Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Periammata SEE PHYLACTERY. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Periamma a cross of gold that hung from the neck, and was a distinctive ornament of a bishop’s dress. SEE BISHOP. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Peri (Fairy), according to the mythical lore of the East, a being begotten by fallen spirits, which spends its life in all imaginable delights, is immortal, but is forever excluded from the joys of Paradise. It takes an intermediate place between angels and demons and is either male or female. So far from there being … Continue reading “Peri”

Perhaps is translated “perhaps” in Phm 1:15. See PERADVENTURE. a particle, “then,” sometimes marking a result about which some uncertainty is felt, is translated “perhaps” in Act 8:22. Note: In 2Co 2:7, AV, pos, “anyhow,” “by any means” (RV), is translated “perhaps.” Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Pergubrios an ancient Slavonian deity who was believed to preside over the fruits. An annual festival was celebrated in his honor on the 22d of March. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista Born at Naples, 3 Jan., 1710; d. 16 March, 1736, at Pozzuoli, near Naples. This young man of delicate and poetic musical gifts might have done great things for music of the Church had he not lived when composers were trying to serve two masters. Of frail constitution, he shortened his career … Continue reading “Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista”

Pergolesi SEE PERGOLESE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Pergolese, Giovanni Battista was an eminent musician of the Neapolitan school. Evidence regarding the date and place of his birth is conflicting; probably the correct account is that of the Marchese di Villarosa, his latest biographer, who states that he was born at Jesi, near Ancona, on Jan. 3, 1710. In 1717 he was admitted … Continue reading “Pergolese, Giovanni Battista”

Perge Titular metropolitan see in Pamphylia Secunda. Perge, one of the chief cities of Pamphylia, was situated between the Rivers Catarrhactes (Duden sou) and Cestrus (Ak sou), 60 stadia from the mouth of the latter; now the village of Murtana on the Suridjik sou, a tributary of the Cestrus, in the vilayet of Koniah. Its … Continue reading “Perge”

Pergamus Pergamum ( or ; Rev 1:11; Rev 2:12 leave the gender uncertain; Dio Cassius, Pausanias, and Ptolemy have the fem, form, most authors and inscriptions the neut.; the AV_ chose the former, the RV_ the latter) Pergamus was for over a century (241-133 b.c.) a royal city, and for two more centuries the official … Continue reading “Pergamus Pergamum”