Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Adkins, Thomas an English Congregational minister, was born at Ravenstone. Buckinghamshire, April 1,1787. He was very precocious, even at the age of eight. On reaching his twelfth year he was sent to Newport Pagnell College, in which he soon rose to the rank of a teacher; and such was his proficiency in various branches of … Continue reading “Adkins, Thomas”

Adkins, Joseph a Baptist minister, was born in Warren County, Ga., in 1802, and remained there all his life. For many years he was a preacher in that section :of country. During the late war he was a warm friend of the Union, and when Georgia was reconstructed he was elected a state senator. A … Continue reading “Adkins, Joseph”

Adjutor in Africa, is commemorated as a saint in the Hieronymian martyrology on Dec. 17. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Adjuto (Also St. Ajoutre Or Ustre) lived in the 12th century. He was the son of a Norman gentleman, of the family of the seigneurs of Vernon-sur-Seine, but assumed the cross in the war against the Saracens, and after seventeen years’ service was captured and put to torture. He refused to renounce the faith, and, … Continue reading “Adjuto (Also St. Ajoutre Or Ustre)”

Adjutants-General is the title of those fathers among the Jesuits who dwelt with the general of the order, and whose business it was to watch over the principal occurrences of distant countries, and from time to time communicate information to the general. SEE JESUITS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Adjure See Oath. Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church Adjure This word in Scripture language is much more striking and significant than is generally considered. It contains not only the nature of a command when used by a person in authority, that the adjured party shall answer to the question proposed, but it goes farther; … Continue reading “Adjure”

adjuration An earnest appeal to another to act or refrain from acting, under pain of Divine visitation or the rupture of the ties of reverence and love. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Adjuration (Lat. adjurare, to swear; to affirm by oath). An urgent demand made upon another to do something, or to desist from doing something, … Continue reading “ADJURATION”

Adjunct Gods (or Adjuncts of the Gods), among the Romans, were a kind of inferior deities, added as assistants to the principal ones to ease them of their functions. Thus to Mars belonged Bellona, to Neptune Salacia, to Vulcan the Cabiri, to the Good Genius the Lares, and to the Evil the Lemures. Fuente: Cyclopedia … Continue reading “Adjunct Gods”

Adjudication at Law To be avoided Pro 17:14; Pro 20:3; Pro 25:8-10; Mat 5:25 Actions at Law; Arbitration; Compromise; Court; Justice Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible

Aditya in Hindu mythology, were the children of Aditi and Kasvapa, the twelve suns ruling the twelve months of the year. Among them, Indra is the highest, the sovereign of the entire sun-system. He is not the guide of the sun, like Matali. The names in profane history are very different from those given in … Continue reading “Aditya”