Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Paull, George a missionary of the Presbyterian Church, was born near Connellsville, Fayette Co., Pa., Feb. 3, 1837. He pursued his preparatory studies first under Rev. Ross Stevenson, of Ligonier, Pa., then in the Dunlap Creek Presbyterian Academy, and afterwards under Prof. John Frazer; graduated at Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa., in 1858, in the spring … Continue reading “Paull, George”

Paulitae an obscure sect of the Acephali, followers of Paul, a patriarch of Alexandria, who was deposed by a council (A.D. 541) for his uncanonical consecration by the patriarch of Constantinople, and who after his deposition sided with the Monophysites (Nicephorus, Hist. Eccles. c. xlix). The Paulitse are mentioned under the name of Paulianists in … Continue reading “Paulitae”

Paulists (Or Paulites) also called hermits of St. Paul, are a class of Roman Catholic monastics who profess to imitate the life of the great apostle. They have no written rules, and are not strictly a particular order. They have no superior except the bishop in whose diocese they reside. They usually wear a short … Continue reading “Paulists (Or Paulites)”

Paulists Founded in New York, 1858, by Father Isaac Thomas Hecker, formerly with the Redemptorists but dispensed from his vows owing to a misunderstanding. With four associates, under recommendation of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples , the new society was formed for the conyersion of America, to be effected by lecturing, preaching, the … Continue reading “Paulists”

Paulist Fathers Otherwise known as the “Paulist Fathers” A community of priests for giving missions and doing other Apostolic works, especially for making converts to the Catholic faith. It was founded in Rome and in New York, in 1858, by Father Isaac Thomas Hecker, with whom were associated Augustine F. Hewit, George Deshon, Francis A. … Continue reading “Paulist Fathers”

Paulinus, Saint Archbishop of York, died at Rochester, 10 October, 644. He was a Roman monk in St. Andrew’s monastery at Rome, and was sent by St. Gregory the Great in 601, with St. Mellitus and others, to help St. Augustine and to carry the pallium to him. He laboured in Kent — with the … Continue reading “Paulinus, Saint (1)”

Paulinus of York, Saint Confessor, Archbishop of York (625-33); died Rochester, England, 644. A Roman monk, he was sent by Saint Gregory with Saint Mellitus to assist Saint Augustine in Britain, 601. He was consecrated bishop by Saint Justus, and accompanied Ethelburga to the court of the pagan king Edwin, whom he converted. He established … Continue reading “Paulinus of York, Saint”

Paulinus Of Tyre an Eastern prelate, flourished in the early part of the 4th century. He was the contemporary and friend of Eusebius of Caesarea, who addressed to him the tenth book of his Historia Ecclesiastica. Paulinus is conjectured, from an obscure intimation in Eusebius (Contra Marcel. Ascyr. 1. 4), to have been a native … Continue reading “Paulinus Of Tyre”

Paulinus Of Treves an ecclesiastic who flourished about the middle of the 4th century as successor to Maximian in the bishopric of Treves, belonged to the most zealous Athanasians of the West. On account of his opposition to Constantine, and those who with him labored for the establishment of the semi-Arian doctrines in the Church, … Continue reading “Paulinus Of Treves”

Paulinus of Perigueux Paulinus (13) of Prigueux (Petrocorius), a poet of the 2nd half of the 5th cent., to whom properly belong certain works sometimes attributed to St. Paulinus of Nola, viz. Vita Martini in six books, a poem, “de Visitatione Nepotuli Sui,” and a short poem composed as a dedicatory inscription for the basilica … Continue reading “Paulinus of Perigueux”