Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Little Owl See Owl Fuente: Plants Animals Of Bible Little Owl LITTLE OWL.See Owl. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible

Little Ones LITTLE ONES.The phrase one of these little ones occurs in the records of our Lords discourses in the Synoptic Gospels six times (Mat 10:42; Mat 18:6; Mat 18:10; Mat 18:14, Mar 9:42, Luk 17:2), although, to satisfy these references, it need not have been employed by our Lord on more than two or … Continue reading “Little Ones”

Little Office of Our Lady A liturgical devotion to the Blessed Virgin, in imitation of, and in addition to, the Divine Office. It is first heard of in the middle of the eighth century at Monte Cassino. According to Cardinal Bona, who quotes from a manuscript of Peter the Deacon (twelfth century), there was, in … Continue reading “Little Office of Our Lady”

Little Office of Blessed Virgin Mary A form of prayer in honor of the Blessed Virgin, in structure resembling the Divine Office and consisting of the same elements, but in a shortened form. In origin it is a monastic practise, generally attributed to Saint Peter Damian (11th century). In the 12th century it became a … Continue reading “Little Office of Blessed Virgin Mary”

Little, Jacob, D.D a Presbyterian minister, was born in New Hampshire, May 1, 1795. He graduated from, Dartmouth College in 1822, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1825, preached at Hoosick, N.Y., and at Belpre, Ohio, in 1827 became Congregational pastor in Granville, in 1867 stated supply of the Presbyterian Church in Warsaw, Indiana, in … Continue reading “Little, Jacob, D.D”

Little Horn SEE ANTICHRIST; SEE DANIEL. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Little, Henry, D.D a Presbyterian minister, was born at Boscawen, N.H., March 30, 1800. He was converted at six years of age, graduated at Dartmouth College in 1826, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1829. The same year he was ordained as a missionary under the auspices of the American Education Society, for labor in … Continue reading “Little, Henry, D.D”

Little Genesis See BOOK OF JUBILEES. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Little Garden of the Soul Prayer-book popular in the early 16th century , printed in Latin and German . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assissi Little Flowers of Francis of Assisi, the name given to a classic collection of popular legends about the life of St. Francis of Assisi and his early companions as they appeared to the Italian people at the beginning of the fourteenth century. Such a work, as Ozanam observes, … Continue reading “Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assissi”