Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Acua (rather Acud, by erroneous transcription for , Acub, 1Es 5:31), the progenitor of one of the families of the temple-servants (. i.e. Nethinim), said to have returned from the captivity (1Es 5:30); evidently the AKKUB SEE AKKUB (q.v.) of the parallel texts (Ezr 2:45, or rather, Ezr 2:42; comp. Neh 7:48, where the name … Continue reading “Acua”

Actus Purus A term employed in scholastic philosophy to express the absolute perfection of God. In all finite beings we find actuality and potentiality, perfection and imperfection. Primary matter, which is the basis of material substance, is a pure potentiality. Moreover, change necessarily supposes a potential element, for it is a transition from a state … Continue reading “Actus Purus”

Actus primus A technical expression used in scholastic philosophy. Actus means determination, complement, perfection. In every being there are many actualities, and these are subordinated. Thus existence supposes essence; power supposes existence; action supposes faculty. The first actuality (actus primus) begins a series; it supposes no other actuality preceding it in the same series, but … Continue reading “Actus primus”

Actus et Potentia A technical expression in scholastic phraseology. I. The terms actus and potentia were used by the scholastics to translate Aristotle’s energeia or entelecheia, and dynamis. There is no single word in English that would be an exact rendering of either. Act, action, actuality, perfection, determination express the various meanings of actus; potency, … Continue reading “Actus et Potentia”

Actually from holos, “all, whole,” is translated “actually” in 1Co 5:1, RV (“it is actually reported”); the AV “commonly” does not convey the meaning. In 1Co 6:7 it is translated “altogether” (AV, “utterly”); in 1Co 15:29, “at all,” as in Mat 5:34. See ALL, ALTOGETHER. Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Actuality In Husserl1. (Ger. Wirklichkeit) Effective individual existence in space and time, as contrasted with mere possibility. 2. (Ger. Aktualitt) The character of a conscious process as lived in by the ego, as contrasted with the “inactuality” of conscious processes more or less far from the ego. To say the ego lives in a particular … Continue reading “Actuality”

ActualIn Husserl see Actuality. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

actual sin A personal act or omission that does not conform to God’s will or law. Actual sins may be divided into the following catgories: sins of commission or omission, according to the precept which they violate; interior or exterior sins, according to the manner of committing them; sins against God, one’s neighbor, and one’s … Continue reading “Actual Sin”

actual grace A supernatural gift from Almighty God, I, received in the human intellect or will, accidentally perfecting these faculties and enabling them to elicit acts xplicitly related to eternal life. Because the power hus received is above and beyond all natural exigencies, it is correctly called supernatural; because it lacks permanence and is granted … Continue reading “Actual Grace”

Actual (Lat. actus, act) 1. real or factual (opposed to unreal and apparent) 2. quality which anything possesses of having realized its potentialities or possibilities (opposed to possible and potential). In Aristotlesee Energeia. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy