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but probably the value of silver had fallen as much in the two preceding centuries. It was natural that the Jews should have revived the old name shekel, and ap- plied it to their stater, and equally so that they should iiave adopted the scale of the neighboring opulent and powerful kingdom, the money of which they must have long been in the habit of employing" (Appendix, Xu- mi!</iHiUi Ih'llenica, p. 2, 3). See Didrachji.
Tricerium (TpiKt'ipiov), a three-branched taper, so arranged that the wicks of each, thougii distinct, blend into one flame. With this the Oriental bishops sign the book of the gospels during certain services of the Greek Church. — Lee, Gloss. <\f Litiinj. Terms, s. v.
Trichotomy {threefold dirision) is the theory ac- cording to which man is divided into three parts — body, soul, and spirit. This is thought by many to be the apos- tolic classification of our nature (1 Thess. v, io). Gener- ally soul and body are opposed; but spirit, so contrasted, is the highest portion of our nature, allying it to God, and on which his Spirit works. Soul (in the German sense) is the lower portion, the region of appetite, in- stinct, and of much besides which we have in common with the lower creation. This idea throws light on many passages of Scripture. The body mediates between the soul and the external world, the soul between the spirit and body, and the spirit between both and God. This view of human nature would have prevailed, had it not been so keenly opposed by Tertullian, and so slighted even by Augustine, and had not Apollinaris adopted it to illustrate his erroneous view of our Lord's nature. He denied spirit, in this human sense, to Christ, but held that its place was occupied by the Divine Spirit. It was held by Luther, as it still is by the more evangeli- cal part of the Lutheran Church. The Reformers, how- ever, did not consider spirit and soul as ditferent sub- stances, but only as different attributes or operations of the same spiritual essence. See Soul; Spiitir.
Tridentine {of or belonging to Trent). The term is applied to the celebrated council of the Kith century, and to that part of the Church Universal which accepts the decrees and canons of the Council of Trent (q. v.).
Tridentine Profession of Faith, or the Creed of Pius /I', is a summary of the doctrines of the Coun- cil of Trent, suggested by that council, prepared by a college of cardinals under the supervision of pope Pius IV, and issued by him, Nov. 13, 1564. It consists of twelve articles, including the Nicene Creed (q. v.), and is put in the form of an individual profession and sol- emn oath. It is required of all Roman Catholic priests, and public teachers in seminaries, colleges, and iniiv-er- sities. It is also used for Protestant converts to the Ro- man Catholic Church, and hence called the "profession of converts." The 10th article reads, •• I acknowledge the holy Catholic Apostolic Roman Church as the moth- er and mistress of all churches; and I promise and swear true oliedience to the bishop of Rome as the successor of St. Peter, prince of the apostles, and as the vicar of Jesus Christ," See Latin text in the two papal bulls of Nov. 13 and Dec. 9, 1564, and in Denzinger's Enchi- ridion, p. 292-294; also a history of this creed by Moh- nike, C'lJcundliche Geschichte der Professio Fidei Triden- tinic (Greifswald, 1822). See Trent, Council of.
Triennial Visitation, a visitation which is held once in three years. In England it is the custom to hold episcopal visitations at such intervals.
Triers, Ecclesiastical. A parliamentary ordi- nance was passed in 1654 appointing thirty-eight com- missioners to the office of triers: they were chosen by Cromwell, and sat at Whitehall. They were mostly In- dependents, though some Presbyterians were joined with them. They were appointed to try all ministers that came for institution and induction, and without their ap- proval none were admitted. The opinion of Baxter is that the}' were of essential service to the Church. He says they saved man v congregations fnim ignorant, un-
godly, and intemperate teachers — men who designed nothing more in the ministry than to repeat a sermon as readers say their prayers, and to patch u|i a few good words together to talk the people asleep on Sunday, and all the rest of the week go wiih them to the ale-h<iuse, and harilen them in their sin ; and that sort of ministers who either preached against a holy life, or preached as men that were not acquainted with it. They had pow- er to eject scandalous, ignorant, and insufficient minis- ters and schoolmasters. — Farrar, Eccles. Diet. s. v.
Trigland, Jacob, a Dutch theologian, was born at Haarlem, Mav 8, 1652, and died at Leyden, Sept. 22, 1705. His writings are, Dissertt. Theologico-philologicd, Continens Defensionem Integritatis Codicis Saci'i adeer- siis Xuperus in eum Censitriis (Leyden, 1703) : — Died rile de Sectd Karmorum (ibid. eod. ; Germ, transl. by Fiirst. in Literaturhl. des Orients, 1843, c. 12, 23, 39, 763", 776, 794, 827) : — Dissertationes Theologicce et Philologicce, Sglloge, ut et Orntionum Acad. (Delft, 1728): — Trium Scrip- toruni illustr. de Trihus Judceorvm Sectis Sgntagma in quo N. Serarii (Jlayence, 1604). Drvsii (Franecker, 1603-5), Jos. Scaligeri (ibid. 1605) Opuscula, quce eo Pertinent, etc. (ibid. 1703): — Disputt. II de Origine Saci-ificioruni (Leyden, 1692): — De Josepho Patriarcha in Sucri Bovi Ilieroghiph. ab jEgyptiis Adorato (ibid. 1705). See Fiirst, Bibl. Jiid. iii. 447: Winer, Handb. der theol. Literatur, i, 29, 139, 442, 515, 823. (B. P.)