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	Archbishop - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01691a.htm An archbishop or metropolitan, in the present sense of the term, is a bishop who governs a diocese strictly his own, while he presides at the same time over the bishops of a well-defined district composed of simple dioceses but not of provinces.
	Agatho, Pope Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01204c.htm Short article on St. Agatho the Wonderworker, a Sicilian believed to have been over 100 years old at the time of his election. He died in 681.
	Agapetus I, Pope Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01202c.htm Anti-Arian, instrumental in deposing a Monophysite bishop who had moreover abandoned his see, d. 536.
	Alexander III, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01287a.htm Reigned from 1159-81.
	Agapetus II, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01203a.htm Reigned 946-955.

	Alexander VII, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01294a.htm Biographical article on this seventeenth-century pontiff.
	Adrian II, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01156a.htm Reigned 867-872.
	Adrian I, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01155b.htm Reigned 772-95.
	Adrian III, Pope Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01156b.htm Short article on this pope, a Roman, who died in 885.
	Adeodatus, Pope Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01142a.htm Brief article on this Roman monk, opponent of Monothelitism, d. 676. Called Adeodatus II to distinguish him from his predecessor St. Deusdedit, who is also called Adeodatus.

	Anastasius III, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01455a.htm Reigned 911-913.
	Anastasius II, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01454d.htm Reigned 496-498.
	Anthony, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01553d.htm Article on the founder of Christian monasticism.
	Aristotle - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01713a.htm Philosopher, born at Stagira, a Grecian colony in the Thracian peninsula Chalcidice, 384 B.C.; died at Chalcis, in Euboea, 322 B.C.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01736b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01736b.htm A mountainous region of Western Asia occupying a somewhat indefinite area to the southeast of the Black Sea.

	Astronomy - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02025a.htm Divided into two main branches, astrometry and astrophysics; the former concerned with determining the places of the investigation of the heavenly bodies, the latter, with the investigation of their chemical and physical nature.
	Averroes - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02150c.htm Arabian philosopher, astronomer, and writer on jurisprudence; born at Cordova, 1126; died at Morocco, 1198.
	Albertus Magnus, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01264a.htm Called "the Universal Doctor." Dominican scientist, philosopher, theologian, instructor of St. Thomas Aquinas.
	Antipope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01582a.htm A false claimant of the Holy See in opposition to a pontiff canonically elected.
	Alexander VI, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01289a.htm Rodrigo Borgia, born at Xativa, near Valencia, in Spain, 1 January, 1431; died in Rome, 18 August, 1503.

	Alexander IV, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01287b.htm Reigned 1254-61.
	Alexander II, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01286a.htm Reigned 1061-1073.
	Atonement, Day of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02054a.htm A most solemn fast, on which no food could be taken throughout the day, and servile works were forbidden.
	Alexander I, Pope Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01285c.htm Article on this pope, who died in 115 or 116. According to a tradition dating to the fifth century, Alexander was martyred, but it is possible that he has been confused with another St. Alexander who was indeed a martyr.
	Anglicanism - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01498a.htm A term used to denote the religious belief and position of members of the established Church of England.

	Assumption of Mary, Feast of the - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02006b.htm The principal feast of the Blessed Virgin.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02040a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02040a.htm That system of thought which is formally opposed to theism.
	Ambrose, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01383c.htm Article on the life and teachings of this Bishop of Milan, and Doctor of the Church, who died in 397.
	Alexander VIII, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01295a.htm Pietro Ottoboni, born at Venice, April, 1610; elected 5 October, 1689; died at Rome, 1 February, 1691.
	Anicetus, Pope Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01514a.htm Biography of this martyr, a contemporary of St. Polycarp and of the heretic Marcion.

	Anacletus, Pope Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01446a.htm Third pope, a martyr, d. about 91. May be the same person as Pope St. Cletus.
	Anastasius I, Pope Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01454c.htm Article on the pope remembered chiefly for condemning Origenism, d. 401.
	Archdiocese - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01694b.htm Not an ecclesiastical province, but only that diocese of the province which is the archbishop's own.
	Anastasius IV, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01455b.htm Reigned 1153-1154.
	Anterus, Pope Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01553a.htm Also known as Anteros, pope for less than 2 months, d. in 236. Short biographical article.

	Adrian IV, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01156c.htm Reigned 1154-1159.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01015c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01015c.htm A title given to the superior of a community of twelve or more monks.
	Adrian V, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01159a.htm A Genoese, and nephew of Innocent IV. He was elected at Viterbo 12 July 1276, but died 18 August.
	Avicenna - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02157a.htm Arabian physician and philosopher, born at Kharmaithen, in the province of Bokhara, 980; died at Hamadan, in Northern Persia, 1037.
	Augustine of Hippo, Life of Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02084a.htm Biography, with extensive hyperlinks to related articles.

	Adrian VI, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01159b.htm Reigned 1522-1523.
	Acts, Human - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01115a.htm St. Thomas and the scholastics in general regard only the free and deliberate acts of the will as human.
	Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02121b.htm The European monarchy whose dominions have for their main life-distributing artery the River Danube, in its course from Engelhartszell, near Passau, to Orsova. South of the Danube lie the Austrian Alpine provinces and the provinces of Carinthia and Carnola; north of the Danube are the Carpathian and Sudetic provinces.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01476d.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01476d.htm The word is used in Hebrew to denote indifferently either a divine or human messenger.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01489a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01489a.htm The desire of vengeance.

	Academy, The French - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01089a.htm Founded by Cardinal de Richelieu in 1635.
	Apostles' Creed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01629a.htm A formula containing in brief statements, or "articles," the fundamental tenets of Christian belief, and having for its authors, according to tradition, the Twelve Apostles.
	Approbation - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01656b.htm An act by which a bishop or other superior grants to an ecclesiastic the actual exercise of his ministry.
	Archdeacon - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01693a.htm The incumbent of an ecclesiastical office dating back to antiquity and up to the fifteenth century of great importance in diocesan administration, particularly in the West.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01165a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01165a.htm According to 1907 usage, a period beginning with the Sunday nearest to the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle and embracing four Sundays.

	Agnesi, Maria Gaetana - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01214b.htm An Italian woman of remarkable intellectual gifts and attainments. Member of the Blue Nuns in Milan. (1718-1799)
	Authority, Civil - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02137c.htm The moral power of command, supported by physical coercion, which the State exercises over its members.
	Arts, The Seven Liberal - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01760a.htm Chiefly used during the Middle Ages. Doesn't mean arts as the word is understood today, but those branches of knowledge which were taught in the schools of that time.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01777b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01777b.htm Article intended to give a rapid survey of the geography, ethnography, political and religious history of Asia, and especially of the rise, progress, and actual condition of Asiatic Christianity and Catholicism.
	Aggressor, Unjust - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01210a.htm According to the accepted teaching of theologians, it is lawful, in the defense of life or limb, of property of some importance, and of chastity, to repel violence with violence, even to the extent of killing an unjust assailant.

	Anacletus II - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01447a.htm The title which was taken by Cardinal Pietro Pierleone at the contested papal election of the year 1130.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01007e.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01007e.htm The female superior in spirituals and temporals of a community of twelve or more nuns.
	Anabaptists - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01445b.htm A violent and extremely radical body of ecclesiastico-civil reformers which first made its appearance in 1521 at Zwickau.
	Absinthe - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01060b.htm Wormwood, known for its repulsive bitterness.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01010a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01010a.htm A monastery canonically erected and autonomous, with a community of not fewer than twelve religious; monks under the government of an abbot; nuns under that of an abbess.

	Avicebron - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02156a.htm Jewish religious poet, moralist, and philosopher. He was born at Malaga in 1020 or 1021, and died at Saragossa in 1070.
	Apocalypse, Book of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01594b.htm The name given to the last book in the Bible, also called the Book of Revelation.
	Ambition - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01381d.htm The undue craving for honor.
	Apologetics - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01618a.htm A theological science which has for its purpose the explanation and defence of the Christian religion.
	All Saints' Day - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01315a.htm Celebrated on the first of November. Instituted to honour all the saints, known and unknown, and, according to Urban IV, to supply any deficiencies in the faithful's celebration of saints' feasts during the year.

