Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Transcendent (L. transcendere to climb over, surpass, go beyond) That which is beyond, in any of several senses. The opposite of the immanent (q.v.). In Scholasticism notions are transcendent which cannot be subsumed under the Aristotelian categories. The definitive list of transcendentia comprises ens, unum, bonum, verum, res, and aliquid. For Kant whatever is beyond … Continue reading “Transcendent”

Transcaucasian Tartar Version Of The Scriptures A peculiar and rather corrupt dialect of the Turkish is spoken by the greater part of the Moslem population in Georgia, Shusti, Shirwan, Derbend, and North-west Persia. As it is vernacular in numerous tribes in all the Russian provinces beyond the Caucasus, this dialect has been termed, by way … Continue reading “Transcaucasian Tartar Version Of The Scriptures”

Transanimation the transfer of souls from one body to another TRANSMIGRATION SEE TRANSMIGRATION (q.v.). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Trans-ordinal laws Connecting properties of aggregates of different orders. Laws connecting the characteristics of inorganic things with living tilings. (Broad). — H.H. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Tranquil * For TRANQUIL, 1Ti 2:2, RV, see QUIET, No. 1 Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Trani and Barletta (TRANEN, et Barolen.) Diocese in Italy. The city of Trani is situated on the Adriatic in a fertile plain, producing cereals, wine, and oil, which are exported in great quantities. For a long time, however, the port has lost the importance it had in the time of the Norman and Angevins who … Continue reading “Trani and Barletta”

Trani a name common to some Jewish authors, of whom we mention the following: 1. ISAIAH DA, so-called after his native place Trani, a seaport town of Naples, and, by way of abbreviation, Ridi , from the initials 8 i.e. R. Isaiah da Trani, flourished about A.D. 1232-70. He may be regarded as the founder … Continue reading “Trani”

TRANCES Num 24:4; Act 10:10; Act 11:5; Act 22:17 Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible

TRANCE A state of the human system distinguished from dreaming and revery; it is one in which the bodily senses are licked up and almost disconnected from the spirit, which is occupied either with phantasms, as in trances produced by disease, or, as in ancient times, with revelations from God. Numerous instances are mentioned in … Continue reading “Trance”

Trample “to tread down, trample under foot,” is rendered “trample” in Mat 7:6. See TREAD, No. 2. Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words