Paralipomenon, Books of

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• Chronicles (Paralipomenon), Books of — • Two books of the Bible containing a summary of sacred history from Adam to the end of the Captivity. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Paralipomenon (Chronicles) —     The Books of Paralipomenon (Chronicles)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Books of Paralipomenon (Chronicles)     (Paraleipomenon; Libri Paralipomenon).     Two books of the Bible containing a summary of sacred history from Adam to the end of …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Paralipomenon — Par a*li*pom e*non, n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. paraleipome nwn of things omitted, pass. p. pr. (neuter genitive plural) fr. ? to omit.] A title given in the Douay Bible to the Books of Chronicles. [1913 Webster] Note: In the Septuagint these books are… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Books of Chronicles — For other uses, see Chronicles (disambiguation). Paralipomenon redirects here. For other uses, see Paralipomena (disambiguation). Hebrew Bible …   Wikipedia

• Books of the Bible — ▪ Table Books of the Bible Jewish canon Christian canon Protestant canon (Revised Standard Version [RSV]) Roman Catholic canon (Douai Confraternity versions) Torah ( The Law ) Old Testament Genesis Genesis; or, The First Book of Moses The Book of …   Universalium

• Paralipomenon — noun (Old Testament) an obsolete name for the Old Testament books of I Chronicles and II Chronicles which were regarded as supplementary to Kings • Topics: ↑Old Testament • Hypernyms: ↑sacred text, ↑sacred writing, ↑religious writing, ↑religious… …   Useful english dictionary

• Books of the Latin Vulgate — These are the books of the Latin Vulgate along with the names and numbers given them in the Douay Rheims Bible and King James Bible. There are 76 books in the Clementine edition of the Latin Vulgate, 46 in the Old Testament, 27 in the New… …   Wikipedia

• paralipomenon — noun either of the Books of Chronicles in the Old Testament …   Wiktionary

• Chronicles, books of the — ▪ Old Testament also called  (in early Roman Catholic translation into English) Paralipomenon I And Ii,         two Old Testament books that were originally part of a larger work that included the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. These three (Ezra and …   Universalium

• Apocrypha — • A long article with a comments on each Apocryphal book. Classified according to origin Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Apocrypha     Apocrypha      …   Catholic encyclopedia