Caracalla Or Caracallus (properly MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS BASSIANUS), a Roman emperor. He was son of the emperor Septimius Severus, and was born at Lyons, A.D. 188. The name Caracalla never appears on medals, but was a nickname from his long-hooded tunic, made in the fashion of the Gauls, and so called in their language. “After … Continue reading “Caracalla Or Caracallus”
Caracalla
Caracalla (MARCUS AURELIUS SEVERUS ANTONINUS, nicknamed CARACALLA) Roman Emperor, son of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna, b. 188; d. 217. He became joint ruler in 211 with his brother Geta, whom he caused to be murdered in 212, and thereby became sole emperor. He was slain himself in the neighbourhood of Carrhæ in Mesopotamia. In … Continue reading “Caracalla”
Carabasion
Carabasion (. v. r. , Vulg. Marimoth), a name given (1Es 9:34) as one of the “sons” of Maani (Bani) that divorced his Gentile wife after the exile, and apparently corresponding to the CHELLUH SEE CHELLUH (q.v.) of the Hebrew text (Ezr 10:35), although the list is here greatly corrupt. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological … Continue reading “Carabasion”
Carabantes, José de
Carabantes, Jos de (Also Caravantes). Friar Minor Capuchin and theologian, born in Aragon, in 1628; died in 1694. He did much in the evangelization of the Indian tribes in Spanish America. He wrote a work entitled “Ars addicendi atque docendi idiomata”, and likewise a “Lexicon, seu vocabularium verborum, adverbiorum, etc.”, for the use of missionaries … Continue reading “Carabantes, José de”
Carabantes, Josef De
Carabantes, Josef De a Spanish theologian, was born in 1628. He was of the Capuchin order, and labored zealously for the spread of Christianity among the savages of America. He died in .1694, leaving, Ars Addicendi atque Docendi Idiomata pro, Missionnaris: Lexicon Verborum Indorum: – Practica de Missiones (Leon, 1674; Madrid, 1678):-Practicas Dominiciales (ibid. 1686,1687). … Continue reading “Carabantes, Josef De”
Cara, Simeon, Ben-Chelbo
Cara, Simeon, Ben-Chelbo also called R. Simeon had-Darshan, a celebrated Jewish commentator, lived in the eleventh century. He was a brother of the celebrated Menachem ben-Chelbo, and received the name Kara () in the synagogue for his lesson on the Sabbath, and the name had-Darshan from his collecting and explaining () the Midrashim. Cara is … Continue reading “Cara, Simeon, Ben-Chelbo”
Cara (Or Karah), Joseph
Cara (Or Karah), Joseph son of Simeon Cara (q.v.), a celebrated Jewish commentator on the O.T., lived in the north of France toward the end of the eleventh century. Following the example of his uncle, Menachem ben-Chelbo, Joseph Cara abandoned the allegorical mode of interpretation of which his own father was a great defender, and … Continue reading “Cara (Or Karah), Joseph”
Car (Or Ker), Andrew, A.M.
Car (Or Ker), Andrew, A.M. a Scotch clergy-man, took his degree at King’s College, Aberdeen, in 1607; was admitted minister at Glenbucket in 1618; transferred to Cabrach in 1633; returned to Glenbucket in 1662, when he was in decrepit old age; and- died before Feb. 26, 1663. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticance, iii 554. Fuente: Cyclopedia … Continue reading “Car (Or Ker), Andrew, A.M.”
Car (Cart, Chariot, Etc.)
Car (Cart, Chariot, Etc.) Herzog (Real-Encyklop. s.v. “Sinnbilder”) mentions a sculpture in San Callisto, which contains a chariot without driver, with pole turned backwards, and whips left resting on it. This, as he says, appears evidently intended as a symbol of the accomplished course of a life. In Bottari. tav. clx, two quadrigae are represented … Continue reading “Car (Cart, Chariot, Etc.)”
Car
Car SEE BETH-CAR;SEE CARR;SEE CART. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Car See PALANQUIN. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia