Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Catafalco (Ital. a scaffold), Or Catafalque, a temporary cenotaph of carpentry, intended to represent a tomb, and with decorations of sculpture, and painting or upholstery. It is employed in funeral ceremonies in the Church of Rome, especially in Italy. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

catacombs, Roman The catacombs are of Christian origin, built at Rome in the middle stratum of tufa, from which no building material was quarried. They are reached by a stairway which leads below to a depth of from 33 to 49 feet. There is a labyrinth of narrow galleries, sometimes found in three or four … Continue reading “Catacombs, Roman”

Catacombs Of Naples etc. To the north of the city of Naples four subterranean Christian cemeteries are known to exist, in a spur of Capo di Monte, no great distance from one another. They are known by the names of San Vito, San Severo,s Santa .Mairia delta Santita, and San Gennaro dei poveri, There is … Continue reading “Catacombs Of Naples”

Catacombs subterranean places of burial, generally found in regions of soft and easily excavated rock, such as granular tufa. The oldest are in Egypt; others are to be found in Syria, Malta, Persia, Greece, and South America. It is likely that most of them were originally quarries, which afterwards came to be used as places … Continue reading “Catacombs”

Catachresis; or, Incongruity One word changed for another only remotely connected with it Cat-a-chree-sis. Greek, , from (kata), against, and (chreesthai), to use. Hence, misuse. Catachresis is a figure by which one word is changed for another, and this against or contrary to the ordinary usage and meaning of it. The word that is changed … Continue reading “Catachresis; or, Incongruity”

CATACHRESIS CATACHRESIS is one of the five affections of Tropes, and is commonly applied, among masters of the rhetorical art, to a somewhat harsh transference of a word from its strict signification to one alien, to it. [ERNESTI In Rhet. p. ii. ch. 2, p. 164. Comp. KINDERLINGS Grundsatze der Beredsamkeit, Th. 2, 117,] In … Continue reading “CATACHRESIS”

Catabasis; or, Gradual Descent The Opposite of Anabasis Cat-ab-a-sis, a going down: from (kata), down, and (basis), a going. This is the opposite of Anabasis, and is used to emphasize humiliation, degradation, sorrow, etc. The Latins called it DECREMENTUM, i.e., decrease-an increase in the opposite direction, an increase of depreciation. Isa 40:31.-They that wait upon … Continue reading “Catabasis; or, Gradual Descent”

Catabasis (See Anabasis) ——– Fuente: Figures of Speech Used in the Bible

Catabasia (). was an anthem or short hymn in the Greek offices. so called because the two sides of the choir come down () into the body of the church and unite in singing it. It often occurs between the odes of a canon; and its construction is that of any other troparion. Sometimes two … Continue reading “Catabasia”

Catabaptists (, against, and ), a general name sometimes used to designate all who deny the necessity of Christian baptism. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature