Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Termoli (THERMULARUM) Located on the Italian coast of the Adriatic, having a small harbour near the mouth of the Petraglione. In ancient days it was called Buca; in 1567 it was put to fire and sword by the Turks. Termoli contains a fine Gothic cathedral. It is first mentioned as a diocese in 946, when … Continue reading “Termoli”

Termmism See Nominalism. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Terminism and the Terministic Controversy The word Terminism has reference to the terminus of the period of grace accorded to man as an individual or in the mass. The basis of the dispute which arose upon this matter was the Middle-Age, Augustinian theory, that the end of this earthly life is in every in-stance the … Continue reading “Terminism and the Terministic Controversy”

Termessus A titular see, suffragan of Perge in Pamphylia Secunda. This is one of the most ancient cities of the Pisidians, inhabited by the Solymi, whose name was preserved for several centuries in Mount Solyma, known to-day as Guldére-Dagh, and was referred to by Homer, II, VI, 184, and Strabo, XIII, 630. A warlike city, … Continue reading “Termessus”

Term In common English usage the word “term”‘ is syntactical or semantical in character, and means simply a word (or phrase), or a word associated with its meaning. The phrase “undefined term” as used in mathematical postulate theory (see mathematics) is perhips best referred to this common meaning of “term ” In traditional logic, a … Continue reading “Term”

Terill, Anthony English theologian, b. at Canford, Dorsetshire, in 1623; d. at Liége, 11 Oct., 1676. His mother was a Catholic but his father was estranged from the Faith, and in consequence the young Anthony was reared in heresy until his fifteenth year, when he was converted and left England, taking the alias Terill. He … Continue reading “Terill, Anthony”

Teresian Martyrs of Compigne, The Sixteen Guillotined at the Place du Trône Renversé (now called Place de la Nation), Paris, 17 July, 1794. They are the first sufferers under the French Revolution on whom the Holy See has passed judgment, and were solemnly beatified 27 May, 1906. Before their execution they knelt and chanted the … Continue reading “Teresian Martyrs of Compiègne, The Sixteen”

Teresh (Heb. id. , prob. Pers. strictness; Sept. [in some copies only] or ; Vulg. Thares), the second-named of the two eunuchs who kept the door of the palace of Ahasuerus, and who were hanged, their plot to assassinate the king being discovered by Mordecai (Est 2:21; Est 6:2 ). B.C. 479. Josephus: calls him … Continue reading “Teresh”

Teresa of Lisieux, Saint (Sister Teresa of the Child Jesus) Carmelite of Lisieux, better known as the Little Flower of Jesus, born at Alençon, France, 2 January, 1873; died at Lisieux 30 September, 1897. She was the ninth child of saintly parents, Louis and Zélie Martin, both of whom had wished to consecrate their lives … Continue reading “Teresa of Lisieux, Saint”

Teresa of Avila, Saint Teresa Sanchez Cepeda Davila y Ahumada Born at Avila, Old Castile, 28 March, 1515; died at Alba de Tormes, 4 Oct., 1582. The third child of Don Alonso Sanchez de Cepeda by his second wife, Doña Beatriz Davila y Ahumada, who died when the saint was in her fourteenth year, Teresa … Continue reading “Teresa of Avila, Saint”