Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Triplet a window of three lights. Many such occur in the First Pointed style, the center light being usually longer or more elevated than the two side lights. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Triple-Candlestick A name given along with several others (e.g. reed, tricereo, arundo, triangulum, lumen Christi) to a church ornament used only in the office of Holy Saturday. The three candles of which it is composed are successively lighted, as the sacred ministers proceed up the church, from the fire consecrated in the porch, and at … Continue reading “Triple-Candlestick”

Tripitaka “The Three Baskets”, the Buddhistic Canon as finally adopted by the Council of Sthaviras, or elders, held under the auspices of Emperor Asoka, about 245 B.C., at Pataliputra, consisting of three parts “The basket of discipline”, “the basket of (Buddha’s) sermons”, and “the basket of metaphysics.” — K.F.L. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Triphysites (from , three, and , natures), those divines who, at the fourteenth and fifteenth councils of Toledo, A.D. 684, 688, carried their opposition to the Monophysites and Monothelites to such an extreme that they declared a belief not only in Christ’s distinct divine and human natures, but also in a third nature resulting from … Continue reading “Triphysites”

Trinius, Johann Anton a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born October 6, 1722. He studied at Leipsic, Helmstadt, and Halle; was in 1748 assistant minister at Braunroda, in the county of Mansfeld, Saxony, and died at Eisleben, May 3, 1784. He published, Schediasmai Hiistoricum de Conjugiis Proselytorum Judaicorum (Helmstidlt, 1744): Diatribe Historico- apologetica de Digamia … Continue reading “Trinius, Johann Anton”

Trinity, The Holy General references Gen 1:26; Gen 3:22; Isa 6:3; Isa 6:8; Isa 11:2-3; Isa 42:1; Mat 12:18; Isa 48:16; Isa 61:1-3; Luk 4:18; Isa 63:9-10; Mat 1:18; Mat 1:20; Mat 3:11; Mar 1:8; Luk 3:16; Mat 12:28; Mat 28:19; Luk 1:35; Luk 3:22; Mat 3:16; Luk 4:1; Luk 4:14; Joh 1:32-33; Joh 3:34-35; … Continue reading “TRINITY, THE HOLY”

Trinity, The Blessed This article is divided as follows: I. Dogma of the Trinity; II. Proof of the Doctrine from Scripture; III. Proof of the Doctrine from Tradition; IV. The Trinity as a Mystery; V. The Doctrine as Interpreted in Greek Theology; VI. The Doctrine as Interpreted in Latin Theology. I. THE DOGMA OF THE … Continue reading “Trinity, The Blessed”

Trinity Sunday The first Sunday after Pentecost, instituted to honour the Most Holy Trinity. In the early Church no special Office or day was assigned for the Holy Trinity. When the Arian heresy was spreading the Fathers prepared an Office with canticles, responses, a Preface, and hymns, to be recited on Sundays. In the Sacramentary … Continue reading “Trinity Sunday”

Trinity, Heathen Notions Of In examining the various heathen philosophies and mythologies, we find clear evidence of a belief in a certain sort of trinity, and yet something very different from the Trinity of the Bible. In the Egyptian mythology, the powers of the Supreme Being as the producer, the producing, and the produced were … Continue reading “Trinity, Heathen Notions Of”

Trinity, Fraternity of the a religious society instituted at Rome by Philip Neri in 1548. They had charge of the pilgrims who were constantly coming to Rome from all parts of the world. Pope Paul IV gave them the Church of St. Benedict, near which they built a large hospital, and in which there was … Continue reading “Trinity, Fraternity of the”