Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

SEPHAR “A mountain of the East,” a boundary of the Joktanite tribes, Gen 10:30 . It is perhaps the same as Mount Sabber in Southwestern Arabia. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Sephar (Heb. Sephar’, , a numbering; Sept. v.r. ), a mountain of the east, a line drawn from which to Mesha formed the … Continue reading “Sephar”

Separatists At Zoar The village of Zoar, which is the home of this communistic society, is in Tuscarawas County, O. From Nordhoff’s Communistic Societies of the United States we gather the following information respecting them: 1. History. This society, like the Harmony Society, originated in Wrtemberg, and like them, the Inspirationists, and others, were dissenters … Continue reading “Separatists At Zoar”

Separatists A German religious social organization originating in Wrttemberg about the beginning of the 19th century. Many of its members emigrated to America in 1817 under the leadership of Joseph Bliumeler and settled at Zoar, Ohio. They discountenanced military service, oaths, all ceremonies and sacraments in worship, and strove to cultivate an austere piety. Marriage … Continue reading “Separatists”

Separatism a term used to denote the disposition and practice by which persons withdraw from established communities or dissent from settled and common views or beliefs. This article is concerned with the religious, or more specifically the ecclesiastical, form of separatism only. The strict meaning of the phrase religious separatism, which is also its only … Continue reading “Separatism”

Separations * For SEPARATIONS see No. 3, above Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Separation, Water Of SEPARATION, WATER OF.See Red Heifer. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible

Separation Of Eastern And Western Churches SEE SCHISM. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Separation Of Church And State SEE CHURCH AND STATE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

separation, matrimonial The separation or husband and wife, or a limited divorce from bed and board, without the right of remarriage until the death of one of parties, is sometimes permitted by the Church on account of adultery, or lapse into heresy, or the entrance into a religious life on the part of husband or … Continue reading “separation, matrimonial”

Separation SEPARATION.In discourses descriptive of the present condition and future prospects of the Kingdom of God, Christ taught that the Kingdom in its ideal state of purity would not be realized till the end of the world, when the object in view is to be attained by means of a judicial separation between real members … Continue reading “Separation”