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Arubboth ARUBBOTH.An unknown district, probably in S.W. Palestine (1Ki 4:10). Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible

Artzeburst (Armenian, a messengesr) is a name given in the Greek Church to the Wednesday and Friday in the eleventh week before Easter, which are not observed as fasts, although these days are so observed in every other week throughout the year. The following account is given of the origin of this practice. A favorite … Continue reading “Artzeburst”

Artvin Artvin, a Russian city in the trans-Caucasian province of Kutais, is situated near Turkish Armenia on the left bank of the Tehoruk, which flows into the Black Sea. In 1894 it contained 5,900 inhabitants, mostly Armenian and Turkish. In Artvin and vicinity there are nine Armenian-Catholic churches, four schools for boys and three schools … Continue reading “Artvin”

Arts, The Seven Liberal The expression artes liberales, chiefly used during the Middle Ages, does not mean arts as we understand the word at this present day, but those branches of knowledge which were taught in the schools of that time. They are called liberal (Lat. liber, free), because they serve the purpose of training … Continue reading “Arts, The Seven Liberal”

Arts, The Faculty of One of the four traditional divisions of the teaching body of the university. It is impossible to fix the date of the origin of autonomous faculties in the early medieval universities, because, as Denifle has observed, the division did not take place all at once, or as the result of deliberate … Continue reading “Arts, The Faculty of”

Arts, Master of Academic degree higher than that of Bachelor, conferred in medieval universities at a ceremony known as the “Inceptio,” or beginning of actual teaching, whence originated the modern term “commencement.” At the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, in England, the degree is purely honorary, obtainable by residence at the university for one year … Continue reading “Arts, Master of”

Arts, Bachelor of A degree marking the completion of the traditional curriculum of the college. In the medieval universities, the Mastership, or Doctorate, was the great academic prize. The Bachelorship does not appear to have existed at first, either at Bologna or Paris. It probably originated from the practice of employing the more advanced students … Continue reading “Arts, Bachelor of”

Arts And Crafts ARTS AND CRAFTS.One of the most characteristic distinctions between the Hebraic and the Hellenic views of life is found in the attitude of the two races to manual labour. By the Greek it was regarded as unworthy of a free citizen; by the Jew it was held in the highest esteem, as … Continue reading “ARTS AND CRAFTS”

Arts This article surveys the industrial arts of the Apostolic Age, from data furnished by the NT, the Gospels excepted. Art may be co-ordinated with craft, which, however, has been replaced by trade, business, in Revised Version (see Act 18:3; Act 19:25; Act 19:27); craftsman, craftsmen being retained (Act 19:24; Act 19:38, Rev 18:22, where … Continue reading “Arts”

Artotyritee (q. d. , from , bread, and , cheese), a branch of the Montanists, who first appeared in the second century. They used bread and cheese in the Eucharist; or, perhaps, bread baked with cheese. The reason assigned was, according to Augustine (Hcer. cap. xxviii), that the first men offered to God not only … Continue reading “Artotyritee”