Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

stained glass The popular name for the glass used in the making of colored windows, which really should be confined to glass painted with oxide of silver. Pot-metal, the glass usually employed in colored windows, is colored while in a molten state. Before the Christian era colored windows were made in the East by arranging … Continue reading “Stained Glass”

Stained (Or Painted) Glass Though often used as if they were synonymous, there is a broad distinction between these terms. Stained glass is glass the substance of which has been stained or colored in the process of manufacture; while painted glass is that which, whether previously stained or colorless, has had a design painted upon … Continue reading “Stained (Or Painted) Glass”

Stahlschmidt, John Christian a minister of the German Reformed Church, was born not far from Cologne, in the principality of Nassau-Siegein, March 3, 1740. In his nineteenth year he was brought to sympathize considerably with Pietistic separatists, which so displeased his father that he whipped him, extorting from him a promise that he would no … Continue reading “Stahlschmidt, John Christian”

Stahl, Friedrich Julius a famous jurist of Germany, was born at Munich, of Jewish parentage, January 16, 1802. At the age of seventeen he embraced Christianity, and though he was entitled at that time to a professorship at the gymnasium, he betook himself to the study of jurisprudence, and was in 1829 made doctor of … Continue reading “Stahl, Friedrich Julius”

Stahelin, Johann Jacob a Protestant divine, was born May 6, 1797, at Basle; studied theology at Tbingen from 1817 to 1821, and commenced lecturing as a privat docent at Basle in 1823. In 1828 he was made extraordinary professor of theology, in 1835 ordinary professor, and in 1842 he was honored with the doctorate of … Continue reading “Stahelin, Johann Jacob”

Stagirus, friend of Chrysostom Stagirus (Stagirius), a young friend of Chrysostom, of noble birth, who against his father’s wishes embraced a monastic life, joining the brotherhood of which Chrysostom was a member, and continuing there after failure of health compelled Chrysostom’s return to Antioch. The self-indulgent life Stagirus had led was a door preparation for … Continue reading “Stagirus, friend of Chrysostom”

Stagger * For STAGGER see WAVER Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Stage playing In the early Church, actors, and stage players were regarded as ineligible to membership. The canons forbade all such to be baptized except on condition that they first bade adieu to their arts. Should they return to them, they were excommunicated, and were not reconciled or received again to favor but upon their … Continue reading “Stage playing”

Stage a step, floor, or story. The term is particularly applied to the spaces or divisions between the setoffs of buttresses in Gothic architecture, and to the horizontal divisions of windows which are intersected by transoms. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Stag See Deer Fuente: Plants Animals Of Bible Stag SEE DEER. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature