Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Magnificat of Mary Luk 1:46-55 Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible

Magnificat The title commonly given to the Latin text and vernacular translation of the Canticle (or Song) of Mary. It is the opening word of the Vulgate text (Luke 1:46-55): “Magnificat anima mea, Dominum”, etc. (My soul doth magnify the Lord, etc.). In ancient antiphonaries it was often styled Evangelium Mariæ, the “Gospel of Mary”. … Continue reading “Magnificat”

Magnifical MAGNIFICAL.Obsol. for magnificent; retained by EV [Note: English Version.] in 1Ch 22:5 from the Geneva versionthe house must be exceeding magnifical. The adv. occurs in Rhem. NT, Luk 16:19 He fared every day magnifically. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Magnifical mag-nifi-kal (, gadhal, in Hiphil to make great): Old form retained from Genevan … Continue reading “Magnifical”

Magnien, Alphonse An educator of the clergy, born at Bleymard, in the Diocese of Mende, France, 9 June, 1837; died 21 December, 1902. As a student of classics at Chirac, and of philosophy and theology at Orleans (1857-1862), he was distinguished for sound and brilliant talents and a noble, attractive character, he had become affiliated … Continue reading “Magnien, Alphonse”

Magni, Valerian a celebrated Italian ecclesiastic, was born in Milan, Italy, in 1586; was appointed by pope Urban VIII apostolical missionary to the Northern kingdoms; influenced the pope to imprison the Jesuitesses in 1631; was himself imprisoned in Vienna some time afterwards, through the influence of the Jesuits, for having said that the pope’s primacy … Continue reading “Magni, Valerian”

Magni, John a Swedish prelate, was born at Wexioe in 1583; traveled extensively on the Continent, especially in Germany, and on his return home became professor of history at his alma mater, the University of Upsala. Queen Christina, who succeeded her noble husband, Gustavus Adolphus, the great defender of the Protestant faith, in the government … Continue reading “Magni, John”

Magnesia A titular see in Lydia, suffragan of Ephesus, lying about 40 miles north-east of Smyrna and supposed to have been founded by the Magneti of Thessaly in the fifth century B. C. Lucius Scipio defeated Antiochus, King of Syria, there in 190 B. C. It was ruined by an earthquake in the reign of … Continue reading “Magnesia”

Magnentius, Flavius Magnus a Roman general, for a short period emperor of the West, was born in Gaul about A.D. 300. Partly by courage and partly by flattery, he gained the confidence of the emperor Constans, and was entrusted with the command of the imperial guards, the famous Jovian and Herculean battalions. He afterwards, together … Continue reading “Magnentius, Flavius Magnus”

Magnentius, , Flavius Popilius, emperor Magnentius, Flavius Popilius, emperor, 350-353. He rose under Constantius to the rank of count; and Constans gave him command of the Jovian and Herculian legions embodied by Diocletian and Maximian I. On Jan. 18, 350, he was proclaimed emperor instead of Constans, then absent on a hunting expedition. Constans fled, … Continue reading “Magnentius, , Flavius Popilius, emperor”

MAGNANIMITY Greatness of soul; a disposition of mind exerted in contemning dangers and difficulties, in scorning temptations, and despising earthly pomp and splendour. Cu de offic. lec. 1: ch. 20; Grove’s Moral Phil. p. 268, vol. 2: See articles COURAGE, FORTITUDE, in this work; Steel’s Christian Hero; Watts on Self- Murder. Fuente: Theological Dictionary magnanimity … Continue reading “Magnanimity”