Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

PRE-EXISTENCE OF JESUS CHRIST Is his existence before he was born of the Virgin Mary. That he really did exist before, is plain from Joh 3:13. Joh 6:50. &c. Joh 17:1-26 : Joh 8:58. 1Jn 1:4 : but there are various opinions respecting this existence. Some acknowledge, that in Jesus Christ there is a divine … Continue reading “Pre-Existence Of Jesus Christ”

Pre-Existence Of Christ With regard to pre-existence, the apostolic Scriptures furnish material for the two-fold conclusion, that it does not belong to the primary data of Christian faith in the Historic and Exalted Jesus, but that it is a necessary implicate of that faith. It forms no element in the primitive doctrine recorded in the … Continue reading “Pre-Existence Of Christ”

Pre-Existence PRE-EXISTENCE The OT conception of the Messiah was, for the most part, limited by the horizon of this present world. The prominent thought is that of a king of the line of David, born of the human stock (Jer 30:21), though supernaturally endowed and blessed. There are, however, traces of another and higher conception, … Continue reading “Pre-Existence”

Pre-established Harmony SEE LEIBNITZ. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Pre-eminence of Christianity i.e. the higher power and honor due to Jesus the Christ. This doctrine is laid down in Col 1:18. In all things in nature, in person, in office, work, power, and honor, Christ has the pre-eminence above angels and men, or any other creature. But a man has no pre-eminence above a … Continue reading “Pre-eminence of Christianity”

Pre-Eminence PRE-EMINENCE (of Christ).The expression is St. Pauls. We shall take the passage in which it occurs as our starting-point, and work from that. I. St. Pauls conception 1. The statement of it.The locus classicus is Col 1:13-20. In that and its context St. Paul represents Christ as Head of both creations, the natural and … Continue reading “Pre-Eminence”

Pre-critical This adjective is commonly applied to all Kant’s works prior to the Critique of Pure Reason since they all dogmatically assume knowledge of things-in-themselves to be possible. It is also applied to the sections of the Critique which are thought to have been written earliest, whether or not they imply this assumption. See Kantianism. … Continue reading “Pre-critical”

Prayers of Jesus prarz: 1.The Lord’s Prayer 2.Christ’s Doctrine of Prayer: Sacredness, Importunity, Conditions 3.Prayers Offered by Christ (1)The High-priestly Prayer (2)The Prayer in Gethsemane (3)The Prayers on the Cross (4)Prayer after the Resurrection (5)General Conclusions In the history and doctrine of prayer, nothing is more important than the light shed upon the subject by … Continue reading “Prayers of Jesus”

Prayers in the Divine Office A series of versicles and responses recited at the Canonical Hours on certain days of the year. These prayers represent a form of litanical prayer, and in substance go back to Apostolic times, when they found place at Vespers and Lauds. The prayers are of two classes: dominical, recited at … Continue reading “Prayers in the Divine Office”

Prayers for the Dead Prayers benefit the souls in Purgatory but cannot benefit the just in heaven or the damned in hell. The councils of Florence and of Trent, voicing the constant teaching and practise of the Church, have expressly declared that the souls in Purgatory are aided by the suffrages of the faithful. They … Continue reading “Prayers for the Dead”