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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72399" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72399" /> == | ||
<p> Ecclesias'ticus. One of the books of the Apocrypha. This title is given in the | <p> '''Ecclesias'ticus.''' One of the books of the Apocrypha. This title is given in the Latin version to the book which is called, in the [[Septuagint]] [[(Lxx)]] ''The Wisdom of Jesus, the Son of Sirach'' . The word designates the character of the writing, as publicly used in the services of the Church. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50808" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50808" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> [[Ecclesiasticus]] </strong> See Apocrypha, [[§]] <strong> 13 </strong> . </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_114439" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_114439" /> == | ||
<p> (n.) A book of the Apocrypha. </p> | <p> (n.) [[A]] book of the Apocrypha. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_38533" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_38533" /> == | ||
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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72713" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72713" /> == | ||
<p> One of the books of the Apocrypha, ascribed to Jesus, the son of Sirach, admitted to the sacred canon by the [[Council]] of Trent, though excluded by the Jews. It contains a body of wise maxims, in imitation, as regards matter as well as form, of the Proverbs of Solomon, and an appendix on the men who were the disciples of wisdom. Its general aim, as has been said, is "to represent wisdom as the source of all virtue and blessedness, and by warnings, admonitions, and promises to encourage in the pursuit of it." It was originally written in Hebrew, but is now extant only in a | <p> One of the books of the Apocrypha, ascribed to Jesus, the son of Sirach, admitted to the sacred canon by the [[Council]] of Trent, though excluded by the Jews. It contains a body of wise maxims, in imitation, as regards matter as well as form, of the Proverbs of Solomon, and an appendix on the men who were the disciples of wisdom. Its general aim, as has been said, is "to represent wisdom as the source of all virtue and blessedness, and by warnings, admonitions, and promises to encourage in the pursuit of it." It was originally written in Hebrew, but is now extant only in a Greek translation executed in Egypt, professedly by the author's grandson. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3385" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3385" /> == | ||
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== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15553" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15553" /> == | ||
<p> Ecclesias´ticus [ | <p> Ecclesias´ticus [[[Wisdom]] [[Of]] [[Jesus,]] [[Son]] [[Of]] [[Sirach]]] </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
