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Asser or more correctly Ashe, the principal author of the Babylonian Talmud. He was born at Babylon A.D. 353 (A.M. 4113). His Jewish biographers relate that he was appointed head of the college of Sori, in Babylon, at the age of fourteen! He held this post till his death in 426. Rabbi’ Abraham benDior asserts, … Continue reading “Asser”

ASSENT That act of the mind whereby it takes or acknowledges any proposition to be true or false. There are three degrees of assent: conjecture, opinion, and belief. Conjecture is but a slight and weak inclination to assent to the thing proposed, by reason of the weighty objections that lie against it. Opinion is a … Continue reading “Assent”

Assen, John Walther Van a Dutch wood-engraver, was born in Holland about the year 1490. Little is known of him. The following are some of his principal prints: Our Saviour Praying in the Garden, three of the disciples sleeping below, and in the distance Jews, conducted by Judas, entering the garden:-‘Jesus, Betrayed- by Judas, Seized: … Continue reading “Assen, John Walther Van”

Assembly, Solemn See CONGREGATION; FEASTS. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Assembly Of Divines SEE WESTMINSTER. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Assembly, General, In Scotland, Ireland, And The United States denotes the highest court of the Presbyterian Church. It differs from the Anglican Convocation at once in its constitution and in its powers, representing as it does both the lay and the clerical elements in the Church, and possessing supreme legislative and judicial authority in all … Continue reading “Assembly, General, In Scotland, Ireland, And The United States”

assembly, freedom of As society is natural to man, the general right to meet for mutual helpfulness is natural, but this general right would not necessarily cover specific instances. The right of free assembly to discuss political and social problems is guaranteed by the federal constitution of the United States. This right is not inherent, … Continue reading “assembly, freedom of”

Assembly In the Acts and Epistles (Authorized Version and Revised Version ) the English word assembly occurs as follows, but in each instance a different Greek noun is translated by it. 1. In Act 19:32; Act 19:39; Act 19:41 assembly () stands for the tumultuary mob gathered by Demetrius and his fellow-gildsmen in Ephesus to … Continue reading “Assembly”

Assemblies of the French Clergy Representative meetings of the clergy of France to apportion their liabilities under the impost laid by the French kings upon the Church. Originally held every five years, they later became ten-yearly meetings and, after the suspension of the meetings of the States-General, became practically the only representative body during 200 … Continue reading “Assemblies of the French Clergy”

ASSEMBLIES OF THE CLERGY Are called convocations, synods, councils. The annual meeting of the church of Scotland is called a general assembly. In this assembly his majesty is represented by his commissioners, who dissolves one meeting and calls another in the name of the king, while the moderator does the same in the name of … Continue reading “ASSEMBLIES OF THE CLERGY”