Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Palestine, Mission In The honor of having sent the first missionaries to Palestine belongs to America. On Oct. 31, 1819, the Instructions from the Prudential Committee of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions were delivered in the Old South Church, Boston, to the Rev. Levi Parsons and the Rev. Pliny Fisk (q.v.), missionaries … Continue reading “Palestine, Mission In”

Palestine, Colonists In On this subject we present an extract from Lieut. Conder’s-Tent Work in. Palestine, 2:305 sq.: “The German colonists belong to a religious society known as the ‘Temple,’ which originated among the Pietists of Wiirtemburg, who, without leaving the Lutheran Church, separated themselves from the world, and engaged in Sunday meetings for prayer … Continue reading “Palestine, Colonists In”

Palestine (Recent Exploration, i.e. as of 1915) Preliminary Consideration I.ERA OF PREPARATION 1.Outside of Palestine 2.In Palestine (1)Early Christian Period (2)Period of Cursory Observation (3)Beginning of Scientific Observation II.ERA OF SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION 1.Period of Individual Enterprise (1)First Trained Explorers (2)The Climax of Individual Exploration 2.Scientific Cooperative Surface Exploration 3.Most Recent Results in Surface Exploration III.ERA … Continue reading “Palestine (Recent Exploration, i.e. as of 1915)”

PALESTINE Denotes, in the Old Testament, the country of the Philistines, which was that part of the land of promise extending along the Mediterranean Sea on the varying western border of Simeon, Judah, and Dan, Exo 15:14 Isa 14:29,31 Joe 3:4 . Palestine, taken in later usage in a more general sense, signifies the whole … Continue reading “Palestine”

Palestina, Palestine [Palesti’na] [Pal’estine] The Hebrew word, Pelesheth, occurs but four times, and did not allude to the whole of the land of Canaan, as the name Palestine is now applied; but was restricted to part of the coast of the Mediterranean, occupied by the Philistines. In Exo 15:14-15, Palestina, Edom, and Moab are mentioned, … Continue reading “Palestina, Palestine”

Palestina PALESTINA.See next art., 1. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Palestina pal-es-tna (, pelesheth): Exo 15:14; Isa 14:29, Isa 14:31 the King James Version; changed in the Revised Version (British and American) to PHILISTIA (which see). Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Palestina Palesti’na. (land of strangers). (Hebrew, Pelesheth). Exo 15:14; Isa 14:29; Joe 3:4; … Continue reading “Palestina”

Pales a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans, as presiding over shepherds and their flocks. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Palermo, University of The Convent of St. Dominic of Palermo may be considered the nucleus of the future University of Palermo. In this convent instruction was given in theology and philosophy, not only for the Dominicans, but also for the public. In 1469 Father Tommaso Schifaldo gave lessons there in Latin Literature. A theological lecturer, … Continue reading “Palermo, University of”

Palermo Archdiocese of Palermo (Panormitana), in Sicily. The city is built on an inlet of the Mediterranean and is partly surrounded, to the south, by a semicircle of mountains and hills, of which the highest are Catalfano to the east, and Montepellegrino to the west. Among the churches are the Duomo, Built in 1170 by … Continue reading “Palermo”

Paleotti, Gabriele Cardinal and Archbishop of Bologna. Born at Bologna, 4 October, 1522; died at Rome, 22 July, 1597. Having acquired, in 1546, the title of Doctor of Civil and Canon Law, he was appointed to teach civil law. In 1549 he became canon of the cathedral, but he did not become a priest until … Continue reading “Paleotti, Gabriele”