Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

pall (1) Chalice-cover made of square piece of cardboard covered with linen. (2) Black cloth spread over coffin or catafalque in services for the dead. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Pall A heavy, black cloth, spread over the coffin in the church at a funeral, or over the catafalque at other services for the dead. In … Continue reading “Pall (2)”

Palissy, Bernard a Huguenot artisan, noted for his faithful adherence to the Reformation movement, and also one of the most illustrious of the Gospellers (q.v.), was eminent as a natural philosopher, chemist. geologist, and artist. He is generally known as Palissy, the great Potter. He was born about 1510 at La Chapelle Biron, a poor … Continue reading “Palissy, Bernard”

Palinodia; or, Retracting Approval of one Thing after reproving for another Thing Pal-i-nod-i-a. Greek, , a song repeated a second time; hence a retracting of a former one. The Figure is used when, having spoken against or reproved any person or thing, we speak well of him or it. Examples may be found in some … Continue reading “Palinodia; or, Retracting”

Palingenius, Marcellus an Italian poet of the 16th century, was a native of Stellada, in Ferrara. He is chiefly known by his Zodiacus Vitae, which brought him into trouble, as it contains many sarcastic attacks on monks and Church abuses. His name is therefore in the Index Librorum Prohibitorsum as a Lutheran heretic. The book … Continue reading “Palingenius, Marcellus”

Palingenesis (Gr palm, again, genesis, birth) Literally, a new birth or regeneration A rebirth of ideas and events (in a philosophy of history), a new birth of individuals (in theology). — V.F. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Palingenesia (Gr. , again, and birth) is a term that appears to have originated among .the Stoics, who employed it to denote the act of the Demiurgus, or Creator, by which, having absorbed all being into himself, he reproduced it in a new creation. The occurrence of the word in the New Testament (Mat 19:28, … Continue reading “Palingenesia”

Palimpsest (, rubbed out again), a term applied to ancient manuscripts, of which the older writing has been erased in order to use the parchment or paper for writing on them again. A good specimen is the Wolfenblittel MS. (q.v.). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Palilia an ancient Roman festival which was celebrated annually on April 21 in honor of Pales, the god of shepherds. On the same day afterwards this festival was kept as a memorial of the first founding of the city by Romulus. A minute description of the ceremonies practiced on this day occurs in the Fasti … Continue reading “Palilia”

Palici (i.e. daemons), deities anciently worshipped in the neighborhood of Mount AEtna, in Sicily. They were said to be twin sons of Zeus and Taleia, daughter of Hephaestus. In remote ages they were propitiated by human sacrifices. The temple of the Palici was resorted to as ali asylum by runaway slaves. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, … Continue reading “Palici”

Pali Version Of The Scriptures Pali, though no longer a vernacular language in any country, has for ages been established as the religious and learned language of the Buddhists in the island of Ceylon, in the Burman empire, in Siam, Laos, Pegu, Ava, and throughout almost the whole of the eastern peninsula of India. As … Continue reading “Pali Version Of The Scriptures”