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Lawrence, Saint
(Encyclopedia) Lawrence or Laurence, Saint, d. 258, Roman deacon and martyr. According to legend he was roasted to death on a gridiron. The Latin Fathers praise him in their writings for his role in…Agrapha of Jesus
(Encyclopedia) Agrapha of JesusAgrapha of Jesusăgˈrəfə [key] [gr.,=unwritten], sayings attributed to Jesus not found in the canonical Gospels, but found elsewhere in the New Testament, the Apocryphal…Father's Day Quotations
Compiled by Elizabeth Olson For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers." Homer "It doesn't…Brewer's: Last of the Fathers
St. Bernard, Abbot of Clarivaux. (1091-1153.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Last of the GothsLast Words A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q…Brewer's: Conscript Fathers
In Latin, Patres Conscripti. The Roman senate. Romulus instituted a senate consisting of a hundred elders, called Patres (Fathers). After the Sabines joined the State, another hundred were…Brewer's: Apostolic Fathers
Christian authors born in the first century, when the apostles lived. John is supposed to have died about A.D. 99, and Polycarp, the last of the Apostolic Fathers, born about 80, was his…Brewer's: Penny-father
(A). A miser, a penurious person, who “husbands” his pence “Good old penny-father was glad of his liquor.” Pasquil: Jests (1629). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Pilgrim Fathers
(The). The 102 English, Scotch, and Dutch Puritans who, in December, 1620, went to North America in the ship called the Mayflower, and colonised Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,…Brewer's: Primitive Fathers
(The). The five Christian fathers supposed to be contemporary with the Apostles: viz. Clement of Rome (30-102); Barnabas, cousin of Mark the Evangelist, and schoolfellow of Paul the…Brewer's: Father Mathew
(See Mathew.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Father NeptuneFather A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…Trending
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