Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Pua (Num 26:23). SEE PHUVAH. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Pua PUA or PHUVA (See PHUVAH.) 1. Num 26:23; father of TOLA, the judge (Jdg 10:1). Punites, Pua’s descendants.) (See PUNITES.) 2. 1Ch 7:1. 3. (See MIDWIVES.) Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary Pua [Pu’a] See PHUVAH. Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary Pua See Phuvah … Continue reading “Pua”

Pu tung hsin The state of unperturbed mind, as a result of “maintaining firm one’s will and doing no violence to the vital force” which pervades the body (Mencius.) — H.H. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Pu Lau, Jean Marie a French prelate and theologian, born October 30, 1738, was general agent of the clergy, and- became archbishop of Aries in 1775. Having opposed the French Revolution, he was arrested, after August 10, and imprisoned in the convent of the Carmelites, in Rue de Vaugirard, where he was assassinated, September 2, … Continue reading “Pu Lau, Jean Marie”

Pu jen Early kings, being of “unbearing”, commiserating mind, unable to bear and see others suffer, exemplified a virtuous government. (Mencius.) — H.H. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

P’u “Unwrought simplicity”, the Taoist symbol of man’s natural state, when his inborn powers have not been tampered with by knowledge or circumscribed by morality. — H.H. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Ptolemy VI PTOLEMY VI. (VII.) (Philometor).Son of the foregoing, who reigned b.c. 182146; in 170 the kingdom was divided between him and his brother Ptolemy vii. (Physcon); peace was made between them by the Romans, and they continued as joint kings. In the year 170, while Ptolemy vi. was still sole king, he attempted to … Continue reading “Ptolemy VI”

Ptolemy V PTOLEMY V. (Epiphanes).Ptolemy was the dynastic name of the Macedonian kings who ruled over Egypt b.c. 30531; during the whole of this period Egypt was an independent country; it was not until the great victory of Augustus at Actium (b.c. 31) that Egypt again lost her independence and became a province, this time … Continue reading “Ptolemy V”

Ptolemy the Gnostic A heretic of the second century and personal disciple of Valentinus. He was probably still living about 180. No other certain details are known of his life; Harnack’s suggestion that he was identical with the Ptolemy spoken of by St. Justin is as yet unproved (Text. u. Untersuch. New. Ser. XIII, Anal. … Continue reading “Ptolemy the Gnostic”

Ptolemy SEE P’OLEMAEUS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Ptolemy (2) was a Gnostic philosopher, in whom, according to St. Irenaeus (Proef. ad lib. i, Adv. Hoer.), the system of Valentinus reached its bloom. Irenseus gives a full exposition of it in his work Adv. Hoereses, lib. i, c. i, 8. Ptolemy is … Continue reading “Ptolemy”

Ptolemeus Ptoleme’us. 1. “The son of Dorymenes,” 1Ma 3:38; 1Ma 4:45; Compare Polyb. 1Ma 4:61, a courtier who possessed great influence with Antiochus Epiphanes. 2. The son of Agesarchus, a Megalopolitan, surnamed Macron, 2Ma 10:12, who was governor of Cyprus, during the minority of Ptolemy Philometor. He, afterward, deserted the Egyptian service, to join Antiochus … Continue reading “Ptolemeus”