Glossary of Terms

Hobart Chancel

” An arrangement of church interiors that was favored in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries by John Henry Hobart, Assistant Bishop of New York, 1811-1816, and diocesan bishop, 1816-1830, and others of pre-Oxford Movement high church principles. The design called for the pulpit to be placed against the east wall. The holy table […]

Hobart College, Geneva, New York

Hobart College, first called Geneva College, grew out of the Geneva Academy which was in operation prior to 1800. The Rt. Rev. John Henry Hobart, third Bishop of New York, was the primary founder. A provisional charter was granted on Apr. 10, 1822, and the school's existence dates from that year. On Aug. 5, 1822, […]

Hobart, John Henry

(Sept. 14, 1775-Sept. 12, 1830). Bishop, high church leader, and author. His famous phrase describing his position was “Evangelical Truth and Apostolic Order.” He was born in Philadelphia. He studied two years at the College of Philadelphia before transferring to the College of New Jersey, Princeton, where he received his B.A. in 1793. He studied […]

Hobson, Henry Wise

(May 16, 1891-Feb. 9, 1983). Bishop and publisher. He was born in Denver, Colorado. Hobson graduated from Yale University in 1914. After two years in the Army, he graduated from the Episcopal Theological School in 1920. He was ordained deacon on Dec. 5, 1919, and priest on June 15, 1920. He was assistant minister at […]

Hodges, George

(Oct. 6, 1856-May 27, 1919). A leading proponent of the opportunities for ministry in urban churches. He was born in Rome, New York. Hodges graduated from Hamilton College in 1877. He began his theological studies at St. Andrew's Divinity School, Syracuse, New York. He transferred to the Berkeley Divinity School, where he graduated in 1881. […]

Hoffman Hall, Fisk University

A seminary to train “colored men for the work of the ministry.” On July 15, 1889, Bishop Charles Todd Quintard of Tennessee laid the cornerstone for Hoffman Hall on land adjoining Fisk University. The building was named for the Rev. Dr. Charles Frederick Hoffman. He was a friend of Bishop Quintard. Hoffman gave $6,000 for […]

Hoffman, Cadwallader Colden

(Dec. 15, 1819-Nov. 25, 1865). Missionary to Liberia. He was born in New York City and graduated from the Virginia Theological Seminary in 1848. He was ordained deacon on July 30, 1848, and priest on May 21, 1849. In 1849 he and a classmate, Jacob Rambo, sailed for Cape Palmas, Liberia. Under Hoffman's leadership St. […]

Hoffman, Eugene Augustus

(Mar. 21, 1829-June 17, 1902). Third dean of the General Theological Seminary. He was born in New York City. Hoffman studied first at Rutgers College and then received his B.A. from Harvard College in 1848. He received his B.D. from the General Theological Seminary in 1851. Hoffman was ordained deacon on June 29, 1851, and […]

Hoffman, Virginia Haviside Hale

(Oct. 14, 1832-Mar. 23, 1855). One of the earliest Episcopal missionaries to Liberia. She was born in Glastonbury, Connecticut. Early in life she became interested in missions to foreign unbelievers. She was an evangelical. On Sept. 5, 1850, she married Cadwallader Colden Hoffman. They served at Cape Palmas, West Africa, as missionaries. She died in […]

Holiness

See Notes of the Church.

Holiness, Code of

The name scholars have given to the collection of cultic and moral laws in Lv 17-26. It was apparently one of the sources used by the authors of the priestly source of the Pentateuch. It may have reached its final form in Jerusalem around 650 B.C. It is distinguished by the divine admonition: “You shall […]

Holly, James Theodore

(Oct. 3, 1829-Mar. 13, 1911). Missionary to Haiti and first Bishop of Haiti. He was born in Washington, D.C. Holly was raised a Roman Catholic but became an Episcopalian. He was ordained deacon on June 17, 1855, and priest on Jan. 3, 1856. He then went to Haiti to establish the Episcopal Church there. Upon […]

Holmes, Urban Tigner, III

(June 12, 1930-Aug. 6, 1981). Priest, seminary dean, teacher, and writer. He was born in Durham, North Carolina. Holmes received his B.A. in 1950 and his M.A. in 1954, both from the University of North Carolina. He received his M.Div. from the Philadelphia Divinity School in 1954. He was ordained deacon on June 26, 1954, […]

Holy Communion

See Eucharist.

Holy Cross Day

A major feast observed on Sept. 14 in honor of Christ's self-offering on the cross for our salvation. The collect for Holy Cross Day recalls that Christ "was lifted high upon the cross that he might draw the whole world unto himself," and prays that "we, who glory in the mystery of our redemption, may […]

Holy Days

In a general sense, a holy day is any day set apart for special observance because of its significance for faith. The BCP Calendar of the church year specifically lists as holy days the Feasts of our Lord (such as the Presentation, and the Transfiguration), other major feasts (such as all feasts of Apostles and […]

Holy Eucharist

See Eucharist.

Holy Hour

Devotion in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist for an hour. See Eucharistic Adoration.

Holy Innocents, The

Male infants slaughtered by King Herod the Great in Bethlehem in an unsuccessful attempt to kill the “king of the Jews.” The Gospel of Matthew, ch. 2, records that the wise men, or Magi, from the east were seeking the child who was born king of the Jews. They had “observed his star at its […]

Holy Matrimony

See Celebration and Blessing of a Marriage.

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