Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Pilha PILHA.A signatory to the covenant (Neh 10:24). Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Pilha pilha (, pilha’, ploughman (plowman); the King James Version Pileha): One of those who signed Nehemiah’s covenant (Neh 10:24). Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Pilgrim’s Progress John Bunyan’s allegory, written in a crude and tedious style and containing a portrayal of the sovereign pontiff as “Giant Pope” who, grown old, is no longer able to harm the pilgrims. It describes the journey of “Christian” to the Celestial City. A Modern Pilgrim’s Progress (London), a Catholic version of a soul’s … Continue reading “Pilgrim’s Progress”

Pilgrims, Poor an order of Roman Catholic devotees, which originated about the year 1500. They commenced in Italy, but passed into Germany, where they wandered about as mendicants, barefooted and bareheaded. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

pilgrim’s costume Emblem in art associated with Saint Alexis Falconieri Saint Bridget of Sweden Saint Colman of Stockerau Saint Fridolin Saint Gall Saint Guy of Anderlecht Saint James the Greater Saint Jodocus Blessed Michelina of Pesaro Saint Peter Damian Saint Ranieri Saint Richard the King Saint Roch Saint Sebaldus Saint Servatus Blessed Theobald Roggeri Blessed … Continue reading “pilgrim’s costume”

Pilgrims and Strangers SEE SIONITES. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

pilgrimages (Middle English: pilgrime, traveler) Journeys made to some shrine for the purpose of worship, or to ask there for spiritual aid, or to discharge some religious obligation. From the earliest days of Christianity it has been the custom of all nationalities to travel to the Holy Land to venerate the spots made sacred by … Continue reading “Pilgrimages”

Pilgrimage of Grace, the In the time of Henry VIII, it is said that by the dissolution of the lesser monasteries about ten thousand persons became (rather from choice than necessity, for they had the option of being transferred to the larger houses) applicants for public bounty. These persons, traversing the kingdom, by the detail … Continue reading “Pilgrimage of Grace, the”

Pilgrimage of Grace The name of a religious uprising in northern England, 1536, led by Robert Aske. Its purpose was the restoration of the Catholic religion and the reestahlishment of the religious orders in their confiscated abbeys. It was successful at first, but after the arrest and execution of the leaders and four abbots, it … Continue reading “Pilgrimage of Grace”

pilgrimage of Compostela As early as the 8th century the custom prevailed of making devotional journey to the shrine of Saint James the Greater, at Compostela, Spain. The habit of carrying home scallop shells from Galicia as proof of the journey, extended to other pilgrimages until this shell became, not only the symbol of Saint … Continue reading “pilgrimage of Compostela”

PILGRIMAGE, LIFE AS A Gen 47:9; Exo 6:4; 1Ch 29:15; Psa 39:12; Psa 119:19; Heb 11:13; Heb 13:14 1Pe 2:11 –SEE Life (2), LIFE Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible