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them the hexameter poem Carmen Paschale, etc., in which Old-Test, miracles, the miracles of Christ's life, ami liiially his tieatli, resurrection, and ascension, are treated — the whole in opposition to the heretical views of Arius and Sabellius. Various editions of this poem have been published — by Cellarius (1704), Gallandi (1773), and others, the latest edition being by Arevalo, or Aurival (Kome, 1794). In response to tiie request of the priest Macedonius, Sedulius translated the work into prose, and called it Upus Paschale. Two other hymns are also attributed to him — namely, Elegia, or Collatio Veteris et Nvci Testamenti, and A Soils Orius Ordine, an acrostic on the life of Christ which is sometimes called the A becedarius. — Herzog, Real- Encykloj}. s. v.
Sedulius, Scotus (or Junior), a Christian writer of the 8th century, of whose works we possess, Collecta- nea in Umnes Epistolas S. Paiili (first published at Basle [1528], and afterwards in the Bibliotheca Max. [Lngtl. 1677] torn, vi) : — some exegetical labors on the lirst three Gospels published by cardinal A. Mai in the Sci-iptorum Ve/erum Collectio Nova, torn, ix : — and a political and religious work entitled De JiectorUnis Christianis et Convenientihus Per/ulis, qtiibus Res Publica rite Gubernanda est (first published at Leipsic in 1619). The M8. belonged to the library of the Heidelberg University, with which it was taken to Kome in 16'22, and has been admitted into the Sjiicilef/ium Romavum Vaticaniim (Rom. 1339-1844), torn, x, of cardinal Mai. In torn, viii of the latter work may also be found K.r- plaiiu/ioiies in P?'(pfationes S. Ilieronymi ad Eranc/elia by Sedulius. Comp. J)ict, Hist, et Crit., par Pierre Bayle ( Rotterd. 1720), tom. xxx, p. 2562 sq. ; Biog. Universelle (Paris, 1825), tom. xli, p. 436 sq. — Herzog, Rcul-Enci/klop. s. V.
See (properly !1X1, iruili; tlSoi'), a term used in Scripture not only of the sense of vision by which we perceive external objects, hut also of inward perception, of the knowledge of spiritual things, and even of the supernatural sight of hidden things — of prophecj', visions, ecstasies. Hence it is that those persons were formerly called seers who afterwards were called Nabi, or prophets, and that prophecies were called visions. See Sekh.
The verb to see is Hebraistically used to express all kinds of sensations. It is said (Exod. xx, 18) that the Israelites saio voices, thunder, lightnings, the sound of the trumpet, and the whole mountain of Sinai covered with clouds or smoke. To see good, or goods, is to en- joy them. " I believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living" (Psa. xxvii, 13), i. e. I hope that God will bring me back into my own country, into the land of Judiea, where I shall live in peace and pros- perity. Job says (vii, 7), " I shall die, and see no more ; I shall no longer enjoj"- the good things of this world." The psalmist says (Psa. iv, 6), "There be many that saj'. Who will show us any good?" that is, to enjoy any happiness in this life.
By an easj' metaphor from this, to see the face of the king is to be of his coiuicil, his household, or to ap- proach him. The kings of Persia, to maintain their re- spect and majesty, seldom permitted their subjects to see them, and hardly ever showed themselves in i)ublic. None but their most intimate friends or their familiar domestics had the honor of beliolding their faces (Esth. i, 10, 14). Frefjucnt allusion is made to tliis custom in Scripture, which mentions the seven principal angels that see the face of the Lord and appear in his presence (Rev. i, 4) Calmet.
See (Lat. sedes, a seat\ the seat of the bishop's throne, and \ised also to denote the whole extent of his episcopal j urisdiction.
SEE, Apostolical. This term, under the full form of "holy apostolical see," is now used to designate the jurisdiction and power of the pope as bisho]i of Itome. But anciently every bishop's see was dignified with the title o[ scdcs apostolica [see Ai'ostolical], as deriving
its authority through its succession from the apostles. See Apostolical Succession. Pope Siricius himself (Siric. Ep. iv, c. 1) gives all primates the appellation apostolici. St. Augustine, Sidonius Apollinaris, and oth- ers make no distinction in favor of the bishop of Kome. See Bingham, Antiq. of the Christ. Church, p. 22, 67.
See, Andkew J., a minister of the IMethodist Epis- copal Church, South, was born Dec. 6, 1832, and joined the Church wlien about fifteen. He was licensed to preach in 1854, in the fall of which year he was admit- ted on trial into the Memphis Conference. He labored without intermission until his death, in 1871. See Min- utes of Annual Conferences, 1871, p. 577.
Seed ("nt, zera ; (nrtppa). The seed-time of Pal- estine (Lev. xxvi, 5) for grain came regularly in Novem- ber and December (Lightfoot, J/or. Hebr. p. 340, 1003; Korte, i?eM. p. 432). Since the harvest began in the middle of Nisan, the time of growth and culture was about four months (John iv, 35; see Llicke, ad lac). But this was certainly a very general reckoning, and perhaps had become proverbial. (In this passage the word tTi, yet, does not seem to accord with this expla- nation; see also Anger, De Temp. Act. A p. p. 24 sq. ; Wieseler, Chronol. Synops. p. 216 sq. ; Jacobi, in Stud, u. Krit. 1838, p. 858 sq.). See Agriculture.