precedence (Latin: praecedere, to go before) Superiority of rank. Canonical precedence is determined for individuals by: authority of one person over another higher rank in the hierarchy of jurisdiction higher rank in the hierarchy of orders priority of promotion to the same rank of jurisdiction or orders seniority of age Where it is not a … Continue reading “Precedence”
Precede
Precede “to anticipate, to come sooner,” is translated “shall (in no wise) precede” in 1Th 4:15, RV (AV, “prevent”), i.e., “shall in no wise obtain any advantage over” (the verb does not convey the thought of a mere succession of one event after another); the Apostle, in reassuring the bereaved concerning their departed fellow believers, … Continue reading “Precede”
Precarium
Precarium (from the Lat. precari, to request, beseech), in the language of civil law, is a compact by which one leaves to another by request the use of a thing, or the exercise of a right, without compensation, but the grantor reserving to himself the power of a reclaimer. The receiver, as a rule, obtains … Continue reading “Precarium”
Precaria
precaria (Latin: preces, petition) A claim, in the form of a letter, to a benefice promised but not vacant, for which the expectant had to wait until such preferment became vacant. Abuses caused the Council of Trent to limit them; the Code of Canon Law does not acknowledge them. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Precaria (Preces, … Continue reading “Precaria”
Prebendary
Prebendary is the name applied to a clergyman who is attached to a cathedral or collegiate church and enjoys a prebend (q.v.), in consideration of his officiating at stated times in the church. SEE DEAN and SEE CHAPTER. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Prebend
prebend The right of a member of a chapter of canons to his share in the revenues accruing to the church. In order to assure the decent maintenance of the canons, the Code decrees that ;n closed chapters there should be as many canons or prebendaries as there are prebends; in chapters which have no … Continue reading “Prebend”
Preadamites
Preadamites The supposed inhabitants of the earth prior to Adam. Strictly speaking, the expression ought to be limited to denote men who had perished before the creation of Adam; but commonly even Coadamites are called Preadamites, provided they spring from a stock older than Adam. The question whether we can admit the existence of Preadamites … Continue reading “Preadamites”
Preadamite
PREADAMITE A denomination given to the inhabitants of the earth, conceived by some people to have lived before Adam. Isaac de la Pereyra, in 1655, published a book to evince the reality of Preasamites, by which he gained an considerable number of proselytes to the opinion: but the answer of Demarets, professor of theology at … Continue reading “Preadamite”
Preaching Friars
Preaching Friars SEE DOMINICNS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Preaching Christ
Preaching Christ PREACHING CHRIST.The purpose of this article is to explain what is meant by preaching Christ. It is assumed that to preach Christ is the preachers function, and the intention is to show what such preaching involved in the beginning, and what it must include still if it is to be true to its … Continue reading “Preaching Christ”