Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Adventists An American sect, founded by William Miller at Dresden, New York, in 1831. Miller believed that the second coming of Christ was to be in 1843 and would be followed by the millennium. Individuals in the existing churches held these sentiments until 1845, when a separate Church was organized. There are now five bodies … Continue reading “Adventists”

Advent, Second SEE MILLENNIUM. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Advent, Second This is simply the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ to this earth, which naturally implies that He has already been here once. “Now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the … Continue reading “Advent, Second”

Advent Christian Association a branch of the Adventists (q.v.), which now includes the great majority of those who believe in the speedy coming of Christ to rule the world in his own person. In 1852 Jonathan Cummings, one of the ministers of the Advent body in the earlier days, claimed to have obtained ” new: … Continue reading “Advent Christian Association”

Advent Antiphons are those ancient antiphons used before and after the Magnificat which begin with the letter O. We give those for Dec. 16-. 23 as they stand in many ancient and some modern rituals: . “Dec. 16.-O Sapientia! .O Wisdom! which comest forth out of the mouth of the Most High, and reachest from … Continue reading “Advent Antiphons”

Advent See Parousia. Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church Advent (Latin: adventus, coming) Period of prayer and fasting in preparation for Christmas ; anniversary of the Birth or Coming of Christ, including four Sundays, the first the nearest to the feast of Saint Andrew (30 November ); it may be as early as 27 November … Continue reading “Advent”

Advantage ad-vantaj (, sakhan): In Job 35:3 is interpreted in succeeding clause as profit. In Rom 3:1 , perissos, is likewise interpreted by a paraphrase in the next sentence. the Revised Version (British and American) prefers to render pleonekteo by take advantage, where the King James Version has defraud (2Co 7:2), or make gain of … Continue reading “Advantage”

Advance lit., “to strike forward, cut forward a way,” i.e., to make progress, is translated “advanced” in Luk 2:52, RV, of the Lord Jesus (AV, “increased”); in Gal 1:14 “advanced,” of Paul’s former progress in the Jews’ religion (AV, “profited”); in Rom 13:12, “is far spent,” of the “advanced” state of the “night” of the … Continue reading “Advance”

Advaita (Skr. “non-duality”) The Vedantic (q.v.) doctrine of monism advocated by Sankara (q.v.) which holds the Absolute to be personal in relation to the world, especially the philosophically untutored, but supra-personal in itself (cf. nirguna, saguna); the world and the individual to be only relatively, or phenomenally, real; and salvation to consist in insight or … Continue reading “Advaita”

Advaia (or.Advoja), in Hindu mythology, is a surname of Brahma, who is only like himself, because there is no one who is like to him. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Adummimi Tristram remarks that this “is probably Telat el-Damm, i.e. the Mount of Blood, a medieval fortress, surrounded by a rock-hewn moat, standing above the well-known khan, and commanding the Jericho road on the south of the Kelt. The name Mount of Blood applies not only to the castle, but to the’ eminence of bright … Continue reading “Adummimi”