Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Secretary General references 2Sa 8:17; 2Sa 20:24; 1Ki 4:3; 2Ki 12:10-12; 2Ki 18:18; 2Ki 18:37; 2Ki 22:1-14; 1Ch 27:32; Est 3:12; Est 8:9 Military 2Ki 25:19; 2Ch 26:11 Amanuensis; Scribe Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible

Secretarius (1) the confidential correspondent of a bishop, abbot, head of a college, or other ecclesiastical dignitary. (2) A sacristan or sexton. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Secretarium (Or Secretum) a part of early Christian churches, which was also called diaconicum (q.v.). It was called secretarium, as Ducange conjectures, because the consistory or tribunal of the Church was here kept, the secretum or seeretariura being a known name for the courts of the civil magistrate. Others suppose it derived its name from … Continue reading “Secretarium (Or Secretum)”

Secretaria a name given to the sessions of the councils in the early Christian Church because they Were held in the secretarium (q.v.). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Secretae any prayers said secretly and not aloud. Anciently, at the commencement of the divine office, the Lord’s Prayer and Hail Mary were said silently, as also other portions of the same office. But this rule was abolished in the English Church during the changes which took place three centuries ago, though it still obtains … Continue reading “Secretae”

Secreta, Monita Alleged secret code of instructions from Acquaviva, fifth general of the Society of Jesus, to the various superiors of the Society, outlining methlods for the increase of Jesuit power and influence. Rich young men were to be enticed into the ranks, wealthy widows wheedled of their fortunes, Jesuits advanced to bishoprics, and other … Continue reading “Secreta, Monita”

secret societies An organization whose members are so bound to secrecy that they may not disclose its purposes, practises, or activities to competent civil or ecclesiastical authority. As such secrecy may be and commonly is used as an instrument for the benefit of the members to the disadvantage of others in the community, and as … Continue reading “secret societies”

Secret, Secretly “secret, hidden” (akin to krupto, “to hide”), Eng., “crypt,” “cryptic,” etc., is used as an adjective and rendered “secret” in Luk 8:17, AV (RV, “hid”); in the neuter, with en, “in,” as an adverbial phrase, “in secret,” with the article, Mat 6:4, Mat 6:6 (twice in each verse); without the article, Joh 7:4, … Continue reading “Secret, Secretly”

Secret Of The Mass a prayer in the canon of the mass before the preface, and having much the same tenor as the collect. Since the 10th century it is said in a low voice by the celebrant after the Orate fred. tres. In France it was marked with the mystic letters V.D. St. Gregory … Continue reading “Secret Of The Mass”

Secret in the Mass The second of the three prayers of the Proper of the Mass, said by the celebrant in a low voice immediately after the prayer Orate, Fratres. The number of Secrets varies according to the number of feasts commemorated. It corresponds to the Collect and Postcommunion. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary