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Antisthenes the founder of the Cynics, was the son of Antisthenes, an Athenian. He flourished B.C. 366. In his youth he fought at Tanagra (B.C. 426), and was a disciple first of Gorgias, and then of Socrates, whom he followed until his death. He is said to have been instrumental in securing the punishment of … Continue reading “Antisthenes”

Antistes This title appears to have been common to bishops and presbyters in the early Church. As the name sacerdos is common to both estates in respect to the offices of divine service, which were performed by both, so in respect of the government of the Church in which they were associated, we find them … Continue reading “Antistes”

Antist, Vincent Justinian a Spanish Dominican, was born at Valencia. He was prior of his order, and died in the year 1599, leaving many works. Among them are, Notes. on the Opuscula of St. Vincent Ferrer: A Defence of the Images of St. Catherine of Sienna, etc., in Latin: a Life of St. Vincent Ferre’, … Continue reading “Antist, Vincent Justinian”

Antiquity an-tikwi-ti (, kadhmah, from , kadham, to precede in time, to be old): In Eze 16:55; Eze 36:11, rendered former; in Psa 129:6, before. Translated antiquity only in Isa 23:7 to indicate the primeval age of Tyre, which Strabo terms, after Sidon, the oldest Phoenician city. Delitzsch renders it whose origin is from the … Continue reading “Antiquity”

Antiquities, Sacred a term that may be considered as embracing whatever relates to the religious, political, social, domestic, and individual life, not only of the Hebrew race, but also of those kingdoms, tribes, and persons that were connected with, or more or less influenced by the chosen people (with the exception of history and biography) … Continue reading “Antiquities, Sacred”

Antiquities, Biblical This department of archæology has been variously defined and classified. Some scholars have included in it even Biblical chronology, geography, and natural history, but wrongly so, as these three branches of Biblical science belong rather to the external environment of history proper. Archæology, properly speaking, is the science of antiquities, and of those … Continue reading “Antiquities, Biblical”

ANTIQUITIES A term implying all testimonies or authentic accounts that have come down to us of ancient nations. As the study of antiquity may be useful both to the enquiring Christian, as well as to those who are employed in, or are candidates for the Gospel ministry, we shall here subjoin a list of those … Continue reading “ANTIQUITIES”

Antiquario, Jacopo an Italian prelate, and native of Perugia, was born near the middle of the 15th century. He was secretary to cardinal Savelli, legate of Bologna, then of the duke of Milan, John Galeazzo Sforza; and was employed ill several important matters. He remained at Milan after it had been conquered by the French, … Continue reading “Antiquario, Jacopo”

Antiquaries are not agreed upon the origin of the pointed arch, some contending that it is an importation from the East, and others that it is the invention of the countries in which Gothic architecture prevailed. It is, perhaps, more true that the Gothic style in which the pointed arch is so chief a feature … Continue reading “Antiquaries”

Antiquari, I a name given to copiers of ancient books and documents in religious houses. They were generally regulars belonging to some order, and lived in monasteries. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature