Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Sea (Brazen) SEA (BRAZEN).See Temple, 6 (c). Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible

SEA The Hebrews give the name of sea to any large collection of water, Job 14:11 ; as to the lakes of Tiberias and Asphaltites, and also to the rivers Nile and Euphrates, Isa 11:15 18:2 21:1 Jer 51:36,42. The principal seas mentioned in Scripture are the following:1. The GREAT SEA, the Mediterranean, called also … Continue reading “Sea”

Se Ton Aphthiton Monarchen ( , Thee the Everlasting King) is the beginning of a hymn written (to Christ) by Gregory of Nazianzum (q.v.). The first few lines of this hymn run thus in Mrs. Charles’s version: Hear us now, Eternal Monarch, Grant us now to hymn and praise thee Thee the King, and thee … Continue reading “Se Ton Aphthiton Monarchen”

Se-Baptists a small and obscure sect which struck off from the Brownists (Independents) early in the 17th century. They received their name from the act of their leader, John Smith, of Amsterdam, in baptizing himself. After entertaining several views, he at last declared for the principles of the Baptists. Upon this he left Amsterdam and … Continue reading “Se-Baptists”

S.D.V. = Society of Divine Vocations; Vocationist Fathers = Society of the Divine Word Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

S.D.S. = Society of the Divine Savior; Salvatorians Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

S.D.B. = Salesians of Don Bosco Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Scythopolis A titular metropolitan of Palaestina Secunda. It is the ancient Bethsan so often mentioned in the Bible, as proved by texts in the writings of Josephus. Its Greek name Scythopolis is very likely derived from a colony of Scythians who invaded Palestine in the seventh century B.C. (Herodotus, I, 103-5), and left some of … Continue reading “Scythopolis”

Scython in Greek mythology, was a man whom the poets represent as possessed of the ability to change his sex at will. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

SCYTHIANS Wandering tribes in the immense regions north and northeast of the Black and Caspian Seas. They are said by Herodotus to have made an incursion into Southwestern Asia and Egypt, some seven hundred years before Christ; and it was perhaps a fragment of this host, located at Bethshean, which gave that city its classical … Continue reading “Scythians”