Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Purification-offerings were such as the law enjoined upon those who had been raised from leprosy, unclean issues, hemorrhages, and childbed. SEE POLLUTION. Those for lepers were the most burdensome, since a trespass-offering was among them. 1. The purifying offerings of menstrual women and of men after unclean issues were just the same (Leviticus 15). And … Continue reading “Purification-offerings”

Purification of the Blessed Virgin, Feast of the Also known as Our Lady of the Candles Presentation of the Infant Jesus in the Temple Purification of the Blessed Virgin Memorial 2 February About the Feast The feast commemorates the purifying of the Blessed Virgin according to the Mosaic Law, 40 days after the birth of … Continue reading “Purification of the Blessed Virgin, Feast of the”

Purification In The Christian Church The Protestant Church recognises no ceremonial purifications, because it does not seek for anything emblematic to point to the necessity of holiness in the people of the Lord. Christ taught purification of the heart only, and so the evangelical Christians teach purity of heart as the fit condition in which … Continue reading “Purification In The Christian Church”

PURIFICATION, CEREMONIAL Num 31:20; Luk 2:22; Joh 11:55; Act 21:26 — Of Heart. SEE Cleansing, CLEANSING Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible

Purification (, Act 21:26; , Heb 1:3; 2Pe 1:9) Purification is an old-world idea and ideal. It arose out of the mystery of God and the misery of man. The signification of is that we must approach God carefully, of that we are unable to do so without the help of some mediator who cleanses. … Continue reading “Purification”

Purge PURGE.To purge in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] is simply to cleanse or purify, as Psa 51:7 Purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean; Mar 7:19 purging all meats, i.e. making all food ceremonially clean. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Purge purj: A number of words in both the Old Testament and … Continue reading “Purge”

Purgatory, St. Patrick’s Lough Derg, Ireland. This celebrated sanctuary in Donegal, in the Diocese of Clogher, dates from the days of St. Patrick, but it is also known as the Lough Derg pilgrimage, so named from Lough Derg, a sheet of water covering 2200 acres, about thirteen miles in circumference 450 feet above sea level, … Continue reading “Purgatory, St. Patrick’s”

Purgatory, Saint Patrick’s A sanctuary famous since the time of Saint Patrick and located on Station Island, Lough Derg, Donegal, Ireland. It was under the Canons Regular of Saint Augustine in the Middle Ages, then under the Franciscans, and now is governed by secular priests. The church of Saint Patrick was built in 1780. About … Continue reading “Purgatory, Saint Patrick’s”

Purgatory, Rabbinic The doctrine of purgatory (q.v.) is not only a peculiarity of the Romish Church, but also of orthodox Judaism. The latter maintains that the souls of the righteous enjoy the beatific vision of God in paradise, and that the souls of the wicked are tormented in hell with fire and other punishments. It … Continue reading “Purgatory, Rabbinic”

PURGATORY Is a place in which the just who depart out of this life are supposed to expiate certain offences which do not merit eternal damnation. Broughton has endeavoured to prove that this notion has been held by Pagans, Jews, and Mahometans, as well as by Christians; and that, in the days of the Maccabees, … Continue reading “Purgatory”