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| == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50355" /> ==
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| <p> <strong> [[Crescens]] </strong> . A companion of St. Paul in his final imprisonment, sent by him to [[Galatia]] ( 2 Timothy 4:10 ), <em> i.e. </em> either to Asiatic Galatia, or possibly to Gaul. A late Western tradition treats him as the founder of the Churches of [[Vienne]] and of Mayence. His memory is honoured in the Roman [[Martyrology]] on June 27, in the Greek Menologion on May 30, and there he is treated as one of the seventy disciples, and a bishop of Chalcedon. </p> | | Crescens <ref name="term_35344" /> |
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| | <p> a Cynic philosopher who acquired great influence over the mind of the emperor Aurelius. While the other schools of philosophers looked down with contempt on the Christians, the [[Cynics]] had been more favorably inclined towards them; but Justin [[Martyr]] having offended [[Crescens]] by some remarks he made against him in an apology addressed to the emperor, Crescens swore to be revenged, and, to accomplish his purpose, incited the emperor to persecute the Christians. Justin Martyr was one of the victims of this persecution. (See Justin Martyr). </p> |
| == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71948" /> ==
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| <p> '''Cres'cens.''' ''(Growing).'' 2 Timothy 4:10. An assistant of St. Paul, said to have been one of the seventy disciples. </p>
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| == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34947" /> ==
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| <p> Paul's companion at Rome who had gone to Galatia when Paul wrote 2 Timothy 4:10. In Galatia he preached the gospel, according to the [[Apostolic]] Constitutions. </p>
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| == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15864" /> ==
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| <p> An assistant of the apostle Paul, and probably one of the seventy disciples; supposed to have exercised his ministry in Galatia, 2 Timothy 4:10 . </p>
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| == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_65562" /> ==
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| <p> [[Disciple]] with Paul at Rome. He left Paul and went to Galatia. 2 Timothy 4:10 . </p>
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| == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_39522" /> ==
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| 2 Timothy 4:10
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| == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30937" /> ==
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| 2 Timothy 4:10
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| == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_35349" /> ==
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| <p> ( '''''Κρήσκης''''' , for Latin [[Crescens]] , growing), an assistant of the apostle Paul ( 2 Timothy 4:10, where he is stated to have left Rome for Galatia), A.D. 64. He is generally supposed to have been one of the seventy disciples of Christ. It is alleged in the [[Apostolical Constitutions]] (7, 46), and by the fathers of the Church, that he preached the [[Gospel]] in Galatia, a fact probably deduced conjecturally from the only text ( 2 Timothy 4:10) in which his name occurs. There is a less ancient tradition (in Sophronius), according to which Crescens preached, went into [[Gaul]] (Galatia; see [[Theodoret]] on 2 Timothy 1, c.), and became the founder of the Church in Vienne; but it deserves no notice, having probably no other foundation than the resemblance of the names Galatia and Gallia. From the fact of his having a Latin name, many have inferred that he was a [[Christian]] of Rome. (See Bechler, De Crescente, Viteb. 1689.) </p>
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| == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2634" /> ==
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| <p> ''''' kres´enz ''''' ( Κρήσκης , <i> ''''' Krḗskēs ''''' </i> , "increasing"): An assistant of Paul, mentioned in 2 Timothy 4:10 as having gone to Galatia. That he was one of the Seventy, and that he founded the church in [[Vienna]] in Gaul, are traditions without any trustworthy basis. </p>
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| == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15416" /> ==
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| <p> Cres´cens, an assistant of St. Paul, and generally supposed to have been one of the seventy disciples of Christ. It is alleged in the [[Apostolical]] Constitutions (vii. 46), and by the fathers of the church, that he preached the Gospel in Galatia, a fact probably deduced conjecturally from the only text in which his name occurs. </p>
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| | | <ref name="term_35344"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/crescens+(2) Crescens from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> |
| <ref name="term_50355"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/crescens Crescens from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | |
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| <ref name="term_71948"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/crescens Crescens from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_34947"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/crescens Crescens from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_15864"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/american-tract-society-bible-dictionary/crescens Crescens from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_65562"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/crescens Crescens from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_39522"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/crescens Crescens from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_30937"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/crescens Crescens from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_35349"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/crescens Crescens from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_2634"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/crescens Crescens from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_15416"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/crescens Crescens from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref>
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