Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Vatican Council The Vatican Council, the twentieth and up to now [1912] the last ecumenical council, opened on 8 December, 1869, and adjourned on 20 October, 1870. It met three hundred years after the Council of Trent. I. INTRODUCTORY HISTORY A. Previous to the Official Convocation On 6 December, 1864, two days before the publication … Continue reading “Vatican Council”

Vatican as a Scientific Institution, The Regarded from the point of view of scientific productivity, the Vatican is the busiest scientific workshop in Rome. Scientific materials of the highest order and in astonishing abundance are stored up in the palace, access to them is easily obtained, and the conditions for work are most favourable. Apart … Continue reading “Vatican as a Scientific Institution, The”

Vatican Archives (Vatican Archives) Collections of documents pertaining to the acts of the Holy See; also the place where they are kept. Compiled for administrative purposes, they furnish a mine of information for historians, and are the most important archives in the world. They existed in the earliest days of the Church, but extensive remains … Continue reading “Vatican Archives”

Vatican the papal palace at Rome so called from its situation on the Mons Vaticanus, at the extreme north-western part of the city. It is an immense pile of buildings, composed of parts constructed at different times, and often without due regard to the harmony of the entire structure. There existed a palace adjoining the … Continue reading “Vatican”

Vates is a term used among the ancient Romans with the double signification of poet and prophet, the two being regarded as identical. By a law of Constantils in the Theodosian Code, they were reckoned among those who practice forbidden arts, such as soothsayers, astrologers, augurs, and magicians, and were condemned to die as guilty … Continue reading “Vates”

Vater, Johann Severin a German doctor and professor of theology, was born May 27, 1771, at Altenburg. He studied theology at Jena, but more especially Oriental languages. From 1792 to 1794 he studied classical philology under Wolf at Halle, and was promoted in 1794 as doctor of philosophy. In 1796 he commenced lecturing as privat-docent … Continue reading “Vater, Johann Severin”

Vatable, Franccedil;ois (Or better WATEBLED, the name is also written GASTEBLED or OUATEBLE). French Hellenist and Hebraist of the eighteenth century, b. at Gamaches (85 miles north-west of Paris), Picardy, probably in the latter years of the fifteenth century; d. in Paris, 16 March, 1547. He was for a time rector of Bramet in Valois, … Continue reading “Vatable, Franccedil;ois”

Vatable (Vateble, Vastebled, Guastebled), Francois a learned Frenchman, was a native of Gamache, in Picardy, and served as pastor of Bramet, in Valois until Francis I made him professor of Hebrew in the newly founded College Royal at Paris. He was abb of Bellozane when he died, March 16, 1547. His learning was comprehensive and … Continue reading “Vatable (Vateble, Vastebled, Guastebled), Francois”

Vat For Holy Water a vessel for holding holy water (q.v.). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Vat SEE WINE-FAT. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Vat (2) a cistern or vessel; a term frequently found in the inventories of religious houses. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Vat See WINEVAT. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Vat Fig. 336Winepress Vat, the receptacle in which grapes and olives were … Continue reading “Vat”