Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Perth (PERTHENSIS) Located in Western Australia, suffragan to Adelaide; bounded on the north by parallel 3lº 20′ S. lat. (the Moore River), east to 120º E. long., and thence by parallel 29º S. lat. to the border of South Australia, its eastern boundary, on the south and west by the ocean. The first Catholics, Irish … Continue reading “Perth”

Pertain to Heb 7:13, AV; see BELONG, Note (c), PARTAKE, B, No. 3. Notes: (1) In Rom 15:17, the phrase ta pros, lit., “the (things) towards” is translated “things pertaining to,” RV (AV, “those things which pertain to”); in Heb 2:17; Heb 5:1, RV and AV, “things pertaining to.” (2) In Act 1:3, AV, the … Continue reading “Pertain to”

Persuasive, Persuasivness an adjective (akin to peitho), not found elsewhere, is translated “persuasive” in 1Co 2:4, RV (AV, “enticing”); see ENTICE, B. “persuasiveness of speech,” is used in Col 2:4, RV. See ENTICE, B, Note. Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

PERSUASION The act of influencing the judgment and passions by arguments or motives. It is different from conviction. Conviction affects the understanding only; persuasion the will and the practice. It is more extensively used than conviction, which last is founded on demonstration natural or supernatural. But all things of which we may be persuaded, are … Continue reading “Persuasion”

Persuade, Persuasion per-swad, per-swaz-hun: (1) In the older English persuade need not mean convince (although this is its usual sense in the King James Version: Mat 27:20, etc.), but may mean only attempt to convince, argue with. This is well brought out in Act 26:28, where the Greek is literally In little thou ‘persuadest’ , … Continue reading “Persuade, Persuasion”

Persuade * in the Active Voice, signifies “to apply persuasion, to prevail upon or win over, to persuade,” bringing about a change of mind by the influence of reason or moral considerations, e.g., in Mat 27:20; Mat 28:14; Act 13:43; Act 19:8; in the Passive Voice, “to be persuaded, believe” (see BELIEVE, No. 2, and … Continue reading “Persuade”

Perspective (Lat. perspectus pp. of pelspicio, to look through) The determination of inclusiveness of what can be actual for any organization. The point of view of an individual on the rest of existence. (a) In epistemologythe perspective predicament, the limited though real viewpoint of the individual, the plight of being confined to the experience of … Continue reading “Perspective”

Persons, Robert Alias Robert Parsons Jesuit; born Nether Stowey, England, 1546; died Rome, Italy, 1610. Famous on the English missIon (1580), which he maintained at the greatest risk. Unable to keep his printing-press in England, he transferred it to Belgium and commenced his unsuccessful work for armed intervention in behalf of the English Catholics. He … Continue reading “Persons, Robert”

persons, ecclesiastical In Church law, those who are baptized and accordingly have all the rights and duties of Christians unless expressly limited corporate bodies or institutions constituted by Divine right, namely, the Catholic Church and the Apostolic See, or erected by ecclesiastical authority, e.g., religious orders or seminaries; in common usage, members of the clergy … Continue reading “persons, ecclesiastical”

Persons (respect of) denotes “a respecter of persons” (prosopon, “a face” or “person,” lambano, “to lay hold of”), Act 10:34. (in inferior texts without the letter m), denotes “respect of persons, partiality” (akin to No. 1), the fault of one who, when responsible to give judgment, has respect to the position, rank, popularity, or circumstances … Continue reading “Persons (respect of)”