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SUPEREROGATION What a man does beyond his duty, or more than he is commanded to do. The Romanists stand up strenuously for works of supererogation, and maintain that the observance of evangelical councils is such. By means hereof a stock of merit is laid up, which the church has the disposal of, and which she … Continue reading “Supererogation”

Superbia the Roman personified pride, a daughter of Ether and Earth. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Superattendens The Greek word , episcopus, has always been retained in the Church to denote the chief minister in: sacred things. It was sometimes translated by Latin writers into superattendens, i.e. superintendent. SEE BISHOP. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Superanniuated Preachers are ministers in the Methodist churches who, by reason of age, infirmity, or afflictions, are disabled from preaching, but remain members of the Annual Conferences. In the American churches they retain all the rights and privileges of active ministers except being eligible to appointments. In the English Wesleyan Church, if members of the … Continue reading “Superanniuated Preachers”

Super-slab, or Super-table SEE ALTAR, PORTABLE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Super-altar a term given 1. To a portable altar, placed on the altar itself at the time of the celebration of the Christian Eucharist, or set up separately. Hincmar (867) allowed the use of a consecrated site, marble, or a black stone slab, probably owing to the needs of the Crusaders and the deficiency of … Continue reading “Super-altar”

Sup, Supper super. See MEALS. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Sup (). Our information on this subject is but scanty. The early Hebrews do not seem to have given special names to their several meals, for the terms rendered dine and dinner in the A.V. (Gen 43:1-6; Pro 15:17) are in reality general expressions, which might more correctly be rendered eat and portion of food. … Continue reading “Sup”

Suovetaurilia peculiar sacrifices among the ancients Romans, so named because they consisted of a pig, a sheep, and an ox. These were offered at the general lustration of the Roman people, which took place every five years. The Suovetaurilia, indeed, formed a part of every lustration, and the victims were carried around the thing to … Continue reading “Suovetaurilia”

Sunyabadis a sect of Hinda Atheists, or rather Nihilists, who held that all notions of God and man are fallacies, and that nothing exists. Whatever we look upon is regarded as vacuity. Theism and Atheism, Maya and Brahm, all is false, all is error. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature