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CAESAREA-PHILIPPI A city three or four miles east of Dan, near the eastern source of the Jordan; anciently called Paneas, now Banias, from an adjacent grotto dedicated to Pan, from which one of the sources of the Jordan flowed. It stood where the mountains south-west of Hermon join the plain above lake Huleh, on an … Continue reading “Caesarea Philippi”

Caesarea-Palestine We extract a further description of the ruins of this once noted place from Porter’s Hand-book for Palestine, p. 354 sq. “The ruins of Cesarea lie close along the winding shore, projecting here and there into the sea, and presenting huge masses of masonry, and piles of granite columns, to the restless waves. A … Continue reading “Caesarea-Palestine”

Caesarea, Eusebius of (c.260 -c.340 ) Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine. He made the acquaintance of Pamphilus, the founder of the magnificent library which remained for several centuries the glory of the Church of Caesarea , assisted in editing the Septuagint, and when Pamphilus was beheaded in the persecution of Diocletian assumed the name Eusebius … Continue reading “Caesarea, Eusebius of”

Caesarea, Councils Of (Concilium Ccesariense). Several such were held at the various places named below. I. In Palestine, A.D. 196, on the Easter controversy that had arisen between pope Victor and the churches -of Asia Minor; Narcissus of Jerusalem, Theophilus of Csesarea, Cassius of Tyre, and Clarus of Ptolemais being present, as, we learn from … Continue reading “Caesarea, Councils Of (2)”

CAESAREA Often called Caesarea of Palestine, situated on the coast of the Mediterranean sea, between Joppa and Tyre. It was anciently a small place, called the Tower of Strato, but was rebuilt with great splendor, and strongly fortified by Herod the Great, who formed a harbor by constructing a vast breakwater, adorned the city with … Continue reading “Caesarea”

Caesare, Raphael De an Italian theologian, was born at Naples, and lived near the close of.the 16th century. He wrote Consolatio Animarum, sive Summa (Casuumn Conscientice (Venice, 1589, 1599). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Caesare, Jacob A a French Catholic theologian, lived in the latter part of the 17th century; He wrote Doctrina de Sacrificio Missce (Douay, 1669). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Caesara Philippi a city on the northeast of the marshy plain of el-Huleh, 120 miles north of Jerusalem, and 20 miles north of the Sea of Galilee, at the “upper source” of the Jordan, and near the base of Mount Hermon. It is mentioned in Matt. 16:13 and Mark 8:27 as the northern limit of … Continue reading “Caesara Philippi”

Caesar, W an English Baptist, born in 1790, was the pastor of a Baptist church at Farnham, Surrey, from 1853 to the time of his death, May 7,1863. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

CAESAR TIBERIUS Luk 3:1 Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible