Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Ucayali (SAN FRANCISCO DE UCAYALI.) Prefecture Apostolic in Peru. At the request of the Peruvian Government, desirous of civilizing and converting the Indian tribes inhabiting a large and secluded mountainous region in the east of Peru, known as La Montaña, in which a few Franciscan missionaries had been labouring, the Holy See on 5 February, … Continue reading “Ucayali”

Ucalegon in Greek mythology, was an inhabitant of Troy, an elder honored in the senate. His dwelling place adjoining the dwelling of Deiphobus was, with the latter’s, entirely destroyed by fire. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Ucal (Heb. Ukal’, , in some copies, Ukkal’, ). According to the received text of Pro 30:1, Ithiel and Ucal must be regarded as proper names; and if so, they must be the names of disciples or sons of Agur the son of Jakeh, an unknown sage among the Hebrews. But there is great obscurity … Continue reading “Ucal”

Uboze (Ubosche), in Slavonic mythology, was the name given to the spirits of the departed, who appeared in the family circles of their relatives in the form of dwarfs. They were therefore worshipped and made harmless by being made to eat and drink. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Ublanizn in Slavonic mythology, was a domestic god of the Poles, whom the negligent, lazy people authorized to make greater conveniences, and to whom they entrusted the protection of their household furniture. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

UBIQUITY Omnipresence; an attribute of the Diety, whereby he is always intimately present to all things. See OMNISCIENCE. Fuente: Theological Dictionary Ubiquity (Lat. ubique, everywhere) is the opinion of some German divines that the body. of Christ is present everywhere by virtue of its union with his divine nature. It was adopted in 1577 as … Continue reading “Ubiquity”

UBIQUITARIANS Formed from ubique, “every where, ” in ecclesiastical history, a sect of Lutherans which rose and spread itself in Germany; and whose distinguishing doctrine was, that the body of Jesus Christ is every where, or in every place. Brentius, one of the earliest reformers, is said to have first broached this error in 1560. … Continue reading “Ubiquitarians”

Ubiety (Lat. ubi, where) is the presence of one thing to another, or the presence of a thing in place. The schoolmen distinguish ubiety as: 1. Circumscriptive, by which a body is so in one place that its parts are answerable to the parts of space in which it is and exclude every other body. … Continue reading “Ubiety”

Ubicatio (Lat. ubi, where) Whereness, the condition of being located in space. — V.J.B. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Ubertinus surnamed, from the village of his birth, De Casali, was a Franciscan monk of the 13th century, and belonged to the strict party which insisted upon a rigid observance of the vow of poverty, and regarded the life and work of our Savior as constituting a mere preparation for a higher and more perfect … Continue reading “Ubertinus”