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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_51521" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_51521" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> HERMES </strong> . One of those greeted in Romans 16:14 , possibly a slave in Caesar’s household. Hermes was a very common slave’s name (Lightfoot, <em> Philipp </em> , p. 176). </p> <p> A. J. Maclean. </p> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72963" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72963" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_43422" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_43422" /> == | ||
<p> ( ῾Ερμῆς, i.e. the Greek | <p> ( ῾Ερμῆς, i.e. the Greek [[Mercury]] [q.v. ]) the name of a man mentioned in the [[Epistle]] to the Romans as a disciple at Rome ( Romans 16:14). A.D. 55. "According to the Greeks," says Calmet (Dict. s.v.), "he was one of the seventy disciples, and afterwards bishop of Dalmatia." His festival occurs in their calendar upon April 8 (Neale, Eastern Church, 2, 774). </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_74693" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_74693" /> == | ||
<p> The | <p> The Mercury of the Romans; in the Greek mythology the herald of the gods and the god of eloquence and of all kinds of cunning and dexterity in word and action; invented the lyre, the alphabet, numbers, astronomy, music, the cultivation of the olive, &c.; was the son of [[Zeus]] and Maia; wore on embassy a winged cap, winged sandals, and carried a herald's wand as symbol of his office. </p> | ||
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