Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Tiffany, Otis Henry, D.D a prominent Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, July 3, 1825. After graduating from Dickinson College in 1844, he entered the Baltimore Conference; and with the exception of ten years spent at Dickinson as assistant professor of Greek and mathematics, he was in the pastoral work to the end … Continue reading “Tiffany, Otis Henry, D.D”

Tierney, Mark Aloysius Born at Brighton, Sept., 1795; died at Arundel, 19 Feb., 1862. After his early schooling with the Franciscans at Baddesley Green, Warwickshire, he was educated at St. Edmund’s College, old Hall, which he entered in 1810 and where he was ordained priest, 19 Sept., 1818. He remained at the college as professor … Continue reading “Tierney, Mark Aloysius”

Tiercilits the name given to the third order of Minims (q.v.). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Tierce the service for the third hour, or nine o’clock in the morning, in the early Church. SEE MATIN; SEE NONES; SEE VESPERS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Tiepolo Giovanni Battista (Giambattista) Tiepolo Born in Venice in 1696; died at Madrid, 27 March, 1770. The son of a sea-captain and marine merchant, who left behind him a considerable fortune, Tiepolo married, in 1721, Cecilia, the sister of the painter Guardi, by whom he had nine children. His earliest master was Lazzerini, but his … Continue reading “Tiepolo”

T’ien ti Heaven and Earth as the universe; as the origin of life; as the consolation of the pure and impure vital forces (ch’i) respectively; as the active or male (yang) and the passive or female (yin) phases of the universe, respectively. — W.T.C. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

T’ien li Heaven-endowed nature. The Reason of Heaven; the Divine Law; the moral principle of Heaven which is embodied in benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and wisdom (ssu tuan) (Chu Hsi, 1130-1200) the Law of Nature, which is the Reason (li) m all things and is impartial. (Tai Tung-yuan, 1723-1777). — W.T.C. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

T’ien jen The heavenly man, one “who is not separated from The Natural.” (Taoism). — W.T.C. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

T’ien i The evolution of nature is the ‘boundary of nature’. (Chuang Tzu, between 399 and 295 B.C.). — H.H. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

T’ien chu The ‘evolution of nature’ is the change things undergo from one form to another, the beginning and end of whose changes are like a circle, in which no part is any more the beginning than another part (Chuang Tzu, between 399 and 295 B.C.). The mind is the ‘natural ruler’. (Hsun Tzu, c335-c288 … Continue reading “T’ien chu”