Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Uniformity Acts These statutes, passed at different times, were vain efforts to secure uniformity in public worship throughout England. But as the principle of unity had been lost when communion with the See of Peter was broken off, all such attempts were foredoomed to failure. They were resisted by Catholics on the one hand and … Continue reading “Uniformity Acts”

UNIFORMITY Regularity; a similitude or resemblance between the parts of a whole. The word is particularly used for one and the same form of public prayers, administration of sacraments, and other rites, &c. of the church of England, prescribed by the famous stat 1. Eliz. and 13, 14, Carol II. cap. 4. called the Act … Continue reading “Uniformity”

UNICORN One-horned, corresponding to the word Monoceros, by which the original Hebrew REEM is translated by the Seventy. The Hebrew word means erect, and has no reference to the number of horns. Most interpreters now understand it of the wild buffalo of the Eastern continents, the Bos Bubalus of Linaeus, resembling the American buffalo, but … Continue reading “Unicorn”

Uniciilus a Low-Latin term for an alms-box with a perforated cover. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Uniates are Eastern Christians in external communion with the see of Rome, and are most numerous in those provinces which formerly belonged to Poland. When Sigismund II was elected to the crown of Poland, being a zealous agent of the Jesuits, he at once took measures for reconciling the Polish Church to Rome. His plans … Continue reading “Uniates”

Unholy (a, negative, n, euphonic, hosios, “holy”), “unholy, profane,” occurs in 1Ti 1:9; 2Ti 3:2. Cp. HOLY. In the Sept., Eze 22:9. the neut. of koinos, “common,” is translated “an unholy thing” in Heb 10:29. See COMMON, DEFILE, C, UNCLEAN, A, No. 2. Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words Unholy Heb 10:29 (a) Certain … Continue reading “Unholy”

Unhallowed Uses In the consecration of a church or chapel among the Episcopalians, the building is said to be separated henceforth from all unhallowed, ordinary, and common uses. The word unhallowed, as here used, does not mean simply such things as are morally evil, impure, and contrary to the spirit of religion, which is the … Continue reading “Unhallowed Uses”

Ungodly un-godli (, rasha (Psa 1:1), wicked, , belyaal (2Sa 22:5), worthless; in the New Testament , asebes (Rom 5:6), e.g. indicating that the persons so called are both irreverent and impious): Trench says that the idea of active opposition to religion is involved in the word, that it is a deliberate withholding from God … Continue reading “Ungodly”

Ungodliness, Ungodly “impiety, ungodliness,” is used of (a) general impiety, Rom 1:18; Rom 11:26; 2Ti 2:16; Tit 2:12; (b) “ungodly” deeds, Jud 1:15, RV, “works of ungodliness;” (c) of lusts or desires after evil things, Jud 1:18. It is the opposite of eusebeia, “godliness.” Note: Anomia is disregard for, or defiance of, God’s laws; asebeia … Continue reading “Ungodliness, Ungodly”

Ungodliness (; the verb is and the adj. ) is the religious designation and estimate of impious and immoral conduct (Cremer, Bibl.-Theol. Lexicon of NT Greek, p. 523); cf. Rom 1:18, where it stands side by side with . It appears also in Rom 9:26, where it is in the plural in an OT quotation … Continue reading “Ungodliness”