Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Pacatiana (, of Lat. origin), the western district of Phrygia (1 Timothy 6, subscr. [spurious]). SEE PHRYGIA. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Pacatiana pa-ka-ti-ana, pak-a-ta-na (, Pakatiane): About 295 AD, when the province of Asia was broken up, two new provinces were formed, Phrygia Prima (Pacatiana), of which Laodicea was the chiefest … Continue reading “Pacatiana”

Pacareau, Pierre a French prelate of Jansenistic tendency, was born at Bordeaux. Sept. 2, 1716; and after excellent educational advantages, having made himself master of the Romance, the classical, and the Shemitic tongues, he took holy orders. He became at once a popular preacher, and was honored with a canonicate in the metropolitan church of … Continue reading “Pacareau, Pierre”

Pacandus Titular see, recorded under “Pacanden.” among the titular sees in the official list of the Curia Romana as late as 1884, when it was suppressed as never having existed as a residential see. Its present titular is Mgr Léon Livinhac, superior general of the White Fathers. The name of “Pacanden.” owes it origin, without … Continue reading “Pacandus”

Pabricius, Johannes (2) son of the preceding, a German theologian, was born at Nuiremberg, March 31, 1616. He studied at Jena, Leipsic, Wittenberg, and finally at Altorf, where he became professor of theology. In 1649 he was appointed preacher in his native city, and died there about 1690. For his works, which are not now … Continue reading “Pabricius, Johannes (2)”

Pabricius, Franciscus a Dutch theologian, was born at Amsterdam April 10, 1663. He studied theology and the Oriental languages at the University of Leyden, at which he afterwards filled the chairs of theology and rhetoric. He died July 27, 1738. His chief works are, 1717, 4to): 2. De Sacerdotio Christi juxta Ordinem Melchizedeci (ib. 1720, … Continue reading “Pabricius, Franciscus”

Pablo, Christiani a Dominican monk, who flourished in the middle of the 13th century, but of whose early life nothing is known, is noted for his remarkable attainments. In Jewish history and literature Pablo was a party in the famous disputation at Barcelona with the learned Moses Nachmanides (q.v.), which lasted for four days (July … Continue reading “Pablo, Christiani”

Pabisch, Francis Joseph, D.D., LL.D an eminent Roman Catholic scholar and divine, was born at Zlabings, Moravia, March 30, 1825. In his fourteenth year he was sent to the grammar-school of Znaim, and from there to the high-school of Briinn; in 1843 entered the University of Vienna; and in 1847 the archiepiscopal seminary in the … Continue reading “Pabisch, Francis Joseph, D.D., LL.D”

Paarai (Heb. Paaray’, , open; Sept. , v.r. v and [by union with the following word] ; Vulg. Pharai), the Arbite, one of David’s warriors (2Sa 23:35); elsewhere (1Ch 11:37) more correctly called NAARAI SEE NAARAI (q.v.). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Paarai opening of the Lord, “the Arbite,” one of David’s … Continue reading “Paarai”

Paaneah SEE ZAPHNATH-PAANEAH. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Paacute;zmány, Peter A famous Hungarian ecclesiastic of the seventeenth century; died 19 March, 1637. He was born of noble blood. His parents were Calvinists; his stepmother, who was a Catholic, turned the boy’s spirit towards the Catholic Church. After making his elementary studies in Nagyvárad, where two Jesuits exercised great influence over him, he went … Continue reading “Paacute;zmány, Peter”