Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Bible Encyclopedias
Suburbs (2)
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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Suburbs
in an ecclesiastical sense, meant, in the early Church, all the towns and villages within the region or district to which the city magistrate extended his jurisdiction, whose bounds, for the most part, were the bounds of the bishop's diocese. See Bingham, Christ. Antiq. bk. 9:ch. 2, 3.
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Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Suburbs (2)'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/s/suburbs-2.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Suburbs (2)'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/s/suburbs-2.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
