Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Chleuasmos; or, Mocking An Expression of Feeling by Mocking and Jeering Chleu-as-mos. Greek, , mocking, scoffing, sneering, jeering, from (chleuee), a jest, and (chleuaz), to make a jest of, scoff at. EPLCERTOMESIS, Greek, (Ep-i-ker-to-mee-sis), a sneering or jeering. MYCTERISMOS, Greek, (muk-teer-is-mos), a turning up of the nose at, sneering, or snuffing, from (mukteer), the nose, … Continue reading “Chleuasmos; or, Mocking”

Chladenius, Martin a German theologian, was born at Chemnitz, October 25, 1669. He studied at Wittenberg, was in 1710 professor of theology there, in 1719 provost and member of consistory, and died September 12, 1725. He wrote, Institutiones Exegeticae: Institutiones Homileticae: Institutiones Theologice Moralis, and a great many other treatises, enumerated in Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, … Continue reading “Chladenius, Martin”

Chladenius, Johann Martin a Lutheran theologian of Germany, grandson of the foregoing and son of the following, was born April 17, 1710, at Wittenberg. In 1742 he was professor of Christian antiquities at Leipsic, in 1744 director of the gymnasium at Coburg, and in 1747 professor of theology and university preacher at Erlangen. In 1748 … Continue reading “Chladenius, Johann Martin”

Chladenius (Chladinie, or Chladny), Georg a German theologian, was obliged to leave Hungary, his native country, in 1673, on account of the persecutions against the Protestants, and was in 1680 preacher at Hauswalde, in Upper Lausatia, where he died in 1692. He is the author of Inventarium Templorum (Dresden, 1689). See Winer, Handbuch der theol. … Continue reading “Chladenius (Chladinie, or Chladny), Georg”

chivalry (French: chevalerie, horsemanship, knighthood) In its fullest sense, that aggregate of custom, discipline, ideal, and sentiment which guided the medieval gentleman’s conduct both in war and peace. The origin of chivalry may be traced to the general conditions existing in the 9th century. When the empire of Charlemagne disintegrated, the task of saving the … Continue reading “Chivalry”

Chiusi-Pienza DIOCESE OF CHIUSI-PIENZA (CLUSINENSIS ET PIENTINENSIS) Suffragan of Siena. Chiusi is an important town in the province of that name in Tuscany. It is the ancient Clusium, one of the twelve cities of the Etruscan Confederation. Even yet many vestiges of Etruscan fortresses and tombs are visible. At an early period it became subject … Continue reading “Chiusi-Pienza”

Ch’iung li Investigation of Reason of things to the utmost. A thing is considered by the Neo-Confucianists to be an event. A perfect understanding of an event can be obtained by investigating to the utmost the Reason underlying it. This does not require the investigation of the Reason of all things. When the Reason in … Continue reading “Ch’iung li”

CHIUN The name of an idol worshipped by the Israelites in the desert, 1Sa 5:26 Mal 7:43 . It was most probably the planet Saturn, worshipped by eastern nations as an evil spirit to be propitiated by sacrifices. See REMPHAN. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Chiun (Hebrews Kiyun, ), a word that occurs only … Continue reading “Chiun”

Chiu ch’ou The Nine Categories of the Grand Norm (hung fan) of ancient Confucian philosophy, consisting of the Five Elements (wu hsing), the reverent practice of the five functions (of personal appearance, speech, vision, hearing, and thought), the intensive application of the eight governmental measures, the harmonious use of the five regulations of time, the … Continue reading “Chiu ch’ou”

Chiu Duration, or “what reaches to different times,” or “what unites past and present, morning and evening.” (Neo-Mohism.) — W.T.C Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy