Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Subjective rightness An action is subjectively right if it is done in the belief that it is objectively right. See Objective rightness. — W.F.K. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Subjective Idealism Sometimes referred to as psychological idealism or subjectivism. The doctrine of knowledge that the world exists only for the mind. The only world we know is the-world-we-know shut up in the realm of ideas. To be is to be perceivedesse est percipi. This famous doctrine (classically expressed by Bishop Berkeley, 1685-1753) became the … Continue reading “Subjective Idealism”

Subject, Subjection (Verb, Adjective, Noun) primarily a military term, “to rank under” (hupo, “under,” tasso, “to arrange”), denotes (a) “to put in subjection, to subject,” Rom 8:20 (twice); in the following, the RV, has to subject for AV, “to put under,” 1Co 15:27 (thrice), 1Co 15:28 (3rd clause); Eph 1:22; Heb 2:8 (4th clause); in … Continue reading “Subject, Subjection (Verb, Adjective, Noun)”

Subject (Lat. subjicere to place under) a) In EpistemologyThe subject of knowledge is the individual knower considered either as a pure ego (see Ego, Pure), a transcendental ego (see Ego, Transcendental) or an act of awareness. (See Awareness). b) In PsychologyThe psychological subject is the individual subjected to observation. Thus the introspective psychologist may either … Continue reading “Subject”

Subintroductae () was a term applied to females kept by persons of clerical rank. Celibacy and chastity were regarded as identical from an early period in the Church, and in consequence ascetics invented the plan of remaining unmarried and taking into spiritual union with themselves young virgins (, so-ores, sisters). The relation is already hinted … Continue reading “Subintroductae”

Subigus a Roman divinity, the god of the wedding-night, whose office it was to render the newly married maidens favorably disposed towards their husbands. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Subiaco (SUBLACUM, SUBLACEUM, SUBLAQUEM). A city in the Province of Rome, twenty-five miles from Tivoli, received its name from the artificial lakes of the villa of Nero and is renowned for its sacred grotto (Sagro Speco), the Abbey of St. Scholastica, and the archiepiscopal residence and Church of St. Andrew, which crowns the hill. When … Continue reading “Subiaco”

Subdue primarily, “to struggle against” (kata, “against,” agon, “a contest”), came to signify “to conquer,” Heb 11:33, “subdued.” Note: For hupotasso, AV, “to subdue,” in 1Co 15:28; Phi 3:21, see SUBJECT. Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Subdiaconissa a term applied, in the early Church, to the wife of a subdeacon. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Subdean There were three kinds of subdeans: 1. The vice-dean. 2. The dean’s vicar, his subofficer, assistant when present, and deputy when abseit vicegerent in choir, as at Lichfield both had a similar office, that of supplying the duties of the dean in his absence. 3. The capitular subdean; the perpetual subdean, who is said … Continue reading “Subdean”