Spare, Sparingly “to spare,” i.e., “to forego” the infliction of that evil or retribution which was designed, is used with a negative in Act 20:29; Rom 8:32; Rom 11:21 (twice); 2Co 13:2; 2Pe 2:4-5; positively, in 1Co 7:28; 2Co 1:3; rendered “forbear” in 2Co 12:6. See FORBEAR. Note: In Luk 15:17, perisseuo, “to abound, have … Continue reading “Spare, Sparingly”
Spanish Version
Spanish Version SEE ROMANIC VERSIONS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Spanish Language and Literature
Spanish Language and Literature Spanish, a Romance language, that is, one of the modern spoken forms of Latin, is the speech of the larger part of the Iberian or most westerly peninsula of Europe. It belongs to the more central part of the region: Portuguese is spoken in the western part, Basque in the Pyrenees … Continue reading “Spanish Language and Literature”
Spanish College
Spanish College Rome, Italy. Founded in 1893 through the efforts of Pope Leo XIII, the episcopacy, the royal family, and others in Spain. Directed by the Spanish Congregation of the Operarii Direcesani. The students attend the Gregorian, and are distinguished by a cape and sky blue sash. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Spanish Armada, The
Spanish Armada, The The naval and military force sent by Spain to invade England , 1588. Philip II had grievances against England in the buccaneering voyages of Drake and other privateers and in the subsidizing of the Protestants in the Netherlands. Spain, however, was unwise to attempt to prohibit all traffic to her colonies; and … Continue reading “Spanish Armada, The”
Spanish Architecture
Spanish Architecture In the South few early Gothic buildings remain, and those which exist were mainly erected in the 15th century; but in the North the Obra de Godos (Gothic), the Romanesque, and Geometrical Pointed (Tudesco) are represented. The German Middle Pointed, as well as French art, clearly influenced the designers in Spain. The old … Continue reading “Spanish Architecture”
Spanish-American Universities
Spanish-American Universities The University of St. Mark’s at Lima enjoys the reputation of being the oldest in America; it has the distinction of having first begun its course by royal decree. The univerity in Santo Domingo in the West Indies was the first to be established by a papal Bull. Other similar institutions soon arose … Continue reading “Spanish-American Universities”
Spanish-American Literature
Spanish-American Literature The literature produced by the Spanish-speaking peoples of Mexico, Central America, Cuba and adjacent islands, and of South America with the notable exceptions of Brazil (whose speech is Portuguese) and the Guianas. In the main the methods and the ideals of the Spanish-American writers, whether those of the colonial period or those of … Continue reading “Spanish-American Literature”
Spanheim, Friedrich (2)
Spanheim, Friedrich (1), theological professor at Geneva and Leyden, was born Jan. 1, 1600, at Amberg, in the Palatinate. After completing his studies at Heidelberg and Geneva, he accepted the place of tutor in the family of the viscount de Vitrolles, in order that he might contribute towards the financial relief of his father, then … Continue reading “Spanheim, Friedrich (2)”
Spanheim, Ezekiel
Spanheim, Ezekiel a diplomatist and philologist, rather than clergyman and theologian, was born at Geneva in 1629. At the age of sixteen he defended Theses contra Ludovicum Capellum pro Antiquitate Hebraicarum (Lugd. Bat. 1645). A response by Bochart called forth his Diatriba de Lingua et Literis Hebroeorum (1648). In 1650 the government of Geneva offered … Continue reading “Spanheim, Ezekiel”