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Sunday, December 22nd, 2024
the Fourth Week of Advent
the Fourth Week of Advent
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Stellionatus
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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(from stellio, a tarantula), a name applied in the time of the early Church to all imposture and fraud which has no special title in law — such as mortgaging property already engaged; changing wares which have been sold, or corrupting them; substituting baser metal for gold. The chief of these crimes were forgery, calumny, flattery, deceitfulness in trust, and deceitefulness in traffic. See Bingham, Christ. Antiq. bk. 16, ch. 12,§ 14.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Stellionatus'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/s/stellionatus.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Stellionatus'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/s/stellionatus.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
