The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1872 page)

Primus
.

The presiding bishop in the Scottish Episcopal Church. He is elected by the bishops in Scotland to preside over the synod, but does not have the powers of a
metropolitan
.

 
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see
ARTICLES OF FAITH
.

 
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Priscillianism
.

Christian
heresy
of the 4th–5th cents., so-named from Priscillian, bishop of Avila in Spain. Priscillian was exiled for a time in 381, and executed for sorcery together with several of his adherents in 386. The Priscillianists taught a
modalist
doctrine of the Trinity and denied the pre-existence of Christ as well as his real humanity; they condemned marriage, the procreation of children, and eating meat. How much of this was taught by Priscillian himself is uncertain.

 
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(16th cent. CE)
. Claimant to succession as Sikh
Gur
. Prith
Chand
(or Prith
) was Gur
R
m
D
s' eldest son. He opposed the succession of his younger brother,
Arjan Dev
, turned Emperor Jah
gir further against him, and unsuccessfully attempted to kill the young
Hargobind
.