Mardocheus MARDOCHEUS.1. The name of Mordecai, the uncle of Esther, appears in this form in Ad. Est 10:4, 11:2, 12, 12:1, 46, 16:13, 2. 1Es 5:8 = Mordecai, Ezr 2:2, Neh 7:7. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Mardocheus mar-do-keus (, Mardochaos): (1) One of the Jewish leaders who accompanied Zerubbabel on the return from … Continue reading “Mardocheus”
Mardochai
Mardochai a name borne by many rabbins and Jewish savans. The most renowned of them are the following: 1. MARDOCHA ASHKENASI, a fanatical adherent of Sabbathai Zewi, flourished very near the middle of the 17th century. A man of prepossessing appearance, and remarkably talented as a pulpit orator, he traveled through Hungary, Moravia, and Bohemia, … Continue reading “Mardochai”
Mardochaeus
Mardochaeus (). the Sept. or Greek equivalent of MORDECAI SEE MORDECAI (q.v.), in the Apocrypha; namely, (a.) the uncle of Esther, in the apocryphal additions (Esther 10:1; 11:2, 12; 12:1-6; 16:13; 2Ma 15:36). The 14th of the month Adar, on which the feast of Purim was celebrated, is called in the last passage Mardochaeus’s day … Continue reading “Mardochaeus”
Mardin, Iraq, diocese of
Mardin, Iraq, diocese of Diocese of the Chaldean Rite, united with Rome, 1552. Its bishops include Blessed Ignatius Maloyan. See also: Catholic-Hierarchy.Org New Catholic Dictionary Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Mardin, Iraq, archdiocese of
Mardin, Iraq, archdiocese of Archdiocese of the Armenian Rite, erected 1850. See also: Catholic-Hierarchy.Org New Catholic Dictionary Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Mardin and Amida, Iraq, archdiocese of
Mardin and Amida, Iraq, archdiocese of Patriarchal diocese of the Syrian Rite, established as a patriarchate, 1852; united with Amida, 1888. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Mardin
Mardin A residential Armenian archbishopric, a Chaldean bishopric, and a residential Syrian bishopric; moreover it is the headquarters of the Capuchin mission of Mardin and Amida. The ancient Syriac name was Marda, which meant fortress. It is mentioned as early as the time of Emperor Constantius (Amm. Marcell. xix, 9, 4) and again in the … Continue reading “Mardin”
Marcus The Heretic
Marcus The Heretic (sometimes confounded with MARCUS THE HERESIARCH), a native of Memphis, in Egypt, flourished in the 4th century. He is said by Isidore of Seville, and Sulpicius Severus in Hist. Sacra, to have been a skillful magician a Manichaean, perhaps personally a disciple of Manes, and the originator of the doctrine of the … Continue reading “Marcus The Heretic”
Marcus The Heresiarch
Marcus The Heresiarch sometimes called the Gnostic, a teacher of Gnosticism in the 2d century, thought by Jerome to be a native of Egypt; by Lardner, of Proconsular Asia; and by Neander, of Palestine. That Jerome’s conjecture is correct, seems probable from the statement of Irenoeus that Marcus was a disciple of Valentinus. The followers … Continue reading “Marcus The Heresiarch”
Marcus, surnamed Eremita
Marcus, surnamed Eremita Marcus (14), surnamed Eremita, mentioned by Nicephorus Callistus as , said to have lived in the reign of Theodosius II. and to have been a disciple of St. Chrysostom (Niceph. H. E. xiv. 30). Nicephorus speaks later of the works of a , apparently the same man. Of these he had seen … Continue reading “Marcus, surnamed Eremita”