Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Minded see MIND, B, No. 1. “to wish, will, desire, purpose” (akin to boule, “counsel, purpose”), is translated “was minded” in Mat 1:19; Act 15:37, RV (AV, “determined”); Act 18:27, RV (AV, “was disposed”); Act 19:30, RV (AV, “would have”); Act 5:33, RV, “were minded” (AV, “took counsel”); Act 18:15, RV, “I am (not) minded … Continue reading “Minded”

Mind-Stuff Theory Theory that individual minds are constituted of psychic particles analogous to physical atoms. Differs from mind-dust theory in its emphasis on the constitution rather than the genesis of mind. See Mind-Dust Theory. — L.W. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Mind of the Church The Church’s attitude and teaching with regard to matters not solemnly defined as dogmas of Faith, but declared by her serious pronouncements and by the teaching of her approved theologians. To think and to act with the Church in matters not solemnly defined, is characteristic of a loyal member of the … Continue reading “Mind of the Church”

MIND OF CHRIST 1Co 2:16; Phi 2:5; 1Pe 4:1 –SEE Spiritual Mind, MIND Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible

Mind-Dust Theory Theory that individual minds result from the combination of particles of mind which have always existed in association with material atoms. The rival theory is emergent evolution which assumes that mind is a novel emergent in the process of biological evolution. — L.W. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

MIND, DOMINANCE OF or, as a man thinketh, so is he Rom 14:14; Tit 1:15 –SEE Heart Centre of Life, Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible

MIND, CARNAL-SPIRITUAL (A) CARNAL MIND, general references to Rom 1:28; Rom 8:7; Eph 4:17; Col 1:21; Col 2:18; Tit 1:15 –SEE Old Life, OLD LIFE Evil Heart, HEART, THE HUMANCarnality, CARNALITY (B) EVIL THOUGHTS Deu 15:9; Psa 64:6; Psa 94:11; Pro 15:26; Pro 23:7; Pro 24:9; Isa 66:18 Jer 4:14; Mat 9:4; Mat 15:19 –SEE … Continue reading “MIND, CARNAL-SPIRITUAL”

Mind-body relation Relation obtaining between the individual mind and its body. Theories of the mind-body relation are monistic or dualistic according as they identify or separate the mind and the body. Monistic theories include the theory of mind as bodily function, advanced by Aristotle and adhered to by thinkers as divergent as Hobbes, Hegel, and … Continue reading “Mind-body relation”

Mind (Noun and Verb) “mind,” denotes, speaking generally, the seat of reflective consciousness, comprising the faculties of perception and understanding, and those of feeling, judging and determing. Its use in the NT may be analyzed as follows: it denotes (a) the faculty of knowing, the seat of the understanding, Luk 24:45; Rom 1:28; Rom 14:5; … Continue reading “Mind (Noun and Verb)”

Mind 1. The noun.-While in the OT heart is used to represent mans whole mental and moral activity (cf. Gen 6:5 every imagination of the thoughts of his heart), psychological terms begin to be employed in the NT with more discrimination and precision, and mind comes into use to denote the faculty of thinking, and … Continue reading “Mind”