Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Vaison, Council Of (Conciliun Vasense) Vaison is a village of France, in Vauclire, fifteen miles northeast of Orange, on the Ouveze. Two ecclesiastical councils were held there, as follows: I. Was held Nov. 13, 442 under the bishop Auspicius. Nectarius, bishop of Vienne, was present, and publicly maintained that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit … Continue reading “Vaison, Council Of (Conciliun Vasense)”

Vaison, Ancient Diocese of (VASIONENSIS.) This was suppressed by the Concordat of 1801, and its territory is now included in the Dioceses of Avignon and Valence. St. Albinus (d. 262) was incorrectly placed by the Carthusian Polycarpe de la Riviere among the bishops of Vaison. The oldest known bishop of the see is Daphnus, who … Continue reading “Vaison, Ancient Diocese of”

Vaishya is one of the Hindu castes said to have sprung from the thigh of Brahma. They are the productive capitalists, and their duties are to keep cattle, carry on trade, lend on interest, cultivate the soil, and turn their attention to every description of practical knowledge. SEE INDIAN CASTE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological … Continue reading “Vaishya”

Vaishnavas is the name of one of the three great divisions of Hindu sects, designating the worshippers of Vishnu from which the word is derived. The common link of all the sects comprised, under this name is their belief in the supremacy of Vishnu over the gods Brahma and Siva. Their difference consists in the … Continue reading “Vaishnavas”

Vaisesika One of the major systems of Indian philosophy (q.v.) founded by Ulaka, better known by his surname Kanada. It is a pluralistic realism, its main insistence being on visesa or particularity of the ultimate reality, incidental to an atomism. There are theistic implications. Reality falls into seven categoriesnine substances (dravya, q.v.), 24 qualities (guna, … Continue reading “Vaisesika”

Vaiseshika is the name of one of the two great divisions of the Nyaya school of Hindu philosophy, agreeing with the Nyaya itself in its analytical method of treating the subjects of human research, but differing from it in the arrangement of its topics, and in its doctrine of atomic individualities, or viseshas, from which … Continue reading “Vaiseshika”

Vairagya (Skr. ) Disgust, aversion, renunciation of worldly things, recommended for the attainment of moksa (q.v.). — K.F.L. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Vairagis is a Hindu term denoting persons devoid of passion, and applied to all religious mendicants who profess to have separated themselves from the interests and emotions of the world., It is used in particular to designate the mendicant Vaishnavas (q.v.) of the Ramnaanada class. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Vainglory, Vainglorious from kenos, “vain, empty,” doxa, “glory,” is used in Phi 2:3. denotes “boastfulness, vaunting,” translated “vainglory” in 1Jo 2:16, RV (AV, “pride”); in Jam 4:16, RV, “vauntings” (AV, “boastings”). Cp. alazon, “a boaster.” akin to A, No. 1, is rendered “vainglorious” in Gal 5:26, RV (AV, “desirous of vain glory”). Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary … Continue reading “Vainglory, Vainglorious”

Vainglory SEE VANITY. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Vainglory van-glori (, kenodoxa): Vainglory is the translation of kenodoxia, empty glory or pride, nearly akin to vanity in the modern sense (Phi 2:3). Kenodoxos is vainglorious (Gal 5:26, Let us not be desirous of vainglory, the Revised Version (British and American) Let us … Continue reading “Vainglory”