Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Marcus Bishop Of Otranto probably of the 8th century. Allatius says he was oeconomus or steward of the great Church of Constantinople before he became bishop, which seems to be all that is known of him. He wrote , [Hymnus Acrostichus in Mllagnume Sabbatun, s. In Magno Sabbato Capita Versuum, published by Aldus Manutius, with … Continue reading “Marcus Bishop Of Otranto”

Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Herculius Also known as Maximian Maximian Herculeus Profile Roman Emperor. Adopted by Diocletian and named his co-regent in 285 , receiving the title of regent on 1 March 286 . He resigned the purple at Milan after the election of his son Maxentius, but the new emperor proved incapable of governing … Continue reading “Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Herculius”

Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius Roman emperor, 306-312. Son of the Emperor Maximianus Herculius and son-in-law of the chief emperor Galerius. He was elected by the senators and pretorians as the rival of Galerius, who endeavored in vain to crush him. He retained the imperial dignity after the conference of the Cresars in 307. He joined … Continue reading “Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius”

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Roman Emperor (161-180). During his reign the incursions of the Picts in Britain and the onslaughts of the Germans were followed by the Parthian war of 161-166. It was during this war that he composed his well-known “Meditations,” a collection of moral reflections. The only blot on his fame is the persecution … Continue reading “Marcus Aurelius Antoninus”

Marcus Aurelius SEE AURELIUS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Marcus Aurelius (121-180 A.D.) The Roman Emperor who as a Stoic endowed chairs in Athens for the four great philosophical schools of the Academy, the Lyceum, The Garden and the Stoa. Aurelius’ Stoicism, tempered by his friend Fronto’s humanism, held to a rational … Continue reading “Marcus Aurelius”

Marcus, a Gnostic Marcus (17), a Gnostic of the school of Valentinus, who taught in the middle of the 2nd cent. His doctrines are almost exclusively known to us through a long section (i. 13-21, pp. 55-98) in which Irenaeus gives an account of his teaching and his school. Both Hippolytus (Ref. vi. 39-55, pp. … Continue reading “Marcus, a Gnostic”

Marcus The name of three leading Gnostics. I. The founder of the Marcosians (q.v.) and elder contemporary of St. Irenaeus, who, c. A.D. 175, in his refutation addresses him as one apparently still living (Adv. Haer., I, xi, 3, where the “clarus magister” is Marcus, not Epiphanes; and I, xiii, 21). Irenaeus, from whom St. … Continue reading “Marcus”

Marcoux, Joseph Missionary and linguist, born in Canada, 1791; died there, 1855. Ordained 1813, he evangelized the Iroquois, first at Saint Regis, later at Caughnawaga. He acquired such proficiency in the Iroquois tongue as to attain a high rank among philologists through his Iroquois grammar and French-Iroquois dictionary. Father Marcoux translated into Iroquois, Father De … Continue reading “Marcoux, Joseph”

Marcosians Or Colobarsians an ancient sect in the Church, making a branch of the Valentinians. Irenaeus speaks at large of the leader of this sect, Marcus, who, it seems, was reputed a great magician. The Marcosians had a great number of apocryphal books, which they held as canonical, and of the same authority with ours. … Continue reading “Marcosians Or Colobarsians”

MARCOSIANS or COLOBARSIANS, an ancient sect in the church, making a branch of the Valentinians. St. Irenxus speaks at large of the leader of this sect, Marcus, who it seems was reputed a great magician. The Marcosians had a great number of apocryphal books which they held for canonical, and of the same authority with … Continue reading “Marcosians”