Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Aeterne rerum Conditor Hymn for Lauds on Sunday, from the Octave of the Epiphany until the first Sunday of Lent, and from the Sunday nearest 1 October until Advent . It was written by Saint Ambrose (340-397). There are 18 translations; the English title given is by W. Copeland. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Aeterne Rector siderum Hymn for Lauds on 2 October , feast of the Holy Guardian Angels. It was written by Cardinal Bellarmine (1542-1621). There are seven translations; the English title given is by Edward Caswall . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Aeternales a name given by’Danaeus, in his edition of Augustine’s treatise De Hceresibus, to a sect which is numbered as the sixty-seventh in that work and as the eightieth in Philaster. The Eternales taught that the world will remain forever in its present condition, even after the second coming of our Lord. Augustine remarks that … Continue reading “Aeternales”

Aeterna Christi munera Hymn for Matins for the Common of Apostles and Evangelists, out of Paschal Time. It was written by Saint Ambrose (340-347). There are 13 translations; the English title given is by Edward Caswall . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Aeterna caeli gloria Hymn for Lauds on Friday; , Ambrosian school, 5th century. There are 12 translations; the English title given is by J. Julian. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

aesthetics (Greek: aisthenesthai, to perceive, feel) The perception of the beautiful; the science which determines the norm or rule by which beauty is perceived and the criticism which points out wherein a person, object, literary composition, poem, painting, statue, structure, or other artistic work, possesses or lacks the elements of beauty; a science of the … Continue reading “Aesthetics”

Aesthetic Judgment (German aesthetische Urteilskraft) The power of judgment exercised upon data supplied by the feeling or sense of beauty. Kant devotes the first half of the Critique of Judgment to a “Critique of Aesthetic Judgment.” (See Kantianism and Feeling.) — O.F.K. On the origin of the term, see Aesthetics. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Aesora SORA (Jdt 4:4).An unknown Samaritan town, possibly mod. Asireh, N.E. of Shechem. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Aesora eso-ra, the King James Version Esora, e-sora (, Aisora): A town in the borders of Samaria, mentioned in connection with Beth-boron and Jericho (Judith 4:4), and from this association we judge that it was in … Continue reading “Aesora”

Aesculatrus SEE ASCLEPAS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Aesasar the Etruscan name of the Supreme Being. Zschlnes, an Athenian philosopher, is said to have been the son of a sausage-maker. He followed Socrates continually, which drew from that philosopher the remark that the sausage-makers son was the ‘only one who knew how to pay due regard to him. It is alleged that poverty … Continue reading “Aesasar”