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Definition of Bishop ulfilas

1. Noun. A Christian believed to be of Cappadocian descent who became bishop of the Visigoths in 341 and translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic; traditionally held to have invented the Gothic alphabet (311-382).

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Literary usage of Bishop ulfilas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"... the middle of the 4th c., adopting the Arian form of belief, in accordance with the instructions of their renowned teacher and apostle, bishop ulfilas. ..."

2. The Barbarian Invasions of Italy by Pasquale Villari (1902)
"... bishop ulfilas AND THE CONVERSION OF THE GOTHS THE continual dangers to which the Empire was exposed had frequently shown the urgent need of thorough ..."

3. History of the Church, from Its First Establishment to Our Own Times by Jodocus Adolph Birkhaeuser (1898)
"... Goths turn Arians—bishop ulfilas—Sacking of Rome by Alaric— The Visigoths in Gaul and Spain—Persecution of the Catholics under Enrich and Leovigild—King ..."

4. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"... the middle of the 4th c., adopting the Arian form of belief, in accordance with the instructions of their renowned teacher and apostle, bishop ulfilas. ..."

5. The Barbarian Invasions of Italy by Pasquale Villari (1902)
"... bishop ulfilas AND THE CONVERSION OF THE GOTHS THE continual dangers to which the Empire was exposed had frequently shown the urgent need of thorough ..."

6. History of the Church, from Its First Establishment to Our Own Times by Jodocus Adolph Birkhaeuser (1898)
"... Goths turn Arians—bishop ulfilas—Sacking of Rome by Alaric— The Visigoths in Gaul and Spain—Persecution of the Catholics under Enrich and Leovigild—King ..."

7. Lectures on the Science of Language, Delivered at the Royal Institution of by Friedrich Max Müller (1861)
"... of the Bible by bishop ulfilas, who was consecrated bishop in the year 348, by Eusebius, Bishop of Nicomedia, and died in 388, at the age of seventy. ..."

8. Lectures on the Science of Language, Delivered at the Royal Institution of by Friedrich Max Müller (1861)
"... of the Bible by bishop ulfilas, who was consecrated bishop in the year 348, by Eusebius, Bishop of Nicomedia, and died in 388, at the age of seventy. ..."

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