Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Language Of Ot And Apocrypha LANGUAGE OF OT AND APOCRYPHA.See Text Versions and Languages of OT. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible

Language Of Christ LANGUAGE OF CHRIST.Recent historical and critical research has narrowed the ground which it is necessary to cover in the discussion of the question as to the language spoken by Christ. It has ruled Hebrew out of court. The practically unanimous verdict of recent scholars is that, considerably before the time of Christ, … Continue reading “Language Of Christ”

Language in Liturgy A liturgical language is one used in the official public services of any Church or Rite. It may or may not be the language spoken by the people. Sometimes it is an older, and at times, an almost unintelligible form of the vernacular. However each liturgical language was first chosen precisely because … Continue reading “Language in Liturgy”

Language, Functions of Some utterances (a) are produced by a speaker, (b) induce effects in an interpreter, (c) are related to a certain subject-matter (which may, but in general will not, include either the speaker or interpreter). According as one or other of the relations in which the utterance stands to the several factors of … Continue reading “Language, Functions of”

LANGUAGE One of the distinguishing gifts of God to man, essential to all high enjoyment and improvement in social life, and to be prized and used in a manner worthy of its priceless value for the glory of God and the benefit of mankind. The original language was not the growth of a mere faculty … Continue reading “Language”

Langton, Stephen Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, died Sussex, England , 1228. Combining scholarship and statesmanship, he is noted for his division of the Bible into chapters, and as leader of the barons in their struggle against King John for constitutional liberty, Langton wrote the Magna Carta, and with the barons, forced John to sign it … Continue reading “Langton, Stephen”

Langres, Synod Of From the acts of the Concilumn Tullense of June 859, it appears that another (Concilium Lingonense) had a short time before been held at Langres by the bishops of Charles the Young, king of Provence, nephew of Charles the Bald, and son of Lothair I, to whom Langres belonged as part of … Continue reading “Langres, Synod Of”

Langres (LINGONÆ). Diocese comprising the Department of the Haute-Marne. Suppressed by the Concordat of 1801, Langres was later united to the Diocese of Dijon. The bishop bore the title of Dijon and Langres, but the union was never quite complete; there was a pro-vicar-general for the Haute-Marne and two seminaries at Langres, the petit séminaire … Continue reading “Langres”

Langley, Richard Layman and martyr, b. probably at Grimthorpe, Yorks, England, date unknown; d. at York, 1 Dec., 1586. From his father, Richard Langley, of Rathorpe Hall, Walton, he probably inherited Rathorpe, but for the greater part of his life continued to reside on his estate at Ousethorpe, in the East Riding. His mother was … Continue reading “Langley, Richard”

Langle, Jean Maximilian Be a French Protestant writer, was born at Evreux in 1590, and was made pastor at Rouen in 1615. He died there in 1674. Besides a dissertation in defense of Charles I of England, he wrote Les joyes inenarrables et glorieuses de l’ame fidele, representees en quinze Sermons sur le huitieme chap. … Continue reading “Langle, Jean Maximilian Be”