Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Protodiacon The protodiacon, or archdeacon, holds the first rank among the deacons employed in the Episcopal Church to assist the bishop during worship and in the exercise of his pontificalia. He is constantly near the person of the bishop or archbishop, and stands at his side while he is performing the liturgical rites or conferring … Continue reading “Protodiacon”

Protocol Sentences See Basic Sentences. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

protocol (Greek: protos, first; kolla, glue) the first leaf glued to papyrus rolls, later a sheet with seal affixed, containing a summary of the document’s contents by a notary draft original copy minute record of document register preliminary memorandum in negotiations, serving as basis for final agreement a convention less formal than a treaty New … Continue reading “Protocol”

protocanonical Referring to those books of the Old Testament whose canonicity was never questioned. The term was probably first used by Sixtus of Siena in the 16th century to distinguish the accepted books of the Bible from the deuterocanonical writings, whose divinely inspired character had been for a time disputed. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

proto-martyr The first to suffer in any persecution, as Saint Stephen, who is eminently the first who gave witness to Our Lord by shedding his blood. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Proto (first). This adjective is prefixed to the name of several officers in the Greek Church, denoting that he who holds it is the chief of his class such as prothonotary, protoppaas, protopsaltes, protosyncellus. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Protimesis; or, Description of Order Pro-ti-mee-sis (), a putting of one thing before another: from (pro), before, and (timee), honour. Hence, the figure is employed when things are enumerated according to their places of honour or importance, using the particles first, again, then, or firstly, secondly, thirdly, etc. This figure; therefore, increases the emphasis of … Continue reading “Protimesis; or, Description of Order”

Prothonotary Apostolic Member of the chief order of prelates in the papal Curia. There are four classes: those who sign the papal Bulls; instead of the earlier abbreviators, act in connection with the consistories and processes of canonization, examine candidates, and confer a fixed number of degrees in theology and canon law certain canons of … Continue reading “Prothonotary Apostolic”

Prothonotary a word that has a different signification in the Greek Church from what it has in the Latin; for in the first it is the name of one of the great officers of the Church of Constantinople, who takes rank next to the patriarch, and writes all despatches he sends to the grand seignior; … Continue reading “Prothonotary”

Prothesis (1), a small altar in Greek churches corresponding to the credence table. The name is taken from the shew-bread, which was called the setting-out of the loaves. (2.) A small side-altar in a Clugniac church, on the epistle side, at which the ministers of the altar, on Sundays and festivals, partook of both kinds, … Continue reading “Prothesis”