Semple, Robert Baylor a Baptist minister, was born at Rose Mount, King and Queen Co., Va., Jan. 20, 1769. After completing his academical course, he commenced the study of law; but having been induced to join the Baptist Church, he turned his attention to the ministry, and on Sept. 20, 1790, he was ordained pastor … Continue reading “Semple, Robert Baylor”
Sempiternity
Sempiternity (Lat. semper, always) Eternity conceived as everlasting existence or perpetuity. May have a beginning, but no end; an end, but no beginning; neither a beginning not end. — R.B.W. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy
Sempiternitas
Sempiternitas (Lat. semper, always, and eternitas, eternity), an everlasting state of existence, having a beginning, but no end. It is used in speaking of angels and the souls of men in distinction from the eternity of God. See Hagenbach, Hist. of Doctrines, 166. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Sempiternal
Sempiternal (Lat. semper, always; aeternus, eternal) Everlasting, endless, having no beginning and no ending. — V.F. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy
Semphycrates
Semphycrates in Graeco-Egyptian mythology, was a being which represented Hercules in combination with the Egyptian Harpocrates. It has been regarded as symbolical of the germinating period, in and through which germs make their appearance, or of the union of time and life. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Sempecta
Sempecta a term for a monk who had passed fifty years in a monastery. He was excused from regular duties, and at Westminster and Crowland lived in the infirmary and had a young attendant. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Semnos
Semnos (), a Greek term for a monk. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Semnium
Semnium (,, a temple), a name given by Philo to places of worship of the Therapeutae (q. i.). He says, In every one of their dwellings there is a sacred house or chapel, which they call their semnium, or monastery, where they perform the religious mysteries proper to their holy lives (Bingham, Christ. Antiq. vol. … Continue reading “Semnium”
Semnion
Semnion (), a Greek term for a monastery. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Semne
Semne (, revered), a Greek term for a nun. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature