Title
Title
is the rendering in the A.V. of tsiyun, a pillar or cippus set up as a sepulchral sign, 2Ki 23:17, or as a waymark, Jer 31:21; sign, Eze 39:15; and of , Lat. titulus, a tablet with a superscription (Joh 19:19-20), set up by Pilate over Christ’s cross (q.v.).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Title (2)
in the canon law, is that by which a cleric holds his benefice. In Church records and deeds, it is a Church to which a cleric was ordained, and where he was to reside. It is also applied to a cure of souls and a ministerial charge. Augustine says that the title of the cross was written in Hebrew for Jews who gloried in God’s law; in Greek, for the wise of the nations; in Latin, for Romans, the conquerors of the world. Hence churches were called titles, not only because the clergy took titles from them which fixed them to particular cures, but as dedicated to the Crucified. The appellation is first used by the Council of Braga (572). A title was also a right to serve some Church from which an ordained clerk took his title, a name derived from the titles of the martyrs tombs, at which service was originally said, and so called for the reasons given above, or the fiscal titulus which marked buildings belonging to the sovereign, and thus also churches dedicated to the King of kings. The earliest title was St. Pudentiana, now called St. Praxedes. The Roman cathedral had, in 142, a title or parish church attached to it by pope Pius I. The Council of Lateran (1179) enforced ordination on a distinct title.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Title (3)
to orders in Episcopal churches. This is best explained by quoting the 33rd canon of the Established Church of England: It has been long since provided by many decrees of the ancient fathers that none should be admitted, either deacon or priest, who had not first some certain place where he might use his function; according to which examples we do ordain that henceforth no person shall be admitted into sacred orders except (1) he shall at that time exhibit to the bishop of whom he desireth imposition of hands a presentation of himself to some ecclesiastical preferment then void in the diocese; or (2) shall bring to the said bishop a true and undoubted certificate that either he is provided of some church within the said diocese, where he may attend the cure of souls, or (3) of some ministers place vacant, either in the cathedral church of that diocese, or in. some other collegiate church therein: also situate, where he may execute his ministry; or (4) that he is a fellow, or in right as a fellow or (5) a conduct or chaplain in some college in Cambridge or Oxford; or (6) except he be a master of arts of five years standing that liveth of his own charge in either of the universities; or (7) except by the bishop himself that doth ordain him minister he be shortly after to be admitted either to some benefice or curateship then void. And if any bishop shall admit any person into the ministry that hath none of these titles as is aforesaid, then he shall keep and maintain him, with all things necessary till he do prefer him to some ecclesiastical living; and if the said bishop refuse so to do, he shall be suspended by the archbishop, being assisted with another bishop, from giving orders by the space of a year.
In the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States, canon 19 of 1832, of the titles of those who are to be ordained priests, declares
No person shall be ordained priest unless he shall produce to the bishop a satisfactory certificate from some church, parish, or congregation that he is engaged with them, and that they will receive him as their minister; or unless he be a missionary under the ecclesiastical authority of the diocese to which he belongs, or in the employment of some missionary society recognized by the General Convention; or unless he be engaged as a professor, tutor, or instructor of youth in some college, academy, or other seminary of learning duly incorporated (Digest of the Canons, p. 20). . See Eden, Theol. Dict. s.v.; Hook, Church Dict. s.v.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Title
TITLE (Joh 19:19-20).The ordinary term for the superscription, consisting usually of the name of the criminal and the crime with which he was charged (Mar 15:26), written on a board, which, according to Roman practice, was carried in front, or hung from the neck of a prisoner as he was led through the streets of the city to execution, or exposed for punishment. In cases of crucifixion the inscription was often fastened above the head of the criminal (Mat 27:37). This public announcement was intended to serve as a warning to evil-doers.
The four inscriptions on the cross of Jesus mentioned in the Gospels are different, though the words the King of the Jews (Mar 15:26) are common to all, and truly set forth the charge on which Jesus was formally condemned. Mt. (Mat 27:37) adds, this is Jesus; Lk. (Luk 23:38), this (is); and Jn. (Joh 19:19) Jesus of Nazareth. The variations may be partly explained by the statement of Jn. that the inscription (like Roman edicts which also were often published in both Latin and Greek) was written in Hebrew, i.e. Aramaic (which was spoken ordinarily by the people of Jerusalem and the pilgrims from Palestine), Latin (the official language), and Greek (the lingua franca of the world). The Evangelist sees, in this announcement in the three languages of the Roman Empire, a symbol of the proclamation to the world of the Messiahship of Jesus, notwithstanding the efforts of the Jews to cover Him with ignominy. Jn. alone implies that Pilate took revenge on the Jews in preparing the inscription; Mt. and Mk. seem to suggest that the soldiers themselves placed the inscription on the cross, and crucified Jesus between two robbers in order to heighten the insult.
R. A. Falconer.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Title
tt’l: Joh 19:19, Joh 19:20 for , ttlos.
The following arrangement of the title on the cross has been suggested:
REX JUDAEORUM
See Geikie, Life and Words of Christ, chapter lxiii, note e; Seymour, The Cross in Tradition, History and Art (New York, 1898), pp. 115, 116, 136, 138.
In 2Ki 23:17, the King James Version has title for , ciyyun. The word is connected with cawah, to command, and King James Version seems to have understood ciyyun as that giving directions, sign-posts (compare Eze 39:15). The word, however, means grave-stone, monument. See SUPERSCRIPTION.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Title
To real estate.
Land
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Title
from Latin titulus, is used of the inscription above the Cross of Christ, Joh 19:19-20. See SUPERSCRIPTION.
“a little horn” (keras, “a horn”), was used to denote the small stroke distinguishing one Hebrew letter from another. The rabbis attached great importance to these; hence the significance of the Lord’s statements in Mat 5:18; Luk 16:17, charging the Pharisees with hypocrisy, because, while professing the most scrupulous reverence to the Law, they violated its spirit. Grammarians used the word to denote the accents in Greek words.