Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Phrenology (from , the mind, and , a discourse), an empirical science, which claims to read the mental peculiarities of individuals by means of the exterior developments of the skull. It had its origin with Franz Joseph Gall, a physician of Germany, and was greatly extended by Dr. Spurzheim, of the same country, and by … Continue reading “Phrenology”

Phrat SEE EUPHRATES. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Photizomonoi (, enlqkhtened), a term frequently used among the early Christians to denote the baptized as being instructed in the mysteries of the Christian religion. SEE PHOS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Photius Of Tyre another Eastern ecclesiastic, flourished near the middle of the 5th century. On the deposition of Irenaeus, bishop of Tyre, in A.D. 448, Photius was appointed his successor. Evagrius (Hist. Ecc 1:10) makes the deposition of Irenaeus one: of the acts of the notorious Council of Ephesus, held in A.D. 449, and known … Continue reading “Photius Of Tyre”

Photius of Constantinople Chief author of the great schism between the East and West. Born Constantinople, c.815; died 897. Having previously held high offices in the Byzantine Court he was intruded into the patriarchate of Constantinople in place of the rightful patriarch, Ignatius, who had been deposed and banished for seeking to correct the vices … Continue reading “Photius Of Constantinople (3)”

Photius, bp. of Tyre Photius, bp. of Tyre, and metropolitan, elected on the deposition of Irenaeus, Sept. 9, 448. He is unfavourably known for cowardly tergiversation in the case of IBAS of Edessa. Under the powerful influence of Uranius of Himera, he and his fellow-judges first acquitted Ibas at Tyre and Berytus, and the next … Continue reading “Photius, bp. of Tyre”

Photisterion (), a place of illumination, being a term frequently used in the ancient Christian Church to denote the baptistery, or the place of baptism, that ordinance being supposed to be attended with a divine illumination of the soul. SEE PHOS, This name might also be used for another reason, namely, because baptisteries were the … Continue reading “Photisterion”

Photisma SEE PHOS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Photinus Of Sirmium an Eastern ecclesiastic, noted as the founder of a heretical body, flourished near the middle of the 4th century. Of his origin and earliest history we know nothing. He was a pupil of Marcellus of Ancyra, and was for a time deacon under him. Later Photinus was made bishop of Sirmium, in … Continue reading “Photinus Of Sirmium”

Photinus, a Galatian Photinus, a Galatian, educated by Marcellus of Ancyra and afterwards deacon and presbyter of his church, perhaps too (during the time when Marcellus, expelled from his own see, a.d. 336, was wandering about between Rome and Constantinople) transferred to the see of Sirmium. He made no secret of the doctrines he had … Continue reading “Photinus, a Galatian”