Acceptation There is nothing more opposed to each other, than the Scripture sense of acceptation, as it relates to the Lord, and as it relates to man. To accept any man’s person, is the sinful act of a sinful man. And to accept a poor sinner in Christ, is the gracious act of a gracious … Continue reading “Acceptation”
Acceptants
Acceptants Those Jansenists who accepted without any reserve or mental restriction the Bull Unigenitus, issued in 1713 against the Jansenist doctrines as set forth in the Réflexions morales sur le Nouveau Testament of the Oratorian, Pasquier Quesnel. As is well known, the error of Jansenius gave rise to two conflicts in the Church: the first, … Continue reading “Acceptants”
Acceptance
Acceptance The noun itself is not found in the Authorized Version of the NT, though we come very near it in acceptation (), 1Ti 1:15; 1Ti 4:9. Instances of the verb and adjective are frequent, and are mostly equivalents of and its derivatives, as the following list shows: , 2Co 6:1; 2Co 8:17; 2Co 11:4; … Continue reading “Acceptance”
Acceptable year of the Lord
Acceptable year of the Lord The Lord Jesus at the beginning of His ministry entered into the synagogue at Nazareth, and on the prophecy by Isaiah being handed to Him read from Isaiah 61, the passage, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the … Continue reading “Acceptable year of the Lord”
Accept, Accepted, Acceptable
Accept, Accepted, Acceptable signifies “to accept,” by a deliberate and ready reception of what is offered (cp. No. 4), e.g., 1Th 2:13, RV, “accepted;” 2Co 8:17; 2Co 11:4. See RECEIVE, TAKE. consisting of apo, “from,” intensive, and No. 1, expresses dechomai more strongly, signifying “to receive heartily, to welcome,” Luk 8:40 (RV, “welcomed,” AV, “gladly … Continue reading “Accept, Accepted, Acceptable”
Accept, Acceptable, Accepted
Accept, Acceptable, Accepted (properly , ratsah’ to take pleasure in ). To accept is not only to receive, but to receive with pleasure and kindness (Gen 32:20). It stands opposed to reject, which is a direct mode of refusal, and implies a positive sentiment of disapprobation (Jer 6:30; Jer 7:29). To receive, is an act … Continue reading “Accept, Acceptable, Accepted”
Accept, Acceptable, Acceptation
Accept, Acceptable, Acceptation ak-sept, ak-septa-b’l, ak-sep-tashun: To receive with favor, to take pleasure in; well-pleasing; the act of receiving. Accept, used (1) of sacrifice, accept thy burnt-sacrifice (, dashen, accept as fat, i.e. receive favorably; Psa 20:3); (2) of persons, Yahweh accept Job (Job 42:9, , nasa), to lift up, take, receive); (3) of works, … Continue reading “Accept, Acceptable, Acceptation”
Accept
Accept See Acceptation Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures
Accentus Ecclesiasticus
Accentus Ecclesiasticus The counterpart of concentus. In the ancient Church music all that portion of the liturgical song which was performed by the entire choir, or by sections of it, say two or three singers, was called concentus. Thus hymns, psalms, and alleluias were, generally speaking, included under the term concentus. On the other hand. … Continue reading “Accentus Ecclesiasticus”
Accentuation
Accentuation a term used in ecclesiastical music to indicate the pitch and modulation of the voice. The accentuation is either (1) simple, (2) moderate, or (3) strong. Some writers use other terms, but. the division in most of them is threefold. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature