Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Mangalore, India, diocese of Comprises the civil district of South Kanara. The Franciscans who arrived in the 16th century were the pioneer missionaries of the region. The Oratorian , Blessed Joseph Vas labored there (1685-1712). Erected as a diocese on 1 September 1886 as a suffragan of Bombay . Suffragen of the archdiocese of Bangalore. … Continue reading “Mangalore, India, diocese of”

Mangalore (MANGALORENSIS) Diocese on the west coast of India, suffragan of Bombay. It comprises the whole collectorate of South Canara, and a portion of Malabar from Ponany to Mount Deli; it stretches inland as far as the Ghauts, a distance varying from 40 to 60 miles. The total Catholic population is reckoned at about 93, … Continue reading “Mangalore”

Manfredonia (SIPONTINA) The city of Manfredonia is situated in the province of Foggia in Apulia, Central Italy, on the borders of Mount Gargano. It was built by King Manfred in 1256 not far from the ruins of the ancient Sipontum, destroyed by an earthquake in 1233. Sipontum was a flourishing Greek colony; having fallen into … Continue reading “Manfredonia”

Manetho ( or ), OF SEBENNYTUS, a distinguished Egyptian historian, a native of Diospolis, according to some, or of Mende or Heliopolis, according to others, is said to have lived in the time of Ptolemy Philadelphus, and to have been a man of great learning and wisdom Elian, De Animal. 10:16). He belonged to the … Continue reading “Manetho”

Manes, called also Mani Manes (called also Mani among Oriental writers, and Manichaeus among Greeks and Latins). The lives of all ancient heretics have suffered much from the misrepresentations of their opponents. In the case of Manes there is the additional difficulty that we have two contradictory accounts in the Western and Eastern traditions. The … Continue reading “Manes, called also Mani”

Manes A heresy instituted in the 3rd century by a Persian dreamer variously named Mani, Manes, Manichaeus, who visioned himself a legate from God to introduce a religious and moral reformation. In the 4th and 5th centuries this heresy took a westward course and became dangerous to Christianity, finding a home especially in Proconsular Africa, … Continue reading “Manes”

Maneh, Mina mane, or mna (, maneh; , mna, pound (English Versions of the Bible)): A weight containing 50 shekels, according to Hebrew usage, but which varied according to the standard adopted. Estimated on the Phoenician, or commercial, standard, it was equal to 11,200 grains, or about 2 lbs. troy, or about 1, 6 lbs. … Continue reading “Maneh, Mina”

MANEH A Hebrew weight of sixty shekels, Eze 45:12 . Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Maneh (, maneh’, Eze 45:12, a portion as divided by weight; hence the Greek , a mina; rendered pound in 1Ki 10:17; Ezr 2:69; Neh 7:21-22), a weight of a hundred shekels, as we gather from 1Ki 10:17 (compare … Continue reading “MANEH”

Mandyas (), a vestment of the Greek priests, not unlike the cope of the Romanists, but with bells at the lower edges, in supposed imitation of the Jewish high-priest. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

MANDRAKES Hebrew Dudaim, Gen 30:14-16 Son 7:13, a plant to which was attributed, probably without reason, the power of rendering barren women fruitful. According to most of the ancient versions, it was the Atropa Mandragora of Linnaeus, a plant of the genus Belladonna, with a root like a beet, white and reddish blossoms, and fragrant … Continue reading “Mandrakes”