Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Stoc a brazen tube, formed like a cow’s horn, used in the Middle Ages as a speaking trumpet on the tops of church towers to assemble the faithful to worship, and to proclaim new moons, quarters, and ecclesiastical festivals. The marquis of Drogheda possesses a remarkable Irish specimen of the stoc. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, … Continue reading “Stoc”

Stoa (), a Greek term for a portico or cloister around the court (atrium) of an ancient church. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

S.T.L. = Sacrae Theologiae Licentiatus; Licentiate of Sacred Theology Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Stjernhjelm, Jorge a Swedish scholar and poet, was born in April 1598. In his youth he assumed the name of Goran Lilje, and after studying in Upsala, he visited Germany, Italy, France, Holland, and England. In 1625 he was appointed instructor in the gymnasium of Westeras, from which he went to Stockholm, and occupied a … Continue reading “Stjernhjelm, Jorge”

Stirner, Max Pen name of Johann Caspar Schmidt (1806-1856) Most extreme and thoroughgoing individualist in the history of philosophy. In his classic, The Ego and his Own, he regards everything except the individual as minor; family, state and society all disappear before the individual, the ego, as the primary power for life and living. — … Continue reading “Stirner, Max”

Stirm, Carl H a German doctor of theology and member of consistory, was born Sept. 22, 1799, at Schorndorf. His first ministerial duties he discharged at Unterensingen, but from 1836 he was court chaplain and member of consistory at Stuttgart, where he died, April 21, 1873. Stirm is best known as the author of Apologie … Continue reading “Stirm, Carl H”

Stiritis in Greek mythology, was a surname of Ceres, derived from the town of Stiris, in Phocis. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Stir, Stir up (Noun and Verb) akin to tarache, “trouble,” and tarasso, “to trouble,” is rendered “stir” in Act 12:18; Act 19:23. denotes “to kindle afresh,” or “keep in full flame” (ana, “up,” or “again,” zoos, “alive,” pur, “fire”), and is used metaphorically in 2Ti 1:6, where “the gift of God” is regarded as a … Continue reading “Stir, Stir up (Noun and Verb)”

Stir, Stir Up stur: Used transitively and intransitively to indicate inner, concentrated movement; translates a number of Hebrew and Greek verbs, each of which has its different shade of meaning. Thus, e.g. in Psa 39:2, we have akhar, to be troubled, excited; in Son 2:7, ur, to awake, disturb (by the festal dances and songs). … Continue reading “Stir, Stir Up”

Stiphelus was the name of a Centaur who was slain at the wedding of Pirithous by the handsome Caeneus (Ovid, Metam. 12, 459). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature