Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Renting Land Mat 21:33-41; Luk 20:9-16 Houses Act 28:30 Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible

Rent (Isa. 3:24), probably a rope, as rendered in the LXX. and Vulgate and Revised Version, or as some prefer interpreting the phrase, “girdle and robe are torn [i.e., are ‘a rent’] by the hand of violence.” Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary Rent Mat 27:51 (a) This torn veil tells the wonderful story of an open … Continue reading “Rent”

Rensselaer, Van SEE VAN RENSSELAER. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Renshaw, Richard a Presbyterian minister, was born in Manchester, England, April 1, 1776. He received a fair education, which was improved by foreign travels, an account of which was published in Manchester in 1804. He entered the ministry as a Weslevan, and began preaching in 1808 among the New Connection Methodists, but afterwards became an … Continue reading “Renshaw, Richard”

Renovation Those who hold to baptismal regeneration make a distinction between renovation and regeneration. Regeneration, says Dr. Hook, comes onlyonce in or through baptism; renovation exists before, in, and after baptism, and may be often repeated. Renovation takes up the work of regeneration, daily renewing the person in God’s grace. Another difference between regeneration and … Continue reading “Renovation”

Renouvier, Charles (1818-1903) a thinker strongly influenced by Leibniz and Kant. His philosophy has been called ‘phenomenological neo-criticism’, and its peculiar feature is that it denies the existence of all transcendental entities, such as thing-in-itself, the absolute, and the noumenon. — R.B.W. Main worksUchronie, 1857, Philos. analytique de l’histoire, 4 vols., 1896-98; La nouvelle monadologie, … Continue reading “Renouvier, Charles”

Renounce lit., “to tell from” (apo, “from,” eipon, an aorist form used to supply parts of lego, “to say”), signifies “to renounce,” 2Co 4:2 (Middle Voice), of disowning “the hidden things of shame.” In the Sept. of 1Ki 11:2 it signifies “to forbid,” a meaning found in the papyri. The meaning “to renounce” may therefore … Continue reading “Renounce”

Renoult, Jean Baptiste a French controversialist, was born about 1664. After passing four years in the order of the Cordeliers, he laid aside his habit, embraced PLrotestantism, and in 1695 went to London, where he openly taught Calvinism. He served the parish of Hungerford (1706), then that of the Pyramid (1710), and was finally called … Continue reading “Renoult, Jean Baptiste”

Renou, Jean Baptiste a French Orientalist, was born at Aigers. He entered the Congregation of the Oratory, and was. superior of the convent of the order at Laon, where he died Dec. 26,1701. Two of his posthumous works may be mentioned: Meitode pour apprendre facilement les Langues Hebraique et Chaldaique (Paris, 1708): and a Dictionnaire … Continue reading “Renou, Jean Baptiste”

Reno, Nevada, diocese of Founded as the diocese of Reno on 27 March 1931. Name changed to the diocese of Reno-Las Vegas on 13 October 1976. The territory was split and the name changed back to the diocese of Reno on 21 March 1995. Suffragen of the archdiocese of San Francisco. See also Catholic-Hierarchy.Org diocese … Continue reading “Reno, Nevada, diocese of”