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  • DEACONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/DEACON

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

  • ACOLYTHEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/ACOLYTHES

    viz. Palatini, who waited on the Pope; Stationarii, who served in Churches; and Regionarii, who, together with the Deacons, officiated in other Parts of the City. See STATIONARII, DEACONS, etc. The Word is derived from the Greek ἀκολουθέω (akoloutheō),...

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

  • ARCHBISHOPRIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARCHBISHOPRIC

    See VISITATION, PARISH, etc. The archdeacon, sometimes also called arch-levite, was originally the first and eldest of the deacons who attended on the bishop; whence his name. See DEACON. He was not known before the Council of Nice: his function has...

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

  • ALMShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALMS

    Christians were divided into three Parts; one whereof belonged to the Bishops, another to the Priests, and a third to the Deacons and Subdeacons. Sometimes they divided them into four; the last whereof went to the Poor, and the Repairing of Churches....

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

  • AMBOhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/theology/AMBO

    a kind of Pulpit, or Desk, anciently used in Churches, whereon the Priests and Deacons stood to read, or sing part of the Service; and preach to the People. See PULPIT. It was ascended by Steps; which occasioned that part of the Office performed there,...

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

  • ARCHETYPEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARCHETYPE

    was an ancientdignity, in cathedral churches: the ministers whereof were divided into four orders, or degrees, viz. Priests,Deacons, Subdeacons, and Acolytes; each of which had their chiefs: The chief of the Acolytes was calledArchiacolythus. See...

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

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

    THEOLOGY, or the Consideration of GOD: his Nature and Attributes, as Eternity, Ubiquity, &c. His Unity, Trinity, &c. Persons, Hypostasis. &c. Our Duty to him, discover'd by Inspiration, Revelation, Prophecy, &c. by the Mesiah, Evangelisis, Apostles,...

    • Type: Category

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

    1 METEOROLOGY, or the History of AIR and ATMOSPHERE: including, 1°, that of its Contents, Æther,Fire,Vapour, Exhalation, &c. 2°, Meteors form'd therein, as Cloud, Rain, Shower, Drop, Snow, Hail, Dew, Damp, &c. Rainbow, Parhelion, Halo, Thunder, Water-...

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

  • ABBOThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/theology/ABBOT

    ABBOT or ABBAT, the Chief, or Superior of an Abbey, of the Male Kind. See ABBEY, and ABBESS. The Name Abbot is originally Hebrew, where it signifies Father. The Jews call Father in their Language Ab ; whence the Chaldees and Syrians form'd Abba ; and...

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

  • AGAPETAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AGAPETA

    AGAPETA In ecclesiastical history, agapeta, meaning "well-beloved", was a name given to certain virgins who in the ancient church associated themselves with ecclesiastics, out of a motive of piety and charity. In the primitive days, there were women...

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