population, theories of The first person to present an elaborate theory of the relation between population and food supply was Thomas Malthus (1766-1834), an Anglican clergyman. In his Essay on the Principle of Population (1798), and its six revised editions, Malthus held that population constantly tends to outstrip the means of livelihood, inasmuch as the … Continue reading “Population, Theories of”
Population
Population POPULATION.Ancient statistics are proverbially unreliable, and in no department are they less trustworthy than in the reckoning of population. Except for military or fiscal purposes, the inhabitants of a Roman province were not liable to be counted, while, even in such cases, the estimate, when preserved, is at best approximate. The sole information, of … Continue reading “Population”
POPULARITY
Popularity POPULARITY.The word does not occur in the NT, but the thing itself is not infrequently treated of. There is a true and there is a false popularity. The latter belongs to him who makes the praise of men his object, and seeks it by ostentatious piety and hypocritical charity (Mat 6:2; Mat 6:5; Mat … Continue reading “POPULARITY”
Popular Sins
Popular Sins Laws against Exo 23:2 Sin Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Popular Devotions
popular devotions Various prayers and pious practises, whether in common at Church or in private, in honor of: the Blessed Trinity; Our Divine Lord, His Holy Infancy, His Holy Name, His Five Wounds, His Passion, His Sacred Heart, His Presence in the Holy Eucharist ; the Holy Ghost ; the Angels Guardian, Saint Michael; the … Continue reading “Popular Devotions”
POPULAR
POPULAR Gen 30:37 ; Hos 4:13, probably the white poplar, so called from the whiteness of the under side of the leaves. It is a beautiful and shady tree, common in Palestine and its vicinity. According to some, however, the storax-tree is intended. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Poppy-head
Poppy-head SEE POPPIE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Poppo, Saint
Poppo, Saint Abbot, born 977; died at Marchiennes, 25 January, 1048. He belonged to a noble family of Flanders; his parents were Tizekinus and Adalwif. About the year 1000 he made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land with two others of his countrymen. Soon after this he also went on a pilgrimage to Rome. He … Continue reading “Poppo, Saint”
Poppie, Poppy, Poppy-head
Poppie, Poppy, Poppy-head (from Fr. paupe=a doll, or Lat. puppis =the poop of a ship), an architectural term designating an elevated ornament often used on the tops of the upright ends, or elbows, which terminate seats, etc., in churches; they are sometimes merely cut into plain fleurs-de-lis or other simple forms, with the edges chamfered … Continue reading “Poppie, Poppy, Poppy-head”
Poppaea
Poppaea SEE SABINA. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature