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Anti-Pasch (or Antipascha) (), Low-Sunday, the Sunday after Easter-day, Dominica i’n albis, the Sunday within the octave of Easter. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

ANTI-PAEDOBAPTISTS (from “against, ” and “child, ” and “baptize, “) is a distinguishing denomination given to those who object to the baptism of infants. See BAPTISM. Fuente: Theological Dictionary anti-paedobaptists (Greek: anti, against; pais, child) Those who object to infant baptism ; sometimes applied to the Baptist sect, in America and elsewhere. Fuente: New Catholic … Continue reading “anti-paedobaptists”

Anti-Mission Baptists Group of Baptist associations which arose c.1835 and have never organized as a denomination. Other names applied to them are “Old School,” “Regular,” “Anti-Mission,” and “Hard-Shell.” They are opposed to all human religious institutions and are strongly Calvinistic in their doctrine. They hold strictly “to the full verbal inspiration of the Old and … Continue reading “Anti-mission Baptists”

Anti-metaphysics 1. Agnosticism (q.v.). 2. Logical Positivism (see Scientific Empiricism (1)) holds that those metaphysical statements which are not confirmable by experiences (see Verification 4, 5) have no cognitive meaning and hence are pseudo-statements (see Meaning, Kinds of, 1, 5), — R.C. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Anti-Libanus an-ti-liba-nus. See LEBANON. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Anti-Libanus Anti-Libanus [LEBANON] Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature Anti-Libanus The Greeks give this name to that chain of mountains east of Libanus, which, properly speaking, forms, together with Libanus, but one ridge of mountains, extending from north to south, and afterward from south to north, in … Continue reading “Anti-Libanus”

Anti-Lebanon See LEBANON. Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary

Anti-Calvinists a name given to Arminians (q.v.) as opposed to the Calvinists. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

anti- (Latin: against, opposed to) Prefix in common use designating opposition or counteraction, as in anti-Catholic, and anti-Christian, anti-Trinitarian. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

ANTHYPOPHORA ANTHYPOPHORA is part of a refutation by anticipation, when those things are refuted which may seem possible to be said in opposition to our opinion [the refutation of an adversarys supposed objection]. See Gnom. on Heb 2:8. See below examples under the title OCCUPATIO. This ANTHYPOPHORA, which answers to a foreseen objection, differs from … Continue reading “ANTHYPOPHORA”

ANTHROPOPATHY A figure, expression, or discourse, whereby some passion is attributed to God which properly belongs only to man. Anthropopathy is frequently used promiscuously with anthropology; yet in strictness they ought to be distinguished, as the genus from the species. Anthropology may be understood of any thing human attributed to God, as eyes, hands, &c. … Continue reading “Anthropopathy”