Sohn, Georg a theologian of Hesse, was born in Rossbach, Dec. 31, 1551. In 1571 he obtained the degree of master of liberal arts at Wittenberg, and in the following year began to teach at Marburg. In 1574 he entered the faculty, and was intrusted with the exposition of Melancthon’s Loci Communes, and soon afterwards … Continue reading “Sohn, Georg”
Sohar
Sohar SEE ZOHAR. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Sogane
Sogane (, Suidas ), the name of two towns in Palestine. 1. A city of Galilee (Josephus, Life, p. 51; War, 2, 20, 6), situated twenty stadia from Araba, and the same distance from Gabara (Reland, Palest. p. 1021); now Sukhnim, a village in the center of Galilee, first visited by G. Schultz, and identified … Continue reading “Sogane”
Softly
Softly * For SOFTLY see BLOW (Verb), No. 2 Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words
Soft
Soft * For SOFT see EFFEMINATE Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words
Soffit
Soffit (erroneously Sopheat), a ceiling. The word is seldom used except in reference to the subordinate parts and members of buildings, such as staircases, entablatures, archways, cornices, etc., the undersides of which are called the soffit. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Sodor And Man, Diocese Of
Sodor And Man, Diocese Of The Norwegians and Danes, who in ancient times occupied the Orkneys and other islands on the coast of Scotland, divided these islands into two groups: to the former they gave the name of Nordureyar, or Northern Isles; and to the latter, which included the western islands, that of Surdureyar, or … Continue reading “Sodor And Man, Diocese Of”
Sodor and Man
Sodor and Man Ancient diocese, founded as the Diocese of Man, possibly by Saint Patrick, 5th century, and including the Scottish Isles until the 14th, whence Sodor or Suthr-Eyar (Southern Isles). In 1542 the see was transferred to the Province of York. The last Catholic bishop was Thomas Stanley. The present Anglican diocese includes the … Continue reading “Sodor and Man”
Sodomy
Sodomy an unnatural crime, consisting of the defilement of man with man, and thus differing from bestiality, which is the defilement of man with brutes. The name is derived from Sodom, in which city the crime was frequent. Sodomy was strictly forbidden in the Mosaic law, and was punishable with death (Lev 20:13). Among the … Continue reading “Sodomy”
Sodomitish Sea
Sodomitish Sea (Mare Sodomiticum), a name once given in the Apocrypha (2Es 5:3) to the Dead Sea (q.v.). evidently from its supposed connection with the overthrow of Sodom. A striking illustration of this coincidence in name (which in some form has ever since clung to that lake) is found in the names of one or … Continue reading “Sodomitish Sea”