Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Clauda, or Cauda [Clau’da] A small island S.W. of Crete. Act 27:16. Now called Gaudo , or Gozzo . Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary

CLAUDA A small island near the southwest shore of Crete, approached by Paul in his voyage to Jerusalem, Mal 27:16 . It is now called Gozzo, and is occupied by about thirty families. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Clauda See Cauda. Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church Clauda (), a small island off the … Continue reading “Clauda”

Clau, Christopher Jesuit astronomer and mathematician , born Bamberg , Bavaria , 25 March 1538; died Rome, Italy , 12 February 1612. Known as the “Euclid of the 16th century ,” he distingnished himself in mathematical research at Coimbra and was appointed to the chair of mathematics at the Collegium Romanum. He devised a method … Continue reading “Clau, Christopher”

classis An inferior tribunal of the elders and pastors of the parishes in certain Presbyterian Churches. It existed in England under the Commonwealth, and in certain Reformed Churches of the Continent and America. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Classis (a class, division), the name of an ecclesiastical body in the Reformed (Dutch)Church in Holland and in … Continue reading “Classis”

Classification 1. Process of grouping objects into classes on the basis of the discovery of common properties; or the results of such grouping. 2. Process of grouping species into genera, genera into still larger genera, and so on to the summum genus (q.v.). — A.C.B. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Classicism Taste based on the imitation of classic art. — L.V. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Classical Latin Literature in the Church I. Early Period This article deals only with the relations of the classical literature, chiefly Latin, to the Catholic Church. When Christianity at first appeared in Rome the instruction of youth was largely confined to the study of poets and historians, chief among whom at a very early date … Continue reading “Classical Latin Literature in the Church”

Classic A. Art of the first class (Aulus Gellius). B. Greek and Roman art in which perfect balance between body and spirit is achieved (Hegel). Contrasted with Modern and Romantic. — L.V. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Classens, August a Hungarian theologian, who was born at Galgop, and. died at Pricwitz in 1750, wrote Eucharisticon Michcelis Caroli (1745, fol.): Eclogce: Elegice (in MS.). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Class struggle Fundamental in Marxian social thought, this term signifies the conflict between classes (q.v.) which, according to the theory of historical materialism (see the entry, Dialectical materialism) may and usually does take place in all aspects of social life, and which has existed ever since the passing of primitive communism (q.v.). The class struggle … Continue reading “Class struggle”