Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Pentecostarion one of the service-books of the Greek Church, containing the office of the Church from Easter-day till the eighth day after Pentecost, which they called the Sunday of All-Saints. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Pentecostals a contribution or oblation made by every house or family to the cathedral church at Pentecost, in consideration of a general absolution then pronounced. The Pentecostals are sometimes called Whitsun-farthings. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Pentecostal Holiness Church Organized in August 1898, at Anderson, South Carolina. Their doctrine is almost the same as that of the Methodists. They recognize baptism and the Lord’s Supper. They are in general accord with the Methodists. Foreign missionary work is carried on in South Africa, South China, and Guatemala, Central America. Fuente: New Catholic … Continue reading “Pentecostal Holiness Church”

Pentecostal Effusion Of The Holy Spirit (as recorded in Acts 2). The commencement of the Christian Church on the day of Pentecost, preceded as it was by our Lord’s ascension,. attached a peculiar interest to this season, and eventually led to its being set apart for the commemoration of these great events. It was not, … Continue reading “Pentecostal Effusion Of The Holy Spirit”

Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene Formerly Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene A religious movement which began in the United States towards the close of the 19th century , in New England, in New York City, and in Los Angeles, California. The founders were dissenters from the Methodist churches because they believed that full liberty to … Continue reading “Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene”

Pentecost, Feast Of PENTECOST, FEAST OF 1. In the OT.The offering of a barley-sheaf during the Feast of Unleavened Bread opened the reaping season, which lasted officially for 49 days, a week of weeks. On the 50th day took place the Feast of Pentecost, also called the Feast of Weeks (Exo 34:22, Deu 16:10), the … Continue reading “Pentecost, Feast Of”

PENTECOST, DAY OF Act 2:1; Act 20:16; 1Co 16:8 — Feast of. SEE Feasts. FEASTS, JEWISH Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible

Pentecost (Jewish Feast) The second in importance of the great Jewish feasts. The term, adopted from the Greek-speaking Jews (Tob. 2:1; II Mac. 12:32; Josephus, “Ant.”, III, x, 6; etc.) alludes to the fact that the feast, known in the Old Testament as “the feast of harvest of the firstfruits” (Exodus 23:16), “the feast of … Continue reading “Pentecost (Jewish Feast)”

PENTECOST The fiftieth, a feast celebrated the fiftieth day after the sixteenth of Nisan, which was the second day of the feast of the Passover, Lev 25:15-16 . The Hebrews call it the “feast of weeks,” Exo 34:22, because it was kept seen weeks after the Passover. They then offered the first fruits of their … Continue reading “Pentecost”

Pentateuch, The Samaritan sa-mari-tan: I.KNOWLEDGE OF SAMARITAN PENTATEUCH 1.In Older Times 2.Revived Knowledge II.CODICES AND SCRIPT 1.Nablus Roll 2.The Script 3.Peculiarities of Writing 4.The Tarikh 5.The Mode of Pronunciation 6.Age of the Nablus Roll III.RELATION OF THE SAMARITAN RECENSION TO THE MASSORETIC TEXT AND TO THE SEPTUAGINT 1.Relation to the Massoretic Text: Classification of Differences … Continue reading “Pentateuch, The Samaritan”