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Athelney, The Abbey of The Abbey of Athelney, established in the County of Somerset, England, was founded by King Alfred, A.D. 888, as a religious house for monks of the Order of St. Benedict. Originally Athelney was a small island in the midst of dangerous morasses in what is now the parish of East Ling. … Continue reading “Athelney, The Abbey of”

Athelney, Abbey of Somersetshire, England , founded, 888 , by King Alfred for the Benedictines , because the island had afforded him a refuge from the Danes. It was dissolved by Henry VIII , 1540 . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Athelm archbishop of Canterbury, was first heard of as a monk of Glastonbury, and then as bishop of Wells. He was translated to Canterbury in 914, and occupied the metropolitan see for nine years. During this period nothing, memorable occurred in the Church. Athelm appears to have had the happiness of reaping the fruits which … Continue reading “Athelm”

Athelard SEE ADELARD. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

ATHEIST One who denies the existence of God: this is called speculative atheism. Professing to believe in God, and yet acting contrary to this belief, is called practical atheism. Absurd and irrational as atheism is, it has had its votaries and martyrs. In the seventeenth century, Spinosa, a foreigner, was its noted defender. Lucilio Vanini, … Continue reading “Atheist”

atheism (Greek a without; theos, God) Denial of God’s existence; system opposed to deism or theism, maintaining the existence of God and of one God only; in its extremist form, the denial of the existence of a First Cause; in less extreme, the substitution of matter, external and self-subsistent, for a God spiritual and personal; … Continue reading “Atheism”

ATHBASH () is a similar term for a somewhat different principle of commutation. In this, namely, the letters are also mutually interchanged by pairs; but every pair consists of a letter from each end of the alphabet, in regular succession. Thus, as the technical term Athbash shows, and , and and , are interchangeable; and … Continue reading “Athbash”

Athathar, Chajim Ibn- a Jew of Sala, in Barbary, went to Jerusalem in 1742, where he became the teacher of Chajim Asulai. He died there in 1743. He is the author of , a commentary on the Pentateuch (Venice, and often). He also wrote novellas on some treatises of the ‘Talmud. See First, Bibl. Jud. … Continue reading “Athathar, Chajim Ibn-“

Atharvan (or Atharveda) in Hindu mythology, is the fourth part of the Veda, formerly lost, and reconstructed from tradition. It contains prayers for the pacification of the gods, and maledictions on enemies. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Atharim (Hebrews Atharinm’, , regions; Sept. ), a place in the south of Palestine near which the Israelites passed on their way thither (Num 21:1, where the English version improperly renders , the way of the spies; see Gesenius, Thes. Heb. p. 171). It was, perhaps, a general designation of the region north of Mount … Continue reading “Atharim”