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northampton Saints: Encyclopedia Ii - Northampton Saints - History
The club was established in 1880 under the original title of Northampton St. James (Saints) by Rev Samuel Wathen Wigg, a local clergyman ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armand Jean Du Plessis Cardinal Richelieu: Encyclopedia Ii - Armand Jean Du Plessis Cardinal Richelieu - Rise To Power
In 1614, the clergymen of Poitou elected Richelieu as one of their representatives to the States-General. There, he was a vigorous advoca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Darwin: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Darwin - Religious Views
Charles Darwin came from a Nonconformist background. Though several members of his family were Freethinkers, openly lacking conventional ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian And Missionary Alliance: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian And Missionary Alliance - History Of The Denomination
Initially, the Christian and Missionary Alliance was not founded as a denomination. Dr. Albert B. Simpson was a Presbyterian clergyman mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colley Cibber: Encyclopedia Ii - Colley Cibber - Life
Cibber was born in London, his father being Caius Gabriel Cibber, a distinguished sculptor originally from Denmark. Colley's parents want...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Dictionary Clergyman: Meaning Of Dreams About Clergyman
  Clergyman [37] To dream that you send for a clergyman to preach a funeral sermon, denotes that you will vainly strive against...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Handfasting: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Handfasting
Handfasting The Wiccan equivalent of a wedding ceremony. It is only legal if performed by a registered clergyman. Handfasting vows are...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Handfasting: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Handfasting
Handfasting The Wiccan equivalent of a wedding ceremony. It is only legal if performed by a registered clergyman. Handfasting vows are...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Norman Vincent Peale: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Norman Vincent Peale
Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993) Was a clergyman, popular writer, promoter of the belief in the power of positive thinking populariz...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Norman Vincent Peale: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Norman Vincent Peale
Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993) Was a clergyman, popular writer, promoter of the belief in the power of positive thinking populariz...   » Read the article

Article - Meaning Of A Dream: Meaning Of Dreams From; Cholera To Clock
Dream Interpretation including the meaning of dreams about: Cholera, Christ , Christmas Tree, Chrysanthemum, Church, Churchyard, Chu...   » Read the article

Article - Dream Interpretation: Dream Interpretation Of Dreams From;
Dream Interpretation including dreams about: Cholera, Christ , Christmas Tree, Chrysanthemum, Church, Churchyard, Churning, Cider, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Dictionary: Dream Dictionary On Dreams; Cholera To Clock
A Dream Dictionary including dreams about: Cholera, Christ , Christmas Tree, Chrysanthemum, Church, Churchyard, Churning, Cider, Cipher,...   » Read the article