Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Mixteca An important tribe of southern Mexico, of Zapotecan stock. They are industrious farmers, weavers, and potters of reliable and independent character. They have taken an active part in Mexican politics. Evangelized by the Dominicans , they are Catholics with survivals of pagan customs. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

mixed religion A hindering impediment to matrimony, consisting in the marriage of a Catholic to a baptized non-Catholic. Such a marriage is valid if performed by proper authority, but it requires a dispensation, which is given only after the signing of promises by the non-Catholic party, pledging non-interference with the religion of the Catholic , … Continue reading “mixed religion”

Mixed Multitude (, e’aeb;’ Sept. , Vulg. promiscuum), the designation of a certain class who went with the Israelites as they journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, the first stage of the exodus from Egypt (Exo 12:38). In the Targum the phrase is vaguely rendered many foreigners, and Jarchi explains it as a medley of outlandish … Continue reading “MIXED MULTITUDE”

Mixed Marriages i.e., marriages between Jews and Gentiles, were strictly prohibited by the Mosaic law. The New Testament, if it be thought to contain no positive prohibition of the intermarriage of Christians and heathens, yet, to say the least, strongly represents such a proceeding as inconsistent with a Christian profession (1Co 7:39; 2Co 6:14). The … Continue reading “Mixed Marriages”

mixed marriage A marriage between persons one of whom is a member of the Catholic Church and the other a member of some Protestant denomination. The phrase is the equivalent of the kitchen Latin, mixta religio (mixed, or mixture of, religion). It is sometimes used to mean the union in marriage of a Catholic with … Continue reading “Mixed Marriage”

Mixed (with) * Note: In Heb 4:2, AV, sunkerannumi, lit., “to mix with” (sun, “with,” kerannumi, see MINGLE, No. 2), is so translated; RV, “were (not) united (by faith) with” [AV, “(not) being mixed … in], as said of persons; in 1Co 12:24 “hath tempered.” See TEMPER TOGETHER. Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Mixe Indians (Also Mije, Latin Mi-she) A mountain tribe in southern Mexico, noted for their extreme conservatism, constituting together with the neighbouring Zoque, a distinct linguistic stock, the Zoquean. The Mixe occupy a number of towns and villages in the village of Yautepec, Villa Alta, and Tehuantepec in southern Oaxaca and number altogether about 25,000. … Continue reading “Mixe Indians”

Mivart, St. George Jackson Corresponding member of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia; Member of the Council of Linnean Society, etc., b. in London, 30 November, 1827, d. there 1 April, 1900. Professor Mivart, whom Darwin styled the “distinguished biologist”, third son of James Edward Mivart, owner of Mivart’s Hotel in Brook Street, was born … Continue reading “Mivart, St. George Jackson”

MITYLENE The ancient capital of the island of Lesbos; a seaport on the east side of the island, towards Asia Minor. Paul touched there on his way from Greece to Jerusalem, Mal 20:14 . The island is now called Mitelino; and the ruins of the city still exist near Castro. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible … Continue reading “Mitylene”

Mitternacht, Johann Sebastian a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Hardesleben, in Thuringia, March 30, 1613. He studied at Jena and Wittenberg, and was in 1638 pastor at Teutleben, Thuringia. In 1642 he was rector at Naumburg, in 1646 at Gera, and died February 25, 1679. He wrote, Gramnmatica Ebraea: De Nativitatis Domini Anno, … Continue reading “Mitternacht, Johann Sebastian”