Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

ADVERSITY A state which is opposite to our wishes, and the cause of sorrow. It stands opposed to prosperity. See AFFLICTION. Fuente: Theological Dictionary Adversity ad-vursi-ti: In the Revised Version (British and American) exclusively an Old Testament term, expressing the various forms of distress and evil conveyed by four Hebrew words: , cela, a halting … Continue reading “Adversity”

Adversary, The Satan, the adversary, stood up against Israel and provoked David to number Israel. 1Ch 21:1: cf. 2Sa 24:1. He also opposed Joshua, the high priest. Zec 3:1. “Your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.” 1Pe 5:8. In Rev 12:10 he is also called ‘the accuser … Continue reading “Adversary, The”

Adversary This renders three Greek words in the NT: 1. , properly an adversary in a lawsuit, and used of an earthly adversary in Mat 5:25, Luk 12:58; Luk 18:3 -all these with a legal reference. It is used of an enemy of God in 1Sa 2:10 (Septuagint ), and in 1Pe 5:8 of the … Continue reading “Adversary”

Adversa SEE, AVERSA. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Adventure ad-ventur: To risk, to dare, referring always to an undertaking attended with some peril (Jdg 9:17 : My father adventured his life). Compare Deu 28:56. So also Ecc 5:14 : Riches perish by evil adventure. Only once in New Testament for , ddom (Act 19:31), where Paul’s friends beg him not to adventure himself … Continue reading “Adventure”

Adventius, Bishop Of Metz early embraced the clerical life, and was educated under the supervision of Drogo, whom he succeeded in the above-mentioned see in 855. He was present and spoke in the Synod of Metz in 869, and in that of Douzi in 871. Besides his own epitaph, which he made, there is extant … Continue reading “Adventius, Bishop Of Metz”

Adventitius (Or Aventor) one of the companions of St. Mauricius, martyred with him and many others by order of emperor Maximinian, Sept. 22, 286, at Agaurum. See Ruinart, p. 272. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Adventitious Ideas Those Ideas which appear to come from without, from objects outside the mind. Opposite of innate ideas. Descartes’ form of the ontological argument for God was built upon the notion of adventitious Ideas. — V.F. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Adventists, Seventh-Day are a branch of the Adventists (q.v.) who observe the seventh day as the Sabbath. They originated as early as 1844. They set no time for the coming of Christ, believing that’ the prophecies which, in the opinion of other Adventists, fix the second advent in or about the year 1844, really brought … Continue reading “Adventists, Seventh-Day”

Adventists, Evangelical are the representatives of the original followers of William Miller (q.v.) and his coadjutors. SEE ADVENTISTS; MILLERITES.- They were organized at Boston, under the name of “The American Millennial Association,” in November, 1858. They adhere to the doctrine of the conscious state of the- dead and the eternal conscious suffering of the wicked. … Continue reading “Adventists, Evangelical”