Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Manure Although the Scriptures do not furnish us with many details respecting the state of agriculture in Judaea, yet we may collect from various passages many interesting hints that will enable us to form some idea of the high state of its cultivation. SEE AGRICULTURE. It is not probable that the Hebrews derived their knowledge … Continue reading “Manure”

Manuel, Paleologus SEE FERRARA; SEE FLORENCE, SYNOD OF. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Manuel Of Constantinople There were two Manuels patriarchs of Constantinople, Manuel I (Charitopulus), and Manuel II, the subject of the present article. Cave, Oudin, and others seem to have confounded the two, for they state that Manuel Charitopulus succeeded Germanus II in A.D. 1240. Charitopulus was the predecessor of Germanus, not his successor; Manuel II … Continue reading “Manuel Of Constantinople”

Manuel, Niclaus or NICOLAS, sometimes called DEUTSCH, one of the most prominent characters in the ecclesiastical history of Switzerland, in the age just preceding the Reformation, was born at Bern in 1484, His real name is conjectured by his biographer, Dr. Gruneisen, to have been Alleman, but, as he was illegitimate, it was, for family … Continue reading “Manuel, Niclaus”

Manuel, Holoblius a Byzantine ecclesiastic of the 13th century, about 1261 or 1262 was cruelly mutilated by the cutting off of his nose and lips, by order of the ambitious Michael Palaeologus, because he had expressed grief at the deposition, persecution, and banishment of Joannes Lascaris, emperor of Nicwea, by Palaeologus, his successor in the … Continue reading “Manuel, Holoblius”

Manuel Chysoloras First teacher of Greek in Italy, born at Constantinople about the middle of the fourteenth century; died at Constance, German, and was buried there, 15 April, 1415. His first visit to Italy was at the time of the siege of Constantinople, when he was sent to Venice by Emperor Palæologus to implore the … Continue reading “Manuel Chysoloras”

Manuel Chrysoloras Catholic philologist; first teacher of Greek in Italy. Born Constantinople, c.1350; died Constance, Germany, 1415. He was Byzantine ambassador to Venice, taught Greek at Florence, Milan, and Pavia, and assisted Pope John XXIII in his efforts to end the Eastern Schism. Translated Plato’s Republic into Latin. Author of the first modern Greek grammar. … Continue reading “Manuel Chrysoloras”

Manuel, Charitopulus ( ), or SARANTENUS ( ), or the Philosopher, a Greek ecclesiastic who flourished in the 12th and 13th centuries, acquired a high reputation by his philosophical attainments. He was appointed patriarch of Constantinople on the death of Maximus II, A.D. 1215, and held the patriarchate for five years and seven months. He … Continue reading “Manuel, Charitopulus”

Manuel (I) COMNENUS ( ), emperor of Constantinople from 1145 to 1180, was the fourth son of John II, and was born about A.D. 1120. Two of his elder brothers, Alexis and Andronicus, both died before their father, and a special declaration of the emperor appointed Manuel as his successor, to the prejsliice of his … Continue reading “Manuel (I)”

Manuductor is the name of an ecclesiastical officer whose duty it was to give the signal to the choristers to sing, to mark the measure, beat the time, and regulate the music. The word means to lead by means of the hand; and the officer was so called because he was required to stand in … Continue reading “Manuductor”