Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Vaudreuil Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil Governor of Canada, born in Languedoc, France, in the first half of the seventeenth century, of Louis R. de Vaudreuil and Marie de Chateau-Verdun; died at Quebec, 10 October, 1725. In the king’s musketeers, in which he served (1659-76), he ranked as brigadier and finally as colonel. He … Continue reading “Vaudreuil”

Vaudois SEE WALDENSES. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Vau VAU or WAW.The sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, and as such employed in the 119th Psalm to designate the 6th part, each verse of which begins with this letter. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible

Vatke, Johann Karl Wilhelm a Protestant theologian, was born at Behndorf, Saxony, March 14, 1806. He studied theology and philosophy at Halle, Gottingen, and Berlin, and was privat-docent in theology at the latter place in 1830. His publication of Die Religion des Alten Testaments (1835) excited the wrath of the late professor Hengstenberg to such … Continue reading “Vatke, Johann Karl Wilhelm”

Vaticanus, Codex (CODEX B), a Greek manuscript, the most important of all the manuscripts of Holy Scripture. It is so called because it belongs to the Vatican Library (Codex Vaticanus, 1209). This codex is a quarto volume written in uncial letters of the fourth century, on folios of fine parchment bound in quinterns. Each page … Continue reading “Vaticanus, Codex”

Vaticanus, also Vagitanus in Roman mythology, was a deity who directed the first lispings of little children. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Vatican, The This subject will be treated under the following heads: I. Introduction; II. Architectural History of the Vatican Palace; III. Description of the Palace; IV. Description of the Gardens; V. The Chapels of the Vatican; VI. The Palace as a Place of Residence; VII. The Palace as a Treasury of Art; VIII. The Palace … Continue reading “Vatican, The”

Vatican Observatory The Vatican Observatory now bears the official title, “Specola Astronomica Vaticana”. To understand its history it is necessary to remark that the designations osservatorio or specola are not restricted to astronomy, but may mean any elevated locality from which aerial phenomena are observed. From this point of view the history of the Specola … Continue reading “Vatican Observatory”

VATICAN MANUSCRIPT One of the principal Greek manuscripts now extant. It contained originally the whole Greek Bible. The age of this manuscript is supposed to be no higher than the fifth century. See No. 29, article BIBLE. Fuente: Theological Dictionary Vatican Manuscript (1) (CODEX VATICANUS, designated as B) is one of the oldest and most … Continue reading “Vatican Manuscript (1)”

Vatican Hill SEE ROME. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature