). SirJ.F.Davis(CSUMi,fi,lQl) nese " mode of divination by ceria ' shape the longitudinal sections of a These are thrown by pairs, and, aa th^ tn judgment is formed of a fhtnre event by the interpretation afforded by a Sibylliae vio3i»^ up in the nearest temple.** Captaiw Bat&ii Eastern Af rial, mentions some not " of divination; nor are these ** fooleries of f^'ai calls them, unknown among onnelTes; Evaa miners in the south-west of Kngland walk vi^H <fowtiN|^ ffidb in hand over aospected qwts ; a this divining rod is in their view an infeHiit^ ai^e lode. Similar superstitions have lately Ufa pcfs in this country in searching for petrokm. Slid Salchlin has written a treatise on this csdoh Idolomantia et RhabdomanHa onfr-cftrwddaa, sertatio kittorico-thoohgia ad Ho*, iv, 12 (Ba% H. A good deal of information may be obtsiaedk^ Lydii Syntag. 8aer, de re MiHtari, c 3 (UeeliE.!^ xxvii, 142-146), and in Delrio, Diaqms. Megk. Ef c 2, quaaet. 8, sect. 1, sub fin. ; sect 8, sab iii 9 Stock; Staff. Compare Ma-ctrd^y BkmnM 1861. On the general subject, see Andr. &cii,ta (Roterd. 1651), i, 1244 sq. On the arts d&^sa practised by the ancient Greeks and B«atQ&i Smith's Diet, of Clots, Aniiq, s. v. Divitutk-Di s. V. ; Smith, s. v. See Sorcebt.
Divine, (1) of or belonging to God; (S) s^ man; (8)aministerortbeologianf asonevko^ the things of God.
Divine Right, (1) in politics, tiie eiamiiw eigns to unlimited obedience, on the gnod tte i sovereign power is derived directiy fron Ged. ecclesiastical polity, the divine ri^ (Jiu Urn been claimed for certain forms of Church gorasari and for certain classes of persons as a/ima it ; e. g. bishops in tiie Boman Churdi k^ divine right to exercise anthorftr in tbdr &em while the Pope claims that their right is aot i(«t divine, but mediately through him. This has never been authoritatively eettied. It ru kn^ discussed in the Council of Trent (q. v.). (y< is* Protestant churches generally, the ckim o^ ^ right on the part of the clergy to goveiB k fo^ abandoned, and where it is held the ri^ is ed as a mediate one, derived through the Scn^t^ist^ i far as they give principles and laws fa dadp' emment. See Ecclesiastical Politt.
Divinity, a term sometimes used science of theology. See Theoloot.
DiviNiTT OF Christ. See Chrisiologt cabkation; Trinitt.
Divisions, Church. See ScmaL
Division, the rendering of the ttSkfwmg ^
1. n^bn, chalukkah^ 2 Chipn. xxxv, 5, or r;^ maehalo^keth. Josh, xi, 28; xii, 7; xviH,10; 10* xxiv, 1 ; xxvi, 1, 12, 19; Neh. xi, 86; a wplfi^ trUmiion (e. g. the sacerdotal " Conner* or w
2. m^B, pthiggak', 2 Chron. xxxv, 6, «r CtaH. spt peh^^', Ezra vi, 18, a parMm (Ukewiie iffb^ > the priestiy ranks), but m^B, pelaggiA% Jaifr t.^ 16, streamlets (" rivers," Job xx, 17). «. rrtf Art*', acKrtinc^wm, Exod.via,28(elsewb«*' tfon"). 4. ^mfupKfftS^, dismum, Luke »i, fl; "P" araaia, variance^ Rom. xvi, 17; 1 Cor. iii, 3: €•-' 20 ; <TXf <r/xa, a «pto, John vii, 48 ; ix, 16 ; x, »('* Matt, ix, 16; Mark ii, 21).
Drvisioss IK THE Church at CobetwC^P^ ra, 1 Ck)r. i, 10; xi, 18, sdkwms, as rendered 1 Of." 25), i. e. parties or factions leading to alluufa I* " contention" 1 Cor. i, U). The exirtenoMj of the early churches oif a strong tendency I8»*»J ingrafting of Judaism upon Christibsi^ is 1 6^ *
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I to erery reader of the N. T. ; and though the h mt Corinth was founded by Paul and after- instructed by Apolloa, yet it b extremely prob- lat, as in the churches of Galatia, so in thoee of I, this tendency may have been strongly mani- and that aparty may have arisen in the Church inth opposed to the liberal and spiritual system 1, and more inclined to one which aimed at fet- Christianity with the restrictions and outward of the Mosaic dispensation. The leaders of this probably came with letters of commendation (2 i, 1) to the Corinthian Church, and it b possible hey may have had these from Peter ; but that irty itself received any countenance from that a cannot for a moment be supposed. Rather we believe that they took the name of " the apos- the circumcision** as the designation of their for the sake of gaining greater authority to their >n ; at any rate, they seem to have used Peter's wledged place among the apostles to the dispar- )nt of Paul, and hence his -retort (2 Cor. xi, 6). ^hement opposition of this party to Paul, and pointed attack upon his claims to the apostolic would naturally lead those who had been Paul's rts, and who probably formed the major part of hnrch, to rally round his pretensions, and the nes of a pure and spiritual Christianity which he t. Closely allied with this party, and in some :ts only a subdivision of it, was that of Apollos. distinguished teacher was not only the friend al, bnt had followed up Paul's teaching at Cor- n a congenial spirit and to a harmonious result r. iii, 5, etc.). Between the party, therefore, as- ig his name, and that ranking itself under the of the apostle, there could be no substantial id of difference. Perhaps, as Apollos had the ad- ge of Paul in some respects, especially in focil- public speaking (Acts xviii, 24 ; comp. 2 Cor. ), the sole ground on which his party may have Ted him was the higher gratification he afforded i addresses to their educated taste than was de- from the simple statements of the apostle con- )g ^* Christ and him crucified." Thus for all, :h almost purely conjectural, is easy and proba- but in relation to the fourth party— that which *' I am of Christ" — it has been found extremely lit to determine by what peculiar sentiments they distinguished. (See the Stud. u. Krk, 1865, i.) simplest hypothesis is that of Augustine ("alii olebant aedificari super Petrum, sed super petram >ant] Ego autem sum Christi," De verb. Dom.' . 13), whom Eichhom (Einleit. iii, 107), Schott )ffe m N.T. p. 288), Pott (A^. T. Koppian. vol. v, I, p. 25), Bleek {Einl, p. 897), and others foUow, hat this party was composed of the better sort in hurch, who stood neutral, and, declining to follow lere human leader, declared themselves to belong to Christ, the common Lord and the Leader of This opinion is chiefly based on 1 Cor. iii, 22, 28, ) it is supposed the four parties are alluded to, hat of Christ alone commended. But this seems ed and improbable interpretation of that passage J words w/M«c ^^ XpKTTovy "and ye are Christ's," ; much more naturally understood as applying to le Corinthians, than as describing only a part of . This opinion, moreover, hardly tollies with the lage of the apostle concerning the Christ-party, Cor. i, 12, and 2 Cor. x, 7, where he evidently A of them in terms of censure, and as guilty of ing Christ. Another hypothesis is that suggest- Storr {Notitim Hittorica epUtott. ad Cor, wterprt- tt semmfef, m his Opu$c. Acad, ii, 242), and which «en followed, among others, by Hug (Introd, p. Posdick's trans.), Bertholdt (^Einleit. p. 8820), and Be (PauH ad Cor. EpUtola Grcace. etc. Prdeg. p. A%. that the Christ-party was one which, profess- 3 follow James and the other brethren of the Lord