Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Sentilde;an, Jos& Francisco de Paula Born at Barcelona, Spain, 3 March, 1760; died at Mission San Buenaventura on 24 Aug., 1823; entered the Franciscan Order in 1774. In 1784 he was incorporated in the missionary college of San Fernando in the City of Mexico, and im 1787 sent to California. He was there assigned to … Continue reading “Sentilde;an, Jos&é Francisco de Paula”

Sentilde;a, Balthasar Indian missionary and philologist, b. at Barcelona, Spain, about 1590; d. at Guarambare, Paraguay, 19 July, 1614. He entered the Jesuit novitiate at Tarragona, Aragon, in 1608. Before completing his studies he volunteered for the Guarani missions of Paraguay, and sailed from Lisbon in company with the veteran missionary, Father Juan Romero, in … Continue reading “Sentilde;a, Balthasar”

Sentience (Lat. sentiens, from sentire, to feel) Consciousness at a rudimentary sensory level. — L.W. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Sentia in Roman mythology, was the goddess of opinions, i.e. the deity who inspires opinions, views, judgments. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Senter, M. Alverson a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was the son of Riley Senter, of Murphey’s, Cal. He graduated from the Genesee College in 1865; and united with the Troy Conference in 1867. He served the Third Street Church in Troy, N.Y., and was pastor for the same length of time of the … Continue reading “Senter, M. Alverson”

Senter, Anthony a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Lincoln County, N.C., Jan. 28, 1785, converted in 1806, admitted on trial in 1809, into full connection in 1811, and filled the following appointments: Great Peedee Circuit, 1809; Bladen, 1810; Little Peedee, 1811; Buncombe, 1812; Sparta, 1813; Georgetown, 1814; Charleston, 1815; and presiding elder of the … Continue reading “Senter, Anthony”

Sententiarii the followers of Peter Lombard (q.v.), whose four Books of Sentences, on their appearance in 1162, at once acquired such authority that all the doctors began to expound them. They brought all the doctrines of faith, as well as the principles and precepts of practical religion, under the dominion of philosophy. They were held … Continue reading “Sententiarii”

Sentential function has been used by some as a syntactical term, to mean a sentence (q.v.) containing free variables. This notion should not be confused with that of a propositional function (q.v.), the relationship is that a propositional function may be obtained from a sentential function by abstraction (q. v.) — A.C. Fuente: The Dictionary … Continue reading “Sentential function”

Sentential calculus Same as propositional calculus (see logic, formal, 1). — A.C. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Sentences, Offertory a name for the texts of Scripture either said or sung at the time of the offertory in the Anglican form for the celebration of the holy eucharist. SEE OFFERTORY. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature