Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

POWERS OF THE MIND Are those faculties by which we think, reason, judge, &c. “They are so various, ” says Dr. Reid, “so many, so connected, and complicated in most of their operations, that there never has been any division of them proposed which is not liable to considerable objections. The most common division is … Continue reading “Powers of the Mind”

powers of evil Since original sin is ascribed to the instigation of the devil: “By the envy of the devil, death came into the world” (Wisdom 2), and according to Saint Paul (Ephesians 6), the evil spirits are the most dangerous enemies of our souls, the real powers of evil in the world are the … Continue reading “powers of evil”

Powers, John B a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was born May 16, 1814, in Union District, S. C.; as a boy, removed to Alabama, and shortly after was converted; and, feeling called of God to preach the Gospel, accepted license in 1845. In 1856 he entered the itinerant ranks of the Alabama … Continue reading “Powers, John B”

Powers, Jesse K a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was born in the county of Albemarle, Va., June 8, 1801. In May-, 1826, while engaged in teaching a classical school, he was converted, and united with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Shortly after he joined the traveling connection, at the session of the Virginia … Continue reading “Powers, Jesse K”

Powers, Hiram an American sculptor, son of a farmer, and the eighth of nine children, was born at Woodstock, Vt., July 29, 1805, and acquired the rudiments of education at a free district school. While still a boy, he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he became an apprentice to a clock-maker, and about the same … Continue reading “Powers, Hiram”

Powers, Grant a Congregational clergyman, was born at Hollis, N. H., May 31, 1784; was educated at Dartmouth College, class of 1810; studied theology; was minister at Haverhill in 1815-29, and at Goshen from Aug. 27,, 1829, to his death, April, 1841. He is the author of an Essay upon the Influence of the Imagination … Continue reading “Powers, Grant”

powers Those angels who compose the lowest choir of the second or intermediate order of angels . Their distinguishing note is a special power or efficacy in restraining the attack of the evil spirits. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Powerful, Powerfully see ACTIVE. “strong, mighty,” akin to ischus (see POWER, A, No. 3), is translated “powerful” in 2Co 10:10, AV (RV, “strong”). See STRONG. signifies “vigorously, vehemently” (eu, “well,” teino, “to stretch”), Luk 23:10, “vehemently,” of the accusation of the chief priests and scribes against Christ; Act 18:28, RV, “powerfully” (AV, “mightily”), of Apollos … Continue reading “Powerful, Powerfully”

Power Powers Six Greek expressions are thus translated in the EV_. 1. is rendered thus frequently in the AV_. It means, more exactly, authority, which the RV_ often substitutes, but sometimes, especially in Rev., it follows the AV_. The Revisers prefer right in Rom 9:21, 1Co 9:4 f., 2Th 3:9. In Act 26:18 the expression … Continue reading “Power Powers”

Power of the Keys This term originates in the words addressed by Christ to Peter: “I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.” … Continue reading “Power Of The Keys”