Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Psalterium Marianum In Latin, Psalterium Marianum. A work composed by Saint Bonaventure applying the sentiments of the psalms and other canticles of Sacred Scripture to the Blessed Virgin. Also, the Rosary, because of the 150 Hail Marys, corresponding to the number of the psalms of David. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Psalterium Marianum is the name … Continue reading “Psalterium Marianum”

Psalterium The Psalterium, or Book of the Psalms, only concerns us here in so far as it was transcribed and used for liturgical purposes. As a manual of private devotions it has already been sufficiently discussed under PRAYER-BOOKS. In its liturgical use the Psalterium contained the bulk of the Divine Office. The other books associated … Continue reading “Psalterium”

Psalter of Solomon Under this title is extant in a Greek translation a collection of eighteen psalms or hymns, evidently modelled on the canonical psalms, breathing Messianic hopes, and forming a favorable specimen of the later popular Jewish literature. It was first edited by De la Cerda, according to an Augsburg manuscript, now no more … Continue reading “Psalter of Solomon”

Psalter of Mary In Latin, Psalterium Marianum. A work composed by Saint Bonaventure applying the sentiments of the psalms and other canticles of Sacred Scripture to the Blessed Virgin. Also, the Rosary, because of the 150 Hail Marys, corresponding to the number of the psalms of David. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Psalter (Psalms) of Solomon solter. See APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE, III, 1.; BETWEEN THE TESTAMENTS, IV., 1., (b). Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Psalter This word is often used by ancient writers for the book of Psalms, considered as a separate book of Holy Scripture. It obtained among later Church writers a more technical meaning as the book in which the Psalms are arranged for the service of the Church. The Roman Catholic Psalter, for instance, does not … Continue reading “Psalter”

PSALMS, THE BOOK OF The Hebrew name for this book is TEHILLIM, praises, though many of the psalms are rather elegiac. Most of the psalms have the superscription mizmor, a poem song. This word is rendered in the Septuagint by psalmos, that is, a song sung to music, a lyric poem. The Greek psalterion means … Continue reading “Psalms, The Book of”

Psalms, Pilgrim (Latin: gradus, step) Psalms 119-133 which were sung by the caravans of devout Israelites on their way to Jerusalem to celebrate the great feasts in the Temple. Other commentators say they were hymns sung in the liturgical service of the Temple as the Levites ascended in procession the steps, particularly in celebrating the … Continue reading “Psalms, Pilgrim”

psalms, penitential Those which are most expressive of sorrow, repentance, and amendment, viz., 6, 31, 37, 50, 101, 129, 142. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Psalms Of Solomon These Psalms are eighteen in number, and were probably written in the 1st cent. b.c. It is doubted whether they are even indirectly cited in the NT; but both the language and the thought in them are of importance for a complete study of the Apostolic Age. 1. MSS_ and VSS_.-It is … Continue reading “Psalms Of Solomon”