Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Psalmanazar, George a remarkable impostor in the religions and literary world, was born, probably, in the year 1680, and was of French origin. He received his education partly in a free school taught by two Franciscan monks, and afterwards in a college of Jesuits in an archiepiscopal city, the name of which, as also that … Continue reading “Psalmanazar, George”

Psalm SEE PSALMODY; SEE PSALMS, BOOK OF. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Psalm psalmos (G5568) Psalm hymnos (G5215) Hymn ode (G5603) (Spiritual) Song Psalmos, hymnos, and ode are all used together in the same order in Eph 5:19 and Col 3:16, passages that are nearly identical (cf. Psalms 66 : title). Some … Continue reading “Psalm”

Psachasius a Roman Catholic divine of the 5th century, flourished at Rome as deacon of a Church about A.D. 490. He was a friend of the antipope Laurentius, and sided with him. Paschasius is reputed to have written De Spiritu Sancto libri duo, quibus symboli enarratio continetur, cadversus errores Macedonii (in Bibl. Max. Patr. 8:807). … Continue reading “Psachasius”

Ps. = Psalm Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Prmontr&, Abbey of Located about twelve miles west of Laon, Department of Aisne, France; founded by St. Norbert. The land had belonged to the Abbey of St. Vincent, to whom it had been given by a former Bishop of Laon. Religious of St. Vincent’s had tried in vain to cultivate it. As shown in the … Continue reading “Prémontr&é, Abbey of”

Przypcov, Samuel a Socinian of Poland, who died June 19,1670, had studied at Leyden, and occupied high offices in his country. But being a Socinian, he had to leave Poland, and went to Brandenburg. He wrote, Cogitationes Sacrae ad Initium Evang. Matth. et Omnes Epistolas Apostolicas (Amsterdam, 1692 fol.): Vita Fausti Socini (1636), etc., to … Continue reading “Przypcov, Samuel”

Przemysl, Sambor, and Sanok (PREMISLIENSIS, SAMBORIENSIS, ET SANOCHIENSIS) A Græco-Ruthenian Uniat diocese of Western Galicia, Austria. It is really the Diocese of Przemysl (Ruthenian, Peremyshl) of the Greek Rite, since the See of Sambor represents only a former contest between the Catholic and the Orthodox about the time of the union of the churches, and … Continue reading “Przemysl, Sambor, and Sanok”

Przemysl (PREMISLIENSIS) Latin see in Galicia, suffragan of Lemberg. After conquering Halicz and Wladimir, Casimir the Great suggested to the pope the creation of seven Latin sees in places where, from the beginning of the fourteenth century, schismatics had at least nominal sees: Halicz, Przemysl, Chelm, Vladimir, Lutzk, Kieff, and Lemberg. Franciscans and Dominicans immediately … Continue reading “Przemysl”

Prytaneum () was the common house of an ancient Greek city or state in which a sacred fire was kept constantly burning in honor of Vesta. It was an appropriate building, where, in the name of the city or state, the magistrates, known as the Prytanes, brought suitable offerings to the venerated goddess. The fire-service … Continue reading “Prytaneum”

Prynne, William famous in the history of English Puritanism, was born of a good family at Swanswick, in Somersetshire, 1600, and became a barrister-at-law and member of Lincoln’s Inn at the time when Dr. Preston, a celebrated Puritan divine, was lecturer there. It was the period when the illegal operations of the Star-chamber and the … Continue reading “Prynne, William”