Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

TRIBE Jacob having twelve sons, who were heads of so many families, which together formed a great nation, each of these families was called a tribe. But this patriarch on his death-bed adopted Ephraim and Manasseh, the two sons of Joseph, and would have them also to constitute two tribes in Israel, Gen 48:5 . … Continue reading “Tribe”

Triangle Controversy, the was a dispute occasioned by The Triangle, a book by Samuel Whelpley (1816) against limited atonement, inability, and immediate imputation. The controversy led to the trial of Albert Barnes and of Lyman Beecher for alleged heresy and finally to the disruption of the Presbyterian Church in 1837. See Hagelnbach, Hist. of Doct. … Continue reading “Triangle Controversy, the”

Trials the name given in ecclesiastical diction to those discourses delivered before the presbytery by students who have finished their course, and are seeking to be licensed to preach. These discourses are a sermon, a lecture, a homily, an exegesis or exercise with additions, and a thesis. There are also examinations on systematic theology and … Continue reading “Trials”

Trial Sermon SEE TRIALS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Trial Of Jesus TRIAL OF JESUS.The narratives of what may be termed, for the sake of convenience, the twofold trial of Jesus yield a record of the proceedings which is fairly intelligible and substantially authentic, but which is bound up with a triple set of problems. Some of these are topographical or archaeological; some are … Continue reading “Trial of Jesus”

Trial, Forensic (denoted in Heb. by , to hold a court, while is the sentence rendered by the judge, whether favorable or adverse, both terms being usually rendered judgment in the A. V.; Gr. ) Originally the head of the family was the umpire among the Hebrews, with the power of life and death (comp. … Continue reading “Trial, Forensic”

Trial, Church SEE EXCOMMUNICATION. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Trial-At-Law 1. Primitive justice.-The earliest form of justice was personal redress. An injury sustained by any primitive tribe, or individual member of the tribe, must be requited by those to whom the honour of the tribe was sacred. No account was taken of the motive; nor was it necessary to bring home crimes like murder … Continue reading “Trial-At-Law”

Trial See Suffering, Temptation, Trial-at-Law. Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church Trial a term used in Scripture only in the sense of testing (usually some form of , or ; but once , Job 9:23, elsewhere temptation [q.v. ]; and so , Heb 11:36; , fiery trial, 1Pe 4:12, lit. burning, as elsewhere rendered), to … Continue reading “Trial”

Trevor, Richard, D.D a Church of England divine, was born in 1707; became canon of Christ Church, Oxford, in 1735; was consecrated bishop of St. David’s in 1744, translated to the see of Durham in 1752, and died at his home in Tenderden Street, Hanover Square, London, June 9, 1771. He published several sermons. See … Continue reading “Trevor, Richard, D.D”