MONOPHYSITES (from solus, and natura, ) a general name given to all those sectaries in the Levant, who only own one nature in Jesus Christ; and who maintain that the divine and human nature of Jesus Christ were so united as to form only one nature, yet without any change, confusion, or mixture of the … Continue reading “Monophysites”
Monomotapa
Monomotapa Whatever may be the etymological meaning of the word Monomotapa, the origin of which is much disputed, it is certain, at any rate, that the Portuguese of the sixteenth century employed it to denote the paramount chief of the Makaranga, a powerful South African tribe dwelling between the Zambesi and Limpopo rivers and extending … Continue reading “Monomotapa”
Monomania
Monomania (, single, and , , madness) has loosely been made to represent every form of partial insanity, but has been more rigidly defined as that mental condition in which a single faculty, or class of faculties or associations, become diseased, the mind generally remaining healthy. Slight and solitary aberrations such as where a savage … Continue reading “Monomania”
Monoism
Monoism SEE MONADOLOGY. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Monoimus
Monoimus Monoimus (a form, possibly representing the Jewish name Menaham), an Arabian Gnostic of 2nd cent. His name had been only preserved by a brief notice in Theodoret (Haer. Fab. i. 18) until the recovery of the lost work of Hippolytus against heresies shewed that from this work Theodoret derived his knowledge. Hippolytus gives a … Continue reading “Monoimus”
Monoimos
Monoimos an Arabian heretic of the 2d century, who appears to have been a follower of Basilides. He is mentioned by Theodoret; but the particulars of his system, which was formed of strange geometrical and arithmetical speculations respecting the origin of the world, are given only by Hippolytus. The substance of these is that primal … Continue reading “Monoimos”
monograms
monograms Two or more letters intertwined, forming one character, such as the chi-rho pictured here; often used in Christian art . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Monogram of Christ
Monogram of Christ By the Monogram of Christ is ordinarily understood the abbreviation of Christ’s name formed by combining the first two letters of the Greek form (see Greek word 1, in table above) thus (see Monogram a); this monogram was also known as the Chrismon. There are, however, besides this type of monogram, two … Continue reading “Monogram of Christ”
Monogram
Monogram (Greek , single, and letter), a character composed of two or more letters of the alphabet, often interlaced with other lines, and used as a cipher or abbreviation of a name, is found to be of frequent occurrence in the annals of early ecclesiastical history, and seems to have been introduced into the early … Continue reading “Monogram”
MONOGAMY
Monogamy See Marriage. Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church Monogamy SEE MARRIAGE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature MONOGAMY Mat 19:5; 1Ti 3:2; 1Ti 3:12 Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible