Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Pardon of Sin See Sin, Forgiveness of Sin, Forgiveness of Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible

Pardon Bell is the same as the Ave (q.v.), which was tolled three times before and thrice after service; it was suppressed in the English Church by bishop Shaxton. It derived its name from the indulgences attached to the recitation of the angelus. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Pardon See Forgiveness. Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church PARDON The act of forgiving an offender, or removing the guilt of sin, that the punishment due to it may not be inflicted. Of the nature of pardon it may be observed, that the Scripture represents it by various phrases: a lifting up, or taking away, … Continue reading “Pardon”

Pardo a Jewish family, several members of which have become distinguished as rabbins and writers. 1. ABRAHAM, a younger brother of Isaac, also a learned and pious man, who died at Jerusalem. 2. DAVID (1), third son of Joseph (1), went with his father to Amsterdam, and officiated there, while his father was yet alive, … Continue reading “Pardo”

Pardies, Ignace-Gaston French scientist, b. at Pau, 5 Sept., 1636; d. of fever contracted whilst ministering to the prisoners of Bicêtre, near Paris, 22 April, 1673. He entered the Society of Jesus 17 Nov., 1652 and for a time taught classical literature; during this period he composed a number of short Latin works, in prose … Continue reading “Pardies, Ignace Gaston”

Pardes (, i.e. Paradise) is the acrostic comprising the four exegetical rules, , , , , by which the rabbins explained the Scriptures. Immediately after the close of the canon the study of the Old Testament became an object of scientific treatment among the Jews. A number of God-fearing teachers arose, who, by their instruction, … Continue reading “Pardes”

Pardee, Richard Gay one of the most noted Sunday-school workers of our day, and one of the most remarkable of American lay-workers in the interests of the Christian Church, was born at Sharon, Conn., Oct. 12, 1811, and was the oldest of a family of twelve children. His boyhood was spent on his father’s farm, … Continue reading “Pardee, Richard Gay”

Parcloses (or Percloses) is an architectural term applied to enclosures, railings, or screens, such as may be used to protect a tomb, to separate a chapel from the main body of the church (especially those at the east end of the aisle); also to form the front of a gallery, or for other similar purposes. … Continue reading “Parcloses (or Percloses)”

Parchon, Salomon Ben-Abraham one of the earliest Jewish grammarians and lexicographers, who flourished about 1130 at Calatajud, in Aragon. He afterwards emigrated to the peninsula of Salerno, where he most probably died about 1180. Being anxious to furnish his co-religionists in Southern Italy with the results of the grammatical and exegetical labors of his brethren … Continue reading “Parchon, Salomon Ben-Abraham”

Parchments parchments (, membranai, membranes, parchments, vellum): The skins, chiefly of sheep, lambs, goats and calves, prepared so as to be used for writing on (2Ti 4:13). In Greek and Roman times parchment was much employed as a writing material. At Rome, in the 1st century BC, and the 1st and 2d centuries AD, there … Continue reading “Parchments”