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Teletarchikos (), a Greek term signifying consecrating. Telete, a term in the Latin Church for the holy eucharist. SEE TELEIOI. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Teletarches (), a Greek term for a consecrator. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Telesphorus, Pope Saint (Lived about 125-136.) St. Telesphorus was the seventh Roman bishop in succession from the Apostles, and, according to the testimony of St. Irenæus (Adv. hæreses, III, iii, 3), suffered a glorious martyrdom. Eusebius (Hist. eccl., IV, vii, xiv) places the beginning of his pontificate in the twelfth of Hadrian’s reign (128-129), his … Continue reading “Telesphorus, Pope Saint”

Telesphorus of Cosenza (THEOPHORUS, THEOLOPHORUS). A name assumed by one of the pseudo-prophets during the time of the Great Schism. He gave out that he was born at Cosenza and lived as a hermit near the site of the ancient Thebes., His book of predictions on the schism was the most popular of the numerous … Continue reading “Telesphorus of Cosenza”

Telesphorus, bishop of Rome Telesphorus (2), bp. of Rome, accounted the 7th from the apostles. According to Eusebius H. E. iv. 5) he succeeded Xystus in the 12th year of Hadrian (a.d. 128), and suffered martyrdom in the 11th year of his episcopate and the 1st of the reign of Antoninus Pius (iv. 10). Lipsius … Continue reading “Telesphorus, bishop of Rome”

Telesphorus pope, is said to have been of Grecian family, and to have occupied the see of Rome from A.D. 128 to 139. Our knowledge of him is altogether legendary. An interpolated passage in the Chronicon of Eusebius and a discourse smuggled into the works of Ambrose make the statement that Telesphorus had made the … Continue reading “Telesphorus”

Telesio, Bernardino Italian humanist and philosopher born of a noble family at Cosenza, near Naples, 1508; died there, 1588. He studied successively at Milan, Rome, and Padua. In Southern Italy the revolt against Aristoteleanism had already begun. At Padua Telesio first came to be recognized as a leader of the anti-Aristoteleans. After residing several years … Continue reading “Telesio, Bernardino”

Telese (TELESINENSIS) Telese, a small town in the Province of Benevento, Southern Italy, is situated in the valley of the Calore, well known for its hot sulfur springs. The ruins of the ancient Telesia, the Tedis of the Oscan coins, are to be seen yet on Monte Acerro. The city was captured by Hannibal in … Continue reading “Telese”

Telepta (or Tella), Council of properly ZELLA SEE ZELLA (q. v). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Telepathy (tele, far, and pathein, to experience) A term introduced by F.W.H. Myers in 1882 to denote “the ability of one mind to impress or to be impressed by another mind otherwise than through the recognized channels of sense” (Gurney, “Phantasms of the Living”, I, 6); or: “the communication of impressions of any kind from … Continue reading “Telepathy”