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Passover And Feast Of Unleavened Bread PASSOVER AND FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD 1. OT references (1) Law and Ezekiel.The allusions in Exo 34:25; Exo 23:16 are so dubious that they can hardly give any sure ground on which to base a consideration of the Passover festival. The first certain reference to the feast is in … Continue reading “Passover And Feast Of Unleavened Bread”

Passover (II. In Relation To Lord’s Supper) PASSOVER (II.: in relation to Lords Supper). 1. The historical relation.The chronological difficulty raised by this topic having been adequately discussed in previous articles (see Dates, vol. i. p. 413 ff., Last Supper, and Lords Supper (I.)), it is unnecessary to reopen it here. It may be assumed … Continue reading “Passover (II. In Relation To Lord’s Supper)”

Passover (I.) PASSOVER (I.) (Heb. pesah, Aram. Aramaic pasha, in Greek , , and [Josephus ], NT ).The most distinctive festival of the Jewish religion. Its origin, significance, and method of celebration are given in Exo 12:1-49; Exo 23:18; Exo 34:25, Lev 23:5-8, Num 9:1-14; Num 28:16-25, Deu 16:1-8.* [Note: The derivation of the word … Continue reading “Passover (I.)”

PASSOVER Hebrew PESACH, Greek PASCHA, a passing over, a name given to the festival established and to the victim offered in commemoration of he coming forth out of Egypt, Exo 12:1-51 ; because the night before their departure, the destroying angel, who slew the firstborn of the Egyptians, passed over the houses of the Hebrews … Continue reading “Passover”

passos A Portuguese name locally used to designate certain pious exercises during Lent at Goa and other Catholic communities in India. They were introduced by Father Gaspar Barzeo to keep up the effects of his missionary work in India, and included a procession of flagellants who on every Friday assembled to sing the Litanies and … Continue reading “Passos”

Passoire is in ecclesiastical language a cullender, or strainer, for the wine and water When poured into the chalice. It dates from the 7th century. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Passmore, Joseph C., D.D. an American clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church, was born at Lancaster, Pa., and was a descendant of the Rev. S. Cook, a missionary of the Virginia Society for Propagating the Gospel, at Shrewsbury, N.J., in 1776. Passmore was educated at Dr. Muhlenberg’s school, Flushing, N.Y. He studied law, and removed … Continue reading “Passmore, Joseph C., D.D.”

PASSIVE PRAYER Among the mystic divines, is a total suspension, or ligature of the intellectual faculties, in virtue whereof the soul remains of itself, and, as to its own power, impotent with regard to the producing of any effects. The passive state, according to Fenelon, is only passive in the same sense as contemplation; 1:e. … Continue reading “Passive Prayer”

Passive Power a phrase employed to denote a power of producing change, not actively, but negatively. Dr. Williams, who has revived the use of it in theology, understands by it what some philosophers have denominated malum metasphysicum, by which is meant the immediate cause of defectibility, mutability; or limitation in creatures. Every created being and … Continue reading “Passive Power”

PASSIVE OBEDIENCE OF CHRIST See OBEDIENCE, and SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST. Fuente: Theological Dictionary Passive Obedience Of Christ SEE OBEDIENCE, and SEE SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature