Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Petach SEE PETHACH. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Pestle (, eli, so called either as being round or lifted up), the instrument used for triturating in a mortar (Pro 27:22). It is supposed, from the above passage, not that the wheat was pounded to meal instead of being ground, but that it was pounded to be separated from the husk. The Jews very … Continue reading “Pestle”

Pestilence, Pestilent fellow “a pestilence, any deadly infectious malady,” is used in the plural in Luk 21:11 (in some mss., Mat 24:7); in Act 24:5, metaphorically, “a pestilent fellow.” See FELLOW. Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

PESTILENCE Or PLAGUE, in the Hebrew tongue, as in most others, expresses all sorts of distempers and calamitites. The Hebrew word which properly signifies “the plague” is extended to all epidemical and contagious diseases. The prophets generally connect together the sword, the pestilence, and the famine, as three evils, which usually accompany each other.The glandular … Continue reading “Pestilence”

Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich Educator, born Zurich, Switzerland, 1746; died Brugg, 1827. Of Calvinist upbringing, he became a disciple of Rousseau and ever remained outside the pale of dogmatic Christianity. He studied law and took up farming, but was a poor business man, and, after a period of dire poverty, became a schoolmaster at Stanz, 1798, … Continue reading “Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich”

Pestalozzi and Pestalozzianism Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, one of the greatest pioneers of modern education, born at Zurich, Switzerland, 12 January, 1746; died at Brugg, 17 February, 1827. Descended from a Calvinist family and destined to become a preacher, Pestalozzi abandoned this project for the study of law. He was greatly influenced by Rousseau’s “Social Contract” … Continue reading “Pestalozzi and Pestalozzianism”

Pessos a small black stone which held the place of a statue in the temple of Cybele, the great goddess of the Phrygians. It was probably an aerolite, having been represented as falling from heaven. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Pessinus (Pessinous.) A titular see of Galatia Secunda. Pessinonte, on the southern slope of Mt. Dindymus and the left bank of the Sangarius, was an ancient city, having commercial but chiefly religious importance, owing to the cult of Cybele under the title of Agdistis, whose statue, or rather a stone supposed to represent her, was … Continue reading “Pessinus”

pessimism (Latin: pessimus, worst) A state of mind characterized by extreme melancholy seeing only the evil and painful aspect of life. In philosophy, the theory that the world is essentially evil, the worst possible universe, consisting of blind, hopeless strivings of a never-to-be-sated Will, whose consciousness is synonymous with pain. (Schopenhauer) Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary … Continue reading “Pessimism”

Pesne, Jean a French engraver, was born at Rouen in 1623. It is not known under whom he studied, but he went to Paris, where he acquired distinction by the excellence of his works. His execution is not dexterous nor picturesque, but his outline is correct, and he rendered with remarkable fidelity the precise character … Continue reading “Pesne, Jean”