Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Calendar, Roman For this in its most complete and final form, the world is indebted to Julius Caesar, who, during his office as Pontifex Maximus, undertook the memorable task known as the reform of the calendar. The Roman year had hitherto consisted of 355 days, with a month of thirty days intercalated every third year, … Continue reading “Calendar, Roman”

Calendar, Reform of the For the measurement of time the most important units furnished by natural phenomena are the Day and the Year. In regard of both, it is convenient and usual to speak of the apparent movements of the sun and stars as if they were real, and not occasioned by the rotation and … Continue reading “Calendar, Reform of the”

calendar, Julian An attempt made by Julius Caesar to adapt the calendar year to the time actually required for the earth to make one complete revolution around the sun. He estimated that time as 365.25 days, and therefore every fourth year he added a day to the 365 days of the year. His calendar was … Continue reading “calendar, Julian”

Calendar, Jewish Days From the remotest time to the present the Israelites have computed the day (yôm) from sunset to sunset, or rather from sunset to the appearance of the first three stars which marked the beginning of a new day [Cf. Lev. 23:32; II Esd. (Nehem.) 4:21; etc.]. Before the Babylonian Exile the time … Continue reading “Calendar, Jewish”

calendar, Gregorian The Church’s calendar depends on the calendar in use at the present time, which is known as the Gregorian, from Pope Gregory XIII, by whose decree it was brought to its present form. As the length of the year depends on the time of the earth’s journey around the sun, and as that … Continue reading “calendar, Gregorian”

Calendar, Ecclesiastical A complete alphabetical list of the saints commemorated in the Roman Catholic Church, with the day of each, may be found in Guerin, Les Petits Bollandistes (Paris, 1882), x, 221592. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Calendar, Ecclesiastical (2) 1. A table of the order and series of days, weeks, months, … Continue reading “Calendar, Ecclesiastical (2)”

calendar, Christian A liturgical cycle embracing the seasons, feasts, weeks, and days of the entire year in uninterrupted continuity. The variable and oldest part centers about Easter. The custom of celebrating Easter on the Sunday after the full moon following the vernal equinox finally prevailed. Upon the date of Easter depends the entire period from … Continue reading “Calendar, Christian”

Calendar in ecclesiastical usage, is a name for sculptures of agricultural labors, within medallions, found in Norman churches and those of the thirteenth century, as ornaments over doors and porches. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature CALENDAR See MONTH. Fuente: Bridgeway Bible Dictionary Calendar CALENDAR.See Time. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Calendar … Continue reading “Calendar”

Calen, Schotto a German theologian, was born at Riga. He studied at Giessen, and became Lutheran pastor of St. Peter’s, in his native place, where he remained till his death, July 10, 1657. He was the author of Theoremata Philosophica (Giessen, 1615) :-Delicice Paschales :-and some Sermons in German. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.. … Continue reading “Calen, Schotto”

Calemerus was a deacon of Antioch at the Council of Alexandria, in A.D. 362. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature