Thomas (St.), Writings Of These are as follows: 1. THOMAE ACTA (Acts of Thomas), an Apocryphal work which belongs to a very high antiquity and was greatly esteemed among the Gnostics and Manichaeans (comp. Euseb. Hist. Eccles. 3, 25; Epiphan. Haeres. 42, 1; 51, 1; 53, 2, etc.). Augustine has undoubtedly referred to them in … Continue reading “Thomas (St.), Writings Of”
Thomas (St.), Day Of
Thomas (St.), Day Of a festival observed, Dec. 21, in memory of Thomas the apostle. It was held by the Greek Church on Oct. 6. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Thomas (St.), Christians Of
Thomas (St.), Christians Of a body of Syrian Christians dwelling in the interior of Malabar and Travancore, in the south-western part of Hindustan. When the Portuguese landed in India in the 16th century, they discovered what they supposed to be a Nestorian Church there, the members of which called themselves. Christians of St. Thomas. They … Continue reading “Thomas (St.), Christians Of”
Thomas
THOMAS The apostle, Mat 10:3, called in Greek Didymus, that is, a twin, Joh 20:24, was probably a Galilean, as well as the other apostles; but the place of his birth, and the circumstances of his calling, are unknown, Luk 6:13-15 . He appears to have been of an impulsive character, sincerely devoted to Christ, … Continue reading “Thomas”
Tholuck, Friedrich August Gottgetreu
Tholuck, Friedrich August Gottgetreu one of the greatest Protestant divines of Germany, was born at Breslau, March 30, 1799, of humble parentage. He continued at school till twelve years of age, when he was set to learn his father’s trade, which was that of a goldsmith. It is said that he had till late years … Continue reading “Tholuck, Friedrich August Gottgetreu”
Thocanus
Thocanus THOCANUS (1Es 9:14) = Tikvah, Ezr 10:15. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Thocanus tho-kanus (, Thokanos, , Thokanos; the King James Version Theocanus): The father of Ezekias, who with Jonathan took the matter upon them in the proceedings under Ezra against foreign wives (1 Esdras 9:14) = Tikvah in Ezr 10:15. Fuente: International … Continue reading “Thocanus”
Thnetopsychite
Thnetopsychite (Gr.) One who confesses the doctrine that the soul dies when the body dies and rises when it is resurrected. — K.F.L. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy
Thmuis
Thmuis A titular see in Augustamnica Prima, suffragan of Pelusium; a city of Lower Egypt, on the canal east of the Nile, between its Tanitic and Mendesian branches. Herodotus (II, 166) gives it as the capital of a nome bearing its name, and Ptolemy as that of the Mendesian nome. In the fourth century it … Continue reading “Thmuis”
Thiven, Synod of
Thiven, Synod of was held by Nierses, the first bishop, or catholicus, of the Armenian Church, in A.D. 536. It was called through the influence of the Persian ruler Chosroes, who desired the, separation of his Christian subjects from the Christians of the Roman Empire. At the synod the Monophysite system was confirmed, and the … Continue reading “Thiven, Synod of”
Thither, Thitherward
Thither, Thitherward * For THITHER, THITHERWARD see THERE Note: In Joh 7:34, Joh 7:36, AV, hopou, “where” (RV) is amplified by the italicized word “thither.” Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words