Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Onuphis one of the sacred bulls of the ancient Egyptians. It was of a black color, had shaggy recurved hair, and is supposed to have been the emblem of the retroceding sun. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Ontology (on, ontos, being, and logos, science, the science or philosophy of being). I. DEFINITION Though the term is used in this literal meaning by Clauberg (1625-1665) (Opp., p. 281), its special application to the first department of metaphysics was made by Christian von Wolff (1679-1754) (Philos. nat., sec. 73). Prior to this time “the … Continue reading “Ontology”

ontologism (Greek: ontos, being; logos, science) The doctrine that an intuition of God is the first act of our intelligence. Malebranche (1638-1715), was the first ontologist, assuming that thus alone could he account for the universal and necessary character of ideas. It was revived during the 19th century as an attempt to counteract modern subjectivism … Continue reading “Ontologism”

Ontological Object (Gr. onta, existing things + logos, science) The real or existing object of an act of knowledge as distinguished from the epistemological object. See Epistemological Object. — L.W. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Ontological argument Name by which later authors, especially Kant, designate the alleged proof for God’s existence devised by Anselm of Canterbury. Under the name of God, so the argument runs, everyone understands that greater than which nothing can be thought. Since anything being the greatest and lacking existence is less then the greatest having also … Continue reading “Ontological argument”

Ontario Ontario, the most populous and wealthy province of Canada, has an area of 140,000,000 acres, exclusive of the Great Lakes, of which approximately 24,700,000 acres have been sold, 115,300,000 remaining vested in the Crown. It is bounded on the south and south-west by Lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron, and Superior, with their connecting waters, and … Continue reading “Ontario”

Onset * For ONSET, Act 14:5, RV, see ASSAULT and IMPULSE Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Onquenira, Isaac Ben-Moses a rabbi who lived in the house of Don Joseph Nasi at Constantinople about the middle of the 16th century, published , Terrible as Bannered Hosts, (with reference: to the Son 6:4), an ethical poem, with an extensive commentary (Constantinople, 1571; Berlin, 1701): a twofold commentary on Nachshon ben-Zadok’s work, , Revelator … Continue reading “Onquenira, Isaac Ben-Moses”

Onomacritus a celebrated religious poet of ancient Greece, lived at Athens in the time of the Pisistratidae. He collected and expounded according to Herodotus the prophecies or oracles of Musseus; but is said to have been banished from the city by Hipparchus, about B.C. 516, on account of interpolating something of his own in these … Continue reading “Onomacritus”

Onolatry Onolatry (ass-worship) was attributed by Roman writers to the Jews and later to the Christians. The famous caricature of the Palatine represents a Christian worshiping a crucified figure with the head of an ass. There are other representations of the early centuries. In the Catacombs there is a fresco in which the ass represents … Continue reading “Onolatry”