Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Theologal The third Lateran Council, held in 1179, ordered that teachers should be appointed to the various churches and-monasteries who should instruct the clergy, and be rewarded for their labors with suitable benefices. The fourth Lateran Council repeated this ordinance, and provided in Canon 10 that only capable men should be appointed in cathedrals and … Continue reading “Theologal”

Theogony (), the name given in ancient Greece to a class of poems recounting the genealogy of the gods. Musaeus is said to have written the earliest Theogony; but his work, as well as the theogonies of Orpheus (q.v.) and others, have perished; that of Hesiod being the only one that has come down to … Continue reading “Theogony”

Theognostus, a priest of Alexandria Theognostus (1), a priest of Alexandria and a writer of about the middle of cent. iii., whom we only know from quotations in St. Athanasius and Photius. He composed a work called Hypotyposes in seven books, still extant when Photius wrote (Cod. 106). He used language in bk. ii. of … Continue reading “Theognostus, a priest of Alexandria”

Theognostus A person of this name is said by Philip of Sida (see Dodwell, Dissert. in Iren. [Oxon. 1689], p. 488 sq.) to have presided over the catechetical school of Alexandria in the second half of the 3rd century. Photius calls him an Alexandrian and an exegete; and he was unquestionably an Origenist, in the … Continue reading “Theognostus”

Theodulph termed Aurelianensis, probably a Goth, was one of the men whom Charlemagne invited to France for the advancement of learning. He was in Gaul as early as 781, and in his classical tendency resembled Alcuin, whose commendation he received. He was, in fact, one of the foremost representatives of the peculiar renaissance poetry called … Continue reading “Theodulph”

Theodulf (Theodulfus, Theodulfe), Bishop of Orléans, a writer skilled in poetic forms and a learned theologian, born in Spain about 760; died at Angers, France, 18 December, 821. By descent a Goth, he became before 794 a member of the court of Charlemagne, where he was, next to Alcuin, the most distinguished and learned person. … Continue reading “Theodulf”

Theoduilus (or Theodorus) the name of three bishops who at different times presided over the see of Valais in Switzerland. 1. THEODORUTS was the first bishop of the Church of Valais. He was present at the Synod of Aquileia in 381, which condemned the Arian bishops Palladius and Secundianus, as directed by the command of … Continue reading “Theoduilus (or Theodorus)”

Theodromi (), a term applied to couriers in the early Church. It was their duty to give private notice to every member where and when the Church assemblage was to be held (Baronius, Anal. 58, n. 108). See Bingham, Christ. Antiq. bk. 8 ch. 7: 15. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Theodotus the Fuller ( ) was a leather dresser who went from Byzantium to Rome about the end of the 2nd century, and there taught Ebionitish doctrines; but the Romish bishop Victor is said to have excommunicated him from the Church. Theodotus maintained that Jesus, although born of the Virgin according to the will of … Continue reading “Theodotus the Fuller”

Theodotus the banker Theodotus (5) the banker, distinct from THEODOTUS (4) as asserted both in the Little Labyrinth and by Hippolytus. For the speculations which this Theodotus added to the heresy of (4) see MELCHIZEDEK. [G.S.] Fuente: Wace’s Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature