Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Pentateuch, The Pen’tateuch, The. The Pentateuch is the Greek name given to the five books commonly called “the five books of Moses”. This title is derived from “pente”, five, and “teucos”, which, meaning originally “vessel”, “instrument,” etc., came in Alexandrine Greek to mean “book”, hence, the fivefold book. In the time of Ezra and Nehemiah, … Continue reading “Pentateuch, The”

PENTATEUCH The five books the books of Moses; that is, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. See articles on those books, and also MOSES. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary PENTATEUCH From five, and an instrument or volume, signifies the collection of the five instruments or books of Moses, which are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and … Continue reading “Pentateuch”

Pentapolis (Greek: five cities) Region where stood Sodom, Gomorrha, Segor, Adama, Seboim (Wisdom 10), which united to resist the invasion of Chodorlahomor (Genesis 14); four were destroyed; marked the south limit of Chanaanite territory, included in the lower Jordan valley and the land around the Dead Sea. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Pentapolis The word, occurring … Continue reading “Pentapolis”

Pentacomia A titular see of Palestine, suffragan of Areopolis or Rabbah. It was never a residential see; the Crusaders mistook the “Descriptio orbis romani” of George of Cyprus, where it is mentioned (ed. Gelzer, 53), for a “Notitia episcopatuum”, whereas it is a purely civil document. There is a locality of this name in Arabia … Continue reading “Pentacomia”

Pentacle of Solomon a five-angled figure, composed of two triangles interlaced; the legendary seal or sigil of Solomon, carved on an emerald, by which he ruled the gins or daemons, representing the five fingers of the hand of Omnipotence. David’s shield had six angles. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Penso, Joseph also called DE LA VEGA, a Jewish merchant of Spain, is noted for his literary labors as poet, moral philosopher, and orator. He was born about 1650 at Espejo, in Cordova; and lived afterwards at Livorno, Amsterdam, and Antwerp, at which last place he probably died. He belongs to the last Spanish Jews … Continue reading “Penso, Joseph”

Pension, Ecclesiastical The right to a certain sum of money to be paid yearly out of the revenues of a church or benefice to a cleric, on account of just reasons approved by an ecclesiastical superior. The term is derived, according to some, from the Latin word pendeo, “to depend”; according to others, from the … Continue reading “Pension, Ecclesiastical”

pension An ecclesiastical pension is an allowance from the revenues of a benefice granted by competent authority either to its former holder or any other, generally for some service rendered to the benefice itself or to the beneficiary. A pension is personal, if paid by the beneficiary, or real, if levied on the benefice itself. … Continue reading “Pension”

Pensio i.e. the enjoyment or use of a part of the fruits of a benefice without service, was formerly a very common occurrence in the Church of Rome, and is even now occasionally enjoyed in the Church of England. SEE SINECURE. At present in the Romish Church the pensio is accorded only to priests de … Continue reading “Pensio”

Pensieri, Batista an Italian engraver who flourished in the latter part of the 16th century, was a native of Parma, and is usually called Baptista Parmensis, from his signature. Zani calls his name Battista Pensieri da Parmna, and says that he was a designer, engraver, and a seller of books and prints, and gives four … Continue reading “Pensieri, Batista”