Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Problematic knowledge Knowledge of what might occur or is capable of occurring as opposed to knowledge of what is actual or of what must occur; opposed to assertoric knowledge and apodictic knowledge. — A.C.B. In Kant, the domain of things beyond possible experience is completely problematic because of the a priori limitations of human knowledge … Continue reading “Problematic knowledge”

Problem (Gr. problema, anything thrown forward) 1. Any situation, practical or theoretical, for which there is no adequate automatic or habitual response, and which therefore calls up the reflective processes. 2. Any question proposed for solution. — A.C.B. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

PROBITY honesty, sincerity, or veracity. “It consists in the habit of actions useful to society, and in the constant observance of the laws which justice and conscience impose upon us. The man who obeys all the laws of society with an exact punctuality, is not, therefore, a man of probity: laws can only respect the … Continue reading “Probity”

Probationer is, in the Church of Scotland, a student in divinity, who, bringing a certificate from a professor in a university of his good morals, and his having performed his exercises to approbation, is admitted to undergo several trials before the presbytery, and upon his acquitting himself properly in these, receives a license to preach. … Continue reading “Probationer”

Probation, Second pro-bashun, sekund. See ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Probation, Moral is a term used in Christian morals to denote that state of man in which his character is formed and developed in action preparatory to judgment (q.v.). It is the state antecedent to a state of retribution (q.v.). More strictly speaking, moral probation is that experimental trial which lays the foundation for approbation … Continue reading “Probation, Moral”

Probation, Monastic is the year of a novitiate, which a religieux must pass in a convent to prove his virtue and vocation, and whether he can bear the severities of the rule. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Probation, Ministerial signifies among some English dissenters the state of a student or minister while supplying a vacant church, with a view, on their approval of his character and talents, to his taking the pastoral oversight of them. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

PROBATION, MAN’S EARTHLY LIFE A Gen 2:17; Gen 15:16; Deu 8:2; Jdg 3:1; 1Ki 3:14 Luk 13:8; Luk 19:13; Joh 6:6; 1Ti 3:10 –SEE Life Tested, LIFE Stewardship, STEWARDSHIP& STEWARDSHIPSpiritual Tests, TESTS, SPIRITUAL Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible

Probation, Ecclesiastical in the Methodist Episcopal Church and other Methodist bodies, is the period, usually six months, for the candidate for Church membership to determine whether the organization is such as is likely to aid him in his Christian life, and for the Church to determine whether he is a proper person to be received. … Continue reading “Probation, Ecclesiastical”