Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Plymouth Brethren II Second branch of the Plymouth Brethren , who entertain a wide variety of views. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Plymouth Brethren I A branch of the Plymouth Brethren ; sometimes known as Plymouth Brethren I. Formed in the United States in 1885 by a group who believed that eternal life in Christ is the common blessIng of all believers of every age. They are more conservative than the Open Brethren . Fuente: New Catholic … Continue reading “Plymouth Brethren I”

Plymouth Brethren A religious sect which appeared in England and Ireland early in the 19th century. The first permanent meeting was formed at Plymouth, England, 1829; hence the name Plymouth Brethren. Various communities, however, call themselves Believers, Christians, Saints, or Brethren. Identified with this movement were John Nelson Darby, George Muller, Samuel Prideaux, and Anthony … Continue reading “Plymouth Brethren”

Plymouth (PLYMUTHENSIS, PLYMUTHÆ) Plymouth consists of the County of Dorset, which formed a portion of the old Catholic Diocese of Salisbury, whose last ruler, Cardinal Peto, died in March, 1558; also of the Counties of Devon and Cornwall with the Scilly Isles, which formed the ancient Diocese of Exeter, whose last Catholic bishop, James Turberville, … Continue reading “Plymouth”

pluvialis, cappa (Latin: cappa, cape; pluvia, rain) Long liturgical mantle, open in front, fastened at the breast with a clasp or morse; made of silk or cloth, and semi-circular in shape. The earliest mention of a cappa is found in Gregory of Tours, and in the “Miracula” of Saint Furseus, and meant an ordinary cloak … Continue reading “pluvialis, cappa”

pluvial (Latin: cappa, cape; pluvia, rain) Long liturgical mantle, open in front, fastened at the breast with a clasp or morse; made of silk or cloth, and semi-circular in shape. The earliest mention of a cappa is found in Gregory of Tours, and in the “Miracula” of Saint Furseus, and meant an ordinary cloak with … Continue reading “pluvial”

Pluto (, Rich), originally only a surname of Hades, as the giver or possessor of riches, is, in the mythology of Greece, the third son of Kronos and Rhea, and the brother of Zeus and Poseidon. On the tripartite division of the universe, he obtained the sovereignty of the under-world-the realm of darkness and ghostly … Continue reading “Pluto”

Plutarch of Chaeronea (about 100 AD) Famous biographer and author of several philosophical treatises. — M.F. Parallel Lives; Opera moralia (tr. Bolin’s Classical Libr.)- Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Plutarch of Athens (5th century AD) Founder of Athenian Neo-Platonism, author of commentaries on Platonic and Pythagorean writings. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Plutarch an eminent Greek philosopher, noted also as a biographical and miscellaneous writer, deserves a place here for the moral tendency of all his writings, and the vast influence he has exerted in modern as well as ancient times. Indeed, all that we know of him, which is principally gleaned from his own and others’ … Continue reading “Plutarch”