Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Circumcellians a fanatical sort of Donatists in the fourth century, of uncertain origin. From their wandering habits, they were called Circumcelliones (from celle, the cottages of the peasants around which they hovered, cellas circumientes rusticorum). They rambled up and down, plundering, burning houses, and murdering all who resisted them, professing to seek the crown of … Continue reading “Circumcellians”

Circular evidence (Lat, circulus in probando) Proof or evidence involving premisses which assume the conclusion which is to be established. — O.F.K. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Circuitores synonymous with CIRCUMCELLIONES. SEE DONATISTS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Circuiti were the same as AGNOSTICI SEE AGNOSTICI (q.v.). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Circuit (, tekuphah’) signifies the act of going round, as, for example, the apparent diurnal revolution of the sun around the earth (Psa 19:6); it is also used with reference to the completion of a year in the original of 2Ch 24:23; Exo 34:22 (in which passages it is rendered end); or of the term … Continue reading “Circuit”

CIRCONCELLIONES A species of fanatics; so called because they were continually rambling round the houses in the country. They took their rise among the Donatists, in the reign of the emperor Constantine. It is incredible what ravages and cruelties they committed in Africa, through a long series of years. They were illiterate savage peasants, who … Continue reading “CIRCONCELLIONES”

Circle (, chug), any part of a curve, an arch. The word is applied (Job 22:14, where, however, it is translated circuit) to the heavens, which the ancients supposed to be a hollow sphere. They imagined that the sky was solid, and extended like an arch over the earth. The word is also referred to … Continue reading “Circle”

Circignani, Antonio an Italian painter, son and scholar of Niccolo, was born at Pomerance in the year 1560, and assisted his father in his works at Rome. He painted several pictures of The Life of St. Albeit, for the Carmelite church of Santa Maria; also several subjects if the life of the Virgin, in La … Continue reading “Circignani, Antonio”

Circesium (KERKESION, KERKISION, KIRKISIA, CERCUSIUM, CIRCESSUS). A titular see of Osrhoene. Founded under Diocletian and restored by Justinian, it is now identified with the village Abu Serai, on the left bank of the Euphrates, at the confluence of the Khabur, where the river was commonly crossed. The ancient city, however, had replaced a still older … Continue reading “Circesium”

Circe in Greek mythology, a mighty sorceress, was the daughter of.the god of the sun and of Perse, sister of AEetes, the king of Colchis. Her father carried her from Colchis towards the west, and placed her on an island -in the neighborhood of Italy, which the sorceress soon changed to an enchanting spot. In … Continue reading “Circe”