Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

SEDITION A popular tumult, Mal 24:5, or a religious faction, Gal 5:20 . The same Greek word is translated “insurrection,” in speaking of Barabbas, Mar 15:7, and “dissension” in Mal 15:2 . Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Sedition In the early Church, kings and emperors were looked upon as political parents, whose authority and … Continue reading “Sedition”

sedilia (Latin: seats) Seats on the south side of the sanctuary for the officiating clergy during the liturgy. The earliest examples are found in the catacombs where one stone seat was placed at the side of the altar. The number of seats has since increased to four and five although the usual number is three, … Continue reading “Sedilia”

Sedile (plur. sedilia), the Latin name for a seat, a term which in modern times has come to be pretty generally applied by way of distinction to the seats on the south side of the choir near the altar in churches, used in the Roman Catholic service by the priest and his attendants, the deacon … Continue reading “Sedile”

Sedibus caeli nitidis receptos Hymn for Vespers and Matins on 7 July, the Feast of Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius. It was written by Father Leanetti and Father Salvati probably c.1880. There are three translations; the English title given is by the Benedictines ot Stanbrook. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

sedia gestatoria A portable papal throne, consisting of an ornamented, silk-covered armchair fastened on a suppedaneum (foot-rest), with rings through which rods are passed, by which red-uniformed footmen may carry it. Used at the coronation of a new pope and other solemn entries, though since Pope John Paul I it is not longer borne by … Continue reading “Sedia Gestatoria”

Sedgwick, Thomas Regius professor of divinity at Cambridge, 1557, rector of Stanhope, Durham, and vicar of Gainford, Durham, both in 1558; d. in a Yorkshire prison, 1573. He was deprived of the three preferments noted above soon after Elizabeth’s accession, and was restricted to within ten miles of Richmond, Yorkshire, from 1562 to 1570, when … Continue reading “Sedgwick, Thomas”

Sedgwick, Obadiah a Nonconformist divine, was born at Marlborough, in Wiltshire, England, in 1600, and educated at Queen’s College and at Magdalen Hall, Oxford. He became chaplain to lord Horatio Vere, whom he accompanied to the Netherlands. Returning to Oxford, he was admitted to the reading of sentences in 1629. He preached at St. Mildred’s, … Continue reading “Sedgwick, Obadiah”

Sedes Vacans (a vacant see), strictly a vacancy of the papal or an episcopal chair, since the term sedes () is applied only to apostolica, i.e. Roman and other episcopal sees; but it is in use extended to abbeys, prelatures, and all dignities to which the right of collating to benefices belongs. For the rules … Continue reading “Sedes Vacans”

Sedes Impedita (a hindered see). An expression by which the canons designate the state of the papal or an episcopal office when its functions are seriously hindered or altogether interrupted by the force of difficulties from without. 1. The interruption of episcopal functions (sedes episcopalis impedita) may be occasioned (1) when outward foes (pagans or … Continue reading “Sedes Impedita”

Sedes Apostolica SEE APOSTOLICAL. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature