Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Puritanism A term referring, in general, to a purification of existing religious forms and practices. More specifically, Puritanism refers to that group of earnest English Protestants who broke with the Roman system more completely in objection to traditional ceremonies formalities and organizations. This moral earnestness at reformation led to the emphasis upon such commendable virtues … Continue reading “Puritanism”

Purism Taste tending towards archaistic and simplified form, prevailing chiefly at the beginning of the 19th century. — L.V. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Purinton, Jesse M., D.D a Baptist minister, was born at Coleraine, Massachusetts, August 12, 1809. He united with the Church at the age of eleven, studied at Hamilton, N.Y., and was ordained in 1834. His pastorates were in his native-place; Arcade, N.Y.; Forestville and Mount Moriah, Pa., and at Morgantown, West Virginia. For several years … Continue reading “Purinton, Jesse M., D.D”

Purim, Pur purrim, pur (, purm, lots; Septuagint , Phroura): The name of a Jewish festival celebrated on the 14th and 15th days of the month Adar, the final month of the Biblical year, corresponding to February-March. 1. Scripture References: The origin of the festival is narrated in the Book of Esther, and indeed is … Continue reading “Purim, Pur”

PURIM Lots, a Jewish festival instituted by Esther and Mordecai, during the reign of Ahasuerus king of Persia, in memory of the providential deliverance of the Jews from the malignant designs of Haman. The propriety of the name appears form the fact that the lot was cast in the presence of Haman for every day … Continue reading “Purim”

Purifier SEE PURIFICATORIUM. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Purificatorium is a piece of linen folded several times, which is used in drying the chalice and wiping the paten during the mass. It was originally a towel fastened to the piscina, or vessel placed at the side of the altar. Only in later times it took the present simpler form probably at the time … Continue reading “Purificatorium”

purifications Contact with certain objects, as for instance a corpse or the bones of a dead person (Numbers 19), or certain physical conditions such as for instance those connected with the sexual life (Leviticus 15), made a person “unclean,” that is to say, unable to take part in divine worship and to associate with his … Continue reading “Purifications”

Purification-waters (, mney – nid’dca’, properly waters of uncleanness. i.e. of purification; Sept. , water of sprinkling, after the Chaldee usage; comp. nedach’. : to sprinkle [see Rosenmuller, on oNmb. 19:9]). This was a holy water of cleansing, which was mixed with the ashes of a red or reddish-brown heifer one which had never been … Continue reading “Purification-waters”

Purification, Purity, Purifying is rendered “a cleansing” (akin to No. 4, above), Mar 1:44; Luk 5:14; in Heb 1:3, RV, “purification.” “cleansing,” Heb 9:13. See CLEAN, C, No. 2. denotes “a ceremonial purification,” Act 21:26, for the circumstances of which with reference to the vow of a Nazirite (RV), see Num 6:9-13. akin to hagnos, … Continue reading “Purification, Purity, Purifying”