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Apis (), the sacred bull of Memphis, worshipped by the ancient Egyptians, who regarded it as a symbol of Osiris, the god of the Nile, the husband of His, and the great divinity of Egypt (Pomp. Mela, 1:9; AElian, Hist. An. 11, 10; Lucian, De Sacrif. 15). A sacred court or yard was set apart … Continue reading “Apis”

Apion (, lean), a Greek grammarian, against whose attacks upon Jewish history Josephus wrote the treatise Contra Apionem. Some writers call him a son of Pleistonices, while others more correctly state that this was only his surname, and’that he was the son of Poseidonius (Gell. 6:8; Seneca, Epist. 88; Euseb. Prep. Evang. 10, 10). He … Continue reading “Apion”

Apiece used with numerals or measures of quantity with a distributive force, is translated “apiece” in Luk 9:3, “two coats apiece,” AV; in Joh 2:6, “two or three firkins apiece.” In Mat 20:9-10, “every man a penny,” is a free rendering for “a penny apiece;” in Luk 9:14, the RV adds “each” to translate the … Continue reading “Apiece”

Apiarius of Sicca Priest of the Roman Province of Africa , whose appeal to Rome from his bishop ‘s sentence of excommunication for misconduct (c.418 ) led to a dispute between the African Church and the popes about the regulation of local discipline. This case has been made much of by opponents of papal supremacy; … Continue reading “Apiarius of Sicca”

Apiarius was a priest of Sicca, in the province of Mauritania, who, having been guilty of immoral conduct, was deposed and excommunicated by his bishop, Urban. He appealed from his judgment to the pope, although that step was forbidden by several African councils; and, although the Council of Nicaea had determined that the affairs of … Continue reading “Apiarius”

Apia (Earth), was, according to Herodotus, the name of a Scythian deity answering to ‘the Tellus of the Greeks. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Api Doma (from dom, ” the house,” i.e.” the protector of the home”) was, in ancient Slavonian mythology, a god whose protection the people invoked when they left their homes., Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

APHTHARTODOCITES A denomination in the sixth century; so called from the Greek incorruptible, and to judge; because they held that the body of Jesus Christ was incorruptible, and not subject to death. They were a branch of the Eutychians. Fuente: Theological Dictionary

Aphthartodocetae, a sect of the Monophysites Aphthartodocetae (from , incorruptible, and , to think), a sect of the Monophysites, which arose in the 6th cent. They were also called Phantasiastae, because they appeared to acknowledge only a seeming body of Christ, and to border on Docetism; and Julianists, from their leader Julian, bp. of Halicarnassus, … Continue reading “Aphthartodocetae, a sect of the Monophysites”

Aphthartodocetae (from , incorruptible, and , to think), a sect of Monophysites, who affirmed that the body of our Lord was rendered incorruptible in consequence of the divine nature being united with it. These were again divided into parties, who debated whether the body of Christ was created or not. Others of them asserted that … Continue reading “Aphthartodocetae”