CHARLES SMILE FREPPEL (1827-1891)
, French bishop and politician, was born at Oberehnheim(Obernai), Alsace, on the 1st of June 1827
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He was ordained priest in 1849 and for a short See also: - TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
taught history at the seminary of Strassburg, where he had previously received his clerical training
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In 1854 he was appointed professor of theology at the Sorbonne, and became known as a successful preacher
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He went to Rome in 1869, at the instance of Pius IX., to assist in the steps preparatory to the promulgation of the dogma of papal infallibility
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He was consecrated bishop of Angers in 1870
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During the Franco- German war Freppel organized a body of priests to minister to the French prisoners in Germany, and penned an eloquent protest to the emperor See also: - WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
I. against the annexation of Alsace- Lorraine
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In 188o he was elected deputy for Brest and continued to represent it until his death
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Being the only priest in the Chamber of Deputies since the death of Dupanloup, he became the chief parliamentary champion of the See also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
, and, though no orator, was a frequent speaker
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On all ecclesiastical affairs Freppel voted with the Royalist and Catholic party, yet on questions in which French colonial prestige was involved, such as the expedition to Tunis, Tong- See also: - KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
, Madagascar (1881, 1883-85), he supported the government of the day
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He always remained a staunch Royalist and went so far as to oppose Leo XIII.'s policy
of conciliating the Republic
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He died at Angers on the 12th of December 1891
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Freppel's historical and theological works forin 30 vols., the best known of which are: Les Peres apostoliques et leur epoque (1859); Les Apologistes chretiens au Ile siecle (2 vols., 186o); Saint Irene et l'eloquence chretienne clans la Gaule aux deux premiers siecles (1861); Tertullien (2 vols., 1863); Saint Cyprien et l'Eglise d'Afrique (1864); Clement d'Alexandrie (1865); Origene (2 vols., 1867)
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There are interesting lives by E
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Cornut ( Paris, 1893) and F
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Charpentier (Angers, 1904)
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