Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Moedsognir in Norse mythology, is the name of the highest class of pigmies who dwell in stones. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Moed SEE TALMUD. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Moebius (Or Mobius), Georg a Lutheran divine, was born at Laucha, Thuringia, December 18, 1616; studied at Jena and Leipsic; became rector of the gymnasium at Mercersburg in 1647; professor and doctor of theology at Leipsic in 1668; and died November 28, 1697. He edited and enlarged Cruusius’s Grammatica Graeca, and was the author of … Continue reading “Moebius (Or Mobius), Georg”

modus vivendi An agreement between the Holy See and a civil government on spiritual matters in dispute or likely to be in dispute. On 11 February 1929 c, Italy in the Lateran Palace entered into both a concordat and a treaty with the Church. By the treaty the conflicting claims to the temporal sovereignty of … Continue reading “modus vivendi”

Modus tollens See Logic, formal, 2. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Modus in ecclesiastical law, signifies an exemption from the payment of tithes, and is of two kinds: first, a partial exemption, when it is called a modus decimandi; secondly, a total exemption, when it is called a modus de non decimando. There is a third species of exemption, called a real composition, where an agreement … Continue reading “Modus”

Modra A titular see of Bithynia Secunda, suffragan of Nicæa. The city of Modra figures only in Strabo (XII, 543), who places it in Phrygia Epicteta, at the sources of the Gallus. It was probably situated at or near Aine Gueul, in the vilayet of Broussa. The region is called Medrena by Theophanes the Chronographer … Continue reading “Modra”

Modoin, Or Mautwin a noted early French ecclesiastic, was born towards the latter part of the 8th century. In his early manhood he was a priest connected with St. George’s church at Lyons. Later he was bishop of Autun. The first mention of his name in the Church records of Autun occurs in 815. Soon … Continue reading “Modoin, Or Mautwin”

Modius SEE BUSHEL. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Modius (from Greek , a measure) designates, in the language of archaeological sculpture, a kind of basket frequently found in representations of heathen divinities. It was placed on their heads in imitation of the practice prevailing among the ancients, among whom the women carried … Continue reading “Modius”

Modin. El-Medieh the modern representative of this place, famous in the Maccabean history, is fully described in the Memoirs accompanying the Ordnance Survey, 2:341 sq. (See illustration on page 731.) Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature