Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Receveur, Francois Joseph Xavier a French priest and historian, was born at Longeville (Doubs) April 30,1800. Hardly had he received his orders when he was called to Paris (Oct., 1824) to fill a subordinate position in the cabinet of the minister of ecclesiastical affairs and of public instruction. From June, 1828, to June, 1829, he … Continue reading “Receveur, Francois Joseph Xavier”

Receptorium was the name of an ecclesiastical outer building, a kind of speaking-room, a parlor contiguous to the ancient churches; it is sometimes called salutatorium (q.v.). Mention of it occurs in Sidonius Apollinaris (1. v, epist. 17), Sulpitius Severus (Dial. ii, 1), the first Council of Macon (can. ii), Theodoretus, and many other authors. Theodoretus … Continue reading “Receptorium”

Receptor The organ of sense considered as part of the total response mechanism of a human or animal organism. Receptors are classified as a) exteroceptars or receptors at the surface of the body, and b) propioceptors or receptors embedded in the muscles and bodily tissues themselves. The term interoceptors is sometimes applied to receptors embedded … Continue reading “Receptor”

Receptivity (Lat. recipere, to take back) The collective name for receptive or sensory functions of the mind in contrast to its active or motor functions. In the Kantian terminology, receptivity is defined as the faculty of receiving representations in contrast to spontaneity, the faculty of knowing an object by means of concepts. See Kant, Critique … Continue reading “Receptivity”

Reception, Religious of monks, nuns, and other religious persons, is the ceremonial whereby they are admitted to the probationary state called the novitiate (q.v.). Before the ceremony of reception a short preparatory stage must be passed through by the candidate (called at this stage a postulant), the duration of which usually ranges from two to … Continue reading “Reception, Religious”

RECEPTION-REJECTION OF GOD AND TRUTH (A) RECEPTIVITY(1) General References to Mat 13:23; Act 2:41; Act 17:11; 1Th 2:13 Martha received him into her house Luk 10:39 –SEE Hearing, HEARING The Hearing Ear, RECEPTION (2) Receiving Christ Mat 10:40; Mar 9:37; Luk 8:40; Luk 19:6; Joh 1:12 (B) TEACHABLENESS(1) General References to Illustrated in the Life … Continue reading “RECEPTION-REJECTION OF GOD AND TRUTH”

Reception of the Holy Ghost In the act of conferring the orders of the ministry simple, or of its higher functions, such as the eldership or bishopric, the solemn words are used, Receive the Holy Ghost. Having been originally used by Jesus when he commissioned his apostles, the expression has been retained by the Church … Continue reading “Reception of the Holy Ghost”

Recensions Of The Old Testament Under this head we present an outline of the history of the printed Hebrew text, not in the manner of Bartolocci, Wolf, and Le-Long-Mash, who give a long list of editions, but according to the different recensions which the Hebrew text underwent from time to time. The history of the … Continue reading “Recensions Of The Old Testament”

Recensions Of The New Testament After the critical materials at the basis of the New-Test. text had accumulated in the hands of Mill and Bentley, they began to be examined with care. Important readings in different documents were seen to possess resemblances more or less striking. Passages were found to present the same form, though … Continue reading “Recensions Of The New Testament”

Receiver re-sever: Found in the King James Version (Isa 33:18); but the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes he that weighed the tribute. The Hebrew is shokel, which means one who weighs, a weigher. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia