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Alexandrinus, Codex A most valuable Greek manuscript of the Old and New Testaments, so named because it was brought to Europe from Alexandria and had been the property of the patriarch of that see. For the sake of brevity, Walton, in his polyglot Bible, indicated it by the letter A and thus set the fashion … Continue reading “Alexandrinus, Codex”

Alexandrine Rite One of the great parent rites of the East, used throughout the original Patriarchate of Alexandria, Egypt . One of its earliest peculiarities is the invocation of the Word of God and not the Holy Ghost after the words of Institution, or Consecration. It has three forms: the Greek Liturgy of Saint Mark, … Continue reading “Alexandrine Rite”

Alexandrine Liturgy, The The tradition of the Church of Egypt traces its origin to the Evangelist St. Mark, the first Bishop of Alexandria, and ascribes to him the parent liturgy from which all the others used by Melchites, Copts, and by the daughter-Church of Abyssinia are derived. These three bodies possess the three groups of … Continue reading “Alexandrine Liturgy, The”

Alexandrians Among the active opponents of St. Stephen were certain of them that were of the synagogue called the synagogue of the Alexandrians (, Act 6:9). Grammatically the sentence is not in good form, and admits of a variety of interpretations. Some exegetes (Calvin, Bengel, O. Holtzmann, Rendall) assume that the Libertines, Cyrenians, Alexandrians, Cilicians, … Continue reading “Alexandrians”

Alexandrian School A convenient designation for the various religious philosophies that flourished at Alexandria from the first to the fourth centuries of the Christian era, such as Neo-Pythagoreanism, the Jewish Platonism of Philo, Christian Platonism, and Neo-Platonism. Common to all these schools is the attempt to state Oriental religious beliefs in terms of Greek philosophy. … Continue reading “Alexandrian School”

ALEXANDRIAN MANUSCRIPT A famous copy of the Scriptures, in four volumes quarto. It contains the whole bible in Greek, including the Old and New Testament, with the Apocrypha, and some smaller pieces, but not quite complete. It is preserved in the British Museum: it was sent as a present to king Charles I. from Cyrillus … Continue reading “ALEXANDRIAN MANUSCRIPT”

Alexandrian Liturgy is a title given to that ancient liturgy to which the name of Mark the Evangelist is usually prefixed, believed to be at least as early as the 2d century. Its liturgical peculiarity is the prefixing the Great Intercession for the living and departed to the words and Institution, instead of affixing them … Continue reading “Alexandrian Liturgy”

Alexandrian Library, The The Great Library of Alexandria, so called to distinguish it from the smaller or “daughter” library in the Serapeum, was a foundation of the first Ptolemies for the purpose of aiding the maintenance of Greek civilization in the midst of the conservative Egyptians. If the removal of Demetrius Phalereus to Alexandria, in … Continue reading “Alexandrian Library, The”

Alexandrian Library This celebrated collection of books was first founded by Ptolemy Soter, for the use of the academy, or society of learned men, which he had founded at Alexandria. Beside the books which he procured, his son, Ptolemy Philadelphus, added many more, and left in this library at his death a hundred thousand volumes; … Continue reading “Alexandrian Library”

Alexandrian (), an inhabitant of Alexandria in Egypt, spec. a Jew living there (Act 6:9; Act 18:24). Alexandria was much frequented by Jews, so that 10,000 of them are said to have been numbered among its inhabitants (Philo, In Flacc. p. 971; Josephus, Ant. 19, 5, 2). SEE ALEXANDRIA. It appears from Act 6:9, that … Continue reading “Alexandrian”