Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Personification Of wisdom Pro 1; Pro 2:1-9; Pro 8 Of the church Son 1 Son_1-8 Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible

Personatus SEE PERSONATI. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Personati an ecclesiastical term, which does not occur earlier than the 11th century, came into use after tie time of Alexander III, and designates (1) Persons, canons holding office with precedence in chapter and choir after dignitaries, either by institution or custom. A dignitary was also a person because his person was honored, and he … Continue reading “Personati”

personality (Latin: persona, mask) A complete individual rational or intelligent nature, distinct from, and incommunicable to, every other being, so that it exists and acts “of its own right” (sui juris), autonomously, independently of every other being except the Creator. Briefly it is a rational or intelligent individual. The attributes and actions of an intellective … Continue reading “Personality”

Personalistics Term used bv William Stern in psychology to indicate a study of the facts that are true of man as a meaningful living whole — a fundamental science of the human person. The Personalist, XVIII, p 50. — R.T.F. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Personalism, Critical The term used by William Stern to define his concept of person as applied to the organic whole of existence. See Pantheistic Personalism, Mono-Personalism. — R.T.F. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Personalism (Lat. persona, actor’s mask) A modern term applied to any philosophy which considers personality the supreme value and the key to the meaning of reality. Typical or original Personalism was theistic, the term being first used in America (1863) by Bronson Alcott for “the doctrine that the ultimate reality of the world is a … Continue reading “Personalism”

Personal Realism That type of Personalism which emphasizes the metaphysical nature of personality, its continuous activity in natural phenomena, and its unanalysable or realistic character as experienced fact, the ultimate real, the object of immediate knowledge. — R.T.V. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Personal Identity (Lat. persona) Personal identity is individual identity as possessed by a person or self. Any individual, whether an inanimate thing, a living organism or a conscious self, is identical in so far as it preserves from moment to moment a similarity of structure. Personality identity involves in addition the conscious recognition of sameness. … Continue reading “Personal Identity”

Personal Idealism The affirmation of reality in the person and the personal nature of the World-Ground. Synonymous with Absolutist P ersonalism. — R.T.F. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy