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Ulfilas

Meaning of "Ulfilas" in the English dictionary

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ˈʊlfɪˌlæs


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WHAT DOES ULFILAS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ulfilas

Ulfilas, also Ulphilas, Orphila, bishop, missionary, and Bible translator, was a Goth or half-Goth and half-Greek from Cappadocia who had spent time inside the Roman Empire at the peak of the Arian controversy. Ulfilas was ordained a bishop by Eusebius of Nicomedia and returned to his people to work as a missionary. In 348, to escape religious persecution by a Gothic chief, probably Athanaric he obtained permission from Constantius II to migrate with his flock of converts to Moesia and settle near Nicopolis ad Istrum in modern northern Bulgaria. There, Ulfilas translated the Bible from Greek into the Gothic language. For this he devised the Gothic alphabet. Fragments of his translation have survived, notably the Codex Argenteus held since 1648 in the University Library of Uppsala in Sweden. A parchment page of this Bible was found in 1971 in the Speyer Cathedral. According to Karl Lund, Ulfilas created the Gothic alphabet based on the Getae's alphabet, with minor alterations.

Definition of Ulfilas in the English dictionary

The definition of Ulfilas in the dictionary is ?311–?382 ad, Christian bishop of the Goths who translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic.

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ULFILAS»

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Ulfilas, Apostle of the Goths: Together with an Account of ...
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Charles Archibald Anderson Scott, 2012
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History of the Goths
Ulfilas's aim in life was certainly not "to lay the foundation for 'Grimm's Law' of the transmutation of consonants."238 Nor did he intend to supply medieval constitutional historians with the badly needed Gothic equivalents of political terminology ...
Herwig Wolfram, 1990
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Auswahl Aus Ulfilas Gothischer Bibelubersetzung: Mit Glossar ...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Ulfilas, 2009
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The Ancient World: Dictionary of World Biography
Early Life Not much is known of Ulfilas' early life. Tradition has it that his grandparents were taken as slaves from Cappadocia into the Gothic settlements north of the Danube. This same tradition suggests that his father was a Goth. “ Ulfilas” ...
Frank N. Magill, 2003
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An Introduction, Phonological, Morphological, Syntactic to ...
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Thomas Le Marchant Douse, 2010
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The Encyclopedia of Christianity
A — > persecution of Christians forced Ulfilas and his circle to flee south ( probably in 344) to the — > Roman Empire. Their descendants are described around 560 as a peaceful people in the southern Balkans (Gotlii mitwres, according to ...
Erwin Fahlbusch, Geoffrey William Bromiley, 2001
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The Early Medieval World: From the Fall of Rome to the Time ...
Gothic bishop, missionary, and translator, Ulfilas, which means “little wolf' ' in the Gothic language, was a key figure in the ongoing Christianization of the Goths. He was hailed as the Moses of his age by the emperor Constantius II, and was ...
Michael Frassetto, 2013
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Ulfilas: Urschrift [Fragments of His Tr. of the Bible], ...
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
Anonymous, 2010
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Contributions Toward a History of Arabico-Gothic Culture
the beginning of the eighth eentury a Gothic Anti- quitas related the story of Ulfilas, the famous Gothic bishop who invented the Gothic alphabet and translated the Bible into Gothic, the name Ulfilas arising from a misreading of the name of the ...
Leo Wiener, 2002
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From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya: A Biographical History of ...
Arius, a contemporary of Ulfilas, was a popular and persuasive Christian preacher who is most remembered for his theological claims relating to the divinity of Christ. From Scripture passages that speak of Christ as "begotten of the Father" and ...
Ruth Tucker, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ULFILAS»

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Speak Out: The Bible and its published translations
There had been vernacular Bibles in what is now Germany beginning in the 4th century, when Ulfilas translated the Bible from Greek into the pre-Germanic ... «Anniston Star, Jul 15»
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Zonder Christus geen Europa
Wie denkt bij een vrij Europa nog aan Ulfilas, de apostel van de Goten, of aan Karel de Grote? NEE. Toch is er een aanwijsbare christelijke ziel in Europa, ook al ... «Reformatorisch Dagblad, Jul 15»
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Radiografía de la Biblia
... sus comentarios y traducciones –desde la Septuaginta griega a la Vulgata latina– o en lo que sería de la cultura europea sin la traducción al gótico de Ulfilas, ... «La Razón, Jul 15»
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Entrevista a Santiago Castellanos, autor de “Barbarus. La conquista …
Pero en realidad, “los godos no escribieron nada”, son pocos los documentos que se conservan, fue en aquella época cuando Ulfilas inventa el alfabeto godo. «Todo Literatura, Apr 15»
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La biblia como constructo histórico e ideológico
La llamada Biblia de Ulfilas fue utilizada en la evangelización de los godos y otros pueblos germanos, dentro del contexto de la Cristiandad arriana. Reunía ... «MDZol, Aug 14»
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Bruderschaftsorden für Baumhus
Mit einem außergewöhnlichen Erinnerungsstück bereitete Dr. Ulfilas Meyer den Grünröcken eine Überraschung: Aus seinem Familienbesitz schenkte er der ... «Die Glocke online, Jul 14»
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Who Were the Ancient Goths?
383) translated the Bible into the Gothic language in a script based chiefly upon the uncial Greek alphabet and said to have been invented by Ulfilas for the ... «LiveScience.com, May 14»
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Wie das Abendland christlich wurde
Ohne diese Ulfila-Bibel wüssten wir so gut wie nichts über die gotische Sprache. Wie wenig selbstverständlich Ulfilas Ansatz war, zeigte sich noch fünfhundert ... «DIE WELT, Aug 13»
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Unde se află Kaukalandul goţilor
... domniei sale, chiar dacă au aderat la erezia ariană, propovăduită de episcopul Ulfilas (ortografiat de unii şi Wulfilas), cel care a tradus Biblia în limba gotă. «Romania Libera, Aug 12»
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Travel Planner: Sinaia revisited – Peles Castle
... an image of Ulfilas, a Gothic religious leader from the fourth century AD who translated the Bible and spread Christianity on the northern shores of the Danube, ... «Romania-Insider.com, Jun 12»
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