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Blinding blnding. See PUNISHMENTS. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Blinding Blinding [PUNISHMENTS] Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature

Blindfold (, to cover about, sc. the eyes). This treatment which our Saviour received from his persecutors originated from a sport which was common among children in ancient times, in which it was the practice first to blindfold, then to strike, then to ask who gave the blow, and not to let the person go … Continue reading “Blindfold”

Blindfolding This is the treatment which Christ received from his enemies. It refers to a sport which, was common among children, called , in which it was the manner first to blindfold, then to strike, and to ask who gave the blow, and not to let the person go till he had named the right … Continue reading “Blindfolding”

Blind Story is a mediaeval term used to distinguish the triforium of a cathedral, in which the arches and arcades, being frequently like windows, were without glass, and let in no light. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Blind Healing Of (in Christian art). This is frequently represented on ancient monuments, perhaps as a symbolical representation of the opening of the eye of the soul wrought by the power of the Saviour (1Pe 2:9). In most cases only one blind man, probably the man blind from his birth of Joh 9:1, is healed. … Continue reading “Blind Healing Of”

Blind, Education of the Although the education of the blind as a class dates back no further than the year 1784, historians and statisticians generally admit that the affliction which it tends to relieve was no less prevalent before than it has been since that date. Indeed, so far from having increased, blindness appears to … Continue reading “Blind, Education of the”

blind, Catholic work for the Although there was no education for the blind until the 18th century , mainly due to the error as to their mental capacities, the Church provided for their corporeal needs from the earliest ages. Special care was given to them, and hospices for the blind were founded by Saint Basil … Continue reading “blind, Catholic work for the”

Blind, Blindness “to blind” (from a root tuph—, “to burn, smoke;” cp. tuphos, “smoke”), is used metaphorically, of the dulling of the intellect, Joh 12:40; 2Co 4:4; 1Jo 2:11. signifies “to harden” (from poros, “a thick skin, a hardening”); rendered “blinded,” AV, in Rom 11:7; 2Co 3:14 (RV, “hardened”); cp. 2Co 4:4. See HARDEN. “blind,” … Continue reading “Blind, Blindness”

Blikandeboll in Northern mythology, is the poisonous ceiling in the arched dwelling of the goddess of death, Hela. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Blind (, ivver’, ). The frequent occurrence of blindness in the East has always excited the astonishment of travellers. Volney says that out of a hundred persons in Cairo he has met twenty quite blind, ten wanting one eye, and twenty others having their eyes red, purulent, or blemished (Travels in Egypt, i, 224). This … Continue reading “Blind”