Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Majorca and Iviza

Majorca and Iviza (MAJORICENSIS ET IBUSENSIS) A suffragan of Valencia, with the episcopal residence at Palma on the Island of Majorca. The see is said to have existed in the fifth century, there being mention of a Bishop Elias of Majorca in 480. The first historical reference is in 898, at which time Pope Rom … Continue reading “Majorca and Iviza”

Major term

Major term (Gr. meizon horos) That one of the three terms in a syllogism which appears as predicate of the conclusion; so called by Aristotle because in the first, or perfect, figure of the syllogism it is commonly the term of greatest extension, the middle term being included in it, and the minor term in … Continue reading “Major term”

Major premiss

Major premiss See figure (syllogistic). Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Major, John

Major, John a Scottish historian and theologian, was born at Gleghorn, East Lothian, Scotland, in 1469.; was educated at Oxford, Cambridge, and Paris. After teaching a number of years in Paris, as professor of scholastic philosophy, he became professor of divinity, and subsequently provost at St. Andrews, in Scotland. He died in 1547. He published … Continue reading “Major, John”

Major, Johann Tobias

Major, Johann Tobias a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Jena, February 2, 1615. After completing his studies at Leipsic and Jena, he travelled through Holland, France, and Italy, was made in 1645 doctor of theology, and elected professor at Jena in 1646. He died. April 25, 1655. Major wrote, Commentationes in Epoistolam ad … Continue reading “Major, Johann Tobias”

Major, Johann

Major, Johann a humanistic poet at Wittenberg during the latter half of the 16th century, deserves a place here as the greatest satirist among the Philippists, as the followers of Melancthon were called. He was born in 1533 at Joachimsthal, where Johann Mathesius (q.v.) became his tutor and friend. At the age of sixteen he … Continue reading “Major, Johann”

Major, Georg

Major, Georg a German theologian, was born at Nuremberg. April 25, 1502. He studied theology under Luther and Melancthon, and was successively rector at Magdeburg (1529), superintendent at Eisleben (1536), and professor of theology and court-preacher at Wittenberg (1539). In 1544 he was made doctor of divinity, and two years later he was one of … Continue reading “Major, Georg”