Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Ceracius SEE CERATIUS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Ceponius was a Galician bishop, to whom, A.D. 447, the bishop of Astorga sent his refutation of the Priscillianists, and who was ordered by pope Leo I to assemble a council against them. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

CEPHAS A rock, a Syriac or later Hebrew name given to Peter by Christ, Joh 1:42 . The Greek Petros and the Latin Petrus have the same meaning. See PETER. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Cephas See Peter. Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church Cephas (Gal 2:11) was sometimes distinguished from Peter by early … Continue reading “Cephas”

cephalophoric Literally head carrying. There are several saints who were martyred by being beheaded, and who are depicted in art as carrying their own heads around. Sometimes this derives from legends that it occurred, but sometimes just from following artistic tradition. Notable cephalophoric saints include Saint Denis Saint Justus of Beauvais Saint Leo of Rouen … Continue reading “cephalophoric”

Cephalomancy (from , the head, and , divination) was a species of divination or ordeal practiced occasionally among the ancient Greeks with an ass’s head, which they broiled upon coals, and, after muttering a few prayers, and mentioning the name of the suspected person, if the jaws moved and the teeth chattered, they thought his … Continue reading “Cephalomancy”

Ceperaria (evidently a compound of the Hebrew SEE CAPHAR-), a town of Palestine mentioned in the Peutinger Table as lying between Ashkelon and Jerusalem, 8 (or 13) R. miles from Eleutheropolis, and thought by Reland (Palaest. p. 684) to be the same as Capharorsa (q.v.); but identified by Robinson with “a deserted village, Kefr Urieh, … Continue reading “Ceperaria”

Cepeda, Francisco (Also called ZEPEDA and ZEPEDAS) Born in the province of La Mancha, 1532; died at Guatemala, 1602. He became a Dominican at the convent of Ocaña, and was sent to Chiapas in Mexico. He was a very active missionary among the Indians, and when the differing modes of instructing them became an obstacle … Continue reading “Cepeda, Francisco”

Cepari, Virgilio an Italian historian and ascetic theologian, of the order of the Jesuits, was born at Panicale, near Perugia, in 1564. He was rector in the Jesuit colleges at Florence and Rome, and died March 14, 1631, leaving, Vita di San Francesco di Borgia (Rome, 1624, 8vo): Vita di Santa Francesca, Romana: Vita di … Continue reading “Cepari, Virgilio”

Ceowulf is the name of several early Christian characters:. 1. King of Northumbria, from A.D. 729 to 737, is chiefly known from the circumstance of Bede dedicating to him his Ecclesiastical History. In 731 there seems to have been an insurrection in his kingdom, in which Ceowulf was seized and forcibly tonsured, as if to … Continue reading “Ceowulf”

Ceorra deacon, attests a charter of Denebert, bishop of Worcester, about A.D. 802. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature