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pistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena.

but that faith alone is necessary to salvation. The sect of Antinomians originated with John Agricola, in Germany, about the year 1535. Mosheim.

ction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona.

Good against scrofulous disorders. Johnson. Wiseman.

aphlogistic lamp, in which a coil of wire is kept in a state of continued ignition by alcohol, without flame.

The revelation delivered to St. John, in the isle of Patmos, near the close of the first century, forming the last book of the New Testament.

Of or pertaining to a revelation, or, specifically, to the Revelation of St. John; containing, or of the nature of, a prophetic revelation. Apocolyptic number, the number 666, mentioned in Rev. xiii. 18. It has been variously interpreted.

An apohlegmatic medicine.

s as a missionary or reformer; as, Dionysius of Corinth is called the apostle of France, John Eliot the apostle to the Indians, Theobald Mathew the apostle of temperance.

as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest. It doth not yet appear what we shall be. 1 John iii. 2. Of their vain contest appeared no end. Milton.

looketh on the outward appearance. 1 Sam. xvi. 7. Judge not according to the appearance. John. vii. 24.

The thing applied. He invented a new application by which blood might be stanched. Johnson.

To betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively. I applied myself to him for help. Johnson.

quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar. "An apt wit." Johnson. Live a thousand years, I shall not find myself so apt to die. Shak. I find thee apt . . . Now, Hamlet, hear. Shak.

A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, contained in gum arabic, from which it is extracted as a white, amorphous substance.

ation of living beings; the anima mundi or plastic power of the old philosophers. [Obs.] Johnson.

to an archdeacon. This offense is liable to be censured in an archidiaconal visitation. Johnson.

Sandy; full of sand. Johnson.

A coating or overlaying with silver. [R.] Johnson.

Sharp; shrill. [Obs.] Johnson.