SINIM Isa 49:12, a people very remote from the Holy Land, towards the east or south; generally believed to mean the Chinese, who have been known to Western Asia from early times, and are called by the Arabs Sin, and by the Syrians Tsini. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Sinim (Heb. Sinim’, , prob. … Continue reading “Sinim”
Sinigaglia
Sinigaglia (SENIGALLIA), DIOCESE OF SINIGAGLIA (SENOGALLIENSIS) Diocese in the Province of Ancona in the Marches (Central Italy). The city is situated on the Adriatic at the mouth of the Misa, which divides it into two parts. Maritime commerce, the cultivation and manufacture of silk, agriculture, and cattle-raising from the means of support of the population. … Continue reading “Sinigaglia”
Singular proposition
Singular proposition See logic, formal, 4, 5. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy
Singular
Singular a word used by old writers in the sense of incomparable, matchless, of unequalled excellence. The following examples are taken from king Edward VI’s Primer: Breathe into my heart by thy Holy Spirit this most precious and singular gift of faith, which worketh by charity, that When thou shalt call me out of this … Continue reading “Singular”
Singlin, Antoine
Singlin, Antoine a French theologian, was born at Paris early in the 17th century, and by the advice of Vincent de Paul embraced the monastic life at the age of twenty- two. After learning Latin in the College de Paris, he entered the Hopital de Pitie to teach the catechism to children. Later he attached … Continue reading “Singlin, Antoine”
Singleness
Singleness denotes “simplicity,” Act 2:46, “singleness,” for which Moulton and Milligan, from papyri examples, suggest “unworldly simplicity;” the idea here is that of an unalloyed benevolence expressed in act. see BOUNTY, No. 2. Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words
Single Eye
Single Eye is a phrase used in the A.V. (Mat 6:29; Luk 11:34) for , an unclouded vision, rather than a single aim. See the commentators ad loc., and the monographs of Zorn in the Miscell. Duisb. 2, 240; and Sommel (Lond. and Goth. 1787). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Single Eye … Continue reading “Single Eye”
Single Combat
Single Combat has always been, among semicivilized nations, a favorite resort to decide a dispute without the effusion of much blood. Classical history abounds with instances. The Bible also gives a few noteworthy cases, of which the contest between David (q.v.) and Goliath is the most remarkable. Similar customs still prevail among the Arabs (Burckhardt, … Continue reading “Single Combat”
Single
Single haplous (G573) Single akeraios (G185) Sincere, Harmless akakos (G172) Simple, Good adolos (G97) Pure Haplous, akeraios, akakos, and adolos refer to the rarest and best Christian virtues, perhaps to the same virtue seen in terms of different images. The meanings of these terms are only slightly different. Haplous occurs only twice in the New … Continue reading “Single”
Singing schools
Singing schools were established for the instruction of the order of singers as early as the 6th century, and became common in various parts of Europe, particularly in France and Germany. These schools were very much patronized by Gregory the Great, under whom they gained great celebrity. From them originated the famous Gregorian Chant (q.v.), … Continue reading “Singing schools”