Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Agapetus (Or Agapius) three men are given who are known by either of these names. (1.) Bishop of Seleucia, metropolis of Isauria, who was present at the Councils of. Nicea and: Antioch (Labbe, Concil. ii, 58, 586).; (2.) Bishop of Apamea, succeeded his: brother Marcellus in the reign of Arcadius. A disciple of St. Marcian, … Continue reading “Agapetus (Or Agapius)”

Agapetus A deacon of the church of Sancta Sophia at Constantinople (about 500), reputed tutor of Justinian, and author of a series of exhortations in 72 short chapters addressed (c. 527) to that emperor (P.G., LXXXVI, 1153-86). The first letters of each chapter form an acrostic of dedication that reads: The very humble Deacon Agapetus … Continue reading “Agapetus”

Agapetse, Or Agapeti the name given to a branch of Gnostics which existed towards the end of the 4th century. According to Jerome, they consisted principally of women who attached themselves to young people, and taught them that nothing was impure with pious minds. One of their maxims was, that they were bound rather to … Continue reading “Agapetse, Or Agapeti”

Agapetaelig; (agapetai, beloved). In the first century of the Christian era, the Agapetae were virgins who consecrated themselves to God with a vow of chastity and associated with laymen. In the beginning this community of spiritual life and mutual support, which was based on St. Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthians (ix, 5), was holy … Continue reading “Agapetaelig;”

agapetae (Greek: agapetai, beloved). (1) In the 1st century, virgins consecrated to God by a vow of chastity, but so closely associated with laymen that abuses occurred which the Council of Ancyra (314) condemned. (2) Branch of the Gnostics (395). Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Agapetae (, beloved, used in the primitive Church as a title … Continue reading “Agapetae”

AGAPET AE A name given to certain virgins and widows, who in the ancient church associated themselves with and attended on ecclesiastics, out of a motive of piety and charity. See DEACONESSES. Fuente: Theological Dictionary

Agapemonites SEE PRINCEITES. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Agapemonb (, love abode), a conventual establishment consisting of persons of both sexes, founded at Charlynch, near Bridgewater, in the County of Somerset, England, by Henry James Prince, formerly a clergyman of the English Church. The inmates belong to a new religious sect, and are sometimes called Lampeter Brethren, from the place where Prince was … Continue reading “Agapemonb”

Agape, St (1.) Virgin of Antioch; commemorated February 15 and March 10. (2.) Of Thessalonica; she was burned under Maximianus Herculius, April 1, 304; commemorated April 3, in many martyrologies April 5. (3.) Martyr; commemorated April 16. (4.) Daughter of Sophia; commemorated September 17. (5.) Virgin; commemorated at Rome August 8.. (6.) Virgin; commemorated at … Continue reading “Agape, St”

agape (Greek: love) Meal taken in common by primitive Christians , usually in connection with the Holy Eucharist ; a development of the Jewish funeral feasts. It was never a universal institution in the Church , led to excesses, and disappeared soon after the 5th century . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Agape The celebration of … Continue reading “Agape”