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<p> "King of Corsica," otherwise Baron [[Theodore]] de Neuhoff, born in Metz; a soldier of fortune under the French, Swedish, and Spanish flags successively, whose title to fame is his expedition to Corsica, aided by the Turks and the Bey of Tunis, in 1736, to aid the islanders to throw off the Genoese yoke; was crowned King Theodore I., but in a few months was driven out, and after unsuccessful efforts to regain his position came as an impoverished adventurer to London, where creditors imprisoned him, and where sympathisers, including Walpole, subscribed for his release (1686-1756). </p>
<p> [[Bishop]] of Mopsuestra, in Cilicia, born at Antioch; was a biblical exegete, having written commentaries on most of the books of the Bible, eschewing the allegorical method of interpretation, and accepting the literal sense; he held Nestorian views, and his writings were anathematised; he was a friend of St. Chrysostom; <i> b </i> . 429. </p>


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<ref name="term_80424"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/theodore Theodore from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
<ref name="term_80430"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/theodore+(2) Theodore from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
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Latest revision as of 19:04, 15 October 2021

Theodore [1]

Bishop of Mopsuestra, in Cilicia, born at Antioch; was a biblical exegete, having written commentaries on most of the books of the Bible, eschewing the allegorical method of interpretation, and accepting the literal sense; he held Nestorian views, and his writings were anathematised; he was a friend of St. Chrysostom; b . 429.

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