Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

ACCOMMODATION OF SCRIPTURE Is the application of it, not to its literal meaning, but to something analogous to it. Thus a prophecy is said to be fulfilled properly when a thing foretold comes to pass; and, by way of accommodation, when an event happens to any place or people similar to what fell out some … Continue reading “ACCOMMODATION OF SCRIPTURE”

accommodation, Biblical (Latin: accommodate, to adapt) The application of biblical words, because of some similarity or analogy, to that which was not intended by the author. The words, “O all ye that pass by the way, attend, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow” (Lamentations, 1), are spoken of Jerusalem personified, … Continue reading “Accommodation, Biblical”

Accommodation a technical term in theology, first innocently used by certain mystical interpreters, who maintained that although the sense of holy Scripture is essentially but one, yet that certain passages were made the vehicle of a higher and more distant import than the mere literal expressions exhibited (Walch, Bibl. Theol. 4, 228). SEE HYPONOIA. From … Continue reading “Accommodation”

Accolti, Pietro; known under the title of Cardinal of Ancona, was born at Florence in 1497, and died there in 1549. Under Leo X he occupied the place of Apostolical Abbreviator, and in 1549 he drew up against Luther the famous bull which condemned 41 propositions of this reformer. While secretary of Clement VII he … Continue reading “Accolti, Pietro;”

Accolti, Francesco (also called Aretinus, from his native place, Arezzo), an Italian philologist, was born in 1418. He was a famous jurist, and, like many savants of that time, he led an unsteady life. He lectured at Bologna, Ferrara, Sienna, and from 1461 to 1466 he occupied a position under Francis Sforza of Milan. When … Continue reading “Accolti, Francesco”

Accolti, Benedetto (1) an eminent Italiain lawyer and historian, was born at Arezzo in 1415. After studying civil law, he was made professor at Florence. The Florentines conferred on him the rights of citizenship, and chose him in 1459, to be secretary of the republic, which office he retained until his death, in 1466. He … Continue reading “Accolti, Benedetto (2)”

accolade (Latin: ad collum, to the neck) Ceremony used in conferring knighthood, either by a kiss, or by a slight blow on the neck, the second form being still used in England ; also, a form of salutation and farewell used in some countries by clerics or religious, like the peace salutation among the clergy … Continue reading “accolade”

Acco SEE ACCHO. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Acco ACCO.Jdg 1:31. See Ptolemais. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Acco ako (, akko; , Akcho; , Ake Ptolemas; Modern Arabic Akka, English Acre; the King James Version Accho): A town on the Syrian coast a few miles north of Carmel, on a … Continue reading “Acco”

ACCLAMATIONS Ecclesiastical, were shouts of joy which the people expressed by way of approbation of their preachers. It hardly seems credible to us that practices of this kind should ever have found their way into the church, where all ought to be reverence and solemnity. Yet so it was in the fourth century. The people … Continue reading “ACCLAMATIONS”

Acclamation (in Papal Elections) One of the forms of papal election. The method of electing the Roman Pontiff is contained in the constitutions of Gregory XV, “Æterni Patris Filius” and “Decet Romanum Pontificem.” Urban VIII’s constitution, “Ad Romani Pontificis Providentiam”, is confirmatory of the preceding. According to these documents, three methods of election alone are … Continue reading “Acclamation (in Papal Elections)”