Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Philagathus, John Anti-pope 997-998. Born Lassano, Italy; died c.1013. While Bishop of Piacenza he gained a reputation for craftiness and was sent by his godson, Emperor Otto III, to Constantinople to secure a Greek bride for him. He usurped the papacy with the aid of Crescentius in opposition to Gregory V, but fled before the … Continue reading “Philagathus, John”

Philadelphians or “the Philadelphian Society,” is the name of a sect which was founded in 1695, and claimed.to have for its object “the advancement of piety and divine philosophy.” It originated with Jane Leade (q.v.) and John Pordage (q.v.). Another of the Philadelphians was the learned physician Francis Lee,who edited the “Theosophical Transactions” of the … Continue reading “Philadelphians”

PHILADELPHIAN SOCIETY A sect or society of the seventeenth century; so called from an English female, whose name was Jane Leadley. She embraced, it is said, the same views and the same kind of religion as Madame Bourignon ( See BOURIGNONISTS.) She was of opinion that all dissensions among Christians would cease, and the kingdom … Continue reading “PHILADELPHIAN SOCIETY”

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, city of The earliest settlers on this site, Swedes, Dutch, and English, have apparently left no record of the presence of any Catholics; but this city founded in 1682, by William Penn, with explicit provision of liberty for all religions, soon became a refuge for persecuted “Papists” from other countries and from other … Continue reading “Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, city of”

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, archdiocese of Founded as a diocese on 8 April 1808 ; suffragen of the archdiocese of Baltimore . Bishops included Saint John Nepomucene Neumann . Elevated to an archdiocese on 12 February 1875 . Suffragan dioceses include Allentown, Pennsylvania Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania Erie, Pennsylvania Greensburg, Pennsylvania Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Scranton, Pennsylvania See also … Continue reading “Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, archdiocese of”

Philadelphia, Lydia City in Asia Minor. One of the seven churches in Asia to whose bishop one of the letters in the Apocalypse is addressed (Apocalypse 3). Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) (PHILADELPHIENSIS) A diocese established in 1808; made an archdiocese, 12 Feb., 1875, comprises all the city and county of Philadelphia, and the counties of Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, and Schuylkill, an area of 5043 square miles, in the southeastern portion of the State of Pennsylvania. The population of this … Continue reading “Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)”

Philadelphia (Lydia) A titular see in Lydia, suffragan of Sardes. The city was founded by Philadelphus, King of Pergamon (159-38 B. C.), in the vicinity of Callatebus on the left bank of the Cogamus (Kouzou Tchai); its location was most favourable for commercial and strategical purposes. In 133 B. C. it became a Roman possession. … Continue reading “Philadelphia (Lydia)”

PHILADELPHIA A city of Lydia, in Asia Minor, where was one of the seven Asiatic churches, highly praised by Christ for its fidelity, Jer 3:7- 13. Philadelphia as so called from Attalus Philadelphus, king of Pergamos, by whom it was founded. It stood between the river Hermus and Mount Tmolus, about twenty-eight miles southeast of … Continue reading “Philadelphia”

Phil(l)potts, Henry, D.D an English prelate of much note, was the son of a respectable hotel-keeper of Gloucester, and was born in that city in 1777. At the age of fifteen he was elected to a scholarship at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and having taken the degree of B.A., gained the chancellor’s prize for an … Continue reading “Phil(l)potts, Henry, D.D”