Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Pompanazzi, Pietro or Pereto (1462-1524) Was born in Mantua, in Italy, and studied medicine and philosophy at Padua. He taught philosophy at Padua, Ferrara and Bologna. He is best known for his Tractatus de immortalitate animae (ed. C. G. Bardili, Tbingen, 1791) in which he denied that Aristotle taught the personal immortality of the human … Continue reading “Pompanazzi, Pietro or Pereto”

Pompaei (), certain gods among the ancient Greeks, who received this name as being conductors by the way; but what gods are specially referred to is uncertain, unless Mercury be meant, whose office it was to conduct souls to Hades. On certain days, called Apopompae, sacrifices were offered to the Pompei. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, … Continue reading “Pompaei”

Pompa Circensis the sacred procession with which the Circensian games were introduced. On this occasion the statues of the gods, placed on wooden platforms, were borne upon the shoulders of men, and when very heavy they were drawn along upon carriages. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Pompa a solemn procession among the ancient heathens, on the occasion of a sacred festival, a funeral, a triumph, or for any special reasons. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Pomp, Thomas an amiable and eminent minister of the German Reformed Church, son of the former, was born in Montgomery County, Pa., Feb. 4, 1773. H is literary and theological studies he pursued principally, if not wholly, under the immediate care and supervision of his devoted and accomplished father. He entered the ministry when only … Continue reading “Pomp, Thomas”

Pomp, Nicholas one of the earliest and most prominent ministers of the German Reformed Church in this country, was a native of Germany, where he was born Jan. 20, 1734. He prosecuted his studies, classical and theological, in the University of Halle; came to America under the auspices of the Church of Holland in 1760, … Continue reading “Pomp, Nicholas”

Pomp as a philosophic term, denoted “an imagination;” then, “an appearance,” like phantasma, “an apparition;” later, “a show, display, pomp” (Eng., “phantasy”), Act 25:23. In the Sept., Hab 2:18; Hab 3:10; Zec 10:1. Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Pomoryans are a small body of Russian Dissenters, so called from their proximity to the Lake Ladoga and the White Sea, or from Pomori, a village in the government of Olonetz, where they appear to have originated. They believe that Antichrist has already come; reigns in the world unseen, that is, spiritually; and has put … Continue reading “Pomoryans”

Pomorani SEE POMORYANS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Pomona a female deity among the ancient Romans, who presided over fruit-trees. Her worship was under the superintendence of a special priest. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature