Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

MIMESIS MIMESIS is, when we either refer to, or repeat, the words of another, which we either disapprove of, or desire to refute; for example,-1Co 15:32, , , .-2Co 10:1; 2Co 10:10, – , , -.-Php 3:4-5. See Gnom.-Col 2:21. It is also MIMESIS, when we delicately (acutely) allude to a Word which another is … Continue reading “MIMESIS”

Mimansa (from the Sanscrit man, to investigate; hence, literally, investigation) is the collective name of two of the six divisions of orthodox Hindu philosophy. SEE HINDUISM. These two divisions are respectively distinguished as Purva-mimansa and Uttara-mimansa; the latter being more commonly called Veddata (q.v.), while the former is briefly styled Mimansa. Native writers rank the … Continue reading “Mimansa”

Mimamsi Short for Purva-Mimamsa, one of the six major systems of Indian philosophy (q. v.), founded by Jaimini, rationalizing Vedic ritual and upholding the authority of the Vedas by a philosophy of the word (see vac). In metaphysics it professes belief in the reality of the phenomenal, a plurality of eternal souls, but is indifferent … Continue reading “Mimamsi”

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, city of Jesuit missionaries were early visitors to the region, but the first record of a white man’s arrival on the site of the present city is in the journal of the Recollect missionary, Reverend Zenobe Membre, who accompanied Robert Chevalier de la Salle to the Illinois country in 1679. In 1699 Jean … Continue reading “Milwaukee, Wisconsin, city of”

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, archdiocese of Founded as the diocese of Milwaukee, covering the entire state of Wisconsin, on 28 November 1843 as a suffragan of the archdiocese of Saint Louis. Elevated to an archdiocese on 12 February 1875. Suffragan dioceses include Green Bay La Crosse Madison Superior See also Catholic-Hierarchy.Org archdiocese of Milwaukee patron saints index … Continue reading “Milwaukee, Wisconsin, archdiocese of”

Milwaukee (MILWAUKIENSIS) Established as a diocese, 28 Nov., 1843; became an archbishopric, 12 February, 1875, comprises seventeen counties of the State of Wisconsin: Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake, Jefferson, Kenosha, Marquette, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Rock, Sheboygan, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha, an area of 9321 square miles. The metropolitan city of Milwaukee is … Continue reading “Milwaukee”

Milvian Bridge A bridge over the Tiber on the Flaminian way, two miles from Rome, famous for the victory of Constantine over Maxentius, who lost his life when the bridge gave way, October 312. Here before the battle Constantine saw a cross in the sky with the inscription “By this sign you shall conquer.” Fuente: … Continue reading “Milvian Bridge”

Milton, John among the brightest glories of the rich and varied literature of England, one of the four master-singers of the English Helicon, has taken rank with Homer and Virgil and Dante. Dryden’s eulogy was well-merited, though too epigrammatic. In splendor of conception and in majesty of language, he is without a peer. Gray recognizes … Continue reading “Milton, John”

Miltiz, Karl von Papal chamberlain and nuncio, b. about 1480, the son of Sigismund von Miltiz, “Landvogt” of Meissen, drowned in the Main near Gross Steinheim, 20 November, 1529. He received his humanistic and theological education at Mainz, Trier, and Meissen and went to Rome in 1514 or 1515, where he was made papal chamberlain … Continue reading “Miltiz, Karl von”

Miltitz, Karl Von a Roman ecclesiastic, celebrated as the papal chamberlain and legate to the Reformers, was the son of a Saxon nobleman, and was born about 1490. He flourished first as canon at Mayence, Treves, and Missonia. In 1515 he removed to Rome and became papal notary. In 1518, when cardinal Cajetan had so … Continue reading “Miltitz, Karl Von”