	Altar Wine - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01358a.htm Wine is one of the two elements absolutely necessary for the sacrifice of the Eucharist. For valid and licit consecration vinum de vite, i.e. the pure juice of the grape naturally and properly fermented, is to be used.
	Armada, The Spanish - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01727c.htm A fleet intended to invade England and to put an end to the long series of English aggressions against the colonies and possessions of the Spanish Crown.
	Alexandria, Councils of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01300a.htm Details several councils held here.
	Ark of the Covenant - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01721a.htm A kind of chest, measuring two cubits and a half in length, a cubit and a half in breadth, and a cubit and a half in height.
	Auxiliary Bishop - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02145b.htm A bishop deputed to a diocesan who, capable of governing and administering his diocese, is unable to perform the pontifical functions; or whose diocese is so extensive that it requires the labors of more than one; or whose episcopal see has attached to it a royal or imperial office requiring protracted presence at court.

	Ark, Noah's - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01720a.htm The form, very likely foursquare, was not convenient for navigation, but, as has been proven by the experiments of Peter Jansen and M. Vogt, it made the Ark a very suitable device for shipping heavy cargoes and floating upon the waves without rolling or pitching.
	Angelico, Fra, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01483b.htm Biography of this Dominican, a famous painter, who died in 1455.
	Aurelius Antoninus, Marcus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02109a.htm Second-century Roman emperor and philosopher.
	Arianism - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01707c.htm Founded by Arius, belief asserting that Christ was not God like the Father, but a creature made in time. Rejected by the Council of Constantinople (381).
	Augustine, Rule of Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02079b.htm Names the five documents sometimes identified as the Rule of Augustine, quickly narrows the field to two contenders, settles on Letter 211. Also deals with Augustine's relation to monasticism.

	Acta Pilati - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01111b.htm The Gospel of Nicodemus.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01742a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01742a.htm Celebrated French family, the history of which is connected with that of Jansenism and of Port­Royal.
	Anna Comnena - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01531a.htm Byzantine historian, eldest daughter of Alexius Comnenus, Emperor of Constantinople (1081-1118).
	Association, Right of Voluntary - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02001c.htm Any group of individuals freely united for the pursuit of a common end.
	Attrition - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02065a.htm Also called "imperfect contrition." Definition, its relation to sacramental penance, and moral considerations.

	Arminianism - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01740c.htm The popular designation of the doctrines held by a party formed in the early days of the seventeenth century among the Calvinists of the Netherlands.
	African Synods - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01199a.htm Commonly called African or Carthaginian Synods.
	Ash Wednesday - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01775b.htm The Wednesday after Quinquagesima Sunday, which is the first day of the Lenten fast.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01588e.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01588e.htm A city of Belgium, in the archdiocese of Mechlin.
	Alms and Almsgiving - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01328f.htm Any material favour done to assist the needy, and prompted by charity.

	Altar Frontal - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01353b.htm An appendage which covers the entire front of the altar, from the lower part of the table to the predella, and from the gospel corner to that of the epistle side.
	Apostles, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01626c.htm Apostolos (Apostle) means one who is sent forth, who is entrusted with a mission.
	Apostolic Fathers, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01637a.htm Christian writers of the first and second centuries who are known, or are considered, to have had personal relations with some of the Apostles, or to have been so influenced by them that their writings may be held as echoes of genuine Apostolic teaching.
	Altar Vessels - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01357e.htm The chalice is the cup in which the wine and water of the Eucharistic Sacrifice is contained.
	Altar Vase - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01357d.htm Vase to hold flowers for the decoration of the altar.

	Ampè, André-Marie - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01437c.htm Physicist and mathematician. (1775-1836)
	Alphonsus Liguori, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01334a.htm Long biographical article on the founder of the Redemptorists and devotional writer.
	Alphonsus Rodriguez, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01341a.htm Spanish-born widower, Jesuit lay brother, served as porter at Majorca for 46 years, d. 1617. Also known as Alonso.
	Advocatus Diaboli - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01168b.htm A title given to an officer of the Sacred Congregation of Rites, established in 1587, by Sixtus V, to deal juridically with processes of beatification and canonization.
	Altar Rail - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01356c.htm The railing which guards the sanctuary and separates the latter from the body of the church. Also called the communion-rail.

	Age of Reason - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01209a.htm The name given to that period of human life at which persons are deemed to begin to be morally responsible.
	Athanasius, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02035a.htm Long article on the Bishop of Alexandria, confessor and Doctor of the Church.
	Alanus de Rupe, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01246a.htm Dominican promoter of the Rosary. (1428-1475)
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02148b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02148b.htm The inordinate love for riches.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01001a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01001a.htm In French, Aix-la-Chapelle, the name by which the city is generally known; in Latin Aquae Grani, later Aquisgranum.

	Ascension - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01767a.htm The elevation of Christ into heaven by His own power in presence of His disciples the fortieth day after His Resurrection.
	Arnold Janssen, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16047a.htm Short biography of the founder of the Society of the Divine Word.
	Anselm, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01546a.htm Long biographical article on St. Anselm, monk, abbot, philosopher, theologian, Archbishop of Canterbury, Doctor of the Church.
	Apocrypha - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01601a.htm A long article with a comments on each Apocryphal book. Classified according to origin.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01570a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01570a.htm Provides information on two places by this name.

	Astrology - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02018e.htm The supposed science which determines the influence of the stars, especially of the five older planets, on the fate of man.
	Asceticism - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01767c.htm The word asceticism comes from the Greek askesis which means practice, bodily exercise, and more especially, athletic training.
	Alcuin, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01276a.htm Lengthy article on the educator, scholar, theologian, liturgist, who died in 804.
	Anglo-Saxon Church, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01505a.htm History of the occupation, conversion, and development.
	Altar Lamp - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01354b.htm In the Old Testament God commanded that a lamp filled with the purest oil of olives should always burn in the Tabernacle of the Testimony without the veil.

	Aloysius Gonzaga, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01331c.htm Short biography of this Jesuit student, who died in 1591 at the age of 23.
	Aggeus (Haggai) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01209d.htm The tenth among the minor prophets of the Old Testament.
	Ascension, Feast of the - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01767b.htm The fortieth day after Easter Sunday, commemorating the Ascension of Christ into heaven, according to Mark 16:19, Luke 24:51, and Acts 1:2.
	Asia Minor - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01782a.htm The peninsular mass that the Asiatic continent projects westward of an imaginary line running from the Gulf of Alexandretta (Issus) on the Mediterranean to the vicinity of Trebizond (Trapezus) on the Black Sea.
	Australia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02113b.htm Includes history, education, and religious statistics.

	Athanasian Creed, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02033b.htm One of the symbols of the Faith approved by the Church and given a place in her liturgy.
	Authenticity of the Bible - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02137b.htm The authority of Holy Writ is twofold on account of its twofold authorship: human authors and divine inspiration.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01181a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01181a.htm This name, which is of Phoenician origin, was at first given by the Romans to the territory about the city of Carthage.
	Attributes, Divine - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02062e.htm In order to form a more systematic idea of God, and as far as possible, to unfold the implications of the truth, God is All-Perfect, this infinite Perfection is viewed, successively, under various aspects, each of which is treated as a separate perfection and characteristic inherent to the Divine Substance, or Essence. A certain group of these, of paramount import, is called the Divine Attributes.
	Authentic - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02137a.htm The term is used in two senses. It is applied first to a book or document whose contents are invested with a special authority, in virtue of which the work is called authentic. In its second sense it is used as a synonym for "genuine", and therefore means that a work really emanates from the author to whom it is ascribed.

	Anna Maria Gesualda Antonia Taigi, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14430b.htm Happily married for 48 years, became a Third Order Trinitarian, d. 1837.
	Addresses, Ecclesiastical - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01137a.htm Rules as to what is fitting and customary in the matter of ecclesiastical correspondence.
	Absolution - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01061a.htm The remission of sin, or of the punishment due to sin, granted by the Church.
	Anne Line, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09270b.htm A convert to Catholicism, hanged in 1601 for the (unproven) crime of harboring a priest. She is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
	Amsterdam - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01441b.htm The capital, and second residential city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01409c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01409c.htm Consists of three main divisions: North America, Central America, and South America.
	Ambrosian Library - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01393a.htm Founded between 1603 and 1609 by Cardinal Federigo Borromeo at Milan.
	Abomination of Desolation, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01046a.htm Spoken of in St. Matthew, xxiv, 15, and St. Mark, xiii, 14.
	Apostles of Erin, The Twelve - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01632a.htm Twelve holy Irishmen of the sixth century who went to study at the School of Clonard in Meath.
	Altar Linens - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01355a.htm The corporal, pall, purificator, and finger towels.

	Anthony Daniel, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04621a.htm Huron missionary, born at Dieppe, in Normandy, 27 May 1601, slain by the Iroquois.
	Augustus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02107a.htm The name by which Caius Julius Caesar Octavianus, the first Roman emperor, in whose reign Jesus Christ was born, is usually known; born at Rome, 62 B.C.; died A.D. 14.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01659a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01659a.htm The semicircular or polygonal termination to the choir or aisles of a church.
	Ancona and Umana - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01463d.htm An Italian diocese in the Archdiocese of Ancona.
	Acts of the Apostles - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01117a.htm The fifth book of the New Testament.

	Agatha, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01203c.htm Virgin and martyr, died at Catania in Sicily, probably in the Decian persecution (250-253).
	Angelus Bell - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01487a.htm The triple Hail Mary recited in the evening, which is the origin of our modern Angelus, was closely associated with the ringing of a bell.
	Altar Breads - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01349d.htm Bread is one of the two elements absolutely necessary for the sacrifice of the Eucharist.
	Appetite - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01656a.htm A tendency, an inclination, or direction.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01435a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01435a.htm Old Testament prophet.

	Altar, History of the Christian - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01362a.htm An elevated surface, tabular in form, on which the Sacrifice of the Mass is offered.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01407b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01407b.htm One of a small number of Hebrew words which have been imported unchanged into the liturgy of the Church.
	Apostolic Succession - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01641a.htm Article claims that Apostolic succession is found in the Catholic Church and not in others.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01680c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01680c.htm The first American aborigines met by Columbus.
	Articles, The Organic - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01756a.htm A name given to a law regulating public worship, comprising 77 articles relative to Catholicism, and 44 relative to Protestantism, presented by order of Napoleon to the Tribunate and the legislative body at the same time that he made these two bodies vote on the Concordat itself.

	Augustine of Canterbury, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02081a.htm Biographical article on the monk who was the first Archbishop of Canterbury, called "Apostle of the English."
	Alexandria, The Church of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01300b.htm Founded by St. Mark the Evangelist, the center from which Christianity spread throughout all Egypt, the nucleus of the powerful Patriarchate of Alexandria.
	Archpriest - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01697b.htm Since the fourth century numerous dioceses had an archpriest, or head of the college of presbyters, who aided and represented the bishop in the discharge of his liturgical and religious duties.
	Adultery - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01163a.htm The article considers adultery with reference only to morality.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02158a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02158a.htm Written in the form of Avennio in the ancient texts and inscriptions, takes its name from the House, or Clan, Avennius.

	Andrew Bobola, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01472c.htm Polish Jesuit priest and missionary, martyred in 1657.
	Athos, Mount - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02047b.htm The mountain that the architect Dinocrates offered to turn into a statue of Alexander the Great with a city in one hand and in the other a perennially flowing spring.
	Athenagoras - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02042b.htm A Christian apologist of the second half of the second century of whom no more is known than that he was an Athenian philosopher and a convert to Christianity.
	Agnosticism - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01215c.htm A philosophical theory of the limitations of knowledge, professing doubt of or disbelief in some or all of the powers of knowing possessed by the human mind.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01251b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01251b.htm A white linen vestment with close fitting sleeves, reaching nearly to the ground and secured round the waist by a girdle.

	Alexander V - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01288a.htm Pietro Philarghi, born c. 1339, on the island of Crete (Candia), whence his appellation, Peter of Candia; elected 26 June, 1409; died at Bologna, 3 May, 1410.
	Agreda, Maria de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01229a.htm Franciscan mystic. (1602-1665)
	Aquileia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01661c.htm A former city of the Roman Empire, situated at the head of the Adriatic.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01663a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01663a.htm The cradle of Islam and, in all probability, the primitive home of the Semitic race.
	Apostolic See, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01640c.htm A metaphorical term, used, as happens in all languages, to express the abstract notion of authority by the concrete name of the place in which it is exercised.

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01381e.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01381e.htm A word of Greek origin, supposed to signify a mountain or elevation.
	Anschar, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01544c.htm Benedictine monk, missionary to Scandinavia, bishop of Hamburg, d. 865.
	Analysis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01450a.htm The process by which anything complex is resolved into simple, or at least less complex parts or elements.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01452a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01452a.htm An absence of law.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01457e.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01457e.htm The science of the form and structure of living beings.

	Anathema - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01455e.htm Placed on high, suspended, set aside.
	Albigenses - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01267e.htm A neo-Manichæan sect that flourished in southern France in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
	Attila the Hun - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02061b.htm Life and times of the legendary king.
	Abyssinia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01075e.htm Provides details on the geography, ethnology, political revolutions, as well as church information.
	Antoninus Pius - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01586a.htm Roman Emperor. (138-161)

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01106a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01106a.htm A cleric promoted to the fourth and highest minor order in the Latin Church, ranking next to a subdeacon.
	Accident - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01096c.htm The obvious division of things into the stable and the unstable.
	Abbreviations, Ecclesiastical - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01022a.htm Latin abbreviations commonly seen in documents of the Catholic Church, the full Latin words or phrases, and their English meaning.
	Abelard, Peter - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01036b.htm Dialectician, philosopher, and theologian. (1079-1142)
	Aquila and Priscilla - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01661b.htm Jewish tentmakers, who left Rome in the Jewish persecution under Claudius, 49 or 50, and settled in Corinth.

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01428c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01428c.htm A short linen cloth, square or oblong in shape and, like the other sacerdotal vestments, needing to be blessed before use.
	Adoption, Supernatural - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01148a.htm The adoption of man by God in virtue of which we become His sons and heirs.
	Assemblies of the French Clergy - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01795a.htm Meetings of the Clergy of France for the purpose of apportioning the financial burdens laid upon the Church by the kings of France, and incidentally for other ecclesiastical purposes.
	Andrew of Crete, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01473b.htm Also known as Andreas, monk, bishop of Gortyna, best known for his hymnody, d. 740 or 720.
	Alsace-Lorraine - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01341c.htm The German Imperial Territory so known, and divided for State purposes into three civil districts.

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01082a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01082a.htm Patriarch of Constantinople. (d. 489)
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01146a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01146a.htm Hebrew meaning "lord, ruler", a name bestowed upon God in the Old Testament.
	Antiphon - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01575b.htm One or more psalm verses or sentences from Holy Scripture which are sung or recited before and after each psalm and the Magnificat during Matins and Vespers.
	Association of Ideas - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02004a.htm A principle in psychology to account for the succession of mental states.
	Angela Merici, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01481a.htm Biography of the founder of the Ursulines, who died in 1540.

	Antichrist - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01559a.htm Defines the word according to its biblical and ecclesiastical usage.
	Agony of Christ - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01224a.htm The word is used only once in Sacred Scripture (Luke, xxii, 43) to designate the anguish of Our Lord in the Garden of Gethsemani.
	Apostolic Letters - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01640a.htm The letters of the Apostles to Christian communities or those in authority.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02007c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02007c.htm Includes geographical and historical information.
	Abjuration - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01044d.htm A denial, disavowal, or renunciation under oath.

	Adventists - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01166a.htm A group of six American Protestant sects which hold in common a belief in the near return of Christ in person.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01237c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01237c.htm In architecture, one of the lateral or longitudinal divisions of a church, separated from the nave by rows of piers, pillars, or columns.
	Apostle Spoons - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01626b.htm A set of thirteen spoons, usually silver, the handles of which are adorned with representations of Our Lord (the Master spoon) and the twelve Apostles.
	Apostasy - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01624b.htm The word itself in its etymological sense, signifies the desertion of a post, the giving up of a state of life; he who voluntarily embraces a definite state of life cannot leave it, therefore, without becoming an apostate.
	Aristides - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01712d.htm A Christian apologist living at Athens in the second century.

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01718a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01718a.htm An heresiarch, born about A.D. 250; died 336.
	Abortion, Physical Effects of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01049a.htm Covers definition, causes, and physical effects.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01729a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01729a.htm Archdiocese founded by St. Patrick about 445, as the primatial and metropolitan see of Ireland.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01051a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01051a.htm Outline of his life, with New and Old Testament views.
	Affinity (in Canon Law) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01178a.htm A relationship arising from the carnal intercourse of a man and a woman, sufficient for the generation of children, whereby the man becomes related to the woman's blood-relatives and the woman to the man's.

	Articles of Faith - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01755d.htm Certain revealed supernatural truths such as those contained in the symbol of the Apostles.
	Apocatastasis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01599a.htm A name given in the history of theology to the doctrine which teaches that a time will come when all free creatures will share in the grace of salvation; in a special way, the devils and lost souls.
	Alypius, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01374c.htm Close friend of St. Augustine of Hippo. Like Augustine, Alypius was baptized by Ambrose. St. Alypius became bishop of Tagaste.
	Anastasius Bibliothecarius - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16002b.htm Librarian of the Roman Church. (810-879)
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01449a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01449a.htm A philosophical term used to designate, first, a property of things; secondly, a process of reasoning.

	Anchorites - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01462b.htm In Christian terminology, men who have sought to triumph over the two unavoidable enemies of human salvation, the flesh and the devil, by depriving them of the assistance of their ally, the world.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01592a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01592a.htm A tribe of North American Indians belonging linguistically to the Athapascan stock whose original habitat is believed to have been Northwestern Canada.
	Adoration - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01151a.htm In the strict sense, an act of religion offered to God in acknowledgment of His supreme perfection and dominion, and of the creature's dependence upon Him.
	Apollinarianism - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01615b.htm Fourth-century Christological heresy propounded by Apollinaris of Laodicea. The theory that Jesus had a human body and soul, but that the Logos took the place of the human spirit or mind in Jesus. Solemnly condemned at the Council of Constantinople in 381.
	Adoptionism - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01150a.htm The theory that the man Jesus at some point in time became the Son of God only by adoption. Strictly speaking, refers to an eighth-century Spanish heresy, but the term is also used to cover similar beliefs.

	Abortion - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01046b.htm Briefly defined as "the loss of a fetal life."
	Alexander, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01296a.htm Patriarch of Alexandria. Elected instead of the heresiarch Arius, who had been scheming to be made bishop. A man of great holiness, St. Alexander died in 326.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01652a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01652a.htm The purpose of this article is to give a comprehensive view of the positive legislation of the Church on appeals belonging to the ecclesiastical forum; but it does not treat of the nature of the ecclesiastical forum itself nor of the rights of the Church and its supreme head, the pope, to receive appeals in ecclesiastical matters.
	Avesta, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02151b.htm The sacred books of Parsees, or Zoroastrians, and the main source of our knowledge concerning the religious and spiritual life the ancient Persians.
	Apostolic Constitutions - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01636a.htm A fourth-century pseudo-Apostolic collection, in eight books, of independent, though closely related, treatises on Christian discipline, worship, and doctrine, intended to serve as a manual of guidance for the clergy, and to some extent for the laity.

	Alexander of Hales - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01298a.htm Biographical article on the first of the scholastic theologians to use Aristotelean principles in systematic theology.
	Augustine of Hippo, Teaching of Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02091a.htm Article on Augustine as a Doctor of the Church, and his influence in the history of philosophy and theology. Particular interest in his teaching on grace.
	African Liturgy - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01194a.htm In use not only in the old Roman province of Africa of which Carthage was the capital, but also in Numidia and Mauretania.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01129a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01129a.htm First man and father of the human race.
	Anglican Orders - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01491a.htm In the creed of the Catholic Church, Holy Order is one of the Seven Sacraments instituted by Our Lord Jesus Christ.

	Adoration, Perpetual - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01152a.htm A term broadly used to designate the practically uninterrupted adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
	Augustine of Hippo, Works of Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02089a.htm Annotated bibliography of Augustine's principal writings.
	Anima Christi - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01515a.htm Well known prayer dating from the first half of the fourteenth century and enriched with indulgences by Pope John XXII in the year 1330.
	Aurelian - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02108b.htm Roman Emperor, 270-275, born near Sirmium in Pannonia, 9 September, 214; died 275.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02168a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02168a.htm An archipelago situated in that tract of the Atlantic Ocean which is known to mariners as the Sargasso Sea.

	Acta Sanctae Sedis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01111c.htm A publication containing the principal public documents issued by the Pope, directly or through the Roman Congregations.
	Archimandrite - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01695c.htm In the Greek Rite the superior of a monastery or of several monasteries.
	Agnus Dei (in Liturgy) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01221a.htm A name given to the formula recited thrice by the priest at Mass in the Roman rite.
	Ambrosian Liturgy and Rite - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01394a.htm The liturgy and Rite of the Church of Milan, which derives its name from St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan (374-397).
	Alleluia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01319b.htm A liturgical mystic expression.

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01006d.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01006d.htm Aramaic word for father.
	Abandonment - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01006a.htm A term used by writers of ascetical and mystical books to signify the first stage of the union of the soul with God by conforming to His Will.
	Athens, Christian - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02043b.htm History of the Church in Athens.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01253b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01253b.htm The ancient Epirus and Illyria, is the most western land occupied by the Turks in Europe.
	All Souls' Day - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01315b.htm The commemoration of all the faithful departed is celebrated by the Church on 2 November, or, if this be a Sunday or a solemnity, on 3 November.

	Apostolicity - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01648b.htm The mark by which the Church of today is recognized as identical with the Church founded by Jesus Christ upon the Apostles.
	Anne de Beaupré, Sainte - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01539b.htm Devotion to Saint Anne, in Canada.
	Alimentation - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01312b.htm In a broad sense, whatever is necessary to sustain human life: not merely food and drink, but lodging, clothing, care during sickness and burial.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02053a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02053a.htm The system of those who hold that all bodies are composed of minute, indivisible particles of matter called atoms.
	Atonement, Doctrine of the - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02055a.htm In Catholic theology, the Atonement is the Satisfaction of Christ, whereby God and the world are reconciled or made to be at one.

	Anne d'Auray, Sainte - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01539a.htm A little village three miles from the town of Auray, in the Diocese of Vannes, famous for its sanctuary and for its pilgrimages, or pardons, in honour of St. Anne.
	Augsburg - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02073b.htm Diocese in the Kingdom of Bavaria, Germany, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Munich-Freising.
	Abbon, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01015b.htm Biographical article on this Benedictine monk, who died in 1004.
	Alfred the Great - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01309d.htm King of the West Saxons. (849-899)
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01486b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01486b.htm A short practice of devotion in honour of the Incarnation repeated three times each day, morning, noon, and evening, at the sound of the bell.

	Alexandria - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01299d.htm Seaport of Egypt, on the left bank of the Nile.
	Anaphora - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01451a.htm A liturgical term in the Greek Rite.
	Agnes of Rome, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01214a.htm Virgin, martyred at the age of 12 or 13, revered since at least the mid-fourth century.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01443a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01443a.htm An object generaliy inscribed with mysterious formulæ and used by pagans as a protection against various maladies, as well as witchcraft.
	Agnes of Bohemia, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01213b.htm Also called Agnes of Prague. Poor Clare, prioress.

	Agnes of Assisi, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01213a.htm Brief biography of the younger sister of St. Clare, and prioress of the Poor Clares at Monticelli.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01075d.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01075d.htm Primarily and classically an adjective, very deep.
	Anastasius, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01455c.htm A former magician and soldier, converted to Christianity, became a monk. He was martyred in 628.
	Anchor (as Symbol), The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01462a.htm Regarded in ancient times as a symbol of safety.
	Ancient of Days - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01463a.htm A name given to God by the Prophet Daniel.

	Andrew, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01471a.htm The Apostle in Scripture and tradition.
	Andrew the Scot, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01474c.htm Brother of St. Bridget the Younger and archdeacon of Fiesole, d. about 877.
	Angels, Early Christian Representations of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01485a.htm The oldest fresco in which an angel appears is the Annunciation scene (second century) of the cemetery of St. Priscilla.
	Agnus Dei - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01220a.htm The name given to certain discs of wax impressed with the figure of a lamb and blessed at stated seasons by the Pope.
	Angels of the Churches - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01486a.htm St. John in the Apocalypse is shown seven candlesticks and in their midst, the Son of Man holding seven stars. The candlesticks represent the seven Churches of Asia; the stars, the angels of those Churches.

	Angela of Foligno, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01482a.htm Short biography of the penitent, mystic, writer, Third Order Franciscan, who died in 1309.
	Abstinence - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01067a.htm Includes information about old and new testament fasting as well as church laws.
	Absolute, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01060c.htm Philosophical term referring to God.
	Altar Candlesticks - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01350a.htm Consists of five parts: the foot, the stem, the knob about the middle of the stem, the bowl to receive the drippings of wax, and the pricket, i.e. the sharp point that terminates the stem on which the candle is fixed.
	Altar Candles - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01347a.htm For mystical reasons the Church prescribes that the candles used at Mass and at other liturgical functions be made of beeswax.

	Altar (in Liturgy) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01346a.htm In the New Law the altar is the table on which the Eucharistic Sacrifice is offered.
	Alphabet, Christian Use of the - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01333a.htm The Hebrew, Greek and Latin alphabets have been variously made use of in Christian liturgy.
	Alpha and Omega - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01332b.htm Includes Jewish and Christian meanings.
	Alpha and Omega (in Scripture) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01332a.htm Employed from the fourth century as a symbol expressing the confidence of orthodox Christians in the scriptural proofs of Our Lord's divinity.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01326c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01326c.htm A Hebrew word signifying a "young woman", unmarried as well as married.

	Alban, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01252b.htm First martyr of Britain, d. about 304. Biographical article.
	Allen, John - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01322a.htm Priest and martyr. He was executed at Tyburn in the beginning of the year 1538.
	Allen, John - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01321b.htm Archbishop of Dublin, canonist, and Chancellor of Ireland. (1476-1534)
	Allen, Frances - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01320c.htm The first woman of New England birth to become a nun. (1784-1819)
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01316a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01316a.htm The name of God in Arabic.

	Alexius, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01307b.htm Tries to untangle the story of the Man of God. According to tradition, a fifth-century Roman who became a beggar in Edessa. He is honored as a confessor of the Faith.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01313a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01313a.htm In the common legal sense of the word, the allowance by order of the court a husband pays to his wife for her maintenance while she is living separately from him, or paid by her former husband to a divorced woman.
	Algonquins - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01311b.htm The Micmacs, Abenakis, Montagnais, Penobscots, Chippewas, Mascoutens, Nipissings, Sacs, Pottowatomies, and Illinois, the Pequods of Massachusetts, the Mohegans of New York, the Lenapes of Pennsylvania and Delaware, with many other minor tribes, may be classed among them.
	Alexandrian Library, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01303a.htm The Great Library of Alexandria, so called to distinguish it from the smaller or "daughter" library in the Serapeum, was a foundation of the first Ptolemies for the purpose of aiding the maintenance of Greek civilization in the midst of the conservative Egyptians.
	Alexander, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01295c.htm Called "The Charcoal Burner." Made bishop of Comana at the recommendation of St. Gregory Thaumaturgus. St. Alexander was martyred in the Decian persecution.

	Alexander of Lycopolis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01299a.htm Fourth-century writer.
	Aldhelm, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01280b.htm Abbot of Malmesbury, bishop of Sherborne, poet, d. about 709.
	Alcoholism - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01274a.htm The term is understood to include all the changes that may occur in the human organism after the ingestion of any form of alcohol.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01272b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01272b.htm The art of transmuting baser metals into gold and silver.
	Anastasia, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01453a.htm Article on this martyr, whose feast day is 25 December. Attracted a cultus at Rome in the late fifth century, and a sixth-century legend makes her a Roman matron, though martyred elsewhere.

	Anaesthesia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01447b.htm A term in medicine, and the allied sciences, signifying a state of insensibility to external impressions, consequent upon disease, or induced artificially by the employment of certain substances known as anæsthetics, or by hypnotic suggestion.
	Amphilochius of Iconium - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01438a.htm Fourth-century Cappadocian bishop.
	Ammonites - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01431b.htm A race closely allied to the Hebrews.
	Ampullæ - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01439c.htm Their peculiarity consists in the sediment of dark red colour they contain, from which they derive the name, blood-ampullæ, on the theory that the sediment is the remains of the blood of a martyr.
	Amphoræ - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01439a.htm Vessels generally made of clay, and furnished with ears or handles.

	Amorrhites - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01433c.htm A name of doubtful origin and meaning, used to designate an ancient people often mentioned in the Old Testament.
	America, Pre-Columbian Discovery of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01416a.htm Offers details of early exploration.
	Ambulatory - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01406b.htm A cloister, gallery, or alley; a sheltered place, straight or circular, for exercise in walking; the aisle that makes the circuit of the apse of a church.
	Ambrosian Basilica - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01388c.htm Erected at Milan by fourth-century bishop, St. Ambrose, and was consecrated in the year 386.
	Ambrosian Chant - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01389a.htm Chant composed by St. Ambrose.

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01377c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01377c.htm A people remembered chiefly as the most hated of all the enemies of Israel.
	Aidan of Lindisfarne, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01233d.htm Irish monk, first bishop of Lindisfarne, d. 651.
	Alvarado, Pedro de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01372d.htm Accompanied Grijalva on his exploration of Yucatan and the Mexican coast in 1518, and was the chief officer of Cortez during the conquest of Mexico.
	Aix, Archdiocese of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01237e.htm Includes the districts of Aix and Arles (Department of the Bouches-du-Rhône).
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01370a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01370a.htm Signifies in ecclesiastical usage, a student preparing for the sacred ministry in a seminary.

	Altruism - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01369a.htm A term formed by Auguste Comte in 1851, to denote the benevolent, as contrasted with the selfish propensities.
	Altars (in Scripture) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01360a.htm Describes several biblical uses of the word.
	Altar Horns - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01354a.htm On the Jewish altar there were four projections, one at each corner, which were called the horns of the altar. These projections are not found on the Christian altar, but the word cornu ("horn") is still maintained to designate the sides or corners of the altar.
	Accomplice - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01100a.htm A term generally employed to designate a partner in some form of evildoing.
	Altar Crucifix - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01352a.htm The principal ornament of the altar.

	Altar Cloths - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01351e.htm The custom of using three altar-cloths began probably in the ninth century, but at present it is of strict obligation for the licit celebration of Mass.
	Abbreviation, Methods of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01021b.htm Discusses forms used to get the most use from scarce and costly materials.
	Arts, The Faculty of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01757a.htm One of the four traditional divisions of the teaching body of the university.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01801a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01801a.htm Diocese in Umbria.
	Assideans - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01800b.htm The maintainers of the Mosaic Law against the invasion of Greek customs.

	Asses, Feast of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01798b.htm The feast dates from the eleventh century, though the source which suggested it is much older.
	Adoption - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01147a.htm Adoption, as defined in canon law, is foreign to the Bible.
	Acts, Indifferent - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01116a.htm An act that is neither good nor bad.
	Ass in Caricature of Christians, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01793c.htm The calumny of onolatry, or ass-worship, attributed by Tacitus and other writers to the Jews, was afterwards, by the hatred of the latter, transferred to the Christians.
	Asperges - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01793a.htm The rite of sprinkling the congregation with holy water before the principal Mass on Sunday.

	Asmodeus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01792c.htm Demon mentioned in the Book of Tobias.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01776c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01776c.htm A number of passages in the Old Testament connect ashes with mourning.
	Adoro Te Devote - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01154b.htm A hymn sometimes styled Rhythmus, or Oratio, S. Thomæ (sc. Aquinatis) written c. 1260.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01774b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01774b.htm The property by which a being exists of and from itself.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01030b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01030b.htm A minor prophet.

	Abduction - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01032b.htm May be considered as a public crime and a matrimonial diriment impediment.
	Arnobius - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01746c.htm A Christian apologist, flourished during the reign of Diocletian (284-305).
	Arnulf of Metz, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01752b.htm Frankish civil servant at the court of Austrasia, bishop of Metz, hermit, d. about 640.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01035c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01035c.htm Commentary on the first murder victim.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02171a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02171a.htm Unfermented cakes used by the Jews in their various sacrifices and religious rites.

	Adulteration of Food - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01162b.htm This act is defined as the addition of any non-condimental substance to a food.
	Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Baron Acton - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01114a.htm Biography of the historian best-known for his view of the corruption power causes.
	Ayllón, Lucas Vésquez de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02164c.htm This Spanish discoverer of Chesapeake Bay, and the first who tried to find a northwest passage from Europe to Asia, date of birth uncertain; died 18 October, 1526.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02169b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02169b.htm A surname applied to the tribe of the Mexica, or Chichimeca Mexitin, which occupied aboriginal Mexico, in more or less contiguous groups, at the beginning of the sixteenth century, when the Spaniards first came into contact with them.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02163a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02163a.htm A titular metropolitan see of ancient Christian Ethiopia.

	Avignon, Councils of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02159a.htm Details of several councils held here.
	Agrippa of Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01231c.htm Described as a "knight, doctor, and by common reputation, a magician".
	Ave Maris Stella - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02149a.htm The first verse of an unrhymed, accentual hymn, of seven stropes of four lines each, assigned in Roman Breviary to Vespers in the Common office, the Office of Saturdays, and the Little Office (as well as for Feasts) of the Blessed Virgin.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02148c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02148c.htm The word is used, in a technical sense, in the Hindu religion to denote the descent upon earth of a portion of the essence of a god, which then assumes some coarser material form, be it animal, monster, or man.
	Autocephali - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02142a.htm A designation in early Christian times of certain bishops who were subject to no patriarch or metropolitan, but depended directly on the triennial provincial synod or on the Apostolic See.

	Authorized Version, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02141a.htm Historical background on the AV, also called the King James Bible.
	Adalbert, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01127b.htm Apostle of the Slavs. Monk, missionary to Russia, abbot, and bishop of Magdeburg, d. 981.
	Audiences, Pontifical - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02069a.htm The receptions given by the pope to cardinals, sovereigns, princes, ambassadors, and other persons, ecclesiastical or lay, having business with or interest in the Holy See.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02051c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02051c.htm Primarily, the smallest particle of matter which can exist.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01003a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01003a.htm Brother of Moses, and High Priest of the Old Law.

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01005a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01005a.htm A Hebrew word signifying: ruin, destruction (Job 31:12); place of destruction; the Abyss, realm of the dead (Job 26:6; Proverbs 15:11).
	Addeus and Maris, Liturgy of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01136d.htm Oriental liturgy, sometimes assigned to the Syrian group; sometimes to the Persian group.
	Athens, Modern Diocese of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02046a.htm The majority of Catholics who live within the Diocese of Athens are foreigners, or of foreign descent.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02032c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02032c.htm Duchesne introduced the word to designate those cases in which species revert spontaneously to what are presumably long-lost characters.
	Astronomy in the Bible - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02029a.htm Includes examples of Old and New Testament references.

	Adeodatus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01141e.htm Son of St. Augustine. (372-388)
	Adelaide, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01140c.htm Or Adelheid. The widow of Otho, she died in 999.
	Andrew Corsini, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01472d.htm Article on this Carmelite, called "the Apostle of Florence," regarded as a prophet and thaumaturgus, who became bishop of Fiesoli, and died in 1373.
	Adjuration - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01142c.htm An urgent demand made upon another to do something, or to desist from doing something, which is rendered more solemn by coupling with it the name of God.
	Aelred, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01172b.htm Cistercian abbot, homilist, spiritual writer, d. 1166 or 1167.

	Antonio Maria Zaccaria, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01588a.htm A Doctor of Medicine, founder of the Barnabites, d. 1539.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01200a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01200a.htm Mentioned in Acts 11:28, and 21:10, as a prophet of the New Testament.
	Aphraates - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01593c.htm Wrter born of pagan parents during the last half of the third century.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01200b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01200b.htm Under certain circumstances the agape and the Eucharist appear to form parts of a single liturgical function.
	Antiphonary - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01576b.htm One of the present liturgical books intended for use in the liturgical choir, and originally characterized, by the assignment to it principally of the antiphons used in various parts of the Roman liturgy.

	Abraham, The Bosom of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01055a.htm Found only in two verses of St. Luke's Gospel (xvi, 22, 23).
	Antioch, The Church of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01567a.htm A city on the banks of the lower Orontes.
	Antinomianism - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01564b.htm The heretical doctrine that Christians are exempt from the obligations of moral law.
	Antipodes - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01581a.htm Speculations concerning the rotundity of the earth and the possible existence of human beings "with their feet turned towards ours" were of interest to the Fathers of the Early Church only in so far as they seemed to encroach upon the fundamental Christian dogma of the unity of the human race, and the consequent universality of original sin and redemption.
	Anthony of Padua, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01556a.htm Long article on the Augustinian canon turned Franciscan, priest, preacher, miracle worker, d. 1231. Known as "the Hammer of the Heretics."

	Age, Canonical - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01206c.htm Fixed by the canons, or law of the Church, at which her subjects become capable of incurring certain obligations, enjoying special privileges, embracing special states of life, holding office or dignity, or receiving the sacraments.
	Anthropomorphism, Anthropomorphites - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01558c.htm A term used in its widest sense to signify the tendency of man to conceive the activities of the external world as the counterpart of his own.
	Antediluvians - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01551c.htm People who lived before the flood.
	Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, The Feast of the - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01542a.htm In the Latin Church this feast is first mentioned in the Sacramentarium of Pope Gelasius.
	Annunciation, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01541c.htm In the sixth month after the conception of St. John the Baptist by Elizabeth, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to the Virgin Mary.

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01058c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01058c.htm Article covers Absalom, son of David; Absalom, father of Mathathias; and Absalom, father of Jonathan.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01530c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01530c.htm Details of four women by this name in Sacred Scripture.
	Anne, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01538a.htm According to apocryphal literature, the mother of Mary.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01526a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01526a.htm The doctrine or theory of the soul.
	Animals in the Bible - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01517a.htm The sacred books were composed by and for a people almost exclusively given to husbandry and pastoral life, hence in constant communication with nature.

	Animals in Christian Art - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01515b.htm Animal forms have always occupied a place of far greater importance than was ever accorded to them in the art of the pagan world.
	Archpriest Controversy - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16004a.htm Arose in England on the appointment of George Blackwell as archpriest with jurisdiction over the secular clergy of England and Scotland, by the Holy See on 7 March, 1598.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01225c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01225c.htm Term for alleged sayings of Jesus, found in ancient Christian writings, not included in the canonical Gospels.
	Archives, Ecclesiastical - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01696a.htm A collection of documents, records, and memorials, pertaining to the origin, foundation, growth, history, and constitutions of a diocese, parish, monastery, or religious community under the jurisdiction of the Church.
	Adrian of Canterbury, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01160a.htm African-born Benedictine abbot, d. 710.

	Archconfraternity - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01692a.htm A confraternity empowered to aggregate or affiliate other confraternities of the same nature, and to impart to them its indulgences and privileges.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01688a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01688a.htm A structure composed of separate pieces, such as stone or bricks, having the shape of truncated wedges, arranged on a curved line so as to retain their position by mutual pressure.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01686d.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01686d.htm A box in which the Eucharist was kept by the primitive Christians in their homes.
	Arbitration - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01682b.htm A method of arranging differences between two parties by referring them to the judgment of a disinterested outsider whose decision the parties to a dispute agree in advance to accept as in some way binding.
	Advowson - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01169a.htm In English law the right of patronage of a church or ecclesiastical benefice, a right exercised by nomination of a clergyman to such church or other benefice.

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01170a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01170a.htm A secret chamber or place of retirement in the ancient temples, and esteemed the most sacred spot; the innermost sanctuary or shrine.
	Apse Chapel - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01660a.htm A chapel radiating tangentially from one of the bays or divisions of the apse, and reached generally by a semicircular passageway, or ambulatory, exteriorly to the walls or piers of the apse.
	Abgar, The Legend of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01042c.htm Concerns a correspondence that took place between God and the local potentate at Edessa.
	Appropriation - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01658a.htm In theology, appropriation is used in speaking of the different Persons of the Trinity.
	Apotheosis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01650b.htm Deification, the exaltation of men to the rank of gods.

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01173c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01173c.htm The term appropriated by Gnostic heresiarchs to designate the series of spiritual powers evolved by progressive emanation from the eternal Being.
	Apollonia, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01617c.htm A virgin, possibly ordained, martyr at Alexandria in late 248 or early 249.
	Aesthetics - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01174c.htm May be defined as a systematic training to right thinking and right feeling in matters of art, and is made a part of philosophy by A.G. Baumgarten.
	Apostolic Churches - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01634a.htm All the individual orthodox churches could, in a sense, be called Apostolic Churches, because they were in some more or less mediate connection with the Apostles.
	Apostolic Camera - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01633b.htm The former central board of finance in the papal administrative system, which at one time was of great importance in the government of the States of the Church, and in the administration of justice.

	Affinity (in the Bible) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01177c.htm Scripture recognizes affinity as an impediment to wedlock.
	Apostleship of Prayer, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01633a.htm A pious association otherwise known as a league of prayer in union with the Heart of Jesus.
	Afonzo de Albuquerque - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01270c.htm Second son of Gonzallo de Albuquerque, lord of Villaverde.
	Alemany, Joseph Sadoc - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01282a.htm First Archbishop of San Francisco. (1814-1888)
	Antonio María Claret y Clará, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16026a.htm Spanish priest and missionary, founder of the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (better known as the Claretians), d. 1870.

	Ariosto, Ludovico - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01712b.htm Son of Nicolo Ariosto, Governor of Reggio, and Daria Malaguzzi, born at Reggio in Emilia, 8 September, 1474; died at Ferrara, 6 June, 1533.
	Argentina - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01702d.htm A South American confederation of fourteen provinces, or States, united by a federal Constitution framed on the same lines as the Constitution of the United States of America.
	Aben-Ezra, Abraham-ben-Meir - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01039c.htm Spanish rabbi. (1092-1167)
	Ambrosian Hymnography - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01392a.htm The term implies no attribution of authorship, but rather a poetical form or a liturgical use.
	Actus et Potentia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01124a.htm A technical expression in scholastic phraseology used to translate Aristotle's energeia or entelecheia, and dynamis.

	Attainder - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02059c.htm An Act of Parliament for putting a man to death or for otherwise punishing him without trial in the usual form.
	Allen, William - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01322b.htm Cardinal. (1522-1594)
	Amiens, Diocese of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01429d.htm Comprises the department of Somme.
	Aristeas - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01712c.htm A name given in Josephus to the author of a letter ascribing the Greek translation of the Old Testament to six interpreters sent into Egypt from Jerusalem.
	Angoulême - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01513b.htm Diocese; comprises the Department of the Charente in France, and has always been suffragan to the Archbishopric of Bordeaux, under the old régime as well as under the Concordat.

	Apostolicæ Sedis Moderationi - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01645a.htm A Bull of Pius IX (1846-78) which regulates anew the system of censures and reservations in the Catholic church.
	Arches, The Court of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01695a.htm Was held in the Church of St. Mary le Bow (Sancta Maria de Arcubus), in Cheapside, the chief and most ancient court and consistory of the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
	Ausonius, Decimus Magnus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02112d.htm Professor and poet. (310-394)
	Altar, Portable - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01348b.htm Consists of a solid piece of natural stone which must be sufficiently hard to resist every fracture.
	Adam of Bremen - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01132c.htm A German historian and geographer of the eleventh century.

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01752c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01752c.htm Diocese comprising the Department of Pas-de-Calais in France.
	Admonitions, Canonical - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01144b.htm A preliminary means used by the Church towards a suspected person, as a preventive of harm or a remedy of evil.
	Affirmation - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01179a.htm A solemn declaration accepted in legal procedure in lieu of the requisite oath.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01255b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01255b.htm A suburban see, comprising seven towns in the Province of Rome.
	Auctorem Fidei - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02068b.htm A Bull issued by Pius VI, 28 August, 1794, in condemnation of the Gallican and Jansenist acts and tendencies of the Synod of Pistoia (1786).

	Agde, Council of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01206b.htm Held in 506 at Agatha or Agde in Languedoc, under the presidency of St. Caesarius of Arles.
	Adalbert, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01127c.htm Apostle of Prussia. Bishop of Prague, forced to flee his see. Missionary to the Hungarians and Poles. He was murdered in 997.
	Alva, The Duke of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01371a.htm Warrior and statesman. (1508-1582)
	Andrada, Antonio de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01468d.htm Missionary and explorer of Tibet in the seventeenth century.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01448a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01448a.htm An Italian diocese in the province of Rome under the immediate jurisdiction of the Holy See.

	Arnold of Brescia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01747b.htm Born at Brescia towards the end of the eleventh century, date of death uncertain.
	Antoninus, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01585b.htm Archbishop of Florence, Dominican reformer, moral theologian, d. 1459.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01379a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01379a.htm Archdiocese directly dependent on the Holy See, has its seat at Amalfi, not far from Naples.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01489b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01489b.htm Comprises the territory embraced in the department of Maine and Loire.
	Albergati, Niccolo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01258b.htm Cardinal and Bishop of Bologna. (1357-1443)

	Arabia, Vicariate Apostolic of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01674a.htm Arabia formerly belonged to the mission of Galla (Africa), but was made a separate prefecture Apostolic by Pius IX, 21 Jan., 1875.
	Arts, Bachelor of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01756c.htm A degree marking the completion of the traditional curriculum of the college.
	Ahriman and Ormuzd - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01233a.htm The modern Persian forms of Anro-Mainyus and Ahura Mazda, the Evil Spirit and the Good Spirit.
	Altar, Stripping of an - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01349a.htm Removal of the altar-cloths, vases of flowers, antipendium, and other ornaments, so that nothing remains but the cross and the candlesticks with the candles extinguished.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01702b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01702b.htm A diocese of Tuscany, in Italy, which is directly dependent on the Holy See. It

	Alain de l'Isle - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01244e.htm Monk, poet, preacher, theologian, and eclectic philosopher. (1128-1203)
	Abingdon, The Abbey of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01043c.htm Located in the County of Berkshire, England, founded A.D. 675.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02144a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02144a.htm Comprises the entire Department of Saone et Loire in France. It was suffragan to the Archdiocese of Lyons under the old regime.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02067c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02067c.htm Archdiocese; comprises the Department of Gers in France.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01513e.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01513e.htm Vicariate Apostolic comprising the territory of the German Duchy of Anhalt.

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01380c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01380c.htm A titular see and metropolis of Pontus in Asia Minor on the river Iris, now Amasiah.
	Avitus, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02161c.htm Anti-Arian Bishop of Vienne, converted King Sigismund, was a renowned poet, d. about 518.
	Administrator - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01143a.htm Includes details on administrators of dioceses, parishes, and ecclesiastical institutions.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01225b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01225b.htm Archiepiscopal see of the ancient kingdom of Croatia, in Austria, founded towards the end of the eleventh century as a suffragan of Kalocsa in Hungary, and made an archdiocese in 1852.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01283b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01283b.htm Armenian Rite Archdiocese in Syria.

	Acquapendente - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01109a.htm A diocese in Italy under the immediate jurisdiction of the Holy See, comprising seven towns of the Province of Rome.
	Alcalá, University of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01271a.htm Had its inception in the thirteenth century, when Sancho IV, conceived the idea of founding a Studium Generale in Alcalá de Henares.
	Arles, The Synods of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01727b.htm The first Council of Arles was held in 314, for the purpose of putting an end to the Donatist controversy.
	Adelard of Bath - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16001c.htm Twelfth-century scholastic philosopher.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01239a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01239a.htm A city of Upper Egypt, situated on the banks of the Nile.

	Arabian School of Philosophy - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01674c.htm A circumstance which favoured the study of letters and philosophy was the accession to the throne about A.D. 750 of the Abassides, an enlightened line of Caliphs who encouraged learning, and patronized the representatives, chiefly Syrian and Persian, of foreign culture.
	Alberti, Leone Battista - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01263a.htm Florentine ecclesiastic and artist of the fifteenth century.
	Albert of Brandenburg - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01262a.htm Cardinal and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire. (1490-1545)
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01255a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01255a.htm Italian family said to be descended from Albanian refugees of the fifteenth century. Includes information on six family members.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01429c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01429c.htm An Armenian Rite diocese located in Mesopotamia, Asiatic Turkey.

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01537b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01537b.htm The first fruits, or first year's revenue of an ecclesiastical benefice paid to the Papal Curia (in medieval times to bishops also).
	Annals, Ecclesiastical - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01531b.htm The historical literature of the Middle Ages may be classed under three general heads: chronicles, annals, and lives of the saints.
	Accession - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01095a.htm Method of acquiring ownership of a thing arising from the fact that it is in some way added to, or is the fruit of something already belonging to oneself.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01101c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01101c.htm The name, before the Roman conquest in 146 B.C., of a strip of land between the gulf of Corinth and Elis and Arcadia, embracing twelve cities leagued together.
	Antonelli, Giacomo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01583d.htm Cardinal; Secretary of State to Pius IX. (1806-1876)

	Astros, Paul-Thérèse-David d' - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02031a.htm French cardinal. (1772-1851)
	Altar Stone - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01357b.htm A solid piece of natural stone, consecrated by a bishop, large enough to hold the Sacred Host and chalice.
	Acclamation (in Papal Elections) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01099a.htm One of the forms of papal election. Consists of all the cardinals present unanimously proclaiming one of the candidates Supreme Pontiff, without the formality of casting votes.
	Avesta, Theological Aspects of the - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02154a.htm Explores the subjects of God, dualism, angelology, and man.
	Agen, Diocese of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01209b.htm Comprises the Department of Lot and Garonne.

	Acacians, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01079b.htm Fourth-century Arian sect.
	Arias Montanus, Benedictus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01711c.htm Orientalist, exegete, and editor of the "Antwerp Polyglot", born at Frejenal de la Sierra in Estremadura, Spain, 1527; died at Seville, 1598.
	Assumption, Augustinians of the - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02104a.htm Had its origin in the College of the Assumption, established in Nîmes France, in 1843.
	Allatius, Leo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01317b.htm A learned Greek of the seventeenth century. (1586-1669)
	Adrianople - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01161a.htm According to legend, Orestes, son of Agamemnon, built this city at the confluence of the Tonsus (Toundja) and the Ardiscus (Arda) with the Hebrus (Maritza).

	Amort, Eusebius - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01434a.htm Philosopher and theologian. (1692-1775)
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01043b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01043b.htm A titular see of Phoenicia.
	Altarpiece - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01356a.htm A picture of some sacred subject painted on the wall or suspended in a frame behind the altar, or a group of statuary on the altar.
	Ascendente Domino - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01766d.htm A Bull issued by Gregory XIII, 24 May, 1584, in favor of the Society of Jesus, to confirm the constitution of the Society, and the privileges already granted to it by Paul III, Julius III, Paul IV, and Pius V.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01256a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01256a.htm Diocese comprising the entire counties of Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, Washington, and that part of Herkimer and Hamilton counties south of the northern line of the townships of Ohio and Russia, Benson and Hope, in the State of New York.

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01090a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01090a.htm Usually regarded as the small district on the south shore of the Bay of Fundy from Annapolis to the Basin of Minas.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01081a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01081a.htm Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine, disciple and biographer of Eusebius, the historian, whose successor in the See of Caesarea he became in 340.
	Andalusia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01465b.htm The name given by the Arabs to the portion of Spain subject to their dominion.
	Assumption, Sisters of the - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02006a.htm A congregation of French nuns devoted to the teaching of young girls.
	Acerenza - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01101a.htm Italian archdiocese.

	Anselm of Lucca, the Younger, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01550d.htm Appointed bishop of Lucca by his uncle Anselm of Lucca the Elder (Pope Alexander II), then became a Benedictine monk, served as papal legate, and died in 1086.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01540a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01540a.htm Diocese comprising the Department of Haute-Savoie in France.
	Adamnan, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01135c.htm Irish-born abbot of Iona, and St. Columba's biographer.
	Albert, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01261b.htm Cardinal, bishop of Liège, martyred in 1192 or 1193.
	Allouez, Claude - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01326b.htm Jesuit missionary and explorer. (1620-1689)

	Amalarius of Metz - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01376b.htm A liturgical writer, b. at Metz, in the last quarter of the eighth century; d. about 850.
	Amraphel - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01441a.htm King of Sennaar (Shinar), or Babylonia.
	Abstraction - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01074a.htm A process (or a faculty) by which the mind selects for consideration some one of the attributes of a thing to the exclusion of the rest.
	Assessors - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01799b.htm In ecclesiastical law, learned persons who function is to counsel a judge with whom they are associated in the trial of causes.
	Allies, Thomas William - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01323b.htm English writer. (1813-1903)

	Ailly, Pierre d' - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01235b.htm French theologian and philosopher, bishop and cardinal, born 1350 at Compiègne; died probably 1420 at Avignon.
	Ambrosiaster - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01406a.htm The name given to the author of a commentary on all the Epistles of St. Paul, with the exception of that to the Hebrews.
	Avellino - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02149c.htm An Italian diocese in the Province of Naples, suffragan to Benevento.
	Albicus, Sigismund - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01267d.htm Archbishop of Prague. (1347-1427)
	Aquarians - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01660d.htm A name given to several sects in the early Church.

	Auxilius of Naples - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02147a.htm The name (probably fictitious, according to Hefele) of an ecclesiastic to whom we owe a series of remarkable writings (P. L., CXXIX, 1054 sqq.) that deal with the controversies concerning the succession and fate of Pope Formosus (891-896), and especially the validity of the orders conferred by him.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01593a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01593a.htm Founder of a Gnostic sect; died at an advanced age late in the second century.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02160b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02160b.htm Diocese; suffragan of Valladolid in Spain.
	Antiochene Liturgy - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01571a.htm The family of liturgies originally used in the Patriarchate of Antioch begins with that of the Apostolic Constitutions; then follow that of St. James in Greek, the Syrian Liturgy of St. James, and the other Syrian Anaphorus.
	Alessandria della Paglia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01283d.htm Diocese in Piedmont, Italy, a suffragen of Vercelli.

	Afra, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01180b.htm Martyred at Augsburg in the Diocletian persecution (c. 304) for refusing to participate in pagan rites.
	Abercius, Inscription of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01040a.htm A Greek hagiographical text.
	Arsacidæ - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01753f.htm It was under the Dynasty of the Arsacids, who ruled the Persian empire from the year 256 B.C. to A.D. 224, that Christianity found its way into the countries watered by the Euphrates and the Tigris.
	Alciati, Andrea - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01273b.htm Italian jurist. (1492-1550)
	Amalricians - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01379b.htm Heretical sect founded towards the end of the twelfth century.

	Arts, Master of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01759a.htm An academic degree higher than that of Bachelor.
	Acquaviva, Claudius - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01109c.htm Fifth General of the Society of Jesus. (1543-1615)
	Altamura and Acquaviva - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01345b.htm An exempt archipresbyterate in the province of Bari, in southern Italy.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01110a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01110a.htm A diocese suffragan of Turin, Italy.
	Andrea Pisano - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01470a.htm An Italian sculptor and architect, b. 1270; d. 1349.

	African Church, Early - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01191a.htm The name given to the Christian communities inhabiting the region known politically as Roman Africa.
	Atto of Vercelli - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02062c.htm A learned theologian and canonist of the tenth century.
	Altar, Privileged - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01348c.htm An altar is said to be privileged when, in addition to the ordinary fruits of the Eucharistic Sacrifice, a plenary indulgence is also granted whenever Mass is celebrated thereon.
	Apiarius of Sicca - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01594a.htm A priest of the diocese of Sicca, in proconsular Africa.
	Alexander Natalis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01296c.htm A French historian and theologian, of the Order of St. Dominic. (1639-1724)

	Acciajuoli - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01096b.htm Three cardinals belonging to an illustrious Florentine family, Angelo, Niccolo