EQUITIUS
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EQUIVOCATION
The following simimary shows the correspondence cf the principal epochs, leras, and periods \vitli that of the birth of Christ, or Christian ara. (A valuable treatise on .Evas of ancient and modern Times may be found in the Cumininion to the Almanac, 1830.) — Kitto, s. V. Chronology. See also jEra.
.Eras. Commencement. I Abbrev.
Greek year of the World Constantinpoli- j eccles.
t:in x-va. ( civil. .
Alexandrian sera
ICccle^. ieni of Autiocli . .
Julian period
Mundane lera
Jewisli mundane sera. ..
Jewish civil sera
lliudu year of the World yEra of Abraham'.'! call. . Destruction of Troy .... Kp. of Solomon's Templo
J£.va, of the Olympiads \
Year of Rome
.-Era of Nabonassar
Ep. of Daniel's TO weeks. Metonic cycle
Calippic period ^
Pliilippean sei-a
Syi'o-Macedonian a;ra. . .
Tynan a?ra
Sidonian fer.i
Hindu sera of Vicrama-)
ditya. /
CfB-sarean sera of Antioch
Julian sera
Spanish sera
.^ra of Actiura
Actean sera in Egypt . . .
Augustan sera
Pontifical indiction
Indie, of Constantinople.
Vulgar Christian sera. . . Destruction of Jtrusalem Hindu sera of Sulwana. . .^ra of the .Maccabees. .
iEra of Diocletian
jEra of Ascension
jEra of Martyrs
jEra of Armenians
Year of the llegira
Persian sera of Yezdegird
569S, 5r>(l8, 5508, 55!)-J, 4'.»2, 4713, 400S, 3761, TCI, 10-2. iUl,"},
ns4,
1015, TTG,
753, 747, 45S, 432, 330,
3-23, 31'2, 1'25, 110,
57.
48. 45.
3s:
30. 30,
27.
Sept. 1.
Mar. 21orAp.l.
Sept. 1.
Aug. 29.
Sept. 1.
Jan. 1.
Oct.
vern. equinox.
Oct.
Oct.
June 12 or 24.
May.
n. moon of sum- mer solstice.
April 21.
Feb. 26.
vern. equinox.
July 15.
n. moon of sum- mer solstice.
June.
Sept. 1.
Oct. 19.
Oct.
Sept. 1. Jan. 1. Jan. 1. Jan.l. Sept. 1. Feb. 14.
Dec.25or Jan. 1. Sept. 1.
A. M. Gr.
A. M. Const. A. M. Const. A. M. Al. A. M. Ant. J. P. A.M. A. M. Jud. A. M. Jud. Caliynga. M. Abr. M. Troj. M. I'empl.
Olymp.
A. r. c.
JK. Nab. M. 70 W. Met. Cyc.
Cal. Per.
M. Phil. A\. Seleuc. JE. Tyr. M. Sid.
^.Vicr.
Cies. M\\ Ant. /E. Jul. .E. Hisp. M. Act. Ai. Act. JE. Aug. Pont. Ind. lad. Const.
\.D.
l,Jan. 1.
A. D.
69, Sept. 1.
Exc. Hier.
78.
Saca.
166, Nov. 24.
^E. Maec.
2S4, Sept. 17.
JP.. Diocl.
295, Nov. 12.
JE. Asc.
303, Feb. 23.
M. Mart.
55-2, July 7.
jE. Arm.
622, July 16.
A. H.
632, June 16.
M. Pers.
2. The term epoch is used \w modern writers to denote " critical junctures in the development of his- tory, the signals of a new creation ; hence termed lTro\ai, pauses or resting-places for contemplation. "What exists at the epoch in the germ is developed to a more advanced stage, and thus afterwards becomes the Period. The former denotes the fountain-head, the latter the stream ; their limits are where a new form of culture again appears in an epoch. The epochs are either critical and destructive, or creative and organizing." — Neander, Hist, of Dogmas, i, 20.
Equitius, a lay abbot of many monasteries, both male and female, in the province of Valeria, who lived in the Gth centur}'. The year both of his birth and death are unknown. He had not taken orders, but was nevertlieless very active in preaching. He was therefore denounced at Kome, and the pope summoned him before his tribunal, but the great and general rep- utation of Equitius induced the pope to dismiss the case. Equitius led a ver}^ ascetic life, and is said to have always, during his many travels, carried the Bi- ble with him. According to Baronius, pope Gregory I was a monk according to the rule of St. Equitius, but this is denied by otlicr writers. — Herzog, Ridl-EncjiJd. iv, 113 ; Wetzer u. "Weltc, Kirchen-Leiilon, iii, G38. (A. J. S.)
Equity " is that exact rule of righteousness or jus- tice wliich is to be observed between man and man. Our Lord beautifuUj^ and comprehensively expresses it in these words: 'All thirTgs whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so to them, for this is the law and the prophets' (Matt, vii, 12).
This golden rule, says Dr. Watts, has many excellent properties in it. 1. It is a rule that is easy to be un- derstood, and easy to be applied by the meanest and weakest understanding (Isa. xxxv, 8). 2. It is a very short rule, and easy to be remembered : the weakest memory can retain it; and the meanest of mankind may caiTy this about with them, and have it ready upon all occasions. 3. This excellent precept carries greater evidence to the conscience, and a stronger de- gree of conviction in it, than any other rule of moral virtue. 4. It is particularly fitted for practice, because it includes in it a powerful motive to stir us up to do what it enjoins. 5. It is such a rule as, if well ap- jilied, will almost always secure our neighbor from in- jury, and secure us from guilt if we should chance to hurt him. 6. It is a rule as much fitted to awaken us to sincere repentance upon the transgression of it as it is to direct us to our present dutj^ 7. It is a most ex- tensive rule, with regard to all the stations, ranks, and characters of mankind, for it is perfectly suited to them all. 8. It is a most comprehensive rule with regard to all the actions and duties that concern our neighbors. It teaches us to regulate our temper and behavior, and promote tenderness, benevolence, gen- tleness, etc. 9. It is also a rule of the hit;hest pru- dence with regard to ourselves, and promotes our own interest in the best manner. 10. This rule is fitted to make the whole world as happ}- as the present state of things will admit. See Watts, Sermons, serm. 33, vol. i ; Evans, Sermons, serm. 28." — Buck, Theol. Diet. s. v. See Ethics.