Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Cabbon. Lieut Conder suggests (Tent-work, ii, 335) that this may be the modern El- Keibeibeh, which is laid down on the Ordnance Map at two and one half miles north-east of Yabneh (Jabneh or Jabniel) as an inhabited village; and Tristram (Bible Places, p. 40) adopts this identification. The name tolerably well corresponds, but the … Continue reading “Cabbon. Lieut”

Cabbon (Hebrews Kabbon’, , in Syriac, a cake; Sept. v. r. and ), a place in the plain of Judah, mentioned between Eglon and Lahmam (Jos 15:40); possibly the same with MACHBENAH (1Ch 2:49). It is perhaps the modern ruined site el-Kufeir, marked byVan de Velde (Map) at 10 miles south-east of Ashkelon. Fuente: Cyclopedia … Continue reading “Cabbon”

CABBALISTS The Jewish doctors who profess the study of the cabbala. They study principally the combination of particular words, letters, and numbers; and by this, they say, they see clearly into the sense of Scripture. In their opinion, there is not a word, letter, number, or accent, in the law, without some mystery in it; … Continue reading “CABBALISTS”

CABBALA A Hebrew word, signifying tradition: it is used for a mysterious kind of science pretended to have been delivered by revelation to the ancient Jews, and transmitted by oral tradition to those of our times; serving for interpretation of the books both of nature and Scripture. Fuente: Theological Dictionary Cabbala a mysterious kind of … Continue reading “Cabbala”

Cabassut (Cabassutius), Jean an eminent Roman canonist, was born at Aix, in Provence, 1604 or 1605, entered the congregation of the Oratory 1626, and died at Aix, agedeighty-one, Sept. 25, 1685. At Rome he was regarded as an oracle in every thing relating to the canon law and casuistry, and a good Oriental scholar. He … Continue reading “Cabassut (Cabassutius), Jean”

Cabassut (CABASSUTIUS.) French theologian and priest of the Oratory, born at Aix in 1604, died there, 1685. He excelled equally in learning and holiness of life. He entered the Oratory at the age of twenty-one and thought devoted to his labour he was always ready to interrupt even his most favourite study to assist the … Continue reading “Cabassut”

Cabassole, Philippe De a French prelate, was born at Cavaillon (Venaissin) in 1305. He became chancellor of Sicily, patriarch of Constantinople, cardinal and legate, and was intimately associated with Petrarch. He died at Perousia in 1371, and was buried in the Carthusian Church of Bonpas, where his marble mausoleum was seen in 1791. He wrote … Continue reading “Cabassole, Philippe De”

Cabasilas, Nilus uncle of the preceding, a Greek theologian, and archbishop of Thessalonica in the first half of the 14th century. He wrote , first printed at London (n. d.), afterward, Greek and Latin, at Basel (1544); again at Frankfort (1555), and atHainault (1608). In it he shows that the arbitrary claims of the papacy … Continue reading “Cabasilas, Nilus”

Cabasilas, Nicolas archbishop of Thessalonica in 1354, a firm supporter of the rights and independence of the Greeks against the Roman Church. In the Hesychastic controversy he took part with the monks of Mount Athos against Barlaam (q.v.). He wrote several works, among which are, 1. Exposition of the Greek Liturgy (Greek), translated into Latin … Continue reading “Cabasilas, Nicolas”

Cabas A titular see of Egypt. About seven and one-half miles north of Sais (ruins at Ssa el-Haggar) stands a little village called Shabas-Sounkour, or Shabas as-Shoada. It has been rightly identified with the see that figures in a Coptic-Arabian episcopal list of the seventh century under the names Shabas-Sanhoul and Gabaseos-tivari-Khevasen. Ptolemy (IV, v, … Continue reading “Cabas”