Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Peres SEE EAGLE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Peres divided, one of the mysterious words “written over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall” of king Belshazzar’s palace (Dan. 5:28). (See MENE) Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary Peres perez. See MENE. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Peres Peres. (numbered). The third … Continue reading “Peres”

Peremayanoftschins (i.e. Re-Anointers), is the name of a Russian sect which separated from the Russo-Greek Church about the year 1770 at Vetka. They agree in almost every respect with the Starobredsi, or Old Ceremonialists, except that they re-anoint those who join them with their holy chrism. They also re- ordain those popes or priests who … Continue reading “Peremayanoftschins”

Pereira, Bento (1), a learned Spaniard, was born at Valencia in 1535. Admitted into the Society of Jesus in 1552, he finished his studies in Sicily and at Rome, and rendered himself very skillful in the sciences and philosophy, which he taught with honor. He died at Rome March 6, 1616. His principal writings are, … Continue reading “Pereira, Bento (2)”

Pereira, Benedict (PEREYRA, PERERA, PERERIUS) Benedict Pereira, philosopher, theologian, and exegete, born about 1535, at Ruzafa, near Valencia, in Spain; died 6 March, 1610, at Rome. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1552 and taught successively literature, philosophy, theology, and Sacred Scripture in Rome. He published eight works, and left a vast deal of … Continue reading “Pereira, Benedict”

Pereira, Antonio, De Ficueiredo a learned Portuguese litterateur, was born Feb. 14, 1725, in the borough of Macao. After having completed his studies in the college of the Jesuits at Villa-Vicosa, he refused to remain among them, and, as he had a taste for Inusic, he accepted the situation of organist in the monastery of … Continue reading “Pereira, Antonio, De Ficueiredo”

Peregrinus, Proteus a cynic philosopher, who was a native of Parium on the Hellespont, and flourished in the reign of the Antonines. After a youth spent in debauchery and crime, he visited Palestine, where he embraced Christianity, and by dint of hypocrisy attained to some authority in the Church. In order to gratify his morbid … Continue reading “Peregrinus, Proteus”

Peregrinus, called Proteus Peregrinus (1), called Proteus, an apostate from Christianity and a Cynic philosopher of the 2nd cent., whose history has been satirically told by Lucian. That Lucian’s work is not a romance is amply shown by the account of Peregrinus in Aulus Gellius, Noct. Attic. viii. 3, and xii. 11. Other writers, pagan … Continue reading “Peregrinus, called Proteus”

Peregrinus The canons of Priscillian, prefixed to the Epistles of St. Paul in many (chiefly Spanish) Manuscripts, are preceded by an introduction headed “Proœmium sancti Peregrini episcopi in epistolas Pauli Apostoli”, in which it is explained that the canons were not written by St. Jerome but by Priscillian, and that they are given in an … Continue reading “Peregrinus”

Peregrino, Bonaventura (originally SERACH YOM TOB, or SALOMO NAVARRA), a convert from Judaism, was born about 1643 at Casale, not far from the famous Spanish monastery at Montferrat. He was baptized at Bologna Jan. 18, 1665, on which occasion he took the name under which he was afterwards known. According to the spirit of his … Continue reading “Peregrino, Bonaventura”

Peregrini Da Cesena, Or Pellegrini Da Cesio an Italian goldsmith, engraver, and worker in niello, flourished in the latter part of the 15th and first part of the 16th centuries. He is one of those artists about whom and whose works there is very little known with certainty. Bartsch gives a descriptive account of ten … Continue reading “Peregrini Da Cesena, Or Pellegrini Da Cesio”