Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Philomelium A titular see in Pisidia, suffragan of Antioch. According to ancient writers Philomelium was situated in the south-west of Phrygia near the frontier of Lycaonia, on the road from Synnada to Iconium. It formed part of the “conventus” of Synnada. Its coins show that it was allied with the neighbouring city of Mandropolis (now … Continue reading “Philomelium”

Philology, Comparative The importance which this subject has assumed in modern science as a key to the history of national origin justifies its admission and brief discussion here, with special reference to the two Biblical tongues. The ethnographical. table contained in the tenth chapter of Genesis has derived no little corroboration and illustration from the … Continue reading “Philology, Comparative”

philology In the widest sense of the word, the study of language; more specifically divided into: classical philology, the study of language as pertaining to literature and history comparative philology, the study of the laws and principles of a language, or a group of languages, and the subsequent comparison of one language with another; this … Continue reading “philology”

Philologus (, a Greek name, common among slaves and freedmen and frequently found in inscriptions of the Imperial household) Philologus is the first of a group of five persons and all the saints that are with them saluted by St. Paul in Rom 16:15. Philologus is coupled with Julia (q.v._), and they may have been … Continue reading “Philologus”

Philolaus a Pythagorean philosopher, was born at Crotona, or Tarentum, towards the close of the 5th century B.C. Aresas, a probable disciple of Pythagoras, was his master; so that we receive the Pythagorean doctrine from Philolaus, only as it appeared to the third generation, and an account of it is therefore more properly in place … Continue reading “Philolaus”

Philogonius, bp. of Antioch Philogonius, bp. of Antioch, 22nd in succession, following Vitalis c. 319. He affords an example of a layman, a husband, and a father being raised at once, like Ambrose at Milan, to the episcopate of his city. He had been an advocate in the law courts, and gained universal esteem by … Continue reading “Philogonius, bp. of Antioch”

Philo The Rhetorician And Philosopher Cave, Giacomellus, and Ernesti are of opinion that this is no other than Philo Carpathius (q.v.). His aera agrees with this, for the philosopher is quoted by Athanasius Sinaita, who flourished about A.D. 561. We need not be startled at the term philosopher as applied to an ecclesiastic. This was … Continue reading “Philo The Rhetorician And Philosopher”

Philo The Pythagorean Clemens Alexandrinus (Strom. 1:305) and Sozomen (1:12) mention Philo . It is probable from their language that they both mean by the person so designated PHILO JUDEUS. Jonsius (ibid. 3, c. 4, page 17) is strongly of opinion that Philo the elder and this Philo mentioned by Clemens are the same. Fabricius, … Continue reading “Philo The Pythagorean”

Philo The Monk An ascetic treatise, bearing the name of Philo Monachus, whom Cave (Hist. Litt. page 176) deems to be much later than the other ecclesiastical writers of the same name, is preserved in the library of Vienna (Cod. Theol. 325, No. 15). It is entitled Contra Pulchritudinem Feuminarum. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological … Continue reading “Philo The Monk”

Philo The Megarian, Or Dialectician was a disciple of Diodorus Cronus, and a friend of Zeno, though older than the latter, if the reading in Diogenes Laertius (7:16) is correct. In his Menexenus he mentioned the five daughters of his teacher (Clem. Alex. Strom. 4:528, ed. Potter), and disputed with him respecting the idea of … Continue reading “Philo The Megarian, Or Dialectician”