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Sunday, Flower Sunday before Easter, the sixth and last of Lent, and the beginning of Holy Week, commemorating Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem when olive and palm branches were strewn in His path. Before the Mass of the day the Palms are to be solemnly blessed. In connection with this blessing a procession is prescribed. … Continue reading “Sunday, Flower”

Sunday, Fig Sunday before Easter, the sixth and last of Lent, and the beginning of Holy Week, commemorating Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem when olive and palm branches were strewn in His path. Before the Mass of the day the Palms are to be solemnly blessed. In connection with this blessing a procession is prescribed. … Continue reading “Sunday, Fig”

Sunday, Branch Sunday before Easter, the sixth and last of Lent, and the beginning of Holy Week, commemorating Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem when olive and palm branches were strewn in His path. Before the Mass of the day the Palms are to be solemnly blessed. In connection with this blessing a procession is prescribed. … Continue reading “Sunday, Branch”

Sunday, Blossom Sunday before Easter, the sixth and last of Lent, and the beginning of Holy Week, commemorating Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem when olive and palm branches were strewn in His path. Before the Mass of the day the Palms are to be solemnly blessed. In connection with this blessing a procession is prescribed. … Continue reading “Sunday, Blossom”

SUNDAY Or the LORD’S DAY, a solemn festival observed by Christians on the first day of every week in memory of our Saviour’s resurrection. See SABBATH. It has been contended whether Sunday is a name that ought to be used by Christians. The words Sabbath and Lord’s Day, say some, are the only names mentioned … Continue reading “Sunday”

Sundanese Version Sunda is a dialect spoken in the west of the island of Java, near the Straits of Sunda, and prevails over the third of the island. The dialect belongs to the great Polynesian stock of languages, and the difficulties in mastering the same are best described by the Rev. G. J. Grashius, who … Continue reading “Sundanese Version”

Sunadi was a Hindu divinity, the wife of Utanubaden and mother of the famous Druva, a saint who ruled the kingdom of his father during 26,000 years, and was then translated by Vishnu to the pole-star. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Sun, Worship of (Heliolatry). The worship of the great orb which insures to us light, warmth, and life is as ancient as history. It existed in the earliest ages among the Phoenicians, Egyptians, Persians, and Hindus, and later among the Greeks and Romans of the West, venerating its object under the different names of Helios … Continue reading “Sun, Worship of”

Sun-Worship sunwur-ship: The splendor of the sun makes it a natural object of adoration, once the purer idea of the one true God (Rom 1:20, Rom 1:21) is parted with, and in most ancient nations the worship of the sun was an outstanding feature. It is found in Babylonian and Assyrian (Samas; special seats of … Continue reading “Sun-Worship”

SUN, THE (1) General References to Gen 1:16; Deu 17:3; Jos 10:12; Psa 19:4; Psa 121:6; Ecc 1:5 Isa 38:8; Joe 2:31; Act 26:13 (2) Figurative Son 6:10; Isa 60:19; Amo 8:9; Mal 4:2 Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible