Author: Administrador

Antitype See type. Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church ANTITYPE A Greek word, properly signifying a type or figure corresponding to some other type. The word antitype occurs twice in the New Testament, viz. in the Epistle to the Hebrews, chap. 9: 5: 24, and in the 1 Epistle of St. Peter chap. 3: 5: … Continue reading “Antitype”

Antitrinitarians Those who deny the Trinity of Persons in the Godhead; in early days, the Sabellians, Macedonians, and Arians; in later times Protestant bodies such as the Socinians and Unitarians. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Antitrinitarians a general name either applied to all who oppose the doctrine of the Trinity (q.v.), or, in a more restricted … Continue reading “Antitrinitarians”

Antithgos (, opposed to God), a Greek epithet for Satan. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

ANTITHETA ANTITHETA are, when contraries are opposed to contraries: which is done in a threefold manner, either so as that single words are opposed to single words, or pairs to pairs, or sentences to sentences [ERNESTI Init. Rhet. 351, pp. 171, 172]: for instance-Luk 2:14, , – : v. Gnom.-Rom 8:5, , , .-Ch. 15:12, … Continue reading “ANTITHETA”

Antithesis; or, Contrast A setting of one Phrase in Contrast with another An-tith-e-sis. Greek, , from (anti), against, and (thesis), a setting, from (tithenai), to set or place. It is a figure by which two thoughts, ideas, or phrases, are set over one against the other, in order to make the contrast more striking, and … Continue reading “Antithesis; or, Contrast”

Antithesis (Gr. anti-against, tithenai- to set) In a general sense, the opposition or contrast of ideas or statements. In philosophy, a proposition opposed to a given thesis expressing a fact or a positive statement. With Kant, it is the negative member of the antinomies of reason. With Hegel, it is the second phase of the … Continue reading “Antithesis”

Antitactae (q. d. , from , to resist), the Antinomian branch of the Gnostics. Gnosticism regarded matter as absolutely evil, and the body as the seat and source of evil. Gnostic morality, therefore, consisted in the mortification of the body. One class of Gnostic sects tried to attain this end by means of rigorous asceticism, … Continue reading “Antitactae”

Antisupernaturalists those who endeavor to subtract from the character of Christ and Christianity all that is miraculous and supernatural, thus reducing everything within the limits of human reason, and what is accordant with the ordinary operations of nature. SEE RATIONALISM. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Antistrophon argument (Gr. antistrophos, turned in an opposite way) In rhetoric, any argument by an opponent which can be turned against him. — J.K.F. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Antistrophe; or, Retort A turning the Words of a Speaker against himself An-tis-tro-phee. Greek, , a turning about, from (anti), against, and (strepho), to turn. The figure is so called because the words of a speaker are turned against himself in Retort. When the retort is violent, it is called BIAEON (Bi-ae-on), Greek, , forcible, … Continue reading “Antistrophe; or, Retort”