the name of an Ethiopian queen, whose eunuch coming to
Jerusalem to worship the Lord, was baptized by Philip the deacon, near
Bethsura, in the way to Gaza, as he was returning to his own country,
Acts viii, 27. The Ethiopia here mentioned was the isle or peninsula of
Meroë to the south of Egypt, which, as Mr. Bruce shows, is now called
Atbara, up the Nile. Candace was the common name of the queens of that
country. Strabo and Pliny mention queens of that name as reigning in
their times. That the queen mentioned in the Acts was converted by the
instrumentality of her servant, and that the country thus received
Christianity at that early period, are statements not supported by any
good testimony. See ABYSSINIAN CHURCH.
Jerusalem to worship the Lord, was baptized by Philip the deacon, near
Bethsura, in the way to Gaza, as he was returning to his own country,
Acts viii, 27. The Ethiopia here mentioned was the isle or peninsula of
Meroë to the south of Egypt, which, as Mr. Bruce shows, is now called
Atbara, up the Nile. Candace was the common name of the queens of that
country. Strabo and Pliny mention queens of that name as reigning in
their times. That the queen mentioned in the Acts was converted by the
instrumentality of her servant, and that the country thus received
Christianity at that early period, are statements not supported by any
good testimony. See ABYSSINIAN CHURCH.