Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Secret, Discipline of the A modern term describing a practise of the ancient Church , by which knowledge of the more intimate mysteries of the Christian religion, such as the Trinity and the doctrine of some of the Sacraments, were kept from the heathen and, at least in the earlier stages of their instruction, from … Continue reading “Secret, Discipline of the”

SECRET See MYSTERY Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary secret (Latin: secernere, to set apart) Occult knowledge which must not be revealed. It may be a natural, promised, or official secret. One who sees a respectable person accidentally commit a misdemeanor, by the nature of the fact, cannot reveal it. Promised secrecy is what the … Continue reading “Secret”

Secondary Qualities Those sensible qualities which are “nothing in the objects themselves, but powers to produce various sensations in us by their primary qualities.” This is the definition of John Locke. Such qualities (colors, sounds, tastes, smells) are distinguishable from primary in that they are highly variable, less constant. They appear in human consciousness in … Continue reading “Secondary Qualities”

Secondary a clerk who, if learned and expert in music, was eligible for promotion, by the dean, to the place of vicar. He was the carton’s personal attendant, and sat in the secondary row of stalls: hence his name. At Chichester the secondary sang the daily mass of requiem in the Lady-chapel. It was also … Continue reading “Secondary”

Secondarily sekun-da-ri-li: the King James Version for (, deuteron) (1Co 12:28). Probably without distinction from secondly (so the Revised Version (British and American), and so the King James Version also for deuteron in Sirach 23:23). Still the King James Version may have wished to emphasize that the prophets have a lower rank than the apostles. … Continue reading “Secondarily”

Second, Secondarily, Secondly denotes “second in order” with or without the idea of time, e.g., Mat 22:26, Mat 22:39; 2Co 1:15; Rev 2:11; in Rev 14:8, RV only (“a second angel”); it is used in the neuter, deuteron, adverbially, signifying a “second” time, e.g., Joh 3:4; Joh 21:16; Act 7:13; Rev 19:3, RV (AV, “again”); … Continue reading “Second, Secondarily, Secondly”

Second Sabbath See SABBATH, SECOND. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Second Order of Saint Francis Also known as the Poor Ladies, the Sisters of Saint Clare, and the Second Order of Saint Francis. Founded in 1212 at the convent of San Damiano, Assisi, Italy by Saint Clare of Assisi under the direction of Saint Francis of Assisi , who charged the community to live according … Continue reading “Second Order of Saint Francis”

Second Order of Saint Dominic An order of women founded at Prouille, France in 1205, by Saint Dominic. Many monasteries were established in Europe, a number of which were suppressed during the revolutions which affected Catholic countries from the close of the 18th century. The nuns are strictly cloistered; they recite the Divine Office in … Continue reading “Second Order of Saint Dominic”

Second Marriage In the early Church, not only did the more strict Novatians and Montanists esteem a second marriage unlawful, but that error was upheld by several councils (Cone. Nic. c. 8; Ancyran, c. 19; Laodic. c. 1; Neocaesar. c. 3; Constit. Apost. lib. iii, c. 2; Athenag. Legat.; Theophil. Ant. Ad Autol. lib. iii; … Continue reading “Second Marriage”