Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Cataplexis; or, Menace An Expression of Feeling by way of Menace Cat-a-pleex-is. Greek, , a striking down, terrifying menace. This figure is used where the speaker or writer employs the language of menace. Fuente: Figures of Speech Used in the Bible

Cataphrygians a name anciently given to the Montanists, because Montanus first published his opinions in a village of Mysia, on the borders of Phrygia. SEE MONTANISTS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Cataphronius is the name of several persons in early Christian records: 1. A ponitiff of Thrace in A.D. 304 (Tillemont, Memoires, 5, 305). SEE PHILIP OF HERACLEA. 2. The persecutor of Eulalia (q.v.) is called by this name in some copies of her acts, in others Datian (Tillemont, 5, 322). 3. Supposed by Tillemont (7, … Continue reading “Cataphronius”

Cataphasis; or, Affirmation Addition of Insinuation (stated) by way of Reasoning Cat-aph-a-sis, Greek, , an affirmation, or affirmative proposition, from (kata), down, and (phasis), a speaking, from (phanai), to say. In this case the insinuation is added, not negatively, but positively: e.g.: I pass by his deceit, etc., and thus adds the insinuation as to … Continue reading “Cataphasis; or, Affirmation”

Catapaitaim in Peruvian mythology, was the great News Year’s festival, celebrated in honor of the sun by most of the Andes tribes. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Catanzaro DIOCESE OF CATANZARO (CATACIUM) Suffragan of Reggio. Catanzaro is the capital of the province of Calabria, Italy. The date of the erection of the see is uncertain; it may have been 1122, when Callistus II transferred to Catanzaro the See of Taverna. The diocese has a population of 85,000, with 48 parishes, 97 churches … Continue reading “Catanzaro”

Catania Catania, a seaport and capital of the province of the same name in Sicily, is situated on the eastern side of Mount Etna in a very fertile region. It was known to the ancients as Catana or Catina. Founded (c. 730 B. C.) by Chalcidian emigrants from Naxos, Catania was soon a flourishing city. … Continue reading “Catania”

Cataneo, Danese a reputable Italian sculptor, was born at Massa di Carrara, flourished about 1555, and was a scholar of Sansovino. His greatest work was the altar and sepulcher of the celebrated Giano Fregoro, in Santa Anastasia, at Florence. He died there in 1573. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Catana Manoa (the universal sea) is a name among the Achaguas, a tribe in. the northern portion of South America, for the flood, of which mythological traces are found both in the old and new world. SEE DELUGE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Catan (Cathan, Cadan, Ceddan, or Keddan), an early bishop and confessor, tutor of St. Blane, has his festival in the Irish calendars on Feb. 1, and in the Scotch on May 17. He is said to have been first connected with St. Patrick in Ireland, and then went to Scotland and settled in Bute, where … Continue reading “Catan”