Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Mensing, John (MENSINGK) A theologian and celebrated opponent of Luther, born according to some at Zütphen, Holland, but more probably at Magdeburg, Saxony, date unknown; died about 1541. In 1495 he entered the Dominican Order and made part of his theological studies in the studium of his province. Matriculating at the university of Wittenberg in … Continue reading “Mensing, John”

Menses Papales is the technical term for one form of papal investiture claimed by the incumbent of St. Peter’s chair, in case the vacancy occurs within certain stated months. The present rules of the Roman chancel on this point are: Cupiens Sanctissimus Dominus Noster pauperibus clericis et allis benemeritis personis providere omnia beneficia ecclesiastica cum … Continue reading “Menses Papales”

Menses See Menstruation Menstruation Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible

Menservants for the meanings of which see CHILD, No. 4, is translated “menservants” in Luk 12:45. Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

mensal revenue (Latin: table) A table for meals, which meaning has been extended to signify the resources necessary for personal support. In ecclesiastical language, it is that portion of the property of a church which is set aside to defray the expenses of the prelate or the community which serves that church. In a cathedral, … Continue reading “mensal revenue”

Mensa, Mensal Revenue (Lat., Mensa, table). The Latin word mensa has for its primitive signification “a table for meals”; it designates by extension the expenses, or better, the necessary resources of sustenance, and generally, all the resources for personal support. He who lives at the expense of another, and at his table, is his “commensal”. … Continue reading “Mensa, Mensal Revenue”

Mensa, Mensal (table), a name anciently given to a church erected over a martyr’s grave. SEE MARTYR. Such edifices received this appellation from the distinctive altar or communion table. Thus Augustine speaks of a church called mensa Cypriani-Cyprian, as he explains, not having eaten there, but having there been offered up. Prior to the Reformation … Continue reading “Mensa, Mensal”

Mensa Dei (the Lord’s table), a term which has immediate reference to the Lord’s Supper. The opposition between the expressions, table of the Lord and table of daemons (see 1 Corinthians 11), at once marks it out as a table set apart for sacred purposes. SEE ALTAR; SEE TABLE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and … Continue reading “Mensa Dei”

Mensa Capitularis And Mensa Episcopalis are the technical terms severally given to the table support of chapter members and the incumbents of the episcopal office. So long as communistic life prevailed in churches endowed by monastic institutions, the expense for the table was provided for by the common property of the chapter. But in the … Continue reading “Mensa Capitularis And Mensa Episcopalis”

mensa (Latin: table) A table for meals, which meaning has been extended to signify the resources necessary for personal support. In ecclesiastical language, it is that portion of the property of a church which is set aside to defray the expenses of the prelate or the community which serves that church. In a cathedral, the … Continue reading “mensa”