Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Life Everlasting SEE ETERNAL LIFE; SEE FUTURE LIFE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Life, Eternal This stands commonly in scripture in contrast to death. It is revealed in the Lord Jesus. “He is the true God, and eternal life.” “This is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that … Continue reading “Life, Eternal”

LIFE-DEATH (A) LIFE, PHYSICAL(1) Of Man from God Gen 2:7; 1Sa 2:6; Job 27:3; Psa 104:30; Act 17:25 –SEE Creator (2), CREATOR (2) Life Brief, Figurative Allusions to the Brevity of Gen 47:9 Like a Shadow 1Ch 29:15 Like a Flying Shuttle Job 7:6; Job 8:9 Like Hurrying Messengers Job 9:25; Job 14:2 Only a … Continue reading “LIFE-DEATH”

LIFE CONTINUOUS Mar 9:4; Mar 12:27; Luk 23:43; Joh 8:51; Joh 11:26; 2Ti 1:10 –SEE Immortality, IMMORTALITY Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible

life, contemplative A way of living especially adapted to induce and facilitate contemplation. Based on the preeminent Christian duty of seeking to increase one’s knowledge and love of God, contemplation is in itself the noblest occupation that may engage man’s faculties, and has been held in veneration since the early Christian Fathers retired to the … Continue reading “life, contemplative”

LIFE CONSPICUOUS Mat 5:14; Luk 11:33; 1Co 4:9 Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible

life, common As a condition of the religious state, is opposed to the eremetical or solitary religious state. Common life implies membership in a religious community, involving submission to a common rule and to the same superiors, and secondly, a community of goods, such as food, clothing, and lodging. By the profession of vows, religious … Continue reading “life, common”

Life, Canonical A rule of life drawn up in ancient times for canons and other clergy, especially cathedral assistants, living in community life, and so intermediate between the monastic and the ordinary secular clergy. Later many of these communities became canons regular following the Rule of Saint Augustine, who introduced this community life into his … Continue reading “Life, Canonical”

Life, Bread of The Eucharist , the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ, contained really and substantially under the appearances of bread and wine. It is called bread from the matter from which it is confected and as bread, i.e., food in general, keeps the life in the body, so … Continue reading “Life, Bread of”

Life Book Of See Book of Life. Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church Life, Book of Figurative expression in Holy Writ (Apocalypse 21) for predestination, which signifies God’s foreknowledge of the elect. It is plain that God by virtue of His omniscience must infallibly know the number of the elect and the lost, which, however, … Continue reading “Life, Book of”