Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Lux alma, Jesu, mentium Hymn for Lauds on the feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, 6 August . Saint Bernard (1091-1153) was the author. It has eight translations. The English title given is by Cardinal Newman. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Luuml;tolf, Aloys An ecclesiastical historian, born 23 July, 1824, in Gettnau near Willisau (Switzerland); died at Lucerne, 8 April, 1879. He made his early studies at the Jesuit College of Schwyz, and at the Lyceum at Lucerne, where he became an enthusiastic student of history. But as the political situation at that time did not … Continue reading “Luuml;tolf, Aloys”

Luuml;beck Lübeck, a free imperial state and one of the Hanse towns, is in area the second smallest and in population the twentieth state in the German Empire. The state, which includes the city of Lübeck and its neighbourhood, has an area of about 115 sq. m. and a population (1905) of 105,857 inhabitants, of … Continue reading “Luuml;beck”

Lutzk, Zhitomir, and Kamenetz, Diocese of (LUCEORIENSIS, ZYTOMIRIENSIS, ET CAMENECENSIS). Diocese located in Little Russia. Its present territory extends over the Governments (provinces) of Volhynia, Kieff, and Podolia. Originally it formed three separate dioceses, but there were eventually united, through successful Russian pressure upon the Holy See, intended to promote governmental authority over the Catholic … Continue reading “Lutzk, Zhitomir, and Kamenetz, Diocese of”

Lutz, Johann Ludwig Samuel a distinguished German theologian, historian, and biographer, was born at Bern in 1785; studied first in his native city, then at the universities of Tbingen and Gttingen; was in 1812 appointed professor of the gymnasium, and rector of the literary school of Bern; in 1824 became pastor of Wynau, and afterwards … Continue reading “Lutz, Johann Ludwig Samuel”

Lutz (Or Lucius), Samuel one of the most important representatives of early pietism in Switzerland, was born in 1674. His father, the pious and learned pastor of Biglen, was his first teacher. Lutz at first turned his attention especially to mathematics, the classics, and Hebrew, then to Church discipline, and finally left all these to … Continue reading “Lutz (Or Lucius), Samuel”

Lutterbeck, Johann Anton Bernhard a Roman Catholic theologian of Germany, was born at Munster. In 1842 he was professor of Catholic theology at Giessen, but after the determination of bishop Ketteler, in 1851, to ordain no candidate who had pursued his theological studies at Giessen, Lutterbeck became a member of the philosophical faculty. After the … Continue reading “Lutterbeck, Johann Anton Bernhard”

Lutolf, Adolf a Roman Catholic theologian, was born in 1824. He studied under Hirscher and Dollinger, and after having spent some years at St. Gall, Lucerne, and Solothurn, as teacher and as priest, was called, in. 1868, to Lucerne as professor of Church history and canon of St. Leodegar. He died April 8, 1879, leaving … Continue reading “Lutolf, Adolf”

Lutkens, Franz Julius a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born October 21, 1650. He studied at Wittenberg, was in 1676 rector of Brandenburg, in 1679 deacon at Magdeburg, in 1684 pastor primarius and provost at Stargard, Pomerania, in 1704 court-preacher and professor of theology at Copenhagen, and died August 12, 1712. He wrote, Collegiumns Biblicum: … Continue reading “Lutkens, Franz Julius”

Lutkemann, Joachim a German theologian, was born at Demmin, in Pomerania, December 15, 1608; studied at Stettin, and afterwards at the universities of Greifswalde and Strasburg; then traveled through France and Italy; and was magister legente of the philosophical faculty of Rostock in 1638, and appointed professor of metaphysics in 1643. He published at this … Continue reading “Lutkemann, Joachim”