Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

PARMENAS One of the first seven deacons, Mal 6:5 . Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Parmenas Parmenas bore a Greek name, a shortened form of Parmenides. He is one of the Hellenist Seven ordained to minister to the Hellenist widows (Act 6:5). W. A. Spooner. Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church Parmenas (, probably … Continue reading “Parmenas”

Parmelee, Simeon, D.D a centenarian Congregational minister, was born at West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, January 16, 1782. He was a student of Middlebury College for a few months; then studied theology with Reverend Lemuel Havnes, of West Rutland, Vermont. He was ordained pastor of the Church at Westford, August 31, 1808, and was dismissed, August 8, … Continue reading “Parmelee, Simeon, D.D”

Parmelee, David Lewis a somewhat noted Congregational minister, was born in Litchfield, Conn., Nov. 11, 1795; received his preparatory training at the school of his native town, and then entered upon mercantile employment. He was all this time a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, but the frequent appeals from Dr. Lyman Beecher, which he … Continue reading “Parmelee, David Lewis”

Parmelee, Ashbel D.D. a Presbyterian divine, was born in West Stockbridge, Mass., Oct. 18, 1784. He received an early pious training, and during a revival in 1802 he was converted, and soon after entered upon a course of study, intending to obtain a liberal education and enter the ministry; but his health became impaired, and … Continue reading “Parmelee, Ashbel D.D.”

Parmashta (Heb. Parmashtah’, , prob. from the old Pers. fra, very, and mathista, the greatest = pernzaynus; Sept. v. r. ), the seventh named of the sons of Haman slain by the Jews in Shushan (Est 9:9). B.C. 473. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Parmashta strong-fisted, a son of Haman, slain in … Continue reading “Parmashta”

Parma, Italy Town and former duchy in northern Italy. A Roman colony in 183 B.C., Parma had a bishop in A.D. 378. From the 10th century the prelates enjoyed temporal power, but in 1106 it was resigned by Saint Bernardo. Parma was erected into a duchy in 1545 by Pope Paul III, and this status … Continue reading “Parma, Italy”

Parma Located in central Italy. The city is situated on the river of the same name, an affluent of the Po, flowing through a fertile plain, where grain and vines are cultivated; it also contains many fine pastures; the silk culture is highly developed, as also the cheese, tobacco, and leather industries. The cathedral was … Continue reading “Parma (2)”

Parlour (from the Fr. parler, “to speak”) denotes an “audience chamber,” but that is not the import of the Hebrew word so rendered. It corresponds to what the Turks call a kiosk, as in Judg. 3:20 (the “summer parlour”), or as in the margin of the Revised Version (“the upper chamber of cooling”), a small … Continue reading “Parlour”

Parlor is the rendering occasionally of three Heb. words: , cheder, an enclosed place (1Ch 28:11; Sept. , Vulg. cubiculum), especially an inner room or chamber (as elsewhere almost invariably rendered); 2, , lishkah, a bedroom (1Sa 9:22; Sept. , Vulg. triclinium), especially a corner cell or chamber (as elsewhere nearly constantly rendered) in a … Continue reading “Parlor”

Parliamentary Church is a church erected under the authority of an act of Parliament. In England such a church is generally called a district church; and the acts of Parliament authorizing such churches are known as the Church Building Acts. In Scotland similar churches are called Quoad Sacra churches. SEE PARISH. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, … Continue reading “Parliamentary Church”