Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Alath in ancient Nabathaean mythology, was the feminine form of the local deity Elga. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Alastor in Greek mythology, was (1.) a surname of Jupiter, as punisher of evil. (2.) A son of Neleus and Chloris, who married Harpalyce, the daughter of Clymenus, king of Argos. (3.) A companion of Sarpedon, slain by Ulysses. (4.) One of the horses of Pluto. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Alaska The 49th state to be admitted to the Union. Christianity was introduced into Alaska by the Russians in 1794, but prior to its purchase by the United States, no Catholic priest had settled there. In 1871 Bishop Clut of the Athabascan-MacKenzie district, with an Oblate priest, Father Lecorre, wintered at Fort Yukon, and journeyed … Continue reading “Alaska”

Alasco, John SEE LASCO. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Alascans Foreign Protestants in London in the reign of Edward VI, named from John a Lasco, Polish Protestant refugee, superintendent of the foreign congregation there, 1550. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

ALASCANI A sect of Anti-Lutherans in the sixteenth century, whose distinguished tenet, besides their denying baptism, is said to have been this, that the words, “This is my body, ” in the institution of the Eucharist, are not to be understood of the bread, but of the whole action or celebration of the supper. Fuente: … Continue reading “Alascani”

Alas! * For ALAS! see WOE Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Alary, George a French missionary, was born Jan. 10, 1731, at Pampelonne, in the diocese of Albi. In 1764 he went to Siam, where he preached Christianiy. After eleven months of bondage at Rangoon, in the kingdom of Ava, he resorted successively to Bengal, Pondicherry, Macao and the province of Kouei- tcheou, in China. In … Continue reading “Alary, George”

Alary, Etienne Aime a French priest, was born at Montpezat, in Vivarais, Sept. 29, 1762. He studied theology at the seminary of Viviers, and took sacred orders in 1785. At the time of the Revolution he was of the number of royalists who assembled at Jales, and emigrated in 1792. He was then appointed almoner … Continue reading “Alary, Etienne Aime”

Alarm (, teruah’, a loud sound or shout, as often), a broken quivering sound of the silver trumpets of the Hebrew, warning them in their journey in the wilderness (Num 10:5-6; comp. Lev 23:24; Lev 25:9). When the people or the rulers were to be assembled together, the trumpet was blown softly; when the camps … Continue reading “Alarm”