Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Magyar Version SEE HUNGARIAN VERSION. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Magus, Simon According to the testimony of Saint Justin, a native of Gitta, he was converted by the preaching of Philip in Samana and was baptized. When the Apostles Peter and John came to give the Holy Ghost to the believers, Simon offered them money for the power of bestowing the Holy Spirit and was … Continue reading “Magus, Simon”

Magus See Simon Magus. Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church Magus MAGUS.See Bar-Jesus, Magi, Magic, and Simon Magus. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible

Maguire, John Aloysius Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland. Born Glasgow, 1851; died there, 1920. Ordained 1875 , auxiliary bishop , 1894 , and archbishop , 1902 . His power of swaying a large multitude by oratory was demonstrated at the London Eucharistic Congress in 1908 , when he quieted the thousands of assembled Catholics who were … Continue reading “Maguire, John Aloysius”

Magri (Lat. Macer), Dominico a Roman Catholic prelate, was born March 28, 1604, and died March 4, 1672, at Viterbo. He is the author of Notitia de’ Vocaboli Ecclesiastici (Rome, 1650; Lat. transl. by himself and his brother Carold, Hierolexicon, etc., 3d ed. 1677 fol.; latest edition, Venice, 1712). See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. … Continue reading “Magri (Lat. Macer), Dominico”

Magraw, James, D.D a Presbyterian minister, was born in Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, January 1, 1775. He graduated from Franklin College, Lancaster, about 1799. After studying theology, he was licensed, December 16, 1801, by the Presbytery of Middletown; preached as a missionary for a year or two; and was ordained April 4, 1804, pastor … Continue reading “Magraw, James, D.D”

Magrath, John Macrory Born in Munster, Ireland, in the fifteenth century; date and place of death unknown. Like many of his ancestors, he was chief historian to the O’Briens, princes of Thomond and chiefs of the Dalcassian clans. To the same family belonged the celebrated Miler Magrath, Protestant Archbishop of Cashel. Magrath’s fame rests on … Continue reading “Magrath, John Macrory”

Magpiash (Heb. Magpiash’, , perhaps for , moth-killer; Sept. v. r. , Vulg. Megphias), one of the chief Israelites who joined. in the sacred covenant instituted on the return from Babylon (Neh 10:20). B.C. cir. 410. Some suppose the name, however, to be the same as MAGBISH SEE MAGBISH (q.v.) of Ezr 2:30. Fuente: Cyclopedia … Continue reading “Magpiash”

Magormissabib [Ma’gor-mis’sabib] Symbolical name given by God through Jeremiah to Pashur the priest who had beaten him and placed him in the stocks. Jer 20:1-3. In the margin it is ‘fear round about.’ The same Hebrew is translated ‘fear on every side’ in Jer 20:10. God would make Pashur a terror to himself and to … Continue reading “Magormissabib”

Magor-missabib (Hebrew, lMagor’ mis-sabib’, , terror from around about; Sept. , Vulg. Pavor undiquae), an epithet applied at the divine instance by Jeremiah to the persecuting: Pashur (q.v.), emblematical of his signal fate, as explained in the context (Jer 20:3). It is remarkable that the same phrase occurs in several other passages of Jeremiah (6:25; … Continue reading “Magor-Missabib”