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John Bennie (missionary)
John Bennie (1796–1869) was a Presbyterian minister, missionary, and early Xhosa linguist. In 1816 he became associated with the Glasgow Missionary Society while still in Scotland and sailed to South Africa on the ship ''Woodlark'' as a catechist where he carried out his missionary work in the Ciskei. Missionary work John Bennie is one of the founding fathers of the Lovedale Mission Station, which was established among the Ngqika. Bennie resigned from his post at Lovedale due to the deteriorating health of his wife. He went on to establish a mission church for the Dutch Reformed Church in Middelburg. In 1843, John Bennie was transferred by the Glasgow Missionary Society to the Burnshill Mission Station in Burnshill of British Kaffraria. The station had been established by the society in 1831. It was while Bennie was posted at Burnshill that he made the journey described in his book, ''An account of a journey into Transorangia and the Potchefstroom-Winburg Trekker Republic in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Reverend
The Reverend is an style (manner of address), honorific style most often placed before the names of Christian clergy and Minister of religion, ministers. There are sometimes differences in the way the style is used in different countries and church traditions. ''The Reverend'' is correctly called a ''style'' but is often and in some dictionaries called a title, form of address, or title of respect. The style is also sometimes used by leaders in other religions such as Judaism and Buddhism. The term is an anglicisation of the Latin ''reverendus'', the style originally used in Latin documents in medieval Europe. It is the gerundive or future passive participle of the verb ''revereri'' ("to respect; to revere"), meaning "[one who is] to be revered/must be respected". ''The Reverend'' is therefore equivalent to ''The Honourable'' or ''The Venerable''. It is paired with a modifier or noun for some offices in some religious traditions: Lutheran archbishops, Anglican archbishops, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
