Mint, Papal The right to coin money being a sovereign prerogative, there can be no papal coins of earlier date than that of the temporal power of the popes. Nevertheless, there are coins of Pope Zacharias (741-52), of Gregory III (Ficoroni, “Museo Kircheriano”), and, possibly, of Gregory II (715-741). There is no doubt that these … Continue reading “Mint, Papal”
Mint
MINT A garden herb, sufficiently known. The Pharisees, desiring to distinguish themselves by a most scrupulous and literal observation of the law, gave tithes of mint, anise, and cummin, Mat 23:23 . Our Savior does not censure this exactness, but complains, that while they were so precise in these lesser matters, they neglected the essential … Continue reading “Mint”
Minstrels Gallery
Minstrels Gallery in a church, forms a sort of orchestra for the accommodation of vocal and instrumental performers. It is quite common in Continental churches, but is very rarely met with in England. There is a gallery of this sort over the altar-screen at Chichester cathedral, and another, much more remarkable, near the middle of … Continue reading “Minstrels Gallery”
Minstrels
Minstrels MINSTRELS.See Flute-players. Fuente: A Dictionary Of Christ And The Gospels
Minstrel
Minstrel (, from , pipe) The word appears twice in the NT. In Mat 9:23 is translated minstrels in the Authorized Version , and more correctly in the Revised Version flute-players. In Rev 18:22 is rendered pipers in the Authorized Version , while the Revised Version retains flute-players; but the latter version specifies the general … Continue reading “Minstrel”
Minster Ham
Minster Ham is the term applied to a sanctuary house, in which persons were afforded refuge for three days. If it were burdened with the king’s purveyance, they might remain for a longer period. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Minster
minster Church of a monastery ; one which originated in a monastic settlement; now applied to a church of considerable size or importance. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Minster signified originally, as in the writings of Cassian, St. Athanasius, and Jerome, the cell of a solitary; but the word was extended by Eusebius to embrace the … Continue reading “Minster”
Minsk
Minsk (MINCENSIS) A suffragan of Mohileff, in Western Russia. The city of Minsk is situated on the Swislotsch, a tributary of the Beresina, which, again, flows into the Dnieper. In 1879 it numbered 91,500 inhabitants, of whom 27,280 were Catholics. It is the nominal see of a Roman Catholic, a Græco-Ruthenian Uniat, and a Russian … Continue reading “Minsk”
Minshall, Robert
Minshall, Robert a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Pennsylvania in 1788; entered the Baltimore Conference in 1813; and died in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, July 15, 1828. He was a man of fine talents and great piety and zeal. He was especially useful as a promoter of Sunday-schools and tract societies, and was … Continue reading “Minshall, Robert”
Minotaur
Minotaur (i.e., the Bull of Minos) is one of the most repulsive conceptions of Grecian mythology. He is represented as the son of Pasiphae and a bull. for which she had conceived a passion. It was half man, half bull-a man with a bull’s head. Minos, the husband of Pasiphae, shut him up in the … Continue reading “Minotaur”