Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Plowden, Robert Elder brother of Charles, born 27 January, 1740; died at Wappenbury, 27 June, 1823. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1756, and was ordained in 1763. After some years spent at Hoogstraet in Belgium, as director of the Carmelite Nuns, he returned to England, and was stationed at Arlington, Devon, from 1777 … Continue reading “Plowden, Robert”

Plowden, Francis Son of William Plowden of Plowden Hall, b. at Shropshire, 8 June, 1749; d. at Paris, 4 Jan., 1819. He was educated at St. Omer’s and entered the Jesuit novitiate at Watten in 1766. When the Society was suppressed, he was teaching at the College at Bruges. Not being in Holy Orders he … Continue reading “Plowden, Francis”

Plowden, Edmund Born at Plowden Hall, Shropshire, 1743; died at Jougne, Doubs, France, 13 June, 1821. He was lineally descended from Edmund Plowden, the celebrated lawyer. The family adhered steadily to the Catholic faith, contributed ten members to the Society of Jesus, and numerous subjects to various female orders (see Foley, “Records of the English … Continue reading “Plowden, Edmund”

Plowden, Charles Born 1517-8; died in London, 6 Feb., 1584-5. Son of Humphrey Plowden of Plowden Hall, Shropshire, and Elizabeth his wife, educated at Cambridge, he took no degree. In 1538 he was called to the Middle Temple where he studied law so closely that he became the greatest lawyer of his age, as is … Continue reading “Plowden, Charles”

Plow Monday Also known as Lort Monday or Plow Monday. First Monday after the feast of the Epiphany, upon which alms were formerly offered to God for the good of the Church and to obtain a blessing on the land which was ploughed at that time. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Plow (And Forms) Deu 22:10 (b) The ox represents the Christian, the ass represents the sinner, yoked together in Christian service. The friend of GOD and the enemy of GOD should not try to do the work of GOD in the harvest fields. The ox is a clean animal, the ass is an unclean animal, … Continue reading “Plow (And Forms)”

Plow plou (, harash; , arotrioo): No implement of the Bible is more frequently illustrated today than the plow. This is partly because there is every reason to believe that the plows still used throughout Egypt, Palestine, and Syria are counterparts of the ancient ones. The first plows were probably an adaptation of the ancient … Continue reading “Plow”

Ploughshare (, eth, Isa 2:4). The ploughshare is a piece of iron, broad but not large, which tips the end of the shaft. So much does it resemble the short sword used by the ancient warriors that it may with very little trouble be converted into that deadly weapon, and when the work of destruction … Continue reading “Ploughshare”

Ploughmans Complaint, the a remarkable anonymous work, published in England in the year 1352, which severely condemned the practices of popery, especially auricular confession, the celibacy and selfishness of the priests, the rapacity of the friars, the covetousness and negligence of the popes, etc. It was one among many means which opened the eyes of … Continue reading “Ploughmans Complaint, the”

Ploughman (, ikkdr, Isa 61:5, which signifies not only a ploughman, but a husbandman in general). Among the Hebrews, the rich and the noble, it is true, in the cultivation of the soil did not always put themselves on a level with their servants; but none, however rich or noble or prophetically favored, disdained to … Continue reading “Ploughman”