Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Cemeteries, Early Roman Christian This article treats briefly of the individual catacomb cemeteries in the vicinity of Rome. For general information on the Roman catacombs, see ROMAN CATACOMBS. This summary account of the individual catacombs will follow the order of the great Roman roads, along which were usually located the Christian cemeteries. Sources of the … Continue reading “Cemeteries, Early Roman Christian”

Cemeteries Name The word coemeterium or cimiterium (in Gr. koimeterion) may be said in early literature to be used exclusively of the burial places of Jews and Christians. A single doubtful example (Corp. Inscript. Lat., VIII, n. 7543), where it seems to be applied to a pagan sepulture, can safely be disregarded, and though the … Continue reading “Cemeteries”

Celynin a Welsh saint of the 7th century, was patron of Llangelynin, in Merionethshire; commemorated on November 20 (Rees, Welsh Saints, p. 302). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Celtic Rite, The This subject will be treated under the following seven heads: I. History and Origin; II. Manuscript Sources; III. The Divine Office; IV. The Mass; V. the Baptismal Service; VI. The Visitation, Unction, and Communion of the Sick; VII. The Consecration of Churches; VIII. Hymns. I. HISTORY AND ORIGIN The term “Celtic Rite” … Continue reading “Celtic Rite, The”

Celtic Rite Term applied not to one uniform rite, but to a variety of rites used in the ancient churches of Great Britain and Ireland , also in some monasteries founded by Saint Columbanus and his disciples in France , Germany , Switzerland, and Italy . Little certain knowledge is to be had about them. … Continue reading “Celtic Rite”

Celtic Religion Unless preceded by the Iberians, the Celts formed the first of those vast waves of Indo-European immigration that, first from the Himalayas and then from the Caspian Sea, spread themselves over Europe. This people, of unknown antiquity, not only at one time held all of Western and Central, but also an important part … Continue reading “Celtic Religion”

Celtic cross Ancient Irish cross, having the arms connected by a circle. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Celtic Church Or Christians SEE CULDEES; SEE GALATIANS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Celtes, Conrad (Properly CONRAD PICKEL, or MEISEL; called also in Lat. PROTUSIUS). A German Humanist, b. at Wipfeld in Lower Franconia, 1 February, 1459; d. at Vienna, 4 February, 1508. He pursued his studies at Cologne (1477) and Heidelberg (1484), and at the latter university received the stimulating instruction of such men as Dalberg and … Continue reading “Celtes, Conrad”

Celsus the Platonist An eclectic Platonist and polemical writer against Christianity, who flourished towards the end of the second century. Very little is known about his personal history except that he lived during the reign of Marcus Aurelius, that his literary activity falls between the years 175 and 180, and that he wrote a work … Continue reading “Celsus the Platonist”