Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Affinity (chemical) A potential of chemical energy; driving force; attraction. The term should be defined rigorously to mean the rate of change of chemical energy with changes in chemical mass. — W.M.M. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

AFFINITY 1Ki 3:1 ; Relationship by marriage; as consanguinity is relationship by blood. The degrees within which relatives were forbidden by the Levitical law to intermarry, may be found in Lev 18:1-30 . Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary affinity A diriment matrimonial impediment preventing a valid marriage with certain blood-relatives of a previous wife … Continue reading “Affinity”

Affiliation a term used among monks to signify the incorporation of a monk with the particular monastery to which he binds himself. and whose son he thence, forth becomes. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Affidatio (betrothal), a term which probably came into use about the 10th century. It seems to belong to the period of fully developed feudalism. The earliest example is of the year 1287; and the forms given in which the word occurs, from the rituals of Limoges and of Rheims, are more modern yet,’ to judge … Continue reading “Affidatio”

Affendofulo, Caleb a Jewish rabbi, who flourished at Adrianople, Belgrade, and Constantinople in the present century. The name Affendofulo is a compound of the Turkish effendi and the Greek (son). He wrote a commentary ( ) on the Song of Solomon and Psalms 119, with introductions and epilogues to each section, having reference to the … Continue reading “Affendofulo, Caleb”

Affelmann, Johann a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Soest, in Westphalia, Nov. 25, 1588. He studied at Marburg, Giessen, and Rostock; and in the latter place, when twenty-one years old (in 1609), he became doctor and professor of theology, and as such he labored there until his death, Feb. 28, 1624. He took … Continue reading “Affelmann, Johann”

Affective (Lat. affectio, from afficere, to affect) The generic character supposedly shared by pleasure, pain and the emotions as distinguished from the ideational and volitional aspects of consciousness. See Affect. — L.W. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

affections (Latin: ad; to; facere, to make) Term used by writers on spiritual matters to denote emotions, dispositions, movements of the passions of love, desire, enjoyment of what is good, and of hatred, aversion, and disgust for what is evil. The training in virtue, devotion, asceticism, and mysticism in seminaries and novitiates is called school … Continue reading “Affections”

Affection (-s), Affected from pascho, “to suffer,” primarily denotes whatever one suffers or experiences in any way; hence, “an affection of the mind, a passionate desire.” Used by the Greeks of either good or bad desires, it is always used in the NT of the latter, Rom 1:26 (AV, “affections,” RV, “passions”); Col 3:5 (AV, … Continue reading “Affection (-s), Affected”

AFFECTION In a philosophical sense, refers to the manner in which we are affected by any thing for a continuance, whether painful or pleasant: but in the most common sense, it may be defined to be a settled bent of mind towards a particular being or thing. It holds a middle place between disposition on … Continue reading “Affection”