Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Modin (v v.r. , , , and in chapter 2 ; Josephus, , and once ; Vulg. Modin: the Jewish form is, in the Mishna, in Joseph ben-Gorion, chapter 20 ; the Syriac version of Maccabees agrees with the Mishna, except in the absence of the article, and is the usual substitution of r for … Continue reading “Modin”

Modigliana, Francisco a Bolognese painter; flourished about the beginning of the 17th century. Lamnzi says he was not remarkably powerful, nor always consistent with himself, but very graceful and beautiful, and deserving a place in our lexica. His works at Urbino, where he is known under the name of Francisco da Forli, are a picture … Continue reading “Modigliana, Francisco”

Modigliana DIOCESE OF MODIGLIANA (MUTILIANENSIS) Located in the Province of Florence, in Tuscany. The city is situated on the banks of the Tramazzo, and is the Castrum Mutilum of Livy. In the ninth century it was owned by the counts of Ravenna; later it was ruled by the Guidi until 1377, when it owed allegiance … Continue reading “Modigliana”

Modi Or Mode (i.e. courageous, from a root cognate with the Danish mod, and the German muth courage) is in northern mythology the name of a son of Thor, who, the legend goes, is to survive the destruction of the world at Ragnarock, and in the renovated world will share with Mogni the possession of … Continue reading “Modi Or Mode”

MODESTY Is sometimes used to denote humility, and sometimes to express chastity. The Greek word modestus, signifies neat or clean. Modesty, therefore, consists in purity of sentiment and manners, inclining us to abhor the least appearance of vice and indecency, and to fear doing any thing which will incur censure. An excess of modesty may … Continue reading “Modesty”

Modestus, Vitus, and Crescentia, Saints According to the legend, martyrs under Diocletian; feast, 15 June. The earliest testimony for their veneration is offered by the “Martyrologium Hieronymianum” (ed. De Rossi-Duchesne, 78: “In Sicilia, Viti, Modesti et Crescentiae”). The fact that the note is in the three most important manuscripts proves that it was also in … Continue reading “Modestus, Vitus, and Crescentia, Saints”

Modestus (1), St an apostle of the Church in Carinthia, flourished in the 8th century. He was one of six whom bishop Vigilius of Salzburg sent to Carinthia to preach the glad tidings. Modestus lived but a short time after his arrival in Carinthia, but the success of his mission is manifest in the conversion … Continue reading “Modestus (1), St”

Modestus Modestus (3), prefect of the Praetorium, persecutor of the Catholics under the emperor Valens (Socr. iv. 16; Soz. vi. 18; Theod. H. E. iv. 18; Tillem. vi. 510, 555, 562, 574), who commissioned him to offer Basil the choice between deposition and communion with the Arians. A severe sickness having supervened, which he regarded … Continue reading “Modestus”

Modest kosmios (G2887) Modest, Of Good Behavior semnos (G4586) Grace, Reverent (Worthy of Reverence) hieroprepes (G2412) Occasionally kosmios and semnos refer to things, though usually they refer to persons. Although they are close enough in meaning that often they are used together, they are clearly distinguishable. Kosmios occurs twice in the New Testament. Once it … Continue reading “Modest”

Modernism Term used by those who affect a preference for what is modern, and a disregard for what is ancient and medieval, usually because they know little of the history or institutions of the past; an attempt at a radical transformation of thought in regard to God, man, the world, life nere and hereafter; the … Continue reading “Modernism”