Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Acquapendente A diocese in Italy under the immediate jurisdiction of the Holy See, comprising seven towns of the Province of Rome. Acquapendente was under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of Orvieto until 1649. That year, in consequence of a conspiracy, Cristoforo Girarda, a Barnabite of Novara, Bishop of Castro, was assassinated. In punishment of this crime, Innocent … Continue reading “Acquapendente (1)”

Acquaintance, Knowledge by (Lat. adcognitare, to make known) The apprehension of a quality, thing or person which is in the direct presence of the knowing subject. Acquaintance, in the strict sense, is restricted to the immediate data of experience but is commonly extended to include the things or persons perceived by means of such data. … Continue reading “Acquaintance, Knowledge by”

Acquaintance from ginosko, “to know,” signifies “known, or knowable;” hence, “one’s acquaintance;” it is used in this sense, in the plural, in Luk 2:44; Luk 23:49. See KNOWN, NOTABLE. “one’s own,” is translated “acquaintance” in the AV of Act 24:23, “friends” (RV). See COMPANY. Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Acquaint, Acquaintance a-kwant, a-kwantans (, gnosto): Terms referring to various degrees of knowledge, but implying more or less detailed information; applied to God’s omniscience (Psa 139:3), to the grief of the Suffering Servant of Yahweh (Isa 53:3), and to the knowledge which man should have of God. The noun in the concrete, unless limited by … Continue reading “Acquaint, Acquaintance”

Acosta, Jos de The son of well-to-do and respected parents, born at Medina del Campo in Spain, 1540; died at Salamanca, 15 February, 1600. He became a novice in the Society of Jesus at the age of thirteen at the place of his birth. Four of his brothers successively joined the same order. Before leaving … Continue reading “Acosta, José de”

Acosta, Joaquiacute;n A native of Colombia in South America, who served in the Colombian army and in 1834 attempted a scientific survey of the country between Socorro and the Magdalena River. Seven years later he explored western Colombia from Antioquia to Ancerma studying its topography, its natural history and the traces of its aboriginal inhabitants. … Continue reading “Acosta, Joaquiacute;n”

Acosta, Isaac de a Jewish rabbi of Amsterdam, who lived in the beginning of the 18th century, is the author of Conjecturas Sagradas sobre los Profets Primeros, i.e., “Sacred Conjectures on the First Prophets,” containing a new translation and a paraphrase of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings. It was published at Leyden (1712). See First, … Continue reading “Acosta, Isaac de”

Acosta, Gabriel (afterward URIEL), a Portuguese, of Jewish extraction, born at Oporto, and brought up in the Roman Catholic Church. About the age of twenty-two he began to entertain doubts first as to the doctrine of indulgences, and, finally, as to the truth of Christianity; and being unable to satisfy himself, he returned to the … Continue reading “Acosta, Gabriel (2)”

Acosta, Emmanuel a Portuguese Jesuit of the 16th century, published in Portuguese a work which G. P. Maffei translated into Latin under the title Rerum a Societate Jesu in Oriente Gestarum ad Anum 1568. This book contained the letters of the author upon the missions in Japan. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia … Continue reading “Acosta, Emmanuel”

Acosta Jose d’, a Spanish Jesuit, born about 1539, appointed provincial of the Jesuits in Peru, and died rector of the university of Salamanca, Feb. 15, 1600. He wrote The Natural and Moral History of the Indies (Seville, 1590, 4to); a treatise De Christo Revelato libri novem (Lugd. 1592, 8vo); De Promulgatione Evangelii apud Barbaros … Continue reading “Acosta”