1. (n.) The preface or introduction to a discourse, poem, or performance; as, the prologue of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales; esp., a discourse or poem spoken before a dramatic performance

2. (n.) One who delivers a prologue.

3. (v. t.) To introduce with a formal preface, or prologue.

PROLOGUE

pro'-log, prol'-og (prologos, "foreword," "preface," "introduction"): The word occurs in the preface to Ecclesiasticus (Sirach), and is commonly applied to John 1:1-18.

See ECCLESIASTICUS; JOHN, GOSPEL OF.

Prologue
... SAINT AUGUSTIN PROLOGUE. Inquietum est cor nostrum donec requiescat in te. "Our
heart finds no rest until it rests in Thee." Confessions, I, i. ...
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Prologue
... PROLOGUE. THE spirit of the Confucian scholar Hsi met with its Master Christ,
and overwhelmed by the vision yielded all to His control. ...
/.../cable/the fulfilment of a dream of pastor hsis/prologue.htm

Prologue.
... Book V. Prologue. Some men, distinguished neither by family nor education,
and without any of the honourable notoriety that comes ...
/.../theodoret/the ecclesiastical history of theodoret/prologue.htm

Prologue.
... St. Ambrose's Exposition of the Christian Faith. Book I. Prologue. The
author praises Gratian's zeal for instruction in the Faith ...
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Prologue.
... Prologue. From the Latin of the Edition of Michael Lequien, as Given in
Migne's Patrology. After the rules of Christian dialectic ...
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Prologue
... THE ADORNMENT OF THE SPIRITUAL MARRIAGE: THE FIRST BOOK PROLOGUE. Ecce sponsus venit,
exile obviam ei. Behold, the Bridegroom cometh, go ye out to meet him. ...
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Prologue.
... IV."Apologetic Works. Prologue. The presiding ministers of the "mystery of
godliness" [1935] have need of a system in their instructions ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/prologue.htm

Prologue
... THE BOOK OF SUPREME TRUTH PROLOGUE. The prophet Samuel mourned for King
Saul, though he knew well that God had rejected him and his ...
/.../john/the adornment of the spritual marriage/prologue 4.htm

Prologue
... THE SECOND BOOK PROLOGUE. The wise virgin, that is the pure soul, having
abandoned earthly things, and living according to the virtues ...
/.../john/the adornment of the spritual marriage/prologue 2.htm

Prologue
... THE SPARKLING STONE PROLOGUE. The man who would live in the most perfect
state of Holy Church must be a good and zealous man; an ...
/.../john/the adornment of the spritual marriage/prologue 3.htm

Prologue
... 1. (n.) The preface or introduction to a discourse, poem, or performance; as, the
prologue of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales; esp., a discourse or poem spoken ...
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Laodiceans (2 Occurrences)
... the prologues that are current in Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 AD) and
other manuscripts for Ephesians and Colossains: the Ephesian prologue runs as ...
/l/laodiceans.htm - 28k

Affliction (120 Occurrences)
... In the prologue of Job, Job's calamities are ascribed to the Satan, but even he
receives his word of command from God, and is responsible to Him, like the ...
/a/affliction.htm - 53k

Septuagint
... EVIDENCE OF PROLOGUE TO SIRACH V. TRANSMISSION OF THE SEPTUAGINT TEXT 1. Early
Corruption of the Text 2. Official Revision of Hebrew Text circa 100 AD 3 ...
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Sirach
... It generally includes in its connotation also "the prophecies and the rest of the
books" (Prologue); see Sirach 32 (Septuagint 35):24; 33 (Septuagint 36):1-3 ...
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Job (60 Occurrences)
... The Satan of the Prologue, who makes the wager with Yahweh, is masterfully
individualized, not as the malignant tempter and enemy of mankind, but as a spirit ...
/j/job.htm - 62k

Ptolemy
... Some regard this king as the Euergetes mentioned in the Prologue to Sir, but
the reference must rather be to Euergetes II (Ptolemy VII). ...
/p/ptolemy.htm - 17k

I-iii
... In the Prologue to Sirach ("the rest of the books") it designates generally the
Old Testament Scriptures; similarly in 1 Maccabees 12:9 ("the holy books"). ...
/i/i-iii.htm - 31k

Prolong (20 Occurrences)

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Introduction (3 Occurrences)
... In the Prologue to Sirach ("the rest of the books") it designates generally the
Old Testament Scriptures; similarly in 1 Maccabees 12:9 ("the holy books"). ...
/i/introduction.htm - 33k

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