Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Sod, Sodden SOD, SODDEN.See Seethe. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Sod, Sodden sod’n. See SEETHE. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Sod The preterite of seethe, to boil. Gen 25:29; Exo 12:9; Num 6:19. Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary

Socratitae a local name for the Gnostics, which is to be found under the number 26 in St. John Damascene’s treatise On Heresies. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Socratic method (from Socrates, who is said by Plato and Xenophon to have used this method) is a way of teaching in which the master professes to impart no information, (for, in the case of Socrates, he claimed to have none), but draws forth more and more definite answers by means of pointed questions. The … Continue reading “Socratic method”

Socrates, Scholasticus an ecclesiastical historian, was born at Constantinople towards the end of the 5th century. He studied grammar and rhetoric under Ammonius and Helladius, of Alexandria, and afterwards followed the profession of advocate or scholastic. He appears, however, to have abandoned this profession in order wholly to devote himself to the study of ecclesiastical … Continue reading “Socrates, Scholasticus”

Socrates, a historian Socrates (2), one of the most interesting and valuable historians of the early Christian age, was born at Constantinople, probably early in the reign of Theodosius the younger, a.d. 408. He tells us that he was educated there under Helladius and Ammonius, two heathen grammarians, who had fled from Alexandria to escape … Continue reading “Socrates, a historian”

Socrates A historian of the Early Church, b. at Constantinople towards the end of the fourth century. Nothing is known of his parentage and his early years with the exception of a few details found in his own works. He tells us himself (Hist. eccl., V, xxiv) that he studied under the grammarians Helladius and … Continue reading “Socrates”

Socorro (DE SUCCURSU.) Established in 1895 as a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Bogota, in the Republic of Colombia, South America. The Catholic population in 1910 numbered 230,000. The city of Socorro arose at Chiancon, the settlement of an Indian chief of the same name, in 1540 defeated and captured by the discoverer Martin … Continue reading “Socorro”

Socordia in Roman mythology, was the daughter of Aether and the Earth; a personification of dulness. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Socoh, Soco soko (, , sokhoh, branches), (, sokho (in Chronicles only); , Socho, most usual, but many forms in Septuagint and in the King James Version: Socoh, Shochoh, Shoco, Shocho): (1) A city in the Shephelah of Judah mentioned along with Jarmuth, Adullam, Azekah, etc. (Jos 15:35); the Philistines gathered together at Socoh, which … Continue reading “Socoh, Soco”