Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Philotheia (, i.e. the love of God), is a term which was sometimes applied by ancient Christian writers to the monastic life, because those who embraced that life professed to renounce all for the love of God. Hence Theodoret entitles one of his books Philotheus (q.v.). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Philostratus, Flavius a famous Greek Sophist, was a native of the island of Lemnos, and was born in the second half of the 2d century of our sera. He taught rhetoric first at Athens, and Eusebius therefore calls him an Athenian, but Eunapius and Suidas always speak of him as a Lemnian, and he himself … Continue reading “Philostratus, Flavius”

Philostorgius, a Cappadocian author Philostorgius, a Cappadocian, born c. 368, and author of a church history extending from 300 to 425. The greater part has perished, but some fragments have been preserved by Photius. They were published by Godefrid at Geneva in 1642, and by Valesius, with a Latin trans. and notes, at Paris in … Continue reading “Philostorgius, a Cappadocian author”

Philostorgius (), an Eastern ecclesiastical historian of some note, was a native of Borissus, in Cappadocia. He was the son of Carterius and Eulampia, and was born in the reign of Valentinian and Valens, in A.D. 358, according to Gothofredus (Proleg. ad Philost. page 5, etc.), about A.D. 367, according to Vossius (De Hist. Gr. … Continue reading “Philostorgius”

PHILOSOPHY, VANITY OF HUMAN Act 17:18; 1Co 1:19; 1Co 2:6; Col 2:8 –SEE Knowledge (2), KNOWLEDGE Wisdom (8), WISDOM Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible

Philosophy of Religion An inquiry into the general subject of religion from the philosophical point of view, i.e., an inquiry employing the accepted tools of critical analysis and evaluation without a predisposition to defend or reject the claims of any particular religion. Among the specific questions considered are the nature, function and value of religion; … Continue reading “Philosophy of Religion”

Philosophy of Mind Philosophical theory of the nature of mind and its place in the world. See Philosophical Psychology. — L.W. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Philosophy of Effort The theory that in the self-consciousness of effort the person becomes one with reality. Consciousness of effort is self-consciousness. Used by Maine de Biran. — R.T.F. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Philosophy of Discontinuity The theory that the principle of change is the fundamental basis of reality; that natural law is but the outward aspect of what is internally habit Being as an irreducible synthesis of possibility and action. God the Creator and Essence of things. Applied to the thought of Renouvier, Boutroux, and Lachelier. — … Continue reading “Philosophy of Discontinuity”

Philosophy of Change The theory that change itself is the only enduring pnnciple and therefore the fundamental reality. Applied to the views of Heraclitus, and in modern times to those of Henri Bergson. — R.T.F. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy