Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Sextus Julius Africanus (c.160-c.240) Chronographer, east Africa. He is thought to have been of Roman descent; he studied at Alexandria and restored the city of Emmaus in Palestine and called it Nikopolis. His “Chronicle,” in five books, covered the time from the Creation to A.D. 221, and was the first Christian attempt at universal history … Continue reading “Sextus Julius Africanus”

Sextus Empiricus A physician who lived about 200 A.D. His writings contain numerous arguments of a sceptical empiricistic variety drawn from Pyrrho (q.v.) and directed against dogmatic claims to absolute truth, especially in the sciences and ethics. His Adversus Mathematicos (Against the Mathematicians) is an important source for the history of the sciences of astronomy, … Continue reading “Sextus Empiricus”

Sextus a term, in the ancient canon law, to signify a collection of decretals made by pope Boniface VIII; thus called from the title, Liber Sextus, and being an addition to the five volumes of decretals collected by Gregory IX. The persons reputed to have been commissioned to draw it up were William de Mandegotte, … Continue reading “Sextus”

Sextry SEE SACRISTY. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

sexton (Anglo-Norman: segerstein, someone who looks after the sacred objects) A church official, usually a layman, with duties ranging from those of janitor to those of sacristan , such as caring for the church edifice and grounds, ringing the bell, and preparing graves. Sextons have their own patron saints . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Sexton … Continue reading “Sexton”

sext (Latin: sextus, six) In the Divine Office, the office of the sixth hour (midday), comprising an invariable hymn, three variable psalms, little chapter, response, and oration proper to the day. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Sext I. MEANING, SYMBOLISM, AND ORIGIN The hora sexta of the Romans corresponded closely with our noon. Among the Jews … Continue reading “Sext”

Sexes, Separation Of, In Churches The rules of the primitive churches required the separation of the sexes in the churches, and this was generally observed. The men occupied the left of the altar on the south side of the church, and the women the right on the north. They were separated from each other by … Continue reading “Sexes, Separation Of, In Churches”

Sexburga, Saint Died about 699. Her sisters, Sts. Ethelburga and Saethrid, were both Abbesses of Faremontier in Brie, St. Withburga was a nun at Ely, and St. Etheldreda became Abbess of Ely. Sexburga was the daughter of Anna, King of the East Angles, and was married about 640 to Earconbert, King of Kent. She lived … Continue reading “Sexburga, Saint”

Sexagesima Sunday (Latin: sixtieth) The eighth Sunday before Easter, is within the sixth decade of the space of 60 days before Easter, called Meatless Sunday in the Byzantine Rite. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

SEXAGESIMA The second Sunday before Lent; so called because about the 60th day before Easter. Fuente: Theological Dictionary Sexagesima (Lat. sexagesima, sixtieth) is the eighth Sunday before Easter and the second before Lent. The Ordo Romanus, Alcuin, and others count the Sexagesima from this day to Wednesday after Easter. The name was already known to … Continue reading “Sexagesima”