Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Trivet, Nicholas (Or “Trevet” as he himself wrote it) B. about 1258; d. 1328. He was the son of Thomas Trevet, a judge who came of a Norfolk or Somerset family. He became a Dominican in London, and studied first at Oxford, then at Paris, where he first took an interest in English and French … Continue reading “Trivet, Nicholas”

Trivento (Triventensis) Diocese in southern Italy. The earliest bishop was St. Castus of an uncertain epoch, the local legend assigning him to the fourth century. Other bishops were: the monk Leo, intruded and deposed by Agapetus I (946); Alferius (1109); the Franciscan Luca (1226), exiled by King Manfred; Pietro dell’ Aquila (1348), noted for his … Continue reading “Trivento”

Triumphus, Augustinus an Augustinian hermit monk who was a native of Ancona, attended the University of Paris for a time, and was present at the Council of Lyons in 1274. He also sojourned at Venice while engaged in the publication of several small books in honor of the Virgin, and at Naples, where he became … Continue reading “Triumphus, Augustinus”

Triumphs MILITARY. The Hebrews, under the direction of inspired prophets, celebrated their victories by triumphal processions, the women and children dancing, and praying upon musical instruments, and singing hymns and songs of triumph to the living and true God. The song of Moses at the Red Sea, which was sung by Miriam and the women … Continue reading “Triumphs”

Triumph of the Cross, Feast of the Also known as Feast of the Holy Cross Feast of the Triumph of the Cross Memorial 14 September About the Feast The feast was celebrated in Rome before the end of the 7th century . Its purpose is to commemorate the recovering of that portion of the Holy … Continue reading “Triumph of the Cross, Feast of the”

Triumph This verb () is used in later Greek as the equivalent of the Latin triumphare, to which it seems to be etymologically akin. It occurs twice in the NT- 2Co 2:14, Col 2:15. In Col 2:15 the Crucifixion is represented as the triumph which crowns the Holy War of redemption. As the Roman conqueror … Continue reading “Triumph”

Triton in Greek mythology, was primarily a son of Nepture, by Amphitrite, who lived with his father and mother on the bottom of the sea in a golden palace. Hence the name was applied to any daemon of the Mediterranean Sea, who rode, sometimes upon horses, at other times on monsters of the deep, and … Continue reading “Triton”

Trithemius, John A famous scholar and Benedictine abbot, b. at Trittenheim on the Moselle, 1 February, 1462; d. at Würzburg, 13 December, 1516. The abbot himself, in his “Nepiachus”, gives an account of his youth, which was a time of hard suffering owing to the harsh treatment of his selfish stepfather, who allowed the talented … Continue reading “Trithemius, John”

TRITHEISTS A sect of the sixth century, whose chief was John Ascunage, a Syrian philosopher, and at the same time a Monophysite. This man imagined in the Deity three natures or substances absolutely equal in all respects, and joined together by no common essence; to which opinion his adversaries gave the name of Tritheism. One … Continue reading “Tritheists”

Tritheism Name given to the opinions of John Philoponus, the noted commentator on Aristotle, Conon, Bishop of Tarsus, and Eugeius, Bishop of Seleucia in Isauria, leaders of a group of Monophysites of the sixth century, which were understood in the sense that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are three partial substances and distinct individuals, … Continue reading “Tritheism”