Opus (work), a term used in ecclesiastical art to designate several species of antique mosaics or similar intermixture of colors: e.g. Opus Aglicanum (English work), embroidery; Opus Alexandrinum (Alexandrian work), an invention of the Egyptians, or, as others say, made in the time of Alexander Severus, being a kind of mosaic pavement, made of squares … Continue reading “Opus”
Option, Right of
Option, Right of In canon law an option is a way of obtaining a benefice or a title, by the choice of the new titulary himself. Many chapters enjoyed this right formerly and it is still the privilege of some: the canon, who has held his office for the longest time may, in conformity with … Continue reading “Option, Right of”
Option
Option (Lat. optare, to elect, choose) is in ecclesiastical language the choice or preference which the archbishop of a province enjoys as a customary prerogative, when one of his suffragan bishops is consecrated by him, in the appointment of a clerk or chaplain. In lieu of this it is now usual. however, for the bishop … Continue reading “Option”
Optimus, Heinrich
Optimus, Heinrich SEE OPITZ, HEINRICH. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Optimists
Optimists According to Mr. Stewart (Nat. and Mor. Powers, bk. 3, ch. 3, 1), under the title of optimists are comprehended those who admit and those who deny the freedom of human actions, and the accountableness of man as a moral agent. SEE OPTIMISM; SEE PESSIMISM. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Optimism
optimism (Latin: optimus, best) May be understood as a metaphysical theory, or as an emotional disposition. In philosophy, the theory proposed by Leibnitz, that the world, as the product of a Perfect, All-Good Creator, is the best conceivable world and essentially good. God foresaw all possible worlds, and was bound to choose the best. The … Continue reading “Optimism”
Optatus, Saint
Optatus, Saint Fourth century confessor; Bishop of Milevis in Numidia. A converted rhetorician, he wrote a valuable treatise against the Donatists, in reply to Parmenian of Carthage, c.366. Nothing further is known of his life. Relics in the cemetery of Saint Callistus. Feast , 4 June . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Optatus, Saint Bishop of … Continue reading “Optatus, Saint”
Optatus, bp. of Milevis
Optatus, bp. of Milevis Optatus (6), bp. of Milevis, or Mileum (Milah), in Numidia, 25 m. N.W. of Cirta (Shaw, Trav. p. 63), a vigorous opponent of the Donatists. He himself says that he wrote about 60 years, or rather more, after the persecution under Diocletian. St. Jerome speaks of him as having written during … Continue reading “Optatus, bp. of Milevis”
Optatus
Optatus (wished for), a Roman Catholic bishop of Milevia, in Asia Minor, is known by his work, still extant, entitled De schismateDonatistarum libri vii adversus Parmenianum. We possess no information as to his personal history; even the ancient Church historians who mention him, such as Jerome (De Viris illustribus, cap. 121), Augustine (De Doctrina Christ. … Continue reading “Optatus”
Ops
Ops (Lat. plenty), a Roman goddess of fertility, regarded as a daughter of Coelus and Terra, the same as the Rhea of the Greeks, who married Saturn, and became mother of Jupiter. She was known among the ancients by the different names of Cybele, Bona Dea, Mragna Mater, Thya, Tellus, Prpserpina, and even of Juno … Continue reading “Ops”