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Synnada Titular metropolis in Phrygia Salutaris. Synnada is said to have been founded by Acamas who went to Phrygia after the Trojan war and took some Macedonian colonists. The consul Manlius Vulso passed through that city on his expeditions against the Galatians. It was situated in the south-eastern part of Eastern Phrygia, or Parorea, thus … Continue reading “Synnada”

Synkatathesis Greek noun derived from syn, together, and katathesis, to put down; hence Synkatathesis, to deposit together. In the passive voice the verb means, to assent to, to agree with. Used by the Stoics in the sense of agreement, or conviction. In general it signifies, the acknowledgment of the truth of a proposition, or consent … Continue reading “Synkatathesis”

Synistameni (, standing together), a name given in the Eastern Church to the fourth order of penitents, called in the Latin Church consistentes. They were so called from their having liberty (after the other penitents were dismissed) to stand with the faithful at the altar, and join in the common prayers and see the oblation … Continue reading “Synistameni”

Synisactse (), a Greek term for priests concubines. SEE SUBINTRODUCTAE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Syniodales Testes were persons anciently summoned out of every parish in order to appear at the episcopal synods, and there attest or make preferment. of the disorders of the clergy and people. In aftertimes they were a kind of empanelled jury, consisting of two, three, or more persons in every parish, who were, upon oath, … Continue reading “Syniodales Testes”

Synge, Edward an Irish prelate, was born at Inishonane, April 6, 1659, and was the second son of Edward, bishop of Cork. He was educated at the grammar-school at Cork, and at Christ Church, Oxford, finishing his studies in the University of Dublin. His first preferment was to two small parishes in the dioces3 of … Continue reading “Synge, Edward”

Synesius of Cyrene Bishop of Ptolomais, neo-Platonist, date of birth uncertain; d. about 414. He was a younger son of an ancient family of Cyrene which traced its descent from the Hieracleidæ, the mythical founders of the city. Synesius pursued his higher studies at Alexandria, where he became a devoted disciple of the famous Hypatia, … Continue reading “Synesius of Cyrene”

Synesius, bp. of Ptolemais Synesius (2), bp. of Ptolemais in the Libyan Pentapolis, early in 5th cent. A treatise by H. Druon, Etudes sur la vie et les uvres de Synesius (Paris, 1859), gives valuable information respecting the chronological arrangement of Synesius’s writings, especially the letters; another by Dr. Volkmann, Synesius von Cyrene (Berlin, 1869), … Continue reading “Synesius, bp. of Ptolemais”

Synesius bishop of Ptolemais, was first a pagan, then a Christian, and always a rhetorician. He lived at the close of the 4th and the beginning of the 5th century of our era. He was a late representative of the rhetorical declaimers of the Hellenic schools, and of the Neo-Platonic philosophers. He was also a … Continue reading “Synesius”

SYNERGISTS So called from the Greek which signifies co-operation. Hence this name was given to those in the sixteenth century who denied that God was the sole agent in the conversion of sinful man, and affirmed that man co-operated with divine grace in the accomplishment of this salutary purpose. Fuente: Theological Dictionary