Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Stiles, Abel a Congregational minister uncle of the following, was born at Windsor, Conn., March 5, 1708, graduated at Yale College in 1733, was tutor for a year, and ordained at Woodstock in 1737, where he was pastor until his death, July 25, 1783. In 1760 a breach took place in the Church, Stiles and … Continue reading “Stiles, Abel”

Stilbe in Grecian mythology, was a daughter of Peneus and Creusa, who was beloved of Apollo and is said to have become by him the mother of Lapithus and Centaurus (Diod. Sic. 4, 69, etc.). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Stikeman, William a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born at Port Richmond, Staten Island, N.Y., Aug. 9, 1845. He was converted in his sixteenth year, and was licensed to preach Jan. 31, 1862. He was received on trial by the Newark Conference in 1866, and ordained deacon in 1868. He was attacked by … Continue reading “Stikeman, William”

Stigmatization (Gr. , a masrk), is an ecclesiastical term for the formation of wounds resembling those received by our Lord during his passion. The subject involves the consideration of three questions: 1. Were such alleged wounds actual or mythical? 2. How did they originate? 3. How much worth or dignity is to be conceded to … Continue reading “Stigmatization”

Stigmatine Fathers Founded at Rome in 1816 by Saint Gaspare Bertoni; definitively approved in 1925. The congregation has its mother-house at Rome and is represented in Italy, North and South America, and China. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Stigmata, Mystical To decide merely the facts without deciding whether or not they may be explained by supernatural causes, history tells us that many ecstatics bear on hands, feet, side, or brow the marks of the Passion of Christ with corresponding and intense sufferings. These are called visible stigmata. Others only have the sufferings, without … Continue reading “Stigmata, Mystical”

Stigmata See Marks. Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church Stigmata STIGMATA (, Authorized and Revised Versions marks).The word occurs only in Gal 6:17 From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear branded on my body the marks of Jesus (Revised Version NT 1881, OT 1885 ). The subject of the stigmata (or marks) … Continue reading “Stigmata”

Stigel, Johann a friend of Melancthon and Luther, and one of the founders of the University of Jena, was born at or near Gotha, May 13, 1515. He studied the humanities, first at Leipsic and then at Wittenberg, and came to rank among the first composers of Latin poetry. In 1542 he became master of … Continue reading “Stigel, Johann”

Stigand an English prelate, was chaplain to king Edward the Confessor, and preferred by him first to the bishopric of the East Saxons, at Helmhau, in 1043, and afterwards to Winchester, in 1047. Seeing the king displeased with Robert, the archbishop, he thrust himself into his room, and kept both Winchester and Canterbury until a … Continue reading “Stigand”

Stifter, Adalbert Poet and pedagogue, b. at Oberplan in Bohemia, 23 October, 1805; d. at Linz, 28 October, 1868. His father was a linen weaver and flax dealer. In these humble surroundings the talented boy received the first intellectual stimulus from his mother and grandmother, who told him fairy-tales, stories, and legends. At school he … Continue reading “Stifter, Adalbert”