Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Regnault, Victor Catholic physicist. Born 21 July 1810 at Aix-la-Chappelle, France; died on 19 January 1878. Made valuable determinations of the specific heat of solids, liquids, gases, etc., and invented accurate instruments for further investigations in this field. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Regnault, Henri Victor Chemist and physicist, b. at Aachen, 21 July, 1810; d. in Paris, 19 Jan., 1878. Being left an orphan at the age of eight he was soon obliged to work in order to provide for himself and his sister. Up to the age of eighteen he worked as a clerk in a … Continue reading “Regnault, Henri Victor”

Regius Codex SEE PARIS MANUSCRIPT. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Regius the Latinized name of Urban-Konig, a learned theologian, preacher, and writer, and also an influential promoter of the Reformation. He was born in 1490 of parents in moderate circumstances, and resident at Langenargen, near Lake Constance. At the age of seventeen he was admitted to the University of Fribourg as a student of theology, … Continue reading “Regius”

regium placet (Latin: let him perform) Official recognition of a consul or commercial agent by the government of the country where he is to exercise his activities. Approbation given by certain civil rulers to Bulls, papal Briefs, or other ecclesiastical ellactments to give them binding force in their territories. If the enactment is made by … Continue reading “regium placet”

REGIUM DONUM MONEY Money allowed by government to the Dissenters. The origin of it was in the year 1723. As the Dissenters approved themselves strong friends to the house of Brunswick, they enjoyed favour; and, being excluded all lucrative preferment in the church, the prime minister wished to reward them for their loyalty, and, by … Continue reading “REGIUM DONUM MONEY”

Regium Donum, Irish a pecuniary grant, voted annually by the British Parliament, out of the national exchequer, to aid certain bodies of Presbyterians in Ireland by providing stipends for their ministers. This grant, which now amounts to about 40,000 a year, is divided among six different bodies of Presbyterians, viz.: 1. The General Assembly, comprising … Continue reading “Regium Donum, Irish”

Regium Donum a sum of money annually allowed by government to dissenting ministers. It originated in a donation, made in the way of royal bounty, by George II, in the year 1723, consisting of 500, to be paid out of the treasury, for assisting first of all the widows, and afterwards either ministers or their … Continue reading “Regium Donum”

Registration Of citizens Isa 4:3 Census Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible

registers, parochial Five distinct books, in which the parish priest is required to record respectively the baptisms, confirmations, and marriages that take place in his parish (except marriages of conscience, which are recorded in the secret archives of chancery), deaths among his people, and, as far as possible, the actual spiritual condition of his parish. … Continue reading “Registers, Parochial”