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Alma Redemptoris Mater Antiphon of Our Lady for Vespers from the Saturday before the first Sunday of Advent to the feast of the Purification, inclusive. It is ascribed to Hermann Contractus (1013-1054). There are several translations. The English title given is by D. Hunter-Blair; the first verse reads: Mother benign of our redeeming Lord, Star … Continue reading “Alma Redemptoris Mater”

Alma Mater (Latin: nourishing or bounteous mother) Title given by ancient Romans to certain goddesses; now applied to universities and schools, considered as “foster mothers” of their students. The Bull of Pope Clement V postponing the opening of the 15th AEcumenical Council, at Vienne, from 1 October 1310, to 1 October 1311, is entitled “Alma … Continue reading “Alma Mater”

Alma (Hebrew: young woman) Word used in the prophecy of Isaias, 7, and interpreted by Saint Matthew, 1, as applying to the Virgin Mother of the Messias. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Alma A Hebrew word signifying a “young woman”, unmarried as well as married, and thus distinct from bethulah, “a virgin” (see Hebrew Lexicons). The … Continue reading “Alma”

Allyn, William (cardinal). SEE ALLAN. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Allyn, Norman a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Hartford, Conn., Jan. 23, 1810. No record of his life-work is accessible other than that he was a member of the Southern Illinois Conference, served the Church as an able and earnest minister for nearly thirty years, and that hundreds were added to the Church through … Continue reading “Allyn, Norman”

Allyn, John D.D. a Unitarian minister, born in Barnstable, Mass., March 21, 1767. He graduated at Harvard 1785, and in 1788 became pastor in Duxbury, Mass., which position he retained until his death, July 19, 1833. In 1820 he was the delegate from Duxbury in the Constitutional Convention of Massachusetts. He published several of his … Continue reading “Allyn, John”

Allyn, Henry a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Windsor, Conn., about 1813. He emigrated to Illinois in 1832; was converted in his seventeenth year, and received license to preach in 1839. Six years later he was ordained deacon, in 1850 elder, and in 1851 entered the Southern Illinois Conference, wherein he labored until his … Continue reading “Allyn, Henry”

Allworden, Heinrich Von a German theologian, a native of Stade, lived in the first half of the 18th century. He studied at Helmstedt, under the celebrated Mosheim, and, upon the advice of the latter, published a life of Servetus under the following title, Historia Michaelis Serveti (Helmstedt, 1728, 4to), with a portrait of Servetus. An … Continue reading “Allworden, Heinrich Von”

Allut, Jean surnamed l’Eclaireur (the Enlightener), a pseudonym adopted by a French fanatic, who, at the beginning of the 18th century, attempted at London the establishment of a new sect. His real name was Elie Marion, and he was a native of Barre, a village in the vicinity of Montpelier. His apostles or associates were … Continue reading “Allut, Jean”

Allure a-lur (, pathah, to persuade, woo, entice; , deleazo, to entrap, lay a bait): (1) I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness (Hos 2:14), with evident reference to the Assyrian invasion and the devastation of the land, followed up by the Exile. Thus would Yahweh entice Israel to repent by gentle … Continue reading “Allure”