Personal Equation (a) Discrepancy between the chronological measurements of different scientific observers due to their differing reaction times. The error was first discovered in astronomical measurements but is a recognized source of error in all scientific measurements. (b) The term has been extended to include all observational error due to the intrusion of idiosyncrasies of … Continue reading “Personal Equation”
Personal Call
Personal Call See Call, Personal; Minister, A Sacred Teacher, Call of Call, Personal; Minister, A Sacred Teacher, Call of Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Personal Appearance
Personal Appearance PERSONAL APPEARANCE.See Christ in Art, vol. i. p. 314 f. Fuente: A Dictionary Of Christ And The Gospels
Person, Personality
Person, Personality pursun, purs’n, pur-un-alti (, nephesh, , ‘sh, , ‘adham, , panm, , prosopon, , hupostasis): The most frequent word for person in the Old Testament is nephesh, soul (Gen 14:21, Give me the persons, and take the goods; Gen 36:6, the King James Version all the persons: Num 5:6 the King James Version … Continue reading “Person, Personality”
Person of Christ
Person Of Christ See Christ, Christology. Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church Person Of Christ PERSON OF CHRIST.See Divinity, Humanity, Incarnation, Son of God, Son of Man, etc. Fuente: A Dictionary Of Christ And The Gospels Person Of Christ PERSON OF CHRIST I. Christology of the Synoptic Gospels.In so brief an article as the present … Continue reading “Person of Christ”
Person, Ecclesiastical
Person, Ecclesiastical In its etymological sense this expression signifies every person who forms a part of the external and visible society which constitutes the Church, and who has not been canonically expelled therefrom. But the expression is rarely used in this sense; customarily it indicates persons whom a special tie connects with the Church, either … Continue reading “Person, Ecclesiastical”
Person
PERSON An individual substance of a rational intelligent nature. Some have been offended at the term persons as applied to the Trinity, as unwarrantable. The term person, when applied to Deity, is certainly used in a sense somewhat different from that in which we apply to one another; but when it is considered that the … Continue reading “Person”
Persistence
Persistence The condition of enduring in time, with or without change. — R.B.W. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy
Persis
PERSIS A Roman lady, whom Paul salutes, 1Ch 16:12, and calls his beloved sister. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Persis (, a Greek name) Persis is a woman saluted by St. Paul in Rom 16:12. She is described as the beloved ( ), by which may be meant a personal convert and disciple of … Continue reading “Persis”
Persico, Ignazio
Persico, Ignazio Capuchin cardinal, born Naples, Italy, 1823; died 1896. While on the mission in India, he assisted in founding the seminary of Bombay and establishing the Catholic Examiner, and in 1854 was consecrated auxiliary Bishop of Bombay. Later he was successively Vicar Apostolic of Agra, Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, Bishop of Aquino, and in … Continue reading “Persico, Ignazio”