LEONARD See also:

• LEONARD WOODS (1774-1854)
• WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)

WOODS (1774-1854)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American theologian, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• PRINCETON

Princeton, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, on the 19th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1774 . He graduated at Harvard in 1796, and in 1798 was ordained pastor of the Congregational 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)

Church at See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• NEWBURY

Newbury . He was prominent among the founders of See also:

• ANDOVER

Andover Theological See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

Seminary and was its first See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor, occupying the See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian theca logy from 18o8 to 1846, and being professor See also:

• EMERITUS (Lat. from emereri, to serve out one's time, to earn thoroughly)

emeritus until his See also:

• DEATH

death in Andover on the 24th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1854 . He helped to establish the American See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

Tract Society, the American See also:

• EDUCATION

Education Society, the See also:

• TEMPERANCE

Temperance Society and the American See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board of Commissioners for See also:

• FOREIGN

Foreign See also:

• MISSIONS (Lat. missio, a sending)

Missions . He was an orthodox Calvinist and an able dialectician . His See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• WORKS

works (5 vols., Andover, 1849-50) were Lectures on the See also:

• INSPIRATION (Lat. inspirare, breathe upon or into)

Inspiration of the Scriptures (1829), See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of American Missionaries (1833), Examination of the See also:

• DOCTRINE

Doctrine of Perfection (1841), Lectures on Church See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

Government (1843), and Lectures on Swedenborgianism (1846); he also wrote a See also:

• HISTORY

History of Andover Seminary (1848), completed by his son . His son, LEONARD See also:

• WOODS, LEONARD (1774-1854)
• WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)

WOODS (1807-1878), was born in West Newbury, See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

Mass., on the 24th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1807, and graduated at See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College in 1827 and at Andover Theological Seminary in 1830 . His See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of Georg Christian Knapp's Christian See also:

• THEOLOGY

Theology (1831-1833) was See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long used as a See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text-See also:

• BOOK

book in American theological seminaries . He was assistant See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew instructor (1832-1833) at Andover, and having been licensed to preach by the See also:

• LONDONDERRY
• LONDONDERRY, CHARLES WILLIAM STEWART (VANE), 3RD MARQUESS
• LONDONDERRY, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• LONDONDERRY, or DERRY
• LONDONDERRY, ROBERT STEWART, 2ND MARQUESS OF (1769-1822)

Londonderry See also:

• PRESBYTERY

Presbytery in 183o was ordained as an evangelist by the Third Presbytery of New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York in 1833 . In 1834-1837 he edited the newly-established See also:

• LITERARY

Literary and Theological See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review, in which he opposed the " New Haven " theology . After being professor of sacred literature in the See also:

• BANGOR
• BANGOR (formerly BANGOR FAWR, as distinguished from several other towns of this name in Wales, Ireland, Brittany, &c.)

Bangor Theological Seminary for three years, he was See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of See also:

• BOWDOIN, JAMES (1726—1790)

Bowdoin College from 1839 to 1866, and introduced there many important reforms . From June 1867 to See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1868 Dr Woods worked in See also:

• LONDON

London and See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris for the See also:

• MAINE
• MAINE, ANNE LOUISE BENEDICTE DE BOURBON
• MAINE, SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER (1822–1888)

Maine See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical Society, See also:

• COLLECTING

collecting materials for the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early history of Maine; he induced J .

G . See also:

• KOHL

Kohl of See also:

• BREMEN

Bremen to prepare the first See also:

• VOLUME

volume (1868) of the Historical Society's Documentary History, and he discovered a MS. of See also:

• HAKLUYT, RICHARD (c. 1553—1616)

Hakluyt's Discourse on Western Planting, which was edited, partly with Woods's notes, by See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• DEAN (Lat. decanus, derived from the Gr. 8eaa, ten)
• DEAN, FOREST OF

Dean in 1877 . ' He died in See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston on the 24th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1878 . He was a remarkable linguist, conversationalist and orator, notable for his uncompromising See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence, his See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion that the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

reformation was a misfortune and that the reformation should have been within the church . See E . A . See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park, See also:

• LIFE

Life and See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

Character of Leonard Woods, Jr . (Andover, 1880) .