Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Spada, Orazio Filippo brother of Fabrizio, became bishop of Osimo and papal nuncio to Poland, and was made cardinal in 1706. He died June 24, 1724. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Spada, Giambattista brother of Bernardino, born at Lucca, Aug. 27, 1597, likewise became an ecclesiastic, and was made governor of Rome in 1635, president of the Romagna in 1644, cardinal in 1652, and bishop of Rimini and Palestrina. He died in Rome, Jan. 23, 1675. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Spada, Fabrizio nephew of Bernardino, born March 18, 1643, was made archbishop of Patras, nuncio to Savoy and France, and cardinal in 1675. He died June 15, 1717. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Spada, Bernardino an Italian cardinal, was born at Brisighella, in Romagna, April 21, 1594, of an obscure family. After studying the humanities with the Jesuits in Rome, he applied himself to ecclesiastical jurisprudence, in which he acquired considerable reputation. He was honored with several dignities by Paul V and Gregory XV, and afterwards by Urban … Continue reading “Spada, Bernardino”

Spackman, Henry S., D.D a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, was assistant minister of the Church at Francisville, Pennsylvania, in 1853, served in the same relation to St. Clement’s Church, Philadelphia, in the following year, and afterwards as its rector until 1864, when he was appointed chaplain in the United States Hospital, Chestnut Hill, same city. In … Continue reading “Spackman, Henry S., D.D”

Space-Time The four-dimensional continuum including the three dimensions of space (length, width and height) and one of time; the unity of space and time. The concept was first suggested by H. Minkowski and immediately afterward incorporated by A. Einstein into his (special) theory of relativity. The former contended that nothing can exist or be conceived … Continue reading “Space-Time”

Space-perception (Lat. spatium) The apprehension of the spatial properties and relations of the concrete objects of ordinary sense perception in contrast to the conceptual knowledge of the abstract spaces of physics and mathematics. Theories of space-perception area) nativistic, when they endow the mind with a primitive intuition of space which becomes qualitatively differentiated through sense … Continue reading “Space-perception”

Space, homogeneous A form of sensibility, an intuition peculiar to man which enables him to externalize his concepts in relation to one another, reveals the objectivity of things; foreshadows and prepares the way for social life. (Bergson). — H.H. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

space (Latin: spatium) A notion derived by abstraction from our sense impressions. It is conceived as a medium constituted by extra posed parts in which our perceptions of bodies are localized. In so far as there are really existing bodies possessing quantity and hence extension, space may be regarded as real, but as an abstraction … Continue reading “Space”

Spaadisir in Norse mythology, is a name of the norns, a class of goddesses represented by the skalds at being beneficent and wise, and as employed in directing the way of heroes and exalted personages through life and in securing the prosperity of such favorites through the means of prudent counsel. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, … Continue reading “Spaadisir”