Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Material Mode of Speech A description introduced by Carnap and based upon his distinction between “object-sentences” and “syntactical sentences”. A sentence is syntactical if it can be translated into (is materially equivalent to) another sentence of the same language which refers only to signs or formal properties of and relations between signs. All non-syntactical sentences … Continue reading “Material Mode of Speech”

Material a priori (in Max Scheler) Intuitively given essences (relation of ideas). — P.A.S. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Mater Speciosa or Lady of Joy, the counterpart of the hymn of Mater Dolorosa’. SEE STABAT MATER. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Mater Admirabilis Title under which Our Lady is especially venerated in the convents of the Religious of the Sacred Heart, who began as a religious institute on the feast of the Presentation of Our Lady in the Temple. A fresco in the Trinita dei Monti, the Sacred Heart convent in Rome, painted by a novice … Continue reading “Mater Admirabilis”

Mater A titular bishopric in the province of Byzantium, mentioned as a free city by Pliny under the name of Matera (Hist. natur., V, iv, 5). Mgr. Toulotte (“Géographie de l’Afrique chrétienne”, proconsulaire, 197) cites only two occupants of this see: Rusticianus, who died shortly before 411, and Quintasius, who succeeded him. Gams (Series episcoporum, … Continue reading “Mater”

Mateo Aimerich Catholic philologist. Born 1715; died 1799. Wrote several books which won for him a distinguished place among the philologists and critics of the 18th century. His most important work was Novum Lexicon historicum et criticum antiquae romanae literaturae. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Mateer, Joseph, D.D a Presbyterian minister, was born in Hill Head parish, County Down, Ireland. He graduated from Belfast College, and after removing to the United States entered Princeton Theological Seminary, remaining one year, and then went to the Western Theological Seminary, where he graduated in 1854. He was ordained, and installed pastor of the … Continue reading “Mateer, Joseph, D.D”

Matamoros, Manuel a Spanish Protestant, was born October 8, 1835, at Lepe, in the province of Huelva. In 1850 he entered the military school at Toledo, but the life of the soldiers which he witnessed there caused such a dislike for a military career that he left the school and went to Malaga, where his … Continue reading “Matamoros, Manuel”

Matali in Hindu mythology, is the charioteer of Indra. See Williams, Translation of Sakntela, Act VI. Mater Dolorosa, or Leady of Sorrow, is the technical term given to such portraits of the Virgin Mary as represent her alone, weeping or holding the crown of thorns. She appears alone, says Mrs. Jameson (Legends of the Madonnsa, … Continue reading “Matali”

Matahiti (Maoa Roa), the ripening or completing of the year, a festival regularly observed in Huahine, Polynesia. Men, women, and children attended this festival, but the females were not allowed to enter the sacred enclosure. They held a sumptuous banquet annually, the time of which was regulated by the blossoming of reeds. When the prayers … Continue reading “Matahiti”