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Abultion

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Abultion
David Cox’s Topical Bible Concordance

In general is a ceremonial washing with water.
• General references Exo. 19:10, 14; Mat. 15:2; Mar. 7:2-5, 8-9; Luk. 11:38; Heb. 9:10.
• Of priests Exo. 29:4; 30:18-21; 40:12, 31-32; Lev. 8:6; 16:4, 24, 26, 28; Num. 19:7-10, 19; 2Ch. 4:6.
• Of burnt offerings Lev. 1:9, 13; 9:14; 2Ch. 4:6.
• Of the dead Act. 9:37.
• Of infants Eze. 16:4.
• Of the face Mat. 6:17.
• Of the feet Gen. 18:4; 19:2; 24:32; 43:24; Exo. 30:19, 21; 40:31; Judg. 19:21; 2Sa. 11:8; Song 5:3; Luk. 7:38, 44; Joh. 13:5; 1Ti. 5:10.
• Of the hands Exo. 30:18-21; 40:30-32.
• Of the hands, as a token of innocency Deu. 21:6; Psa. 26:6; Mat. 27:24.
• For defilement:
– Of lepers Lev. 14:8-9.
– Those having bloody issue Lev. 15:5-13.
– Those having eaten that which died Lev. 17:15-16.
• Traditional forms of, not observed by Jesus Luk. 11:38-39 Purification; Defilement
• Figurative General references Psa. 51:2; 65:3; 73:13; 79:9; Pro. 16:6; 20:9; Isa. 1:16; 4:3-4; Dan. 12:10; Act. 22:16; 1Co. 5:7; 6:11; Tit. 3:5; Heb. 1:3; 9:14; Jam. 4:8; 2Pe. 1:9; 1Jn. 1:7; Rev. 1:5; 7:14 Regeneration
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Abib (month)

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Abib [H24]

David Cox’s Topical Bible Concordance
• Called also Nisan. First month in the Jewish calendar Exo. 12:2.
• Passover instituted and Israelites depart from Egypt in Exo. 23:15; Deu. 16:1.
• Tabernacle set up in Exo. 40:2, 17.
• Israelites arrive at the wilderness of Zin in Num. 20:1.
• Enter Canaan in Jos. 4:19.
• Jordan’s overflow in 1Ch. 12:15.

Baptism

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Baptism

David Cox’s Topical Bible Concordance
Baptism.
As administered by John Mt 3:5-12; Joh 3:23; Ac 13:24; 19:4
Sanctioned by Christ’s submission to it Mt 3:13-15; Lu 3:21
Adopted by Christ Joh 3:22; 4:1,2
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abstemii

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Abstemii

Abstemii is a Roman Catholic term used to identify those who could not parpake of the eucharist (communion) within the Roman Catholic Church. This has to do with a belief or conviction within these people against taking strong drink.

An abstemius (plural abstemii) is one who cannot takewine without risk of vomiting. As, therefore, the consecration at Mass must be effected in both species, of bread and wine, an abstemius is consequently irregular.

St. Alphonsus Liguori, following the opinion of Suarez, teaches that such irregularity is de jure divino (Latin: “of divine law”); and that, therefore, the Pope cannot dispense from it. The term is also applied to one who has a strong distaste for wine, though able to take a small quantity. A distaste of this nature does not constitute irregularity, but a papal dispensation is required, in order to excuse from the use of wine at the purification of the chalice and the ablution of the priest’s fingers at the end of a Mass celebrated in the Tridentine Mass. In these cases the use of wine is a canonical law from whose observance the Church has power to dispense. A decree of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, dated 13 January 1665, grants a dispensation in this sense to missionaries in China, on account of the scarcity of wine; various similar rulings are to be found in the collection of the decrees of the Sacred Congregation of Rites. Wikipedia.org

 

ABSTEMII. A name given to such persons as could not partake of the cup of the eucharist, on account of their natural aversion to wine.

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absolution

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ABSOLUTION. Signifies acquittal.

It is taken also from that act whereby the priest declares the sins of such as are penitent remitted. The Romanists hold absolution a part of the sacrament of penance: and the council of Trent and that of Florence declare the form or essence of the sacrament to lie in the words of absolution. “I absolve thee “of thy sins.” According to this, no one can receive absolution without the privity, consent and declaration of the priest; except, therefore, the priest be willing, God himself cannot pardon any man. This is a doctrine as blasphemous as it is ridiculous. The chief passage on which they ground their power of absolution is that in John 20:23  “Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them, and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained.” But this is not to the purpose; since this was a special commission to the apostles themselves, and the first preachers of the Gospel, and most probably referred to the power he gave them of discerning spirits. By virtue of this power, Peter struck Ananias and Sapphira dead, and Paul struck Elimas blind. But supposing the passage in question to apply to the successors of the apostles, and to ministers in general, it can only import that their office is to preach pardon to the penitent, assuring those who believe that their sins are forgiven through the merits of Jesus Christ; and that those who remain in unbelief are in a state of condemnation. Any idea of authority given to fallible, uninspired men to absolve sinners, different from this, is unscriptural; nor can I see much utility in the terms ministerial or declarative absolution, as adopted by some divines, since absolution is wholly the prerogative of God; and the terms above-mentioned, may, to say the least, have no good influence on the minds of the ignorant and superstitious.

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Absence

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The concept behind absence is that there are obligations and duties implied, and the particular person in question is not living up to those duties, and the most obvious beginning point is a physical presence where those duties are being performed. At church, absence implies that each and every believer has a duty and obligation to be at church to participate in the activities there. The lack of attending is a basic “absence” which is a lack of physical presence, but the concept goes further, in that that person does not participate in the activities that take place there.

Doubting Thomas is a classic New Testament example, where the resurrected Christ appeared to the disciples, and Thomas was not there, and he missed out on the activities there. There is therefore a twofold thought, one of not identifying correctly because of a physical absence, and then there is the idea that a physical absence also including a missing out on blessings and on contributions that the person can or could of made to the activities at that church reunion.

-DCox

 

Merriam-Webster defines this as…

a state or condition in which something expected, wanted, or looked for is not present or does not exist : a state or condition in which something is absent.

a failure to be present at a usual or expected place

a period of time when someone is not present at a place, job, etc.

 

Absence.

  • Missing, uncounted Eccl 1:15
  • Purposeful separation John 14:28
  • Feared reunion 2Co 12:20-21
  • Believers reunited Phil 1:25-26
  • Remembering those absent 1Th 2:17

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abrasax

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Gems found in great abundance in Spain, which represent a human body, with the head of a cock and the feet of a reptile. They have often the inscription Abrasax, or Abraxas in Greek characters, which is supposed, however, to be Persian or Egyptian origin. According to Bellerman, they belonged to the religious sect of the Basilidians, and were used partly as means for teaching secret doctrines, partly as symbols, and partly as amulets or talismans. The name is also given to those stones which bear the emblems of Sahaeism. Dr. Neander, of Berlin, has wrtiten an interesting dissertation on the subject.

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Abelians, Abelites, Abelonians

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Or ABELONIANS, a sect which arose in the diocese of Hippoo in Africa, and is supposed to have begun in the reign of Arcadius, and ended in that of Theodosius. Indeed, it was not calculated for being of any long continuance. They regulated marriage after the example of Abel, who, they pretended, was married, but lived in a state of continence: they therefore allowed each man to marry one woman, but enjoined them to live in the same state. To keep up the sect, when a man and woman entered into this society, they adopted a boy and a girl, who were to inherit their goods, and to marry upon the same terms of not having children, but of adopting two of different sexes.

Abelians, Abelites, Abelonians. a sect which arose about the year 360, near Hippo, in Africa, and borrowed their name from Abel, the son of Adam, because, as they supposed, he died unmarried, and without children. Though they did not abstain from matrimony, yet they had no carnal knowledge of their wives, that they might not be instrumental in propagating original sin. That their numbers might be kept up, they adopted the children of others, on whom they settled their property, on condition that they would adhere to the principles of the sect. It does not appear to have continued long in existence, but it has recently been revived among the Shakers of America.

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Abbey

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Definition – a Catholic concept where people recluse themselves from the evils of the world within the walls of a sanctuary.

–DCox

A monastery, governed by a superior under the title of Abbot or Abbess. Monasteries were at first nothing more than religious houses, whither persons retired from the bustle of the world to spend their time in solitude and devotion: but they soon degenerated from their original institution, and procured large privileges, exemptions, and riches. They prevailed greatly in Britain before the reformation, particularly in England; and as they increased in riches, so the state became poor, for the lands which these regulars possessed could never revert to the lords who gave them. These places were wholly abolished by Henry VIII. He first appointed visitors to inspect into the lives of the monks and nuns, which were found in some places very disorderly; upon which the abbots, perceiving their dissolution unavoidable, were induced to resign their houses to the king, who by that means became invested with the abbey lands; these were afterwards granted to different persons, whose descendants enjoy them at this day: they were then valued at 2,853,000/.per annum; an immense sum in those days.–Though the suppression of these houses, considered in a religious and political light, was a great benefit to the nation, yet it must be owned, that, at the time they flourished, they were not entirely useless. Abbeys were then the repositories as well as the seminaries of learning: many valuable books and national records have been preserved in their libraries; the only places wherein they could have been safely lodged in those turbulent times. Indeed, the historians of this country are chiefly beholden to the monks for the knowledge they have of former national events. Thus a kind Providence overruled even the institutions of superstition for good. See MONASTERY.

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