PILGRIMAGE A kind of religious discipline, which consists in taking a journey to some holy place, in order to adore the relics of some deceased saint. Pilgrimages began to be made about the middle ages of the church, but they were most in vogue after the end of the eleventh century, when every one was … Continue reading “PILGRIMAGE”
Pilgrim, religious
Pilgrim, religious SEE PILGRIMAGES. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Pilgrim Psalms
Pilgrim Psalms (Latin: gradus, step) Psalms 119-133 which were sung by the caravans of devout Israelites on their way to Jerusalem to celebrate the great feasts in the Temple. Other commentators say they were hymns sung in the liturgical service of the Temple as the Levites ascended in procession the steps, particularly in celebrating the … Continue reading “Pilgrim Psalms”
Pilgrim, Pilgrimage
Pilgrim, Pilgrimage pilgrim, pilgrimaj: Pilgrim in English Versions of the Bible for , parepdemos (Heb 11:13; 1Pe 2:11). Pilgrimage for , maghor (Gen 47:9 (the Revised Version margin sojournings); Psa 119:54; and (the King James Version) Exo 6:4 (the Revised Version (British and American) sojournings)). Both the Hebrew and Greek words contain the idea of … Continue reading “Pilgrim, Pilgrimage”
Pilgrim, Johann Ulrich
Pilgrim, Johann Ulrich an engraver on wood, and the supposed inventor of engraving in chiaro- oscuro. Little is known of him or of his works, except a few prints, which are marked with two pilgrims’ staves crossed between the initials Jo. V. Among the ten prints mentioned by Bartsch are these: Christ on the Cross, … Continue reading “Pilgrim, Johann Ulrich”
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Pilgrim Holiness Church Formerly the International Holiness Church, organized at Cincinnati, Ohio by the Reverend Martin W Knapp, 1897. Knapp withdrew from the Methodist Episcopal Church because he believed this body “was no longer completely Wesleyan in teaching or practise.” They emphasize “belief in the Trinity and faith in the Holy Scriptures as divinely and … Continue reading “Pilgrim Holiness Church”
Pilgrim Fathers
Pilgrim Fathers A Protestant Church, founded by Robert Browne (born 1550 ), at Norwich, England . It was originally called Brownism, and Independence or Independency, in dissent from the Anglican Church ; its members were called Independents, Separatists, or Brownists. It was the Pilgrim Fathers, or Puritans, who adopted the name Congregationalism which was later … Continue reading “Pilgrim Fathers”
Pilgrim
Pilgrim See Stranger. Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church PILGRIM One who travels through foreign countries to visit holy places, and to pay his devotion to the relics of dead saints. The word is formed from the Flemish Pelgrim, or Italian, pelegrino, which signifies the same; and those originally from the Latin peregrinus, a stranger … Continue reading “Pilgrim”
Pilet, Jean Alexandre Samuel
Pilet, Jean Alexandre Samuel a Reformed theologian, was born at Yverdon, Switzerland, September 19, 1797. He studied at Lausanne, and was ordained in 1821. In the same year he was called to Morges as director of the college, and in 1828 succeeded Louis Henri Manuel as pastor of the French Reformed Church at Frankfort-on-the-Main. In … Continue reading “Pilet, Jean Alexandre Samuel”
Pileser
Pileser SEE TIGLATH-PILESER. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature