Cyclopædia
Assuming saint is required, the following 7 results were found.
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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...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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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,...
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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
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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...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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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...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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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
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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