Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Sadas ( v.r. , ), a corrupt Graecized form (1Es 5:13) of the name AZGAD SEE AZGAD (q.v.) of the Heb. text (Ezr 2:12). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Sadas sadas: the King James Version = the Revised Version (British and American) ASTAD (which see). Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Sadanana (the god with six faces), in Hindu mythology, is a surname of the twelve- handed Skanda, who was born to Shiva the Destroyer by the two sisters Ganga and Ulma. Sadanana slew the giant Torake by cutting him through the middle, and then transformed half of the body into a peacock, upon which he … Continue reading “Sadanana”

Sadamias (Vulg. Sadamias, the Greek original being lost), given in the Apocrypha (2 Esdras 1, 1) instead of SHALLUM SEE SHALLUM (q.v.) in the ancestry of Ezra (Ezr 7:2). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Sadamias sad-a-mas: the King James Version = the Revised Version (British and American) SALEMAS (which see). Fuente: International … Continue reading “Sadamias”

Sad * For SAD see COUNTENANCE Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Sacy, Louis Isaac le Maistre de an eminently pious and learned Port-Royalist divine and Biblical critic, was born at Paris in 1613. He was shut up in the Bastille on account of his Jansenist doctrines, and died in 1684. The New Test. translated by De Sacy, and known as the Testament de Mons, was condemned … Continue reading “Sacy, Louis Isaac le Maistre de”

Sacy, Antoine Isaac Silvestre De, Baron a celebrated French Orientalist, was born at Paris Sept. 21, 1758. At an early age he showed great aptitude for the study of languages; but it was mainly from self instruction, with the help of irregular private lessons, that his immense learning was acquired. In Hebrew he was helped … Continue reading “Sacy, Antoine Isaac Silvestre De, Baron”

Sacrobosco, Joannes de Died 1256 A monk of English origin, professor of astronomy at Paris. He wrote the “De sphrera,” an astronomical text-book which had an immense vogue in the 13th century and was published in almost a hundred editions before the adoption of the new Copernican theory. (17th century) Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Sacrobosco, Christopher a native of Dublin, Ireland, in the early part of the 17th century, is chiefly known as the author of the work Defensio Decreti Tridentini et Sententioe Rob. Bellarmini et Authoritate Yutgatoe Editionis Latinoa contra Whitakerum, etc. (1604, 8vo). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Sacrobosco (Or Holywood), John De an English ecclesiastic of the 13th century, is supposed to have been born at Halifax, in Yorkshire, but is claimed also as a native of Ireland and Scotland. He became a canon regular of the Order of St. Augustine in the monastery of Holywood, in Nithsdale. He afterwards went to … Continue reading “Sacrobosco (Or Holywood), John De”

sacristy (Latin: sacrastia, vestry) A room in or attached to a church, where vestments, church furnishings, sacred ve!sels, and other treasures are kept, and where the clergy meet and vest for ecclesiastical functions. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Sacristy (Latin sacrastia, vestry). A room in the church or attached thereto, where the vestments, church furnishings and … Continue reading “Sacristy”