Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Quartodecimani a name in ecclesiastical history for those Christians of Asia Minor who, in the first ages of the Church, annually commemorated the death of Christ at the 14th of Nisan, the time when the Jews celebrated the Passover, SEE PASCHAL CONTROVERSY, and three days after the resurrection of Jesus, totally ignoring the regard for … Continue reading “Quartodecimani”

Quartodeciman Controversy Name given to a long drawn-out dispute in the early Church over the exact date for the celebration of Easter . The dispute originated between the West and East, about the middle of the 2nd century , over the practise followed in the Eastern Church of terminating the Lenten Fast and beginning the … Continue reading “Quartodeciman Controversy”

Quarterly Meeting SEE MEETING, QUARTERLY. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Quarterly Fast SEE FASTING. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

quartering, drawing and A penalty of the English Criminal Code of the 16th , 17th , and 18th centuries , inflicted on those found guilty of high treason touching the king’s person or government. The person convicted was usually drawn on a sledge to the place of execution; there he was hung by the neck … Continue reading “quartering, drawing and”

Quarter kwor-ter: Literally, of course, the fourth part, and so of the four ends (, kacah) in Jer 49:36, and the King James Version of the four corners (so the Revised Version (British and American), , gona) in Rev 20:8. Hence, any part and in this sense used freely for various words by the King … Continue reading “Quarter”

Quarry (, pesil, but only in the plur.; Sept. ‘, Vullg. idoll). In the account of the exploit of Ehud in Jdg 3:19; Jdg 3:26, for the quarries that were by Gilgal of our version, or, as the Syriac and the Chal dee read, stone-pits or quarries, the primary signification of images of false gods … Continue reading “Quarry”

Quarries (1.) The “Royal Quarries” (not found in Scripture) is the name given to the vast caverns stretching far underneath the northern hill, Bezetha, on which Jerusalem is built. Out of these mammoth caverns stones, a hard lime-stone, have been quarried in ancient times for the buildings in the city, and for the temples of … Continue reading “Quarries”

Quarrel (Fr. carre, square) is a technical term employed in architecture to describe a diamond-shaped pane of glass, or a square one placed diagonally. It is also the name of a small piercing in the tracery of a window. A wax taper (q.v.) used in churches is also called quarrel. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological … Continue reading “Quarrel”

Quarr Abbey, Ryde, Isle of Wight Also known as Saint Mary’s Abbey. Founded in 1903 by Benedictines driven from the Abbey of Solesmes, France. After residing for a year in a house nearby, the monks erected the present buildings upon the site of the ancient abbey of Appuldurcombe, founded in1270 by Benedictines of the Abbey … Continue reading “Quarr Abbey, Ryde, Isle of Wight”