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Apphia

(Encyclopedia)Apphia ăfˈēə [key], Christian woman associated with Philemon and mentioned in Paul's Letter to Philemon. ...

Hymenaeus

(Encyclopedia)Hymenaeus hīmənēˈəs [key], in the New Testament, Christian denounced by Paul for heresy or apostasy. ...

Tyrannus

(Encyclopedia)Tyrannus tīrănˈəs [key], in the New Testament, teacher of Ephesus at whose school Paul preached. ...

Inver Grove Heights

(Encyclopedia)Inver Grove Heights, city (2020 pop. 36,092), Dakota co., SE Minn. A suburb of St. Paul, its manufactures include motor-vehicle and aircraft parts, asph...

Eutychus

(Encyclopedia)Eutychus yo͞oˈtĭkəs [key], in the New Testament, young man whom Paul raised from the dead. ...

Euroclydon

(Encyclopedia)Euroclydon yûrˌəklīˈdŏn [key], in the New Testament, east or northeast storm wind that caused Paul's shipwreck on Malta. ...

Sandys, Edwin

(Encyclopedia)Sandys, Edwin săndz [key], 1516?–1588, English prelate, archbishop of York (1576–88). While a student at Cambridge he turned to Protestantism. On the death (1553) of Edward VI, Sandys supported L...

Craig, John

(Encyclopedia)Craig, John, 1512?–1600, Scottish minister of the Reformation. He joined the Dominican order, but through reading the Institutes of Calvin, he adopted Protestantism. Imprisoned at Rome for heresy, h...

Peter II, king of Aragón

(Encyclopedia)Peter II, 1174–1213, king of Aragón (1196–1213) and count of Barcelona, son and successor of Alfonso II. He had himself crowned (1204) at Rome by Pope Innocent III, whom he accepted as overlord o...

Arundel, Henry Fitzalan, 12th earl of

(Encyclopedia)Arundel, Henry Fitzalan, 12th earl of ărˈəndəl [key], 1511?–1580, English statesman. Lord chamberlain under Henry VIII, he was a member of the council appointed by Henry to govern during the min...