body, purity of (Latin: puritas) The state of one who does not indulge in illicit venereal pleasure: in the unmarried, the state of virginity; in the married, conjugal chastity. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Body Of The Church
Body Of The Church is the nave, of which the transept forms the arms, and the choir the head. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Body of Heaven
Body of Heaven The King James Version translates the Hebrew idiom, , ecem ha-shamayim, by the body of heaven (Exo 24:10). A more correct rendering is given in the Revised Version (British and American), the very heaven, taking the word ecem in its idiomatic use as an intensive, which is derived from its literal meaning, … Continue reading “Body of Heaven”
BODY OF DIVINITY
BODY OF DIVINITY See THEOLOGY. Fuente: Theological Dictionary
Body of Death
Body of Death deth ( , soma tou thanatou): These words are found in Paul’s impassioned argument on the reign of the law, which dooms man to continuous disappointment and convinces him of the terrible power of indwelling sin. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? … Continue reading “Body of Death”
Body of Christ, Feast of the
Body of Christ, Feast of the Celebrated on Thursday after Trinity Sunday in honor of the Body of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament and in commemoration of the institution of the Blessed Sacrament. It was established, 1246 , at the suggestion of Saint Juliana of Mont Cornillon, by Bishop Robert de Thorete of Liege, where … Continue reading “Body of Christ, Feast of the”
Body, Mutilation Of The
Body, Mutilation Of The a frequent practice, which we here consider only under certain aspects in reference to ecclesiastical affairs. SEE CUTTING IN THE FLESH. I. Its Bearing upon Clerical Orders. The Pentateuch forbade the exercise of the priest’s office to any of the Aaronites who should have a blemish, a term extending even to … Continue reading “Body, Mutilation Of The”
BODY, HUMAN
BODY, HUMAN not to be disfigured Lev 19:28; Lev 21:5; 1Co 6:15; 1Th 5:23 –SEE Mutilation, DISFIGUREMENT Spiritual Temple, TEMPLES, SPIRITUAL Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible
Body-Guard
Body-Guard BODY-GUARD.See Army, 1, Guard. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Body-Guard bodi-gard: The expression occurs in Apocrypha (1 Esdras 3:4), the body-guard that kept the king’s person. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Body, Bodily
Body, Bodily is “the body as a whole, the instrument of life,” whether of man living, e.g., Mat 6:22, or dead, Mat 27:52; or in resurrection, 1Co 15:44; or beasts, Heb 13:11; of grain, 1Co 15:37-38; of the heavenly hosts, 1Co 15:40. In Rev 18:13 it is translated “slaves.” In its figurative uses the essential … Continue reading “Body, Bodily”