Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

South sea Islanders SEE POLYNESIA. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

South, Robert, D.D. an English clergyman, was born at Hackney, Middlesex, in 1633, and became a king’s scholar at Westminster at the age of fourteen. In 1651 he was admitted a student of Christ Church, Oxford, under the care of his relative Dr. John Smith. In 1655 and 1657 successively he took his degrees of … Continue reading “South, Robert, D.D.”

South Ramoth (1Sa 30:27). SEE RAMOTHNEGEB. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature South Ramoth SOUTH RAMOTH or RAMATH OF THE SOUTH. Bordering on the desert S. of Judah; resorted to by David toward the close of his wanderings, and rewarded with a share of the Amalekite spoil (1Sa 30:27). Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary … Continue reading “South Ramoth”

South, Queen Of The SEE SHEBA. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature South, Queen of the (Mat 12:42). See QUEEN OF SHEBA. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

South End the end of an altar on the south or epistle side;. that is, on the right-hand side of a person looking eastward towards it. SEE SOUTH SIDE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

South Dakota The 40th state to be admitted to the Union, 2 November 1889. The appeal of scattered Catholics along the upper Missouri to Bishop Loras of Dubuque for missionaries, about 1841, resulted in the visitations of Father Angustin Ravoux. He ministered to Indians and French Catholics at Fort Pierre in 1842 and 1847, and … Continue reading “South Dakota”

South Country (, Negeb, south, or, according to Buxtorf, Parkhurst, and Gesenius, arid or dry country). There was a certain tract of country or portion of Palestine which was variously designated as the South, the South Country, or the Land of the South. It was so called whether it lay to the south or to … Continue reading “South Country”

South, Chambers of the The twelve constellations of the Zodiac. See ASTRONOMY, II, 12. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

South Carolina The eighth state to be admitted to the United States, 23 May 1788. Among the Jesuits sent out in 1566 by Saint Francis Borgia to the SpanisIi colonies of North America was Father John Rogel of Pamplona. In 1569 he went as missionary to the post of Saint Helena, on Port Royal Sound, … Continue reading “South Carolina”

South American College in Rome, The (Legal title, COLLEGIO PIO-LATINO-AMERICANO PONTIFICIO). The Rev. Ignatius Victor Eyzaguirre, after having spent many years in Chile, his native country, in different works for the salvation of souls, went to Rome, in 1857, and proposed to the Pope the erection of a college for students, from “Latin” American countries, … Continue reading “South American College in Rome, The”