Vouchsafe “to agree,” is found in the best texts in Act 7:17, and rendered “vouchsafed,” RV, with reference to God’s promise to Abraham; some mss. have omosen, “swore” (omnumi, “to swear”), as in AV. See CONFESS, PROFESS, PROMISE, THANKS, B, Note. Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words
Votum
Votum SEE VOTIVE TABLETS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Votive Tablets
Votive Tablets were memorial or commemorative tablets dedicated to meritorious personages or to the Deity, in commemoration of events of an unusually favorable nature. Their use passed over into the Christian Church, under the alleged sanction of Exo 17:14; Psa 111:4, etc. These tablets were designed to be memorials of thanksgiving, and they were placed … Continue reading “Votive Tablets”
Votive Offices
Votive Offices A votive office is one not entered in the general calendar, but adopted with a view to satisfying a special devotion. By the Apostolic Constitution “Divino Afflatu” (1 Nov., 1911) Pius X abolished all votive offices. Before this action of the Holy See a votive office might be celebrated, in accordance with the … Continue reading “Votive Offices”
Votive Offerings
Votive Offerings The general name given to those things vowed or dedicated to God, or a saint, and in consequence looked upon as set apart by this act of consecration. The idea is very old (Dhorme, “Choix des textes religeux assyro-babyloniens”, XXXVII, Paris, 1907; Aristotle, “Politics”, VII, xii), for it springs from man’s instinctive attitude … Continue reading “Votive Offerings”
Votive Mass
Votive Mass (Missa votiva) A Mass offered for a votum, a special intention. So we frequently find in prayers the expression, votiva dona (e.g., in the Leonine Sacramentary, ed. Feltoe, p. 103), meaning “gifts offered with desire [of receiving grace in return]”. The Mass does not correspond to the Divine Office for the day on … Continue reading “Votive Mass”
Voting
Voting SEE ELECTION OF CLERGY. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Vote
Vote In his defence before Agrippa, St. Paul said when they were put to death, I gave my voice (, Revised Version vote) against them (Act 26:10). In Greek judicial procedure, pebbles () were used-black for condemnation, and white for acquittal (A. O. Seyfferts Dict. of Class. Antiquities, ed. H. Nettleship and J. E. Sandys5, … Continue reading “Vote”
Vota
Vota (or Bota), a festival of the ancient Church, which fell on Jan. 4, so called because it was the day of sacrificing for the emperor’s safety. See Bingham, Christ. Antig. bk. 20:ch. 1, 3. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Voswius, Isaac
Voswius, Isaac a Dutch scholar and theologian, the only son of Gerard Jan Vossius, who survived him, was born at Leyden in 1618. He was educated entirely by his fatherland at the age of twenty-one he published an edition of the Periplus of Scylax, the Greek geographer, with a Latin translation and notes. He then … Continue reading “Voswius, Isaac”