Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Mysore (MAISOUR); DIOCESE OF MYSORE (MYSURIENSIS) Diocese in India, suffragan to Pondicherry, comprises the territory of the Mysore native state, the British Provinces of Coorg and Collegal, part of Wynaad and taluk of Ossoor, Salem district; surrounded by the Dioceses of Madras, Poona, Goa, Mangalore, Coimbatore, and Pondicherry.and Pondicherry. The Catholic population is about 48,202. … Continue reading “Mysore”

Myslenta, CELESTIN a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born March 27, 1588. He studied at: different universities, took his degree as doctor of divinity at Giessen in 1619, was professor of theology at. Konigsberg in the same year, and died April 30, 1653. He wrote, De Sacrificiis Veteris Testamenti: De Milysterio Trinitatis: De Eterna Divinitate … Continue reading “Myslenta, CELESTIN”

MYSIA A province in the northwest corner of Asia Minor bounded north by the Propontis, west by the Aegean Sea, south by Lydia, and east by Bithynia. Paul preached in this country on his first journey to Europe, Mal 16:7-8 . Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Mysia () Mysia was an ill-defined country in … Continue reading “Mysia”

Myself a reflexive pronoun, of the first person, lit., “of myself,” is used (a) frequently after various prepositions, e.g., hupo, “under,” Mat 8:9; Luk 7:8; RV, “under myself;” peri, “concerning,” Joh 5:31; Joh 8:14, Joh 8:18; Act 24:10; apo, “from,” Joh 5:30; Joh 7:17, RV, “from” (AV, “of,” which is ambiguous); so Joh 7:28; Joh … Continue reading “Myself”

MYRTLE A beautiful and fragrant evergreen tree, growing wild throughout the southern parts of Europe, the north of Africa, and the temperate parts of Asia; principally on the seacoast. The leaves are of a rich and polished evergreen; the flowers white, with sometimes a tinge of red externally; and the berries are of the size … Continue reading “Myrtle”

MYRRH A precious gum yielded by a tree common in Africa and Arabia, which is about eight or nine feet high; its wood hard, and its trunk thorny. It was of several kinds, and various degrees of excellence. The best was an ingredient in the holy ointment, Exo 30:23 . It was also employed in … Continue reading “Myrrh”

Myrkheim in Norse mythology, is one of the nine worlds designed as a dwelling- place of the dwarfs. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Myriophytum A titular see of Thracia Prima and suffragan of Heraclea. The early history of this city is not known. We find it mentioned for the first time in connection with an earthquake which destroyed it in the year 1063 of our era (Muralt, “Essai de chronologie byzantine”, II, 8). It was visited by John … Continue reading “Myriophytum”

Myrina A titular see of Asia Minor, suffragan of Ephesus. Herodotus (I, 149) mentions it as one of the eleven cities of Æolia; Strabo, who says it was built by the Amazon Myrina, also assigned to it an Æolian origin (Geographia, XII, iii, 21; viii, 6; XIII, iii, 6); Xenophon (Hellenica, III, i, 6) relates … Continue reading “Myrina”

Myra, Nicholas of, Saint Confessor, Bishop of Myra; born Patara, Lycia, Asia Minor; died Myra, c.352. Although he is popular in the Greek as well as the Latin Church, nothing is historically certain about him except that he was Bishop of Myra in the 4th century. In his youth he is supposed to have made … Continue reading “Myra, Nicholas of, Saint”