Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Panaceia (Gr. the All-healing) was the name of a daughter of Asclepius worshipped at: Oropus. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Panabaker JOHN, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Berkeley County, Va., March 21, 1798; was converted in 1821; joined the Baltimore Conference in 1824, and the same year was transferred to the Virginia Conference; after much success his health failed, and he superannuated in 1829, and died April 30, 1830. He … Continue reading “Panabaker”

Pan-Satanism The vague belief that the world is somehow identified with the devil. Name given to pantheism by Herbart. Otto Liebmann (1840-1912) regarded Schopenhauer’s philosophy as a sort of Pan-Satanism. — J.J.R. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Pan-Presbyterian Council SEE PRESBYTERIAN ALLIANCE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Pan-objectivism (Gr. pan, all + Lat. objectus, pp. of objicere, to throw over against) An extreme form of epistemological realism which attributes real ohjectivity to all objects of knowledge, veridical and non-veridical alike. See Epistemological Realism. — L.W. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Pan-Movements for the union of the different Christian bodies of the world are of recent origin, and so largely at work at the present time that it is hardly possible to say more here than simply call the inquirer’s attention to the Pan- Anglican Synods held in recent years, SEE SYNODS; SEE OECUMENICAL COUNCILS; and … Continue reading “Pan-Movements”

Pan-entheism (Gr. pan, all; en, in, theos, god) The term for the view that God interpenetrates everything without cancelling the relative independent existence of the world of entities, moreover, while God is immanent, this immanence is not absolute (as in pantheism), God is more than the world, transcendent, in the sense that though the created … Continue reading “Pan-entheism”

Pan is the rendering in the A.V. of the following words in the original. SEE DISH. 1. Kiyor, or (from , to cook), a basin of metal used for boiling or stewing (1Sa 2:14; Sept. ; Vulg. lebetem); also as a laver (as generally rendered) or basin for washing (Exo 30:18; Sept. ; Vulg. labrum; … Continue reading “Pan”

Pamplona (PAMPILONENSIS) This Diocese comprises almost all of Navarre and part of Guipuzcoa. This diocese is said to date from Apostolic times. It is matter of tradition in the churches of Pamplona, Toledo, and Toulouse (France), that St. Saturninus, disciple of St. Peter, sent from Toulouse the priest Honestus to preach to the inhabitants of … Continue reading “Pamplona”

PAMPHYLIA A province of Asia Minor, having Cilicia east. Lycia west, Pisidia north, and the Mediterranean south. It is opposite to Cyprus, and the sea between the coast and the island is called the “sea of Pamphylia.” The chief city of Pamphylia was Perga, where Paul and Barnabas preached, Mal 13:13 ; 14:24. Fuente: American … Continue reading “Pamphylia”