Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Achilleus, Saint Martyrs, brothers and soldiers in the employ of Saint Flavia Domitilla. They were beheaded in 98 at Terracina. Feast, 12 May . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Achilleus and Nereus, Domitilla and Pancratius, Sa The commemoration of these four Roman saints is made by the Church on 12 May, in common, and all four are named in the Proper of the Mass as martyrs. The old Roman lists, of the fifth century, and which passed over into the Martyrologium Hiernoymianum, contain the … Continue reading “Achilleus and Nereus, Domitilla and Pancratius, Sa”

Achilleus the eunuch and martyr at Rome A.D. 96, is commemorated as a saint in the Roman calendar on May 12. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Achilles Tatius SEE TATIUS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Achilles argument Zeno of Elea used a reductio ad absurdum argument against the possibility of motion. He urged that if we assume it possible we are led to the absurdity that Achilles, the fastest runner in Greece, could not catch a proverbially slow tortoise. The alleged grounds for this are that during the time, t1 … Continue reading “Achilles argument”

Achilleas SEE ACHILLAS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Achillas (Or Achilleas) (1) patriarch of Alexandria (A.D. 311-312), was ordained presbyter during the episcopate of Thomas (A.D. 283-301), and placed over the catechetical school. On the martyrdom of Peter I, he was raised to the patriarchal throne, but died apparently in about a year. The only act recorded of his episcopate is the restoration … Continue reading “Achillas (Or Achilleas) (1)”

Achillas (2) one of the Alexandrian clergy, a friend and partisan of Arius, with whom he was excommunicated, about 319. Contemporaries speak of him as a prime mover of Arianism. Jerome (Adv. Lucif. XX, 2, 193) calls him a lector;” while others speak of him as deacon and presbyter. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and … Continue reading “Achillas (2)”

Achigian, Andrew an Asiatic Monophysite sectary who induced a party of his sect to forsake their religion for a time and unite themselves with the Romanists. He had been educated at Rome. and was appointed patriarch of Antioch by the Roman pontiff. He assumed the title of Ignatius XXIV. See Mosheim, Hist. of the Church, … Continue reading “Achigian, Andrew”

Achias (Lat. id., for the Gr. text is no longer extant; prob. for Ahijai), a person named as son of Phinees (Phinehas), and father of Achitob (Ahitub) in the list of sacerdotal ancestors of Esdras or Ezra (2 [Vulg. 4] Ezr 1:2); but, as the parallel list (Ezr 7:3) gives no corresponding name, it is … Continue reading “Achias”