Pragmatographia; or, Description of Actions
Pragmatographia; or, Description of Actions
Prag-mat-o-graph-i-a, from (pragma), an action or event, and (graphein), to write: i.e., a description of an action or event. Hence, called by the Latins, REI AUT ACTIONIS DESCRIPTIO.
See Joe 2:1-11, where the description of the actions connected with the great people and strong which should come upon Zion is minutely and graphically given.
Mat 24:1-51 and Mar 13:1-37 describe the events of the Great Tribulation; and Luk 21:12, etc., the events which should long precede it.
See also some minute touches, especially in the Gospel of Mark: e.g., 8:33; and Act 6:15; Act 7:55-56.
When the description is confined to places, it is called