Biblia

Admission

Admission 1. a term in use among English and Scotch Presbyterians, to denote the service and act by which a minister is publicly introduced into a new charge. 2. In the Church of England, when the bishop accepts a candidate presented for a benefice as sufficient, he is said to admit him. The canon and … Continue reading “Admission”

Admire, James B.

Admire, James B. a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Oldham County, Ky., Jan. 1,1820. He experienced religion in 1842; removed to Indiana in 1850; served the Church successively as class leader, exhorter, and local preacher; and in 1853 united with the Indiana Conference, in which he labored diligently until his death, Oct. 15,1861. See … Continue reading “Admire, James B.”

Admiration

ADMIRATION Is that passion of the mind which is excited by the discovery of any great excellence in an object. It has by some writers been used as synonymous with surprise and wonder; but it is evident they are not the same. Surprise refers to something unexpected; wonder, to something great or strange; but admiration … Continue reading “Admiration”

Administrator (of Ecclesiastical Property)

Administrator (of Ecclesiastical Property) One charged with the care of church property. Supreme administrative authority in regard to all ecclesiastical temporalities resides in the Sovereign Pontiff, in virtue of his primacy of jurisdiction. The pope’s power in this connection is solely administrative, as he cannot be said properly to be the owner of goods belonging … Continue reading “Administrator (of Ecclesiastical Property)”

Administrator

administrator (1) A cleric, priest or bishop , who for grave and special reasons is appointed by the Holy See, to administer the diocese for an indefinite or for a specified time, which might be either till this particular see is vacant or, if vacant, until another bishop is appointed. The administrator has the same … Continue reading “Administrator”