Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Pythias, Knights of An organization whose members are so bound to secrecy that they may not disclose its purposes, practises, or activities to competent civil or ecclesiastical authority. As such secrecy may be and commonly is used as an instrument for the benefit of the members to the disadvantage of others in the community, and … Continue reading “Pythias, Knights of”

Pythian Games one of the four great national festivals of the Greeks. They were celebrated on a plain in the neighborhood of Delphi in honor of Apollo, Artemis, and Leto, and on one occasion they were held at Athens. They are said to have originated in a musical contest, which consisted in singing a hymn … Continue reading “Pythian Games”

Pythia the priestess of Apollo at Delphi, who gave forth the oracular responses of the god. At first there was only one Pythia, but afterwards there were always two, who alternately took their seat upon the tripod. SEE ORACLE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Pythagoreanism The doctrines (philosophical, mathematical, moral, and religious) of Pythagoras (c. 572-497) and of his school which flourished until about the end of the 4th century B.C. The Pythagorean philosophy was a dualism which sharply distinguished thought and the senses, the soul and the body, the mathematical forms of things and their perceptible appearances. The … Continue reading “Pythagoreanism”

Pythagoras and Pythagoreanism Pythagoras, the Greek philosopher and mathematician and founder of the Pythagorean school, flourished about 530 B. C. Very little is known about the life and personality of Pythagoras. There is an abundance of biographical material dating from the first centuries of the Christian era, from the age of neo-Pythagoreanism, but, when we … Continue reading “Pythagoras and Pythagoreanism”

Pythagoras one of the earliest and most celebrated sages of Greece, the alleged originator of the name and of the profession of philosopher, and the founder of a sect which enjoyed great and enduring reputation. Notwithstanding the numerous fables which are interwoven with the traditionary accounts of his career, it is certain that none of … Continue reading “Pythagoras”

Pyt, Henri a Protestant theologian of France, was born April 5, 1796, at Sainte Croix, canton of Vaua, Switzerland. He studied at Geneva, and in 1818 went to Saverdun, France, where he acted as an evangelist. In 1819 he entered the services of the London Continental Society, and was ordained at London in 1821. He … Continue reading “Pyt, Henri”

Pyrrhus (, a Greek name) In ABDE and several ancient versions Sopater of BerCEa, who accompanied St. Paul on at least part of his return journey from Greece to Palestine, is described in Act 20:4 as the son of Pyrrhus ( ). In the TR_ is omitted in accordance with later MSS_ and versions. Hence … Continue reading “Pyrrhus”

PYRRHONISTS See SCEPTICS. 1. Notes 2. QUAKERS 3. QUIETISTS 4. QUIETNESS 5. QUINQUAGESIMA 6. QUINTILIANS Fuente: Theological Dictionary

Pyrrhonism Pyrrhonism is a system of scepticism, the founder of which was Pyrrho, a Greek philosopher, about whom very little is known except that he died in 270 B. C. The best known of Pyrrho’s disciples was Timon of Philius, known as the sillographer. Pyrrho’s scepticism was so complete and comprehensive that the word Pyrrhonism … Continue reading “Pyrrhonism”