⇒Definition of consecrationAccording to a canon of the first Nicene Council, there must be four, or at least three bishops present at the consecration of a bishop. SEE COLLEGE, 2. II. Consecration of Churches.— ⇒See also the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.1. Ancient Church.—...
⇒Definition of christa. The royal prophet David seems to have been the first who spoke of the Great Deliverer under this appellation. He represents the heathen (the Gentile nations) raging, and the people (the Jewish people) imagining a vain thing "against Jehovah, and against his Anointed...
However, this approach also raises red flags: To what extent does Stackert use Harshav’s definition and understanding of literature because that method and framework match a source-critical approach? Although the book’s flow suggests otherwise, is Harshav merely a convenient theoretical framework ...
This is the very definition of an extreme example. But this kind of parenting is growing in popularity and although it appears kind, gentle and patient it is actually really bad news. If David’s men had followed his orders then Absalom could have ended up in charge of God’s people. As...
We read every piece of feedback, and take your input very seriously. Include my email address so I can be contacted Cancel Submit feedback Saved searches Use saved searches to filter your results more quickly Cancel Create saved search Sign in Sign up Reseting focus {...
it is so long since you have heard the definition. The word itself, if you give it a peculiar pronunciation, will show the meaning — at-one-ment. Man is a sinner and deserves to die. Jesus comes in and bears His punishments and weeps His griefs. I was lost once, but now I am ...
G.E.SterlingHistoriography and Self-Definition:Josephos,Luke-Acts,andApologetic Historiography(Leiden,),.C. HolladayFragments from HellenisticJewishAuthors,vol. I.(Chico,),.20. TheTwistedTales of Artapanus: BiblicalRewritingsas Novelistic ...
I. Definition, etc.— Benediction, in contradistinction from the allied expressions, consecration, dedication, may be defined to be a certain holy action which, combined with prayer, seeks for God's grace for persons, and, in a lower degree, a blessing upon things, with a view whether to ...
Wedlock, a beautiful word, is of Anglo-Saxon origin, from weddian, "to pledge," "to covenant;" or wedd, "a pledge," and lac, " a gift." The definition of marriage given by Modestinus, the Roman lawyer and scholar of Ulpian, is as follows: "Nuptiae sunt conjunctio maris et ...
gods but above men, and had some local agency in human affairs, it may be said that great but not infinite power and knowledge, ability to answer prayer, special functions and agencies in providence, with immortality, entered generally into the conception or definition of a god or divine ...