Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

T’ui The method of induction or extension in argumentation. See pien. — W.T.C. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy Tui The opposite. Everything has its opposite. “When there is the active force (yang), there is the passive force (yin). When there is good, there is evil. As yang increases, yin decreases, and as goodness is augmented, … Continue reading “Tui”

Tuguegarao (TUGUEGARAONENSIS). Diocese in the Philippines; situated in the north-eastern section of the Island of Luzon, and embraces the three civil Provinces of Cagayan, Isabela, and Nueva Viscaya, and the two groups of the Batanes and Babuyanes Islands. It was erected on 10 April, 1910, being separated from the ancient Diocese of Nueva Segovia, erected … Continue reading “Tuguegarao”

Tufts, James Hayden (1862-) Emeritus Professor of Philosophy of Chicago University. He has been strongly influenced by Kant. He collaborated with Dewey in the standard, “Ethics”, and among his other writings are”Ethics of Cooperation,” “Education and Training for Social Work” and “America’s Social Morality.” — L.E.D. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Tuff-taffeta a kind of inferior silk used in church-hangings. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Tufa a porous stone (called travertine when compact) found in calcareous streams, and used, from its lightness, in vaultings, as at Bredon and Canterbury. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Tuet, Esprit Claude a French ascetic author, was born about 1745 and died about 1787, and was the writer of a number of religious tracts and sermons, for which see Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Gneral, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Tueshimel Erdeni in Lamaism, is the name for one of the seven sanctuaries which are placed upon the altars in front of the idol. It is a drawing, upon a gold background representing an ambassador of the heavenly kingdom and also the god of the temple. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Tudor Style This name is used by some writers on Gothic architecture, but they do not agree in the application of it. It is variously employed to designate the Perpendicular style throughout its continuance the latter period of this style-and the mixed style which sprang up on the decline of Gothic architecture, usually called Elizabethan. … Continue reading “Tudor Style”

Tudor, Salathiel a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Bedford County, Pa., in 1789. Converted when a youth, he labored as a local preacher for eleven years; and was received on trial in the Pittsburgh Conference in 1827. In 1829 his health declined; in’ 1830 he was a superannuate, and he died Nov. 26 of … Continue reading “Tudor, Salathiel”

Tudor Rose A conventional representation of the rose, found in Third-pointed architectural work, both in wood and stone carvings, adopted in honor of the Tudors. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature