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Beit-Ghomdan was an ancient celebrated Arabian planet-temple in the city Sanaa, sacred to Venus. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Beit-Allah (Arabic, the house of God), the appellation given by the Mohammedans to the Temple of Mecca, which is remarkable as containing the Kauba (q.v.). The temple of Mecca forms a very spacious square, about a quarter of a mile in each direction, with a triple or quadruple row of columns. A number of steps … Continue reading “Beit-Allah”

Beissel, Johann Conrad a German minister, was born at Eberbach, in the Palatinate, in 1690. He studied at Halle, but, having joined the Dunkers, was obliged to remove to America, and came to Pennsylvania in 1720. He there became the founder of a religious community at Ephrata, Lancaster Co., over which he presided about thirty … Continue reading “Beissel, Johann Conrad”

Beissar in Oriental mythology, was the son of Kham (Ham), and the son-in-law of Essilimun, a mighty astrologer, who became superior to all those following a like profession. He saved himself and his whole family in Noah’s ark. The most celebrated of his sons was called Mizraim, who was the progenitor of twenty-six Egyptian kings, … Continue reading “Beissar”

Beishwanr Atma in the mythology of India, is the fire of the universe. It has its head in both worlds; the sun is its eye, the wind its breath, the ether its thought, the water its marrow, the earth its foot. It is, therefore, the all-penetrating soul of the world. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological … Continue reading “Beishwanr Atma”

Beirut In Phoenicia, a titular Latin see, and the residential see of several prelates of Oriental rites. The earliest form was likely Beeroth “springs”, not Beroth (2 Samuel 8:8) or Berotha (Ezekiel 47:16), probably situated near Baalbek in Coele-Syria. It difficult to explain the more usual form, Berytos, but it probably comes from Berûti, the … Continue reading “Beirut”

Beiram a Turkish or Persian word meaning feast is the name applied to the two great Mohammedan festivals. The first of these, called generally the Greater Beiram, is the day following the Ramadan, or month of fasting. It lasts strictly for only one day, though the common people generally extend it to three, and is … Continue reading “Beiram”

Beio Lorenzo an Italian bishop and canonist, died in 1586. His principal works are, Tractatus de Mortuis Coemeterio Restituendis (Brescia, 1562; Venice, 1587): Opusculum de Potestate Pontificia, etc., in manuscript at the Library of the Vatican. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Being, hierarchy of (Scholastic) The Neo-Platonic conception of a hierarchy of “emanations” from the “One” persisted throughout the Middle-Ages, though it was given another meaning. Emanationism properly speaking is incompatible with the notion of creation. But the medieval writers agree that there is a hierarchy, comprising within the visible world inanimate beings, plants, animals, and … Continue reading “Being, hierarchy of”

being That which is capable of existence; its synonyms are thing, something. There are two uses of the term: the participial use (see existence), and the substantival, the definition of which is the one here given. The term being in the substantival sense is applicable to anything that either actually exists or can exist, for … Continue reading “Being”