Simplicity (lit. [Note: literally, literature.] one-foldedness) (a) In Rom 16:18 the term simple is used in the Authorized Version to translate . False teachers by smooth and fair speech beguile the hearts of the simple. These are inexperienced Christians, unfamiliar with the duplicity of guile, in Heb 7:26 is used in the purely good sense, … Continue reading “Simplicity”
Simplicianus, St., bp. of Milan
Simplicianus, St., bp. of Milan Simplicianus, St., bp. of Milan next after St. Ambrose, a resident there between 350 and 360 and instrumental in converting Victorious (Aug. Conf. viii. 2). Later perhaps than this he became intimate with St. Ambrose, whose father in the Christian faith he is called by Augustine. About 374, the year … Continue reading “Simplicianus, St., bp. of Milan”
Simplicianus
Simplicianus archbishop of Milan (398-400), was a friend and teacher of Ambrose, who wrote to him four epistles (comp. Migne, 16, 874). Augustine dedicated to Simplicianus his De Diversis Quoestionibus, and mentions him very often. Virgilius of Trent addressed to him his De Martyrio S. Sisinnii et Socinorum (Migne, vol. 13), and Ennodius of Pavia … Continue reading “Simplicianus”
Simplices
Simplices (simple), a term of reproach frequently bestowed upon the early Christians. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Simple, Simplicity
Simple, Simplicity SIMPLE, SIMPLICITY (, ; the latter does not occur in the Gospels; the former only in Mat 6:22 and Luk 11:34). The words , simple, and single spring from the one root (Giles, Man. of Comp. Philol. p. 156). It appears in Greek in (= ), , and as in and ; in … Continue reading “Simple, Simplicity”
SIMPLE MESSAGE, THE
SIMPLE MESSAGE, THE Isa 28:10; Joh 21:15; 1Co 2:1; 1Co 3:2 –SEE Adaptation of Truth, Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible
Simple Feasts
Simple Feasts were, according to the Salisbury use, those on which only the initial words of the antiphon to the Benedictus and Magnificat were sung. They were comprised under three classes, the first, of nine lessons, with triple or double invitatory; the second, of three lessons, with double invitatory; the third, of three lessons, with … Continue reading “Simple Feasts”
simple feast
simple feast (Latin: festum simplex) A festival of lower rank than a “double” or a “semi-double”. The Office is said in a very simple form, with the psalms of the three nocturnes recited in one nocturne only. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Simple Enumeration
Simple Enumeration (Bacon) The name given by F. Bacon to the Aristotelian and the Scholastic process of induction which advances to the knowledge of laws from the knowledge of facts established by observation and experiment and clearly arranged. This type of induction treats instances by noting the number of observed coincident happenings of the antecedent … Continue reading “Simple Enumeration”
SIMPLE AND SIMPLICITY
SIMPLE AND SIMPLICITY Sometimes used in the Bible in a good sense, denoting sincerity, candor, and an artless ignorance of evil, 1Ch 16:19 2Co 1:12 11:3; sometimes in a bad sense, denoting heedless foolishness both mental and moral, Pro 1:22 9:4 14:15 22:3; and sometimes in the sense of mere ignorance or inexperience, 2Sa 15:11 … Continue reading “SIMPLE AND SIMPLICITY”