Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Roman Regulations Commonly meant, in the Middle Ages, a ritual book containing directions for liturgical functions not including prayers; directions for a single function, or for several functions, e.g., the rite of Baptism, the consecration of a church, Extreme Unction, etc.; and a brief conspectus of daily office and Mass adapted to local calendars. A … Continue reading “Roman Regulations”

Roman Question The problem of reconciling the inalienable right of the Holy See to temporal sovereignty with the natural desire of the Italians for a united nation with Rome as the Capital, since the necessary conditions of this sovereignty would be immunity from subjection to any civil ruler, and civil jurisdiction over a state or … Continue reading “Roman Question”

Roman Processional A book consisting of a single section of the Roman Ritual (Titulus IX) with supplementary materials taken from the Missal and the Pontifical. It prints in full the text of the hymns, litanies, and other prayers together with the music which accompanies them. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Roman Processional Strictly speaking it might … Continue reading “Roman Processional”

Roman Pontifical A liturgical book divided into three parts, containing the instructions and prayers for episcopal functions, outside of Holy Mass, for the sacramental ceremonies, consecrations, personal, local, and real blessings, and for acts of jurisdiction. Such ceremonies of bishops developed in the 10-11th century, from the Sacramentaries and Ordines Romani. Such collections were known … Continue reading “Roman Pontifical”

Roman Manner the custom of building churches of stone, spoken of in 675, when Benedict Biscop, abbot of Wearmouth, went to France to engage masons. It was about the same time called the Gallican mode. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Roman Law: I.ROMAN PRIVATE LAW 1.The Twelve Tables 2.Civil Procedure 3.Jus honorarium 4.The praetor peregrinus 5.Imperial Ordinances 6.Golden Age of Juristic Literature 7.Codification in the Later Empire II.ROMAN CRIMINAL LAW 1.Jurisdiction in the Royal Period 2.The Right of Appeal (1)Penalties (2)The Porcian Law 3.Popular Jurisdiction Curtailed 4.Jurors 5.Disappearance of Criminal Courts 6.Right of Trial at … Continue reading “Roman Law:”

Roman Law In The NT The student of Christian origins cannot neglect the influence which the law of the Roman Empire had on the infant Church. The marvellous talent of the Roman authorities for organization, and especially their wise adaptability, which saved them from enforcing a rigid uniformity in legal details in all the countries … Continue reading “Roman Law In The NT”

Roman Empire, The Holy is the designation familiarly given to the mediaeval and modern Roman Empire of the West, and especially to that empire after the imperial sceptre had passed into the hands of German sovereigns. For a whole millennium from the coronation of Charlemagne to the abdication of Francis of Austria the Roman empire … Continue reading “Roman Empire, The Holy”

Roman Empire, The Roman Empire, The. The first historic mention of Rome in the Bible is in 1Ma 1:10, about the year 161 B.C. In the year 65 B.C., when Syria was made a Roman province by Pompey, the Jews were still governed by one of the Asmonaean princes. The next year, Pompey himself marched … Continue reading “Roman Empire, The”

Roman Empire and Christianity empr: I.OUTLINE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE 1.Roman Empire a Result of Social Conflict 2.Coming of Monarchy (1)Exhaustion of Parties (2)Inability of Either Aristocracy or Democracy to Hold Equilibrium (3)Precedents (4)Withdrawal from Public Life: Individualism (5)Industrial (6)Military (7)Imperial Interests (8)Influence of Orient II.PREPARATION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE FOR CHRISTIANITY 1.Pax Romana and … Continue reading “Roman Empire and Christianity”