Biblia

Three Taverns

Three Taverns ( , representing the Lat. Tres Tabernae) Three Taverns was a station on the Via Appia, and probably a village of some importance on account of the stream of traffic constantly flowing through it. Cicero (ad Att. ii. 11) mentions it as the point where a branch road from Antium joined the Appian … Continue reading “Three Taverns”

Three Rivers

Three Rivers DIOCESE OF THREE RIVERS (TRIFLUVIANENSIS) Formed from the Archdiocese of Quebec, to which it is now suffragan, founded on 8 June, 1852. The diocese at first comprised on the northern shore of the St. Lawrence, the Counties of Champlain and of St. Maurice — the County of Maskinongé being at that time a … Continue reading “Three Rivers”

Three Chapters

Three Chapters The Three chapters (trîa kephálaia) were propositions anathematizing: (1) the person and writings of Theodore of Mopsuestia; (2) certain writings of Theodoret of Cyrus; (3) the letter of Ibas to Maris. At a very early stage of the controversy the incriminated writings themselves came to be spoken of as the “Three Chapters”. In … Continue reading “Three Chapters”

Three

THREE The phrase “three days and three nights,” Mat 12:40, was equivalent in Hebrew to the English “three days;” the Jews employing the expression “a day and a night” to denote our “day” of twentyfour hours. Nor did “three days,” 1Sa 30:13, literally “this third day,” according to their usage, necessarily include the whole of … Continue reading “Three”