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17. 7). Among the Romans the word sacramentum meant( 1) any thing sacred, hence in law a sacred deposit, a pledge;( 2) the military oath of allegiance. Hence Fr. serment, an oath.
SACRIFICE, Ps. 4. 5& 51. 19= Heb. zebhach, a slain victim; Ps. 141. 2 = Heb. minchuh, a gift, an offering; Ps. 118. 27= Heb. chag, the sacrificial victim, lit. a feast. In the Prayer Book the word is used very frequently of the self- devotion of Christ and of his atoning death, as well as of the self- dedication of Christians for Christ's sake to God; see 2 a. E. c; xv.; XVIII.; XXIX. 2, 15. In xxix. 31, ' the sacrifice of masses; Lat. sacrificium, an offering to God ( Vulg.), lit. a sacred function, a very common word in the religious language of the Romans. SADDUCEES, 18 Tr. g, a sect among the Jews which insisted chiefly upon morality, and professed no hope of future recompense; see Aids( art. JEWISH SECTS); Lat. Sadducæi( Vulg.)= Zaddovkaiol, from a Heb. word meaning righteous.'
SAINTS, IX.( Te Deum and Creed); All S. c; XXIX. 22, the holy ones, whether on earth or in heaven; Fr. saint; Lat. sanctus( Vulg.)= äytos( as in Phil. 1. 1)= Heb. qadosh, separated, consecrated and devoted to the service of God. See HOLY.
SAINTS, Ps. 30. 4& 31. 26& 50. 5 & 52. 10& 79. 2= Heb. chasidim, pious men, the Hebrew word including both love to God and love to man; see Aids( art. JEWISH SECTS,' The Chasidim'). SALVATION, All S. e, in Psalms frequently; XXIX. 6, 17, 18, 20, deliverance, help, safety, welfare, prosperity, victory. A word of large meaning, including all that is implied in the saving grace of God. Lat. salvatio( Vulg.), but the usual word in the Vulg. is salus, health, safety.
SANCTUARY, Ps. 20. 2, the holy place on the heights of Zion; Lat. sanctuarium( Vulg.) from sanctus; see SAINTS.
SANDALS, St. Pet. e, wooden soles bound on to the feet with straps; Lat. sandalia; Gk. oavdália; a word of Persian origin.
SATAN, Ps. 109. 5,' let Satan stand at his right hand,' i.e. an adversary; so R.V.
SATAN, 1 L. g; St. Mich. e; XII., one of the names of him who is variously called in Scripture the dragon, the old serpent, the devil, the accuser, the tempter; Lat. Satan( Vulg.)= Σατᾶν( Σατανᾶς)== Heb. Satan, a bitter enemy, a persecutor; in the Book of Job, the malignant accuser of men in the presence of God. The LXX. renders Heb. Satan by Stáßolos ( cp. 1 Chron. 21. 1). See DEVIL. SATISFACTION, 4 A. c; xV., ' the
satisfaction of thy Son;' xXIX. 31, something done to satisfy a person offended, a term used of the Offering of Christ on the Cross; Lat. satisfactio( Vulg.), lit. a making content( properly a legal phrase).
SAVIOUR, Ps. 17. 7& 18. 1& 106. 21, He who saves, helps, delivers, gives victory and prosperity, said of Jehovah; x.,' Jesus Christ our Saviour;' O.Fr. saveōr; Lat. salvatorem( Vulg.). See SALVATION.
SCHISM, XII., a separation from communion with the Catholic Church; in the N.T. the word is used for a division within the Church( see 1 Cor. 1. 10); Lat. schisma( Vulg.)= σχίσμα, lit. a rent, as of garments, nets, hence discord, division.
SCHOOL AUTHORS, XXIX. 13,
more commonly school- men, a name given to the theological writers of the Middle Ages. They were dialecticians as well as theologians, and spent much time on points of nice and abstract speculation. Lat. schola; Gk. axon, a place for learned conversation, lectures; lit. rest, leisure, spare time.
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SCOURGES, Ps. 89. 32, stripes; so A.V.; M.E. scourge( Wyclif, John 2. 15); O. Fr. escourge, a thong,
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