Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

orphans (Greek: orphanos, without parents) Children deprived by death of their parents. Their rearing will generally be undertaken by relatives, but among the poor the responsibility may fall upon public or private agencies. Unless the children are so defective as to be beyond the management of a private family, the practise of today is to … Continue reading “Orphans”

Orphanages Or Orphan Asylums a term applied to those philanthropic institutions which provide a home for orphaned children until their education or training has fitted them for safe contact with the world at large. The history of the origin of orphan asylums is very uncertain. What the Romans understood bypueri (or puellce) alinentarii cannot properly … Continue reading “Orphanages Or Orphan Asylums”

orphanages (Greek: orphanos, deprived of parents) Institutions dedicated to the rearing of orphaned children. The Jews and Greeks (apparently not the Romans) made the support of orphans a part of their recognized social order. The early Christians undertook this as a practical working out of fraternal charity. In the 4th century, orphanages as we know … Continue reading “orphanages”

Orphan The customary acceptation of the word orphans is well known to be that of children deprived of their parents; but the force of the Greek word (rendered comfortless in the king James version, Joh 14:18) implies the case of those who have lost some dear protecting friend; some patron, though not strictly a father: … Continue reading “Orphan”

ORPAH The Moabites, Naomi’s daughter-in-law, who remained with her people and gods, when Ruth followed Naomi and the Lord, Rth 1:4-14 . The one was taken and the other left. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Orpah (Heb. Orpah’, , supposed to be transposed for , a gazelle; Sept. ), a Moabitish woman, wife of … Continue reading “Orpah”

Oroth SEE HERB. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Orosius, Paulus Historian and Christian apologist; b. probably at Bracara, now Braga, in Portugal, between 380 and 390, the dates of his birth and death not being precisely known. His first name has been known only since the eighth century. Having early consecrated himself to the service of God, he was ordained, and went to … Continue reading “Orosius, Paulus”

O’Rorke, Patrick Henry Soldier, b. in County Cavan, Ireland, 25 March, 1837; killed at the battle of Gettysburg, Penn., U.S.A., July 1863. He was a year old when his parents emigrated to the United States. They settled in Rochester, N.Y., where he attended the public schools, and in 1853 went to work as a marble-cutter. … Continue reading “O’Rorke, Patrick Henry”

Oropus Titular see, suffragan of Anazarbus in Cilicia Secunda. It never really depended on Anazarbus but on Seleucia in Isauria, as is evident from the Greek text of the “Notitiæ Episcopatuum” of Antioch in the sixth and tenth centuries (“Echos d’Orient”, 1907, X, 95, 145), where the city figures as Oropa or Oroba, and from … Continue reading “Oropus”

Orobio, Isaac De Castro a Spanish physician, noted as a philosopher and polemic against Christianity, was born at Braganza about the year 1620. His parents, who were Jews, though outwardly professing Romanism, educated him in Judaism. Balthasar Orobio this was his name while in the Church studied the scholastic philosophy at the University of Alcala … Continue reading “Orobio, Isaac De Castro”