Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Preissler, Johann Martin an engraver, brother of the preceding, was born at Nuremberg March 14, 1715. After learning, under the direction of his father and his brothers, the arts of drawing and engraving, he went to Paris in 1739, where he made several engravings for the Galerie de Versailles. In 1744 he was called as … Continue reading “Preissler, Johann Martin”

Preissler, Johann Justinus a German painter and engraver of repute, was born at Nuremberg Dec. 4, 1698. His father, Johann Daniel, was his early master; then he spent eight years in Italy, and after his return to Germany succeeded his father in the direction of the Academy of the Fine Arts at Nuremberg (1742). Among … Continue reading “Preissler, Johann Justinus”

Prehistory That part of history of which we have no written records, documents or oral accounts, but which is reconstructed from material remains by archeologists and anthropologists. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Prehistoric Man SEE PREADAMITE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Prehension, Span of The maximum number of items or groups of items which an individual mind is capable of embracing within the unity of attention. See J. Ward, Psychological Principles, pp. 222 ff. See Attention, Span of. — L.W. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Prehension (Lat. prehensus, from prehendere, to seize) In the terminology of A. N. Whitehead, prehension is the process of feeling whereby data are grasped or prehended by a subject. See Process and Reality, Part III — L.W. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Preformationism (Lat. pre + formare, to form before) The doctrine, according to which, the organs and hereditary characters of living creatures are already contained in the germ either structurally or by subsequent differentiation. Cf. Leibniz (q.v.) (Monadology, sect. 74) who was influenced by Leeuwenhoek’s microscopic discoveries and theory of the homunculus (little human contained in … Continue reading “Preformationism”

Prefer, Preferring “to go before and lead,” is used in Rom 12:10, in the sense of taking the lead in showing deference one to another, “(in honor) preferring one another.” Notes: (1) In Joh 1:15, Joh 1:30, AV, ginomai, “to become,” is translated “is preferred” (RV, “is become”); some mss. have it again in Joh … Continue reading “Prefer, Preferring”

Prefer pre-fur: Does not always have the general meaning to choose before another. In Psa 137:6, it does have this sense and the two versions agree; in Est 2:9, the Revised Version (British and American) has removed where the King James Version has preferred; in Dan 6:3, distinguished takes its place; in Joh 1:15, Joh … Continue reading “Prefer”

Prefecture Apostolic (Supplemental List) (SUPPLEMENTAL LIST) An account is here given of the prefectures Apostolic that have been erected or changed during the publication of the earlier volumes of this work. BAR-EL-GAZAL. — This mission was separated from the Vicariate Apostolic of the Sudan, and formed into a prefecture Apostolic on 30 May, 1913. It … Continue reading “Prefecture Apostolic (Supplemental List)”