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AMAZIAH 1. Eighth king of Judah, son of Joash, began to reign B. C. 835, and reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. He did well in the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart. Having established himself in his throne and slain the murderers of his father, he mustered a host of 300,000 … Continue reading “Amaziah”

AMAZEMENT A term sometimes employed to express our wonder; but it is rather to be considered as a medium between wonder and astonishment. It is manifestly borrowed from the extensive and complicated intricacies of a labyrinth, in which there are endless mazes, without the discovery of a clue. Hence an idea is conveyed of more … Continue reading “Amazement”

Amazed a-mazd: A term which illustrates the difficulty of expressing in one English word the wide range of startled emotion, wonder, astonishment, awe, covered, in the Old Testament, by four Hebrew words and in the New Testament by as many Greek words. Its Scripture originals range in meaning from amazement accompanied with terror and trembling … Continue reading “Amazed”

Amaze, Amazement is, lit., “a standing out” (ek, “out of,” stasis, “a standing”). Eng. “ecstasy” is a transliteration. It is translated “amazement” in Act 3:10. It was said of any displacement, and especially, with reference to the mind, of that alteration of the normal condition by which the person is thrown into a state of … Continue reading “Amaze, Amazement”

Amawatura is a book of legends in Singhalese, recording chiefly the wondrous deeds of Gotama Buddha. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Amaury Of Chartres SEE AMALRIC OF BENA. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Amaury (Amalric, Or Aimeric) patriarch OF JERUSALEM, occupied the patriarchal see from 1159, and assisted in the election of Amaury I as king of Jerusalem in 1165. A bond of friendship existed between him and the celebrated historian William of Tyre. He died in 1180. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, … Continue reading “Amaury (Amalric, Or Aimeric)”

Amaury SEE AMALRIC. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

AMAURITES The followers of Amauri, a clergyman of Bonne, in the thirteenth century. He acknowledged the divine Three, to whom he attributed the empire of the world. But according to him, religion had three epochas, which bore a similitude to the reign of the three persons in the Trinity. The reign of God had existed … Continue reading “AMAURITES”

Amatus, St. Of Remiremont SEE AMET. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature