Lithomancy (from , a stone, and , divination), divination performed by means of stones. The stone used for this purpose was washed in spring water by candle-light, and the person engaged in divining, having purified himself, covered his face, repeated a form of prayer, and placed certain characters in a certain order. Then the stone … Continue reading “Lithomancy”
Lith, Johann Wilhelm Von
Lith, Johann Wilhelm Von a German theologian, was born at Anspach, in Bavaria, February 4, 1678. In 1693 he entered the University of Jena, and became in 1694 A.M. In the following year he went to the University of Altdorf to continue his studies; in 1697 he studied at the University of Halle, and in … Continue reading “Lith, Johann Wilhelm Von”
Literature, Sub-Apostolic
Literature, Sub-Apostolic liter-a-tur, sub-ap-os-tolik (Christian): I.EPISTLE OF CLEMENT TO THE CORINTHIANS 1.Authorship and Date 2.Occasion and Contents 3.Apologetic Testimony 4.Doctrinal Testimony 5.Office-Bearers and Organization 6.Ritual II.THE DIDACHE 1.Disappearance and Recovery 2.Date 3.Standpoint, Authorship and Object 4.Testimony to New Testament Writings 5.Contents and Notabilia III.EPISTLES OF IGNATIUS 1.Author and Date 2.Genuineness 3.Leading Ideas 4.Other Notabilia IV.EPISTLES … Continue reading “Literature, Sub-Apostolic”
Literature, English
Literature, English It is not unfitting to compare English Literature to a great tree whose far spreading and ever fruitful branches have their roots deep down in the soil of the past. Over such a tree, since the small beginnings of its growth, many vicissitudes of climate have passed; periods of storm, of calm, of … Continue reading “Literature, English”
literature, Catholic Latin
literature, Catholic Latin Term applied to those writings of the Christian era which are composed in Latin, are peculiar to the Church in the West, and whose contents are Christian, as opposed to pagan , in spirit. This literature falls into two periods. (1) From the 1st-5th century, when it appears intensely practical in nature, … Continue reading “literature, Catholic Latin”
literature
literature As the expression in language of all that is within the soul, ideas, feelings, imagination, opinion, thought, reasoning, judgment, has ever been used and consecrated by religion as a means of making known the Revelation of God. Before the Apostles and Evangelists left the world they committed to writing what they knew by inspiration … Continue reading “literature”
Literae Formatae
Literae Formatae or simply FORMATAE, are the epistles of bishops and churches to others of like character, and are so called because they are framed after certain prescribed canonical rules. There have been needless discussions over the fitness of the expression formata, and some would have it to be formalis (Suetonius, Domitian, 13); others will … Continue reading “Literae Formatae”
Literae Encyclicae
Literae Encyclicae a term used in the Roman Catholic Church to denote letters addressed by the pope to the whole Church, but primarily to the clergy at large, as representatives of the Church. They are to be distinguished from apostolical briefs and bulls as never being applicable to local or individual cases only. They relate … Continue reading “Literae Encyclicae”
Literae Clericae
Literae Clericae (clerical letters), a name given by Cyprian to letters written by a bishop in ancient times to a foreign Church, and which were sent by the hands of one of the clergy, usually a sub-deacon. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Lite
Lite (), in the Greek Church, a procession accompanied with prayer, made on various occasions of public calamity and intercession. Forms of service on such occasions are given in the Greek euchology. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature