Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Pauperes Cathollci (i.e. Poor Catholics) was the name of a Romish order which was formed in the 12th century, and confirmed by pope Innocent III. It consisted of Waldenses who had conformed to the dominant Church. Some ecclesiastics from the south of France, who had once been Waldensians, took the lead in the formation of … Continue reading “Pauperes Cathollci”

Pauperes Catholici Religious mendicant order organized in 1208 to reunite the Waldenses with the Church and to combat the current heresies, especially the Albigensian. They were formed of a group of reconciled Waldenses and were organized by Pope Innocent Ill along nearly identical lines with the Waldenses with the hope that the latter would be … Continue reading “Pauperes Catholici”

Paumier, Louis Daniel a Protestant theologian of France, was born at Autretot, February 23, 1789. He studied at Lausanne, and in 1813 accepted a call to a parish in the neighborhood of Bolbec. In 1817 he was called to Rouen, where he spent the remainder of his life. Besides his ministerial functions, he instructed in … Continue reading “Paumier, Louis Daniel”

Paulus Venetus Theologian of the Hermits of the Order of Saint Augustine, born according to the chroniclers of his order, at Udine, about 1368; died at Venice, 15 June, 1428. He made his religious profession in the Convent of Saint Stephen, Venice, whence the name, Venetus. In 1390 he is said to have been sent … Continue reading “Paulus Venetus”

Paulus the Silentiary Paulus (110), sometimes called “the Silentiary,” from his position as an officer of Justinian’s court, wrote several epigrams preserved in the Anthologia Palatina, and some other works of minor importance; his poetical account of the buildings and dedication of the Great Church of Constantinople must, as the evidence of a contemporary, always … Continue reading “Paulus the Silentiary”

Paulus, the Black Paulus (11), surnamed The Black, Jacobite patriarch of Antioch from about the middle of 6th cent. to 578, was a native of Alexandria (Assem. B. O. ii. 331) and, like most Egyptians, a Monophysite. Before he became bishop he maintained at Constantinople a successful public dispute in the patriarchal palace with the … Continue reading “Paulus, the Black”

Paulus, St. called Thebaeus Paulus (73), St. (called Thebaeus; , Niceph.), Jan. 10; called by Jerome the founder of the monastic life (“auctor vitae monasticae,” Ep. 22, ad Eustoch; “princeps vitae monasticae,” Vit. S. Pauli, Prol.), and said to have been the first, in Egypt at least, to lead the life of a hermit, preceding … Continue reading “Paulus, St. called Thebaeus”

Paulus, Sergius PAULUS, SERGIUS.Proconsul of Cyprus at the time of the visit of Paul and Barnabas in the first missionary journey (Act 14:7). The translators of the AV [Note: Authorized Version.] always use the term deputy when speaking of a proconsul. The provinces of the Roman Empire were divided into two classes, governed respectively by … Continue reading “Paulus, Sergius”

Paulus of Samosata, patriarch of Antioch Paulus (9) of Samosata, patriarch of Antioch, a.d. 260-270. A celebrated Monarchian heresiarch, “the Socinus of the 3rd century” (so Bp. Wordsworth), deposed and excommunicated for heretical teaching as to the divinity of our Blessed Lord, a.d. 269. His designation indicates that he was a native of Samosata, the … Continue reading “Paulus of Samosata, patriarch of Antioch”

Paulus Of Prague originally named ELCHANAN BEN-MENACHEM; was born of Jewish parents about the year 1540, and embraced Christianity at Nuremberg in 1556. He died near the close of the 16th century. Paulus wrote, in Hebrew verse, a treatise on the Messiah according to the Jewish Kabbalah (Helmstadt, 1580; afterwards translated into Latin, Demonstratio cabbalistica, … Continue reading “Paulus Of Prague”