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Antilibanus (, opposite Libanus, Jdt 1:7), the eastern of the two great parallel ridges of mountains that enclose the valley of Coele-Syria proper (Strabo, 16:754; .Ptol. 5,15, 8; Pliny, 5,20). It is now called Jebel esh- Shurki. The Hebrew name of Lebanon (Sept. , Vulg. Libanus), which signifies whitish, from the gray color of the … Continue reading “Antilibanus”

Antilegomena (, contradicted or disputed), an epithet applied by the early Christian writers to denote those books of the New Testament which, although known to all the ecclesiastical writers, and sometimes publicly read in the churches, were not for a considerable time atdmitted to be genuine, or received into the canon of Scripture. These books … Continue reading “Antilegomena”

Antilebanon SEE ANTILIBANUS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Antilde;azco, Pedro de Born at Chachapoyas (Peru) in 1550; died at Asuncion, Paraguay, 1605. His father was Pedro de Añazco, a Spanish captain, companion of Belalcazar in the conquest of Ecuador; and through him, it is said, the first notice of the “Dorado” of Guatavitá reached the Spaniards in Ecuador. At the age of twenty-two, … Continue reading “Antilde;azco, Pedro de”

Antigua Caribbean islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east-southeast of Puerto Rico . The Siboney were the first inhabitants the islands of Antigua and Barbuda in 2400 B.C. Arawak and Carib Indians lived there when Columbus landed on his second voyage in 1493. Early settlements by the Spanish and French were … Continue reading “Antigua”

Antigonus of Socho a Jewish teacher (about 200-170 B.C.), belonged to the earlier Tanaim, and was a disciple of Simon the Just. He was the first that bears a Greek name. He probably belonged to the Grecian party, which, by an imitation of Grecian practices, sought to bring about an intimate union with those foreign … Continue reading “Antigonus of Socho”

Antigonus (, a frequent Greek name, signifying apparently against his parent), the name of two members of the Asmonsean family. 1. A son of John Hyrcanus, and grandson of Simon Maccabaeus. His brother, Aristobulus, made him his associate in the kingdom, but was at length prevailed upon by their common enemies to put him to … Continue reading “Antigonus”

Antigonish, Canada, diocese of Comprises Antigonish, Cape Breton, Guysborough, Inverness, Pictou, Richmond, and Victoria counties, in Nova Scotia; transferred from Arichat in 1886; suffragan of Halifax. Early missionaries: Father Angus MacEachern; Abbe Lejamtel; Fathers Alexander McDonell, William Chisholm, Colin Grant, James Grant; Father Vincent, founder of former Trappist monastery at Tracadie. Catholic-Hierarchy.Org diocese of Antigonish, … Continue reading “Antigonish, Canada, diocese of”

Antigonish (Micmac, nalagitkooneech, “where the branches are torn off”) Antigonish is the shiretown of the county of the same name in Nova Scotia. On the 23d of August, 1886, it was made the see of one of the dioceses constituting the ecclesiastical province of Halifax. The first see was Arichat. The diocese takes in the … Continue reading “Antigonish”

ANTIDORON A name given by the Greeks to the consecrated bread; out of which the middle part, marked with the cross, wherein the consecration resides, being taken away by the priest, the remainder is distributed after mass to the poor. Fuente: Theological Dictionary antidoron (Greek anti, instead of; doron, a gift) In the Greek Rite, … Continue reading “Antidoron”