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ama Semitic word meaning: (1) mother, applied by Copts and Greeks to nuns and to ladies of rank; (2) vessel in which the wine offered by the people for the Holy Sacrifice was Teceived in the early Church. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Ama (Or Amma.) A Semitic term meaning mother, adopted by the Copts and … Continue reading “Ama”

Am ha’arez AM HAAREZ ( ) means literally the people of the land. Sometimesparticularly in later books of OTit is found in the plural hrez or hrzth. Its use in the time of Christ indicates the following development:From being (1) applied to the ordinary inhabitants of the land (Gen 23:7; Gen 23:12-13) or to the … Continue reading “Am ha’arez”

Am Ende, Johann Joachim Gottlob a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born. in 1704 at Grafenhainichen, in Saxony. He studied at Wittenberg, and succeeded his father in the pastorate at his native place. In 1743 he was called to Schulpforte, and in 1748 he was appointed superintendent at Freiburg, in Thuringia. The year following he … Continue reading “Am Ende, Johann Joachim Gottlob”

Am Ende, Christian Carl a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born Oct. 3, 1730, at Lossnitz, in Saxony. He studied at Kulmbach and Erlangen; was appointed in 1755 adjunctus and rector at Kaufbeuern; in 1783 he was made deacon and hospital preacher. He died Nov. 15, 1799. He contributed largely to different periodicals and reviews. … Continue reading “Am Ende, Christian Carl”

Am (Or Amam) (devourer), a daemon of the Egyptian Hades who is mentioned in the Ritual of the Dead. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

A.M. = Ave, Maria (Hail, Mary). Initials interwoven as a monogram of the Blessed Virgin. = Artium Magister (Master of Arts) Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Am (I am). SEE JEHOVAH. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Alzog, Johann Baptist (1808-78) Priest and church historian, born Ohlau, Silesia; died Freiburg, Breisgau. He was professor of church history at Freiburg, and wrote “Manual of Church History,” “Patrology,” “Oration of Saint Gregory Nazianzus,” and other works. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Alzog, Johann Baptist A Catholic church historian, born 29 June, 1808, at Ohlau in … Continue reading “Alzog, Johann Baptist”

Alzog, Johann a Roman Catholic theologian of Germany, was born at Ohlau, Silesia, in 1808. He studied at Breslau and Bonn; received holy orders. at Cologne in 1834; was made doctor of theology at Munster in 1835; the same year he was appointed professor at the Clerical Seminary in Posen; in 1845 he was called … Continue reading “Alzog, Johann”

Alzedo SEE ALCEDO. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Alzate, Jos Antonio Born at Ozumba, Mexico, in 1738; died in 1799. Alzate, who was a priest, was one of the most zealous students of liberal sciences in New Spain in the seventeenth century. More than thirty treatises on various subjects are due to his pen. Astronomy, physics, meteorology, antiquities, metallurgy, were among the topics … Continue reading “Alzate, José Antonio”