Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Liberatus of Carthage (Sixth century) Archdeacon; author of an important history of the Nestorian and Monophysite troubles. In 535 he was sent to Rome, as legate of a great African national synod of two hundred and seventeen bishops, to consult Pope Agapetus I (535-6) about a number of questions (Harduin, II, 1154; Mansi, VIII, 808). … Continue reading “Liberatus of Carthage”

Liberatus Diaconus Liberatus (7) Diaconus, archdeacon of Carthage, a Latin writer on the Nestorian and Eutychian heresies, an account of which he wrote entitled, Breviarium Causae Nestorianorum et Eutychianorum, in which he records some circumstances of his life. He visited Rome in the pontificate of John II. on the affair of the Acoemetae order of … Continue reading “Liberatus Diaconus”

Liberatus a deacon of the Church of Carthage, flourished in the 6th century. He was in Rome A.D. 533, when pope John II received the bishops sent by the emperor Justinian I to consult him on the heresies broached by the monks, designated Acoemetne (or, as Liberatus terms them, Acumici), who had imbibed Nestorian opinions. … Continue reading “Liberatus”

Liberatore, Matteo A philosopher, theologian, and writer, born at Salerno, Italy, 14 August, 1810; died at Rome, 18 October, 1892. He studied at the College of the Jesuits at Naples in 1825, and a year later applied for admission into the Society of Jesus, His remarkable innocence, brilliant talents, and strength of character made him … Continue reading “Liberatore, Matteo”

LIBERALITY-PARSIMONY-COVETOUSNESS (A) LIBERALITY, examples of (Select Reading, Deu_26 Mal_1:6-14 3:4-12 Mat_6:1-4) Deu 26:1-19; Mal 1:6-14; Mal 3:4-12; Mat 6:1-4 Gifts of Israel for the Tabernacle Exo 35:22 Over-plus of Gifts Exo 36:5 Offerings at the Dedication Num 7:3 David’s Gifts for the Temple 1Ch 29:3; 1Ch 29:4 Gifts for the Repairing of God’s House 2Ch … Continue reading “LIBERALITY-PARSIMONY-COVETOUSNESS”

LIBERALITY of sentiment A generous disposition a man feels towards another who is of a different opinion from himself; or, as one defines it, “that generous expansion of mind which enables it to look beyond all petty distinctions of party and system, and, in the estimate of men and things, to rise superior to narrow … Continue reading “Liberality Of Sentiment”

LIBERALITY Bounty; a generous disposition of mind, exerting itself in giving largely. It is thus distinguished from generosity and bounty: Liberality implies acts of mere giving or spending; generosity, acts of greatness; bounty, acts of kindness. Liberality is a natural disposition; generosity proceeds from elevation of sentiment; bounty, from religious motives. Liberality denotes freedom of … Continue reading “Liberality”

liberalism (Latin: liber, free) Up to the 18th century the liberal signified “worthy of a free man,” hence the terms liberal arts, liberal occupations. Since the 18th century it means generally a political system or tendency opposed to centralization and absolutism. The principles of the French Revolution form the basis of modern liberalism, which advocates … Continue reading “Liberalism”

Liberalia a festival observed annually by the ancient Romans on March 17, in honor of Liber or Bacchus. A procession of priests and priestesses, wearing ivy garlands, marched through the city, bearing wine, honey, cakes, and sweetmeats, along with a portable altar, having in the middle of it a fire- pan, ill which the sacrifices … Continue reading “Liberalia”

Liberal, Liberality, Liberally liber-al, lib-er-ali-ti, liber-al-i: The different forms of the word all refer to one who is generous, bountiful, willing and ready to give and to help. Both the Hebrew words of the Old Testament and the Greek words of the New Testament translated into the English word liberal have a deeper and nobler … Continue reading “Liberal, Liberality, Liberally”