Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Zenonism SEE STOIC PHILOSOPHY; SEE STOICS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Zenobius, Saint Bishop of Florence and one of the patrons of that city, b. there in the latter part of the reign of Constantine I; d. 337. Carefully educated by pagan parents, he came early under the influence of the holy bishop Theodore, was baptized by him, and succeeded, after much opposition, in bringing his … Continue reading “Zenobius, Saint”

Zenobius Membr Martyr , Franciscan missionary, born Bapaume, France , 1645; died Fort Saint Louis, Texas, 1687. In 1675 he arrived in Canada , and in 1679 accompanied La Salle to the country of the Illinois. However, his missionary labors in that field met with little success, and he returned to Bapaume, 1681, where he … Continue reading “Zenobius Membré”

Zenobia SEE TADMOR. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Zenobe Gramme Catholic physicist. Born on 4 April 1826 at Jehay, Belgium ; died on 20 January 1901 at Bois-Colombes, France . Invented independently, and promoted the extensive use of the ring-wound armature dynamo which another Catholic, Antonio Pacinotti had invented in 1860. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Zeno the Stoic SEE STOICS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Zeno the Stoic (c. 340-265 B.C.) A native of Cyprus and the founder of the Stoic School in Athens. His philosophy was built on the principle that reality is a rational order in which nature is controlled by laws of Reason, interpreted … Continue reading “Zeno the Stoic”

Zeno, Saint Entered in the Roman Martyrology on 12 April as a Bishop of Verona martyred under Gallienus. Probably, however, he was a confessor who governed the Church of Verona from 362-380. At Verona a basilica, San Zenone, is dedicated to his honour, and some thirty churches and chapels bear his name. In the basilica … Continue reading “Zeno, Saint”

Zeno of Elea Greek philosopher, born at Elea, about 490 B.C. At his birthplace Xenophanes and Parmenides had established the metaphysical school of philosophy known as the Eleatic School. The chief doctrine of the school was the oneness and immutability of reality and the distrust of sense-knowledge which appears to testify to the existence of … Continue reading “Zeno of Elea”

Zeno a Greek philosopher, was born at Elea, in Southern Italy, about B.C. 490. He was a pupil of Carmenides, and lived at Elea all his life, with the exception of occasional visits to Athens, where he had many of the wealthy citizens for his disciples. He is said to have engaged in a conspiracy … Continue reading “Zeno”

Zenkel, Georg Peter a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born March 20, 1717, at Schwarzenbach, in Bayreuth, He studied theology, Oriental languages, and natural sciences at Jena. In 1740 he was permitted to lecture, and in 1746 was made adjunct to the philosophical faculty. In 1754 he was called as professor of philosophy to Erlangen, … Continue reading “Zenkel, Georg Peter”