PIT A reservoir, either natural or artificial, for water. Pits were sometimes used as dungeons, Gen 37:20 ; Jer 38:6 ; or being slightly covered, and baited, they served as traps to catch wild beasts, a device which illustrates the plots of designing men and women, Psa 119:85 ; Pro 22:14 ; 26:27; Eze 19:4 … Continue reading “Pit”
Pistorius, Johann
Pistorius, Johann A controversialist and historian, born at Nidda in Hesse, 14 February, 1546; died at Freiburg, 18 July, 1608. He is sometimes called Niddanus from the name of his birthplace. His father was a well-known Protestant minister, Johann Pistorius the Elder (died 1583 at Nidda), who from 1541 was superintendent or chief minister of … Continue reading “Pistorius, Johann”
Pistorius, Hermann Alexander
Pistorius, Hermann Alexander a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born August 27, 1811, at Walbeck. He studied at Halle, was in 1843 preacher at Supplingen, near Magdeburg, and made himself conspicuous by his opposition against the so-called Friends of Light (q.v.), and by advocating the right of the Lutheran Church in the State Church of … Continue reading “Pistorius, Hermann Alexander”
Pistorius
Pistorius (Germ. Becker), a name common to many theologians in the first two centuries of the Reformation of whom we mention the following: 1. CONRAD, a Brunswick theologian. Together with Paul Eitzen, of Hamburg, and Joachim Mirlin, of Brunswick, he took part in the proceedings of the Hardenberg controversy (comp. Herzog, Real- Encyklop. 5, 540 … Continue reading “Pistorius”
Pistor, Henricus
Pistor, Henricus is the author of a Latin hymn, De S. Johanne Baptista, commencing, Praecursoris Baptistse. The only notice we have of Pistor is that given by Clichtovlus in Elucidator Eccles. p. 198, where we read: Auctor ejus (viz. of the hymn) fuisse traditur eximius pater Henricus Pistor, doctor theologus Parisiensis, et in religiosa domo … Continue reading “Pistor, Henricus”
Pistology
Pistology A noun derived from the Greek, pistis, faith, hence in general the science of faith or religious belief. A branch of theology specially concerned with faith and its restricted scope, as distinguished from reason. — J.J.R. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy
Pistolies
Pistolies (bakers) was a term of reproach applied to the early Christians in consequence of their poverty and simplicity. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Pistoja, Synod of
Pistoja, Synod of in 1786, marks one of the many reformatory movements in the Roman Catholic Church which remained without any effect. Leopold of Tuscany (q.v.), actuated by the same sense in which his brother Joseph II of Austria acted, tried to ameliorate the affairs of the Catholic Church in his country. For this purpose … Continue reading “Pistoja, Synod of”
Pistoia, Synod of
Pistoia, Synod of A synod held in the diocese of Pistoia, Italy in 1786 under Bishop Scipio de Ricci, and under the patronage of the Grand Duke Leopold of Tuscany. It was an attempt to introduce Jansenism into Italy. The sessions and the decrees were marked with a Jansenistic and regalistic spirit. Many of those … Continue reading “Pistoia, Synod of”
Pistoia and Prato
Pistoia and Prato (PISTORIENSIS ET PRATENSIS) Located in the Province of Florence. The city of Pistoia is situated at the foot of the Apennines in the valley of the Ombrone. The chief industries of the town are the manufacture of paper and objects in straw. The cathedral dates from the fifth century, but was damaged … Continue reading “Pistoia and Prato”