Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

reserved cases Sins or censures, the right to absolve from which is restricted to certain confessors or ecclesiastical superiors. These cases are divided into papal, episcopal, and religious, in so far as the power to absolve from them is confined (under ordinary circumstances, at least) to the pope, a bishop, or a religious superior respectively. … Continue reading “Reserved Cases”

Reserve In Teaching This is the suppression, in the instruction of the great mass of Christians, of a portion of those Gospel doctrines which are most earnestly set forth in Scripture, as if they were a sort of esoteric mystery of which ordinary believers are unworthy, and which should be reserved as a reward for … Continue reading “Reserve In Teaching”

Reserve RESERVE.In Mat 7:6 Jesus counsels reserve in the communication of religious truth. That maxim, which has had great and sinister developments in the Church, stands alone, both in its place in the Sermon on the Mount and in His teaching. Its meaning, then, can be gathered only from His practice. 1. It was never … Continue reading “Reserve”

Reservation, Or Restriction in ethics, is the keeping back in the mind; eqmvocation, by a phrase which means one thing to the users and another to those who hear it. It may be distinguished as real and mental. 1. Real restriction takes place when the words used are not true if strictly interpreted, but there … Continue reading “Reservation, Or Restriction”

reservation, mental An act of the mind limiting the spoken phrase that it may not bear the full sense which, at first hearing, it seems to bear. A pure mental reservation is not indicated externally and is a lie. A broad mental reservation is indicated externally; it is permissible only as a last resource and … Continue reading “reservation, mental”

reservation (Latin: reservatio, a retaining) (1) The keeping of the Blessed Sacrament in the tabernacle or in some other fitting place, as Viaticum for the dying and as an object of devotion for the faithful. This custom existed in the Church from the first centuries. (2) The act by which an ecclesiastical superior withholds from … Continue reading “Reservation”

RESENTMENT Generally used in an ill sense, implying a determination to return an injury. Dr. Johnson observes, that resentment is an union of sorrow with malignity; a combination of a passion which all endeavour to avoid, with a passion which all concur to detest. The man who retires to meditate mischief, and to exasperate his … Continue reading “Resentment”

RESEN An ancient Assyrian city, between Nineveh and Calah, Gen 10:12 . Its exact position cannot now be determined. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Resen (Heb. id. ) a halter, as in Isa 30:20; Sept. v. r. ), an ancient town of Assyria, described as a great city lying between Nineveh and Calah (Gen … Continue reading “Resen”

Resemble * For RESEMBLE, Luk 13:18, AV, see LIKEN, B, No. 1. Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Resemblance To God SEE IMAGE OF GOD. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature