Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Menthon, Bernard of, Saint (923 -1008 ) Confessor , born near Annecy, Savoy (France ); died Novara (Italy ). Having become archdeacon of Aosta, 966 , he spent 42 years laboring among the ignorant and idolatrous people of the Alps, making many conversions and performing miracles. He is best known as the founder (c.962 ) … Continue reading “Menthon, Bernard of, Saint”

Mentelin, Johannes (MENTEL) Born c. 1410; died 12 Dec., 1478; an eminent German typographer of the fifteenth century, and the first printer and bookseller at Strasburg (Alsace). He belonged to a respected family at Schlettstadt. After 1447 he was a “gold-schreiber” (illuminator) at Strasburg, where he became a burgess and member of the painters’ and … Continue reading “Mentelin, Johannes”

Mentalism Metaphysical theory of the exclusive reality of individual minds and their subjective states. The term is applied to the individualistic idealism of Berkeley and Leibniz rather than to the absolutistic Idealism of Hegel and his followers. — L.W. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Mental tests Measurement of independent variables in a person to specific situations controlled by the medium of the instrument, expressing measurable differences in individuals. Chief formintelligence test. — J.E.B. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

mental reservation An act of the mind limiting the spoken phrase that it may not bear the full sense which, at first hearing, it seems to bear. A pure mental reservation is not indicated externally and is a lie. A broad mental reservation is indicated externally; it is permissible only as a last resource and … Continue reading “Mental Reservation”

Mental Chemistry Psychological procedure, analogous to chemical analysis and synthesis, consisting in the attempted explanation of mental states as the products of the combination and fusion of psychic elements. See Associationism. — L.W. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Mental Characteristics MENTAL CHARACTERISTICS.There can be no full appreciation without some analysis: the friend who is understood is loved the better. That love is blind is singularly false, save when the word is restricted to an unworthy meaning. True love gives insight always; and the power it gives of divining what to others is invisible … Continue reading “Mental Characteristics”

Mental (Lat. mens, mind) Pertaining to the mind either in its functional aspect (perceiving, imagining, remembering, feeling, willing, etc.) or in its contential aspects (sense data, images and other contents existing “in” the mind). See Mind. — L.W. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Mensurius bishop of Carthage, of whose personal history but little is known, figured very prominently during the Diocletian persecutions. He seems to have been identified with the liberal or Arian party, and to have entertained heretical opinions, to which he gave publicity in books published under the title of Sacred Scriptures. He opposed the enthusiastic … Continue reading “Mensurius”

Menstruation Law relating to Lev 15:19-30; Lev 20:18; Eze 18:6 Cessation of, in old age Gen 18:11 Immunities of women during Gen 31:35 Of animals Jer 2:24 Uncleanness of Isa 30:22 Figurative Isa 30:22; Lam 1:17; Eze 36:17 Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible