Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Monasteria is a term which was sometimes used in the early Church to designate the places of worship belonging to the Egyptian Therapeutse. Thus Eusebius (Hist. Ecclesiastes lib. 2, c. 177) uses it (). Afterwards, in the Middle Ages, it became usual to give this name (monasteria) to large parochial and cathedral churches; hence the … Continue reading “Monasteria”

Monarchy, Israelitish (see Kale, De potestate regia ingente Hebr. Havn. 1749). According to the sense of the Mosaic constitution, the Hebrews were erected into a kind of republic under, the immediate dominion of Jehovah, forming a strict theocracy (q.v.); the law of the kingdom (Deu 17:14-20) being partly expounded by the Pentateuch itself, which alludes … Continue reading “Monarchy, Israelitish”

Monarchy Described by Samuel 1Sa 8:11-18 Government; King Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible

MONARCHIANS The same as the Patripassians: which see. Fuente: Theological Dictionary Monarchians Heretics of the second and third centuries. The word, Monarchiani, was first used by Tertullian as a nickname for the Patripassian group (adv. Prax., x), and was seldom used by the ancients. In modern times it has been extended to an earlier group … Continue reading “Monarchians”

Monarchianism A heretical system, begun about the 2nd century, which so distorts the monarchy (monarchia) of God as to deny the distinction of Persons in the Trinity. It takes the three following forms: (1) Crass Monarchianism absolutely denies any distinction of Persons in the Trinity and concludes naturally that the Father became incarnate and died … Continue reading “Monarchianism”

Monarchia Sicula A right exercised from the beginning of the sixteenth century by the secular rulers of Sicily, according to which they had final jurisdiction in purely religious matters, independent of the Holy See. This right they claimed on the ground of a papal privilege. The oldest document advanced in support of their claim is … Continue reading “Monarchia Sicula”

Monarchia is the term by which is designated the leading or opening statement in the orderly enunciation of the doctrine of-the Trinity (q.v.), i.e., the doctrine that there is one and only one , principle or fountain of Divinity, God the Father, the first person in the Trinity, who only is , God of and … Continue reading “Monarchia”

Monarchee was the title occasionally bestowed in the Christian churches, especially in those of the East, instead of the more familiar metropolitan (q.v.). In the 6th canon of the Council of Sardica, which was held in 344, we find metropolitans distinguished by the title princeps provincic ( );’but elsewhere, in references of those days, they … Continue reading “Monarchee”

Monadology, The New Expression used by Renouvier for his type of personalism. — R.T.F. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Monadology (from Gr. , unity, and , discourse) is the term applied to the doctrine or science of Monads, which was filly developed by the German philosopher Leibnitz. He conceived the whole universe, bodies as well as minds, to be made up of monads, that is, simple substances; each of which is, by the Creator, … Continue reading “Monadology”