Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Possession In the earlier period of his career man did not realize, as we do, the difference between himself and the animals, plants, and objects around him. He thought, and in the lower culture still thinks, of these as in many respects like himself. When, therefore, through dreams and other experiences, he realized that his … Continue reading “Possession”

Possessed with Devils the usual rendering in the A.V. of the Greek (but also , Mar 5:18; comp. , Luk 8:27; , 4:33), Mat 4:24; Mat 8:16; Mat 15:22; Act 8:7; Luk 8:2. These were persons afflicted with disease, as epilepsy (Mat 17:15; Luk 9:39), paralysis (Luk 13:11; Luk 13:16), dumbness (Mat 9:32; Mat 12:22), … Continue reading “Possessed with Devils”

Possessed of the Devil We meet with many instances of this in the days of our Lord. Indeed, as the Son of God was manifested that he might destroy the works of the devil, it should seem that at that time the great enemy of souls had permission exert a more than usual power, that … Continue reading “Possessed of the Devil”

POSSESSED See DEVIL. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

Possess, Possession po-zes, po-zeshun: Possess in modern English means normally only keep in one’s possession. But in Elizabethan English it means also take into possession, and, in fact, the word in the Old Testament always represents Hebrew verbs with the latter as their primary meaning (, yarash, in nearly all cases, otherwise , nahal, , … Continue reading “Possess, Possession”

Possenti, Gabriel, Saint Born Assisi, Italy , 1838 ; died Isola di Gran Sasso, 1862 . He entered the Passionist Order, 1856 , and was sent to study at Isola, where he died of consumption. Of a modest and retiring nature, his life was without any miraculous event and his great sanctity was not fully … Continue reading “Possenti, Gabriel, Saint”

Possenti, Blessed Gabriel Pasionist student; renowned for sanctity and miracles; born at Assisi, 1 March, 1838; died 27 February, 1862, at Isola di Gran Sasso, Province of Abruzzo, Italy; son of Sante Possenti and Agnes Frisciotti; received baptism on the day of his birth and was called Francesco, the name by which he was known … Continue reading “Possenti, Blessed Gabriel”

Posselt, Augustus a German Lutheran theologian, was born Jan. 6, 1658, at Zittan, in the Oberlausitz, He studied at Wittenberg, Kiel, and Jena, and for a long time he preached in Hamburg. In 1688 he was appointed preacher at SS. Peter and Paul in his native place; in 1714 he was made archdeacon, and in … Continue reading “Posselt, Augustus”

Posner, Augustus Siegmund (formerly Simon), a German minister of the Lutheran Church, a convert from Judaism, was born May 19, 1805, at Auras, in Lower Silesia. His early education he received at the public schools of Breslau. When seventeen years of age, he went to Berlin to continue his studies. There he became acquainted with … Continue reading “Posner, Augustus Siegmund”

positivism The system of Auguste Comte (1798-1857), in its affirmative aspect making knowledge and truth identical with sense experience. Hence physical science, with sociology at its head, alone has value, and the aim of all thinking should be classification of facts according to its method. In its negative aspect it denies the validity of all … Continue reading “Positivism”