Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

public propriety A diriment impediment to matrimony. If a party has contracted an invalid marriage with another, or if they have lived in public and notorious concubinage, the impediment exists between each of them and the ancestors and descendants of the other to the second degree in the direct line, i.e., from grandparents to grand-children. … Continue reading “public propriety”

public penance The reception of the sacrament of Penance with public acts of mortification, such as fasting, or the wearing of sackcloth, constituting the element of sacramental satisfaction. In the early Church this method of reconciliation was usually required of those who committed scandalous sins, even though the confession was secret. Public penance continued, in … Continue reading “public penance”

PUBLIC OPINION (1) Power of Saved Jonathan’s life 1Sa 14:45 Cost Saul his kingdom 1Sa 15:24 Saved the life of John the Baptist Mat 14:5 Prevented men from confessing Christ Joh 7:13 Secured the imprisonment of Peter Act 12:3 –SEE Men-pleasers, POPULARITY (2) Divided, concerning Christ as his Work Luk 12:51; Joh 7:12; Joh 7:43; … Continue reading “PUBLIC OPINION”

Public Honesty (Decency) A diriment matrimonial impediment consisting in a relationship, which arises from a valid betrothal, or from a marriage approved by the Church but not consummated. Marriage between the persons affected by this impediment, as described below, is null; were it possible for them to marry they might be exposed to incontinency, owing … Continue reading “Public Honesty (Decency)”

public decorum A diriment impediment to matrimony. If a party has contracted an invalid marriage with another, or if they have lived in public and notorious concubinage, the impediment exists between each of them and the ancestors and descendants of the other to the second degree in the direct line, i.e., from grandparents to grand-children. … Continue reading “public decorum”

public confession The confessing of one’s sins to others besides the officiating priest with a view to receiving sacramental absolution. In the early Church the public confession of public sins was customary. Even secret sins were sometimes thus confessed, though for these the Church permitted auricular confession. The custom of public confession began to decline … Continue reading “public confession”

Public Authority Civil Authority is the moral power of command, supported (when need be) by physical coercion, which the State exercises over its members. We shall consider here the nature, sources, limits, divisions, origin, and the true and false theories of authority. Authority is as great a necessity to mankind as sobriety, and as natural. … Continue reading “Public Authority”

Pub King of Assyria. The name is not Hebrew, but rather Assyrian, from Phol, which some read Bean. Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures

Puah, Puvah pua, puva: (1) , puah: One of the Hebrew midwives whom the king of Egypt commanded to kill all male children of the Hebrews at birth. The midwives, fearing God, refused to obey, pretending that the children of the Hebrew women were usually born before they arrived. Their act is spoken of as … Continue reading “Puah, Puvah”

Puah the form in the A.V. of the name of two men and one woman, each different in the Hebrew. 1. (Heb. Puvvah’, , 1Ch 7:1.) SEE PHUVAH. 2. (Heb. Pu’ah, , thought by Gesenius and Farst to be for , splendid; Sept. , Vulg. Phua.) The last named of the two midwives to whom … Continue reading “Puah”