A supplement to The great historical, geographical, genealogical and poetical dictionary: being a curious miscellany of sacred and profane history / Collected especially out of Lewis Morery, D. D., his 8th ed. cor. and enl. by Monsieur Le Clerc; in two volumes in folio. By Jer. Collier. Together with a continuation from the year 1688, to this time, by another hand.

Louis Moréri

Date:: 1705

Credit: A supplement to The great historical, geographical, genealogical and poetical dictionary: being a curious miscellany of sacred and profane history / Collected especially out of Lewis Morery, D. D., his 8th ed. cor. and enl. by Monsieur Le Clerc; in two volumes in folio. By Jer. Collier. Together with a continuation from the year 1688, to this time, by another hand. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$the Senfe of the Original. * Philofi. Kit. Apoll. Bayle Diet. Hi/tor. See Engl. Aiorery, Vol. I. APOSTLES, the Name of the Twelve Difciples of our Blcffed Saviour, who being furnifh’d with the Supernatural Gifts of Tongues, Infallibility and work¬ ing Miracles, were Commillion'd by him to Travel all the World over to make Profelytes, and found Chur¬ ches. The Names of thefe Apollles are fo well known, that there’s no Neceffity to mention ’em. Apollles, among the Jews, were Perlons appointed by the Patriarch to collect a Tax due to the Roman Emperors, as appears by the Theodofian Code. Baronins obferves, that thofe likewife were call’d Apoftles a- mong the Jews who collected Money for the Repair¬ ing of the Temple : They had likewife a Commiflion to fee the Law of Alofes was punctually obferv’d. St. Paul, before his Converfion, is fuppos’d to be one of thefe Apoftles, by the Authority and Delegation he had from the Chief Priefts to apprehend all the Chriftians he could meet with, as Oppoiers of the Law, and bring ’em bound to Jerufalem : And there¬ fore probably to prevent a Miltake in this Matter, he begins his Epiftle to the Gall at Urn thus; Paul an Apo- file, not of Aim, neither by Alan, but by Jefus Chrifi : As if he had laid, I am now no longer an Apoftlc of the Synagogue, but an Ambaflador from Jefus Chrift. Thele Jewilh Apollles are mention’d by Epiphanius, who tells us their Character and Poll was very conli- derable in that Nation. The Name and Authority of their Funblion continued till the Reign of Theodofius w ho, by publick Edicl, forbid both, * Cod. Theodof de Judah. Epiphan. Har. 50. Baron. A. C. 32. Du Frefne, Gloffar. APOSTOLICAL, a Title given in the firft Ages of Chrillianity, to all thofe Churches which were founded by the Apollles, and particularly to the Sees ot Rome, Jerufalem, Antioch and Alexandria. So- z>omen, in his Full Book and Sixteenth Chapter, tells us, That at the Council of Nice, amongll other Bi- fhops who held the Apollohcal Seec, there were pre- fent Macarius Bilhop of Jerufalem, Eujlathius of An¬ tioch, &c. And in his Fourth Book, Cap. 24. he calls St. Cyril of Jerufalem a Bilhop of the Apollolical Chair: And in his Second Book, Cap. 21. he tells us, That 7imotheus of Alexandria, and John of Jerufalem reftor’d the Apollolical Sees The lame Sti le is ob- lerv d by Synefius Bilhop of Ptolemais, in a Letter of his to Theophilus of Alexandria, Ep. 66. And Pope Innocent I. ules the lame Language in his Letter to Alexander of Antioch, which wras Sublcrib’d by Four and twenty Bilhops befides himlelf. Some Churches which were not flridly Apollolical upon the Score of their Foundation, were notwithftanding call’d lo, be- caule of their Conformity in Doctrine with thofe Sees which were founded by the Apollles. All the Bilhops, as being the Apollles Succeflors, and having in a great meafure their ] urifdibtion, were call’d Apo- ftolical, as tar as the Seventh Century, a*s we may learn from the Formula of Alarculphus, Compil’d a- bout the Year 660. Clovis, writing to the Prelates mu at the firft Council of Orleans, accofts ’em thus ; King Clovis to the Holy Bifbops very well deferving the Apflolical Chair. King Gonftran Salutes the Bilhops in the Second Council of Alajcon in the lame Stile; — the Epifcopal Funbtion being at that time call’d an Apo- ltlelhip, and their Legates or Nuntio’s Apollolical. Thus, thofe who firft Preach’d the Golpel in Pagan Countries were calld Apoftles, as Gregory the Great or rather Auguftine the Monk, was call’d the Apoftlc of the Englijh, and St. Patrick the Apoftle of Ireland. But afterwards, the Term of Apofiolical was engrois’d by the See of Rome : And thus when the Pope’s Ju- rifdidtion was come up to its Zenith, the Council of Rheims, held in 1049, declar’d his Holinefs of Rome the only Apollolical Primate of theUnivcrlal Church * D» Cainge, Gloffar. Latinit. Tertul. Prafcrip. cap. 2 & 52. crc. - A P O T PI E O SIS, the Ceremony of Deification. The Reader may fcec it in the Firft Volume of Engl. Morcry. After the Solemnity was over, the Emperor was avorlhip’d as a God, had Temples, and a Prielt af- lign’d him. His Statues likewife were reprelented w itly Rays, Stars and Thunderbolts, like the reft of the Gods. They likewiie us’d to lvvear by his Name, and that with fo much Veneration, that a Man might fafer forfwear himlelf by Jupiter than by the Empe¬ ror’s Genius, as Mimtius Falix oblcrves. They like- wife fvvore by the EmprelTes, as we are inform’d by Dion Caffius, who tells us, that Caligula permitted the Women to fvvear by Drufdla. This Honour of Deify¬ ing the Deceas’d Emperor was begin; by Auguflus for Julius Cafar • but Auguflus, it feems, had. not the Pa¬ tience to Hay for his Apotheofis till he was dead, but would needs have Temples and Priells, and be repre- fented in the Figure of a Deity while he was living; and wras likewife fo extravagant, as to prelcribe the Place and other Circumllances of his own Worfhip,- which Ambitious Dillrabtion was afterwards imitated by Caligula and Domitian. ¥ Sueton. in Jul. Cef. cap. 88. Dio lib. <)9, 60. Herodian Hist. lib. 4. Rofinus Antiq. Rom. &c. * A P PIU S (Claudius) or Clanfus, a Roman Sena¬ tor : He was made Conful a fecond time with O. Bar- batus Capitolinas, in the Year of Rome 283. The Tri¬ bune Kielorius, or Liclorius, being of a Turbulent Hu¬ mour, work’d up the Commonwealth to a Mutiny. In the beginning of the Year 284, the Tribunes char¬ ged Appius Claudius with putting a publick Contempt upon the People : They likewile charg’d him with fo¬ menting Seditions, with the Murthcr of Gemttius, one of the Commonalty, and that he had malicioufly oc- cafton’d their late Defeat again ft the Kolfci. Appius Claudius appear’d at his Tryal with his ufual Stiffnels and Spirit, at which thole that Impeach’d him, and his Judges, were very much lurpriz’d ; and notwith- llanding they did their utmoft to deftroy him, the Sentence was put off till another Meeting. Some days after, while the Bufmefs was depending, he fell ill and died. Some fay, he haflen’d his owm Death to prevent the Infamy of being Cafl • But tho’ the Com¬ mon People hated him mortally, they were not wil- t ling to profecute his Memory, but liaffer’d his Fune¬ ral to be perform’d with the Relpebt due to his Qua¬ lity, notwithftanding the Tribunes of the People did what they could to oppofe it. * Plutarch in Kit. Publ. Dion. Halicarn. Livy, Floras, &c. Hid. End. Aiorery. Vol. I. * APPIUS (Claudius) a Roman Senator, Son of him lafl-mehtioned, but who fell lhort of the Cha¬ racter of his Father: He was fo unfortunate as to be Tranfported by his Fancy into an Amour, which Pal- fion pufh’d him upon fuch Climes, as at laft made him lofe both his Honour and his Life. Some Au¬ thors are of Opinion, that this was the fame Appius Claudius who was Conful in the Year of Rome 294, with Kalerius Public old \\. who dying in his Office, Titus Quimius Cincinatus was chofen in his room : But in all likelyhood this was Appius s Brother ; for the Conful of the Year 294 is call’d Sabinus Regillenfis, to let us know that he was the Eldeft of the Family, and Son of Appius Claudius of Regillum in the Country of the Sabines ; whereas the Claudius before us was Sur- nam’d Craffirms: But let this be as it will, in the Year of Rome 300, the Government lent three Ambafladors into Greece to collect the Laws of that Country, out of which afterwards they made their Twelve Tables. In the Year 302, they return’d, and then the Year following the Synod made an Act for the choofing of fome Perlons of Confideration and Character to Go¬ vern inftead of the Confuls: In purluanee of this A6t, they pitch’d upon Ten Senators, whom they cal¬ led Decern Kiri, which Magiftrates had the Sovereign Authority, and held it for the Year 303 and 304; but how they loft it, with the remainder of this Ap¬ pius y, Lite, lee Engl. Aiorery, Vol. I. APPRENTICII; thofe who were Novices or Learners of any Trade or Profefllon. Sir Henry Spel- man takes notice of a Dillinblion between Apprenticii ad Legem, and Apprenticii ad Barren, among the com¬ mon Lawyers; The latter wete fo call’d, becaufe after Seven Years Admiflion in the Inns of Court, or there¬ abouts, they were permitted to plead at the Bar; But thole call’d Apprenticii ad Legem were Perlons of lon¬ ger Handing in the Law, and who had read publickly upon their Profeftion. Sir Henry Spelman Gpmplainiiw ot the great Number of Lawyers in his time, tells us^ upon Recolletftion, that he had oblerv’d in Fortefcue who liv’d in the Reign of King fylward VI. that there was$

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