Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Stationariae, Indulgentiae Indulgences published at certain stations, and especially in the ecclesioe stationales. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Stationalis, Crux a cross or crucifix carried in religious processions, and serving as a kind of chief standard, or to denote a place of rendezvous or headquarters. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Station Days Days on which in the early Church fast was observed until the Hour of None (between twelve and three o’clock), later of Sext (nine to twelve), as distinct from the strict observance of the fast day proper until Vespers (three to six). The ancient liturgical writers commonly apply the word statio to fast … Continue reading “Station Days”

Statio a word employed in ecclesiastical language to denote, 1. A certain fixed post or place, and especially an appointed place, in which prayer might be made, either publicly or privately (locus sacer, oratorium). 2. A standing posture at prayer. SEE STANDING. 3. Statio is also frequently employed by early writers as nearly equivalent to … Continue reading “Statio”

Statinus, Or Statilinus a Roman divinity whose office it was to watch over children before they could walk and to give them the ability to stand. Sacrifices were offered to him when a child began to stand or run alone (Augustine, De Civ. Dei, 4, 21; Tertull. De Anima, 39; Varro, Ap. Non. p. 528). … Continue reading “Statinus, Or Statilinus”

States, Papal States of the Church, less exactly the Patrimony of Saint Peter, the civil territory subject to the popes as temporal rulers from 754-1870. They had their origin in the two donations made in 754 and 756 by Pepin, King of the Franks, to Pope Stephen II, of the Duchy of Rome, the Exarchate … Continue reading “States, Papal”

States of the Church (Ital. Lo Stato della Chiese) Consists of the civil territory which for over 1000 years (754-1870) acknowledged the pope as temporal ruler. The expression “Patrimonium Sancti Petri” originally designated the landed possessions and revenues of various kinds that belonged to the Church of St. Peter at Rome. Until the middle of … Continue reading “States of the Church”

States, Barbary The countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and Tripoli, so called from the Berbers who inhabit the region. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Stater (; Vulg. stater; A.V. a piece of money; margin, stater), a coin of frequent occurrence in the Graeco-Roman period. SEE MONEY. 1. The term stater, from , to stand, is held to signify a coin of a certain weight, but perhaps means a standard coin. It is not restricted by the Greeks to a … Continue reading “Stater”

Statement See Meaning, Kinds of, 1. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy