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Armagh, Book of Technically known as Liber Ar(d)machanus, celebrated Irish-Latin manuscript, preserved at Trinity College, Dublin . It is a vellum in small quarto of 221 leaves, written in the Irish hand with fine penmanship. It was known as the Canon of Patrick, but was discovered to be really the work of Ferdomnach of Armagh … Continue reading “Armagh, Book of”

Armagh Archdiocese founded by St. Patrick about 445, as the primatial and metropolitan see of Ireland. The Archdiocese of Armagh at present comprises almost the whole of the counties Armagh and Louth, a great part of Tyrone, and portions of Derry and of Meath. It is divided into fifty-five parishes, two of which, Armagh and … Continue reading “Armagh”

Armagedon (Hebrew: har-megiddo, mountain of Megiddo) Mentioned in the Apocalypse, 16, as the scene of the battle which will be fought on Judgement Day, between the kings of the earth and the hosts of Almighty God. Authorities locate it at Mageddo (Hebrew: Megiddo, place of troops), fortified Chanaanite capital, east of the Plain of Esdraelon. … Continue reading “Armagedon”

ARMAGEDDON Mountain of Megiddo,A place mentioned, Jer 16:16 . Megiddo is a city in the great plain at the foot of Mount Carmel, which had been the scene of much slaughter. Under this character it is referred to in the above text as the place in which God will collect together his enemies for destruction. … Continue reading “Armageddon”

Armaganus SEE FITZ-RALPH. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Armada, The Spanish The naval and military force sent by Spain to invade England , 1588. Philip II had grievances against England in the buccaneering voyages of Drake and other privateers and in the subsidizing of the Protestants in the Netherlands. Spain, however, was unwise to attempt to prohibit all traffic to her colonies; and … Continue reading “Armada, The Spanish”

Arma Christi (Latin: armorial bearings of Christ) The instruments of the Passion arranged heraldically on a shield; much used in devotional art in the 15th century. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Arm of the LORD In the language of Scripture, this is one of the names of Christ. Thus the prophet calls upon the Lord to arise for his people. (Isa 50:9) And thus the Lord promiseth, under this character, to make bare his holy arm; that is, to reveal Christ. (Isa 52:10; Luk 1:51) Fuente: … Continue reading “Arm of the LORD”

Arm-Hole ( , atstsil’ yad, joinat of the hand; Sept. ). “Woe to the women that sew pillows to all arm-holes” (Eze 13:18), i.e. elbows, although the term has also been taken for the wrist, or for the knuckles of the hand. The true meaning is somewhat doubtful, for it evidently refers to some custom … Continue reading “Arm-Hole”

ARM, DIVINE Powerful Exo 6:6; Deu 33:27; Job 40:9; Psa 89:13; Psa 98:1; Isa 51:5; Isa 53:1; Isa 62:8 Isa 63:12; Act 13:17 –SEE Omnipotence, POWER God’s Power, POWER Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible