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apocrisiary A cleric who served as diplomatic representative of a Patriarch during late antiquity and the early mediaeval period. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

apocrisiarius A cleric who served as diplomatic representative of a Patriarch during late antiquity and the early mediaeval period. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Apocrisiarius (Gr. apochrisis, an answer; cf. Lat. responsalis, from responsum). This term indicates in general the ecclesiastical envoys of Christian antiquity, whether permanent or sent temporarily on missions to high ecclesiastical authorities … Continue reading “Apocrisiarius”

Apocreos In the Greek Rite corresponds to Sexagesima Sunday; the last day on which meat may be eaten before Lent. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Apocreos is a name for the Sunday in the Orthodox Greek calendar, which corresponds to Sexagesima Sunday, so called because from it the abstinence from flesh begins, though the more strict … Continue reading “Apocreos”

Apocope; or, End-Cut A-pc-o-pe is the Greek word , a cutting off, from (apokoptein), to cut off, and this from (apo), away from, and (koptein), to cut. It is a figure of etymology which relates to the spelling of words, and is used of cutting off a letter or syllable from the end of a … Continue reading “Apocope; or, End-Cut”

APOCOPE APOCOPE is, when a word loses a letter or syllable at the end; for instance, 2Co 12:7, for . An intentional Apocope. See Gnom. on the passage. Fuente: Gnomon Technical Terms

APOCHRYPHA Books not admitted into the canon of scripture, being either spurious, or at least not acknowledged as divine. The word is Greek, and derived from “from, ” and ” to hide or conceal.” They seem most of them to have been composed by Jews. None of the writers of the New Testament mention them; … Continue reading “APOCHRYPHA”

apocatastasis (Greek: apo, from; kata, down; histemi, stand) The doctrine of the final salvation of all mankind; a restoration. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Apocatastasis (Gr., apokatastasis; Lat. restitutio in pristinum statum, restoration to the original condition). A name given in the history of theology to the doctrine which teaches that a time will come when … Continue reading “Apocatastasis”

Apocaritae (q. d. , from , to separate), a sect, in the third century, who asserted that the human soul is part of, God, a portion of His substance joined to man. They are ranked among the Manichaeans (q.v.). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

APOCARIT AES A denomination, in the third century, which sprang from the Manicheans. They held that the soul of man was of the substance of God. Fuente: Theological Dictionary

apocalyptic number The mystical number, 666, in the Apocalypse . The Greek letters of the word Lateinos (i.e., Pagan Rome) are also numerals which, added together, amount to this number. There are other interpretations, e.g., Antichrist . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary