Pragmatographia; or, Description of Actions Prag´-mat-o-graph´-i-a, from πρᾶγμα (pragma), an action or event, and γράφειν (graphein), to write: i.e., a description of an action or event . Hence, called by the Latins, REI AUT ACTIONIS DESCRIPTIO.
See Joel 1:2-11, where the description of the actions connected with the great people and strong which should come upon Zion is minutely and graphically given.
Matthew 1:24-51 and Mark 1:13-37 describe the events of the Great Tribulation; and Luke 21:12, etc., the events which should long precede it.
See also some minute touches, especially in the Gospel of Mark: e.g., 8:33; and Acts 6:15, Acts 1:7-56 .
When the description is confined to places, it is called