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Asclepieia were festivals celebrated among the ancient Greeks wherever temples existed in honor of AEsculapius (q.v.), god of medicine. The most celebrated of these festivals was that which was held at Epidaurus every five years, and at which a contest took place among poets and musicians, on account of which it received the name of … Continue reading “Asclepieia”

Asclepiades ninth bishop OF ANTIOCH and confessor, succeeded Serapion as bishop in 203. Eusebius (Hist. Ecc 6:11) mentions him as “having become conspicuous in the confessions during the time of the persecution” (of Severus). He was succeeded by Philetus in 218 (Nicephorus, Hist. Eccles. iii, 19; v, 26). See Baronius, sub ann. 203, 218. Fuente: … Continue reading “Asclepiades (2)”

Asclepas (Or Sculapius) bishop OF GAZA, warmly advocated the Nicene faith in the Council of Tyre in 335, and was deposed-by the Arian majority on the charge of having overturned an altar. He joined Athanasius and Marcellus in their appeal to Julius, bishop of Rome; and was, with them, restored. to his see by Julius-in … Continue reading “Asclepas (Or Sculapius)”

A.S.C.J. = Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Ascitee (q. d. , replete) or ASCODROGITE, heretics who appeared in Galatia about 173. They pretended to be filled with the “paraclete” of Montanus, and introduced bacchanalian indecencies into the churches, where they brought a skin of wine, and, marching round it, declared that they were the vessels filled with new wine of which the … Continue reading “Ascitee”

Aschkenasi (), a general name for German Jews. SEE ASHKENAZI. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Aschenfeldt, Christoph Carl Julius a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born March 5, 1792, at Kiel. He studied at Gottingen; in 1819 was pastor at Windbergen, in- Holstein; in 1824 deacon at Flensburg, and in 1829 pastor primarius there; in 1850 was appointed provost at Flensburg, where he died, Sept.. 1, 1856. He is the … Continue reading “Aschenfeldt, Christoph Carl Julius”

Aschenbrenner, Beda a Roman Catholic theologian of Germany, was born March 6, 1756, at Vielreich, in Lower Bavaria. At a very early age he joined the order of the Benedictines; from 1775 to 1780 studied dogmatics and church history; was appointed in 1781 professor of rhetoric at Neuburg, on the Danube; and in 1786 professor … Continue reading “Aschenbrenner, Beda”

Aschenaz ashe-naz. See ASHKENAZ. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Ascheim, Council of (Concilium Aschaimense), A council was held here, A.D. 763, under Tassilo II, duke of Bavaria, that passed fifteen decrees on discipline. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature