Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Roth, Karl Johann Friedrich Von juris utriusque doctor, and during twenty years president of the Protestant high consistory at Munich, fills an important place in connection with the history of the Church in Bavaria from 1828 to 1848. He was born at Vaihingen, in Wurtemberg, Jan. 23, 1780, and trained in the study of the … Continue reading “Roth, Karl Johann Friedrich Von”

Roth, Heinrich Jesuit. Born 1620; died 1668. One of the pioneer European students of Sanskrit; published works include a Sanskrit grammar. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Roth, Heinrich Missionary in India and Sanskrit scholar, b. of illustrious parentage at Augsburg, 18 December, 1620; d. at Agra, 20 June, 1668. He became a Jesuit in 1639; was … Continue reading “Roth, Heinrich”

Roth, Abraham a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born in 1633 at Herwigsdorf, Silesia, studied at Leipsic, and died at Soran, April 26, 1699, court- preacher and superintendent. He wrote, De Cerva Aurorae ad Psalms 22 : De Cultu Dei Rejectitio Mat 15:9 : De Nicolaitis, Apocal. 2:15: De Essenis: De Molocholatria Judaeorum: De Judaeorum … Continue reading “Roth, Abraham”

Rotger, Gottfried Sebastian a German doctor of theology, was born at Klein-Germersleben, not far from Magdeburg, April 5, 1749, and died May 16, 1831, as director of the cloister school and provost of Magdeburg. He wrote: Versuch einer magdeburgischen Refformationsgeschichte (Magdeburg, 1792): Kirchliche Gebetsubungen (Bonn, 1824). See Winer, Handbuch der theolog. Literatur, 1, 806; 2, … Continue reading “Rotger, Gottfried Sebastian”

Rotger (Ruotger, Rutger) archbishop of Treves from 918 to 928. He was chosen, without intervention of the king, by the clergy and people of the Church of Treves, and by the wisdom and energy of his administration justified their choice. He induced Giselbert, the duke of Lorraine, to restore the abbey of St. Servetius at … Continue reading “Rotger (Ruotger, Rutger)”

Rote a mediaeval musical instrument, not unlike the ancient psalterium. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Rote rot: the Revised Version margin gives learned by rote in Isa 29:13 for the King James Version taught, which indicates that the service of Yahweh was merely formal. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Rota, Sacra Romana (Latin: rota, a wheel) One of the three tribunals of the Roman Curia. The origin of the name is uncertain. As a collegiate tribunal the Rota dates from the 13th century but, due to the rise of the Roman Congregations, by the 19th century it had become only a civil tribunal. It … Continue reading “Rota, Sacra Romana”

Rota Romana (or SACRA ROTA), the supreme papal tribunal at Rome, was instituted by pope John XXII in A.D. 1326, and improved by Sixtus IV and Benedict XIV. The name is variously derived from the circular arrangement of the judges’ seats, or the form in which the calendars are arranged, etc.; comp. Dom. Bernino, Il … Continue reading “Rota Romana”

Rota in Lapp mythology, was an evil god of hell, the ruler of the place of punishment for the souls of transgressors. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Rota (2) in Norse mythology, was one of the Walkures, or Odin’s messengers, to select the victims who were to fall in death. Fuente: Cyclopedia … Continue reading “Rota (2)”

Rot, Rottenness rot, rot’n-nes (verb , rakebh, noun rakabh (rikkabhon, Job 41:27), with , mak, decay (Isa 5:24), and , abhash, shrivel (so Joe 1:17 the Revised Version margin)): Rottenness of the bones (Pro 12:4; Pro 14:30; Hab 3:16) is ulceration (caries) of the bones, used as an example of an intensely painful disease. the … Continue reading “Rot, Rottenness”