Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Science The word science () occurs only once in the NT, in 1Ti 6:20, and then only in the Authorized Version . The Revisers use the word knowledge, and this gives its real meaning. The knowledge which the Apostle has in view and here condemns was a mystical interpretation of the OT, and particularly its … Continue reading “Science”

scibboleth (Hebrew: ear of corn) A word used by Jephte as a password by which to distinguish the fleeing Ephraimites from his own men, the Galaadites. If they could not pronounce it, and said “sibboleth” instead, they were put to death (Judges 12); in modern times, a password, a slogan, a peculiarity of pronunciation or … Continue reading “scibboleth”

Scias in Greek mythology, was a nymph from the forests of Tanagra, the wife of Cephissus and mother of Elinus. Eunostos, a son of the latter, became notorious through his indifference towards Ochne, the daughter of Colonus. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Sciapodes was a name in Greek mythology. A fable of the ancient Greeks recites that a people lived in India whose feet were so large as to be capable of serving as umbrellas. The Sciapodes (shadow-footed people) were accordingly in the habit of seating themselves and interposing a foot between the sun and their persons. … Continue reading “Sciapodes”

Sciamancy, Or Sciomancy (Gr. , a shadow, and , divination), a species of divination, by which it was pretended the dead were brought from the shades below. SEE DIVINATION; SEE NECROMANCY. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Sciallius in Greek mythology, was an appellative of Apollo. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Sciaditis in Greek mythology, was an appellative of Diana; who possessed a temple at Scia, in Arcadia, which had been built by Aristodemus. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

S.C.I. = Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart; Dehonians Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Schyn, Hermann author of the Historia Mennonitarum, SEE MENNO; SEE MENNONITES, was born at Amsterdam in 1662, and studied at Leyden and Utrecht, being made M.D. in 1682. After settling at Rotterdam as a physician, he began the study of theology, and in 1686 was chosen preacher by the congregation of Mennonites in that city. … Continue reading “Schyn, Hermann”

Schwind, Moritz von Born at Vienna, 1804; died at Munich, 1871. A painter possessing an inexhaustible wealth of ideas, specially gifted for incisive individualization, and perfectly familiar with the entire range of tones and the power of expression by mien, movement, pose, and costume, he was one of the ornaments of the Munich school of … Continue reading “Schwind, Moritz von”