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Archaic A style which is primitive and incomplete in comparison with a posterior style which is considered perfect and complete. — L.V. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Archaeology of Asia Minor See ASIA MINOR, ARCHAEOLOGY OF. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Archaeology, Commission of Sacred Official pontifical board founded, 1851 , by Pius IX, for the purpose of promoting and directing excavations in the Roman catacombs and other sites of Christian antiquarian interest. It has made extensive excavations in the catacombs and other parts of Rome, and formed the Museum of Catacomb Inscriptions in the Lateran … Continue reading “Archaeology, Commission of Sacred”

Archaeology, Christian That branch of the science of archaeology which has for its ultimate object the study of ancient Christian life, as inferred from the remains of the Christian monuments (supplemented by literature, objects of art, etc.) erected during the first six centuries of the Christian era. The Roman catacombs are the great treasure-house of … Continue reading “Archaeology, Christian”

Archaeology and Criticism ar-ke-olo-ji, kriti-siz’m: Archaeology, the science of antiquities, is in this article limited to the Biblical field, a field which has been variously delimited (De Wette, 1814, Gesenius), but which properly includes not only all ancient facts bearing upon the Bible which had been lost and have been recovered, but all literary remains … Continue reading “Archaeology and Criticism”

Archaeology (, the knowledge of antiquity, antiquarian lore). This word is used by different writers in three senses: 1st, as including all the elements of public and private life of ancient peoples, together with their language, history, and the geography of their lands; 2d, as embracing only a scientific knowledge of the material, and especially … Continue reading “ARCHAEOLOGY”

Archaelig;ology, The Commission of Sacred An official pontifical board founded in the middle of the nineteenth century for the purpose of promoting and directing excavations in the Roman Catacombs and on other sites of Christian antiquarian interest, and of safeguarding the objects found during such excavations. At that period Giovanni Battista De Rossi, a pupil … Continue reading “Archaelig;ology, The Commission of Sacred”

Archaelig;ology, Christian Christian archaeology is that branch of the science of archaeology the object of which is the study of ancient Christian monuments. The modern historian who endeavours to reconstruct the life of the primitive Christians has two sources of information to draw upon, namely: literary and monumental sources. By literary sources is commonly understood … Continue reading “Archaelig;ology, Christian”

Archacolyth Formerly, in some cathedrals, there was a dignitary so named: he was the chief of the acolyths, as the archpriest, archdeacon, and archsubdeacon were of their respective orders. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

archabbot An honorary title bestowed upon superiors of such monasteries as are noted for their antiquity or preeminence, e.g., Saint Vincent’s Archabbey, Beatty, Pennsylvania, USA. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary