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  • SAINTShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/SAINTS

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • AUREOLAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AUREOLA

    the Crown of Glory given by Painters and Statuaries to Saints, Martyrs, and Confessors; as a Mark of the Victory which they have obtained. See CROWN. F. Sirmond says, the Custom hereof was borrowed from the Heathens, who used to encompass the Heads of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • Theologyhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/theology

    thereto, Heaven, Hell, Resurrection, Immortality , &c. His Ministers, Angels, Devil, &c. His Church, either Triumphant, as Saints, Martyrs, Confessors, Fathers, Doctors, &c. or Militant, &c. Its Offices, Creed, Liturgy, Decalogue, Doxology,...

    • Type: Category

  • VIEW OF KNOWLEDGEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/view-of-knowledge

    thereto, Heaven, Hell, Resurrection, Immortality , &c. His Ministers, Angels, Devil, &c. His Church, either Triumphant, as Saints, Martyrs, Confessors, Fathers, Doctors, &c. or Militant, &c. Its Offices, Creed, Liturgy, Decalogue, Doxology,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Introduction

  • ADORATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADORATION

    GOD and WORSHIP. The adoration of idols is called Idolatry. See IDOLATRY. The Romanists profess a subordinate adoration to saints, images, relics, the cross, &c. See SAINT, IMAGE, RELIC, CROSS, &c. The word literally signifies, to apply the hand to the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ANDREWhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANDREW

    Thistle. See THISTLE. Andrew’s Cross, is a Badge worn in the Hat, by the People of Scotland, on the Day of the Feast of that Saint. It consists of blue and white Ribbons, disposed into a Cross, or Saltier; and is intended as a Commemoration of the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ANTHOLOGIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ANTHOLOGION

    is a sort of Breviary or Mass-Book, containing the daily Offices addressed to our Saviour, the Virgin, and the principal Saints; with other Common Offices of Prophets, Apostles, Martyrs, Pontiffs, and Confessors, according to the Greek Rite. See...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Law

  • ANNIVERSARY Dayshttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANNIVERSARY%20Days

    Days, Dies Anniversarii, among our Ancestors were those Days wherein the Martyrdoms of the Saints were yearly celebrated in the Church; as also Days whereon, at every Year’s end, Men were wont to pray for the Souls of their deceased Friends....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ADVOWEEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADVOWEE

    in the 4th Century, in the time of Silico; though the Benedictines don't fix its origin before the 8th Century. AG. Saint Benedict, 8. Ul. P. 1, Pref. p. 91, etc. By degrees, men of the first rank were brought into it, as it was found necessary, either...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ACOEMETEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACOEMETES

    Institutor of the Acoemetes, who were unknown before him," says the author of the life, a disciple of St. Alexander. This saint, according to Bollandus, lived about the Year 430. He was succeeded by Marcellus. There are a kind of Acoemetes still...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ASSUMPTIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASSUMPTION

    assumed, or taken into Heaven, Body and Soul. ASSUMPTION was also among our Ancestors, used for the Day of the Death of any Saint: Quia ejus anima in Coelum assumitur. ASSUMPTION, in Logic, is the Minor, or second Proposition; in a categorical...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified
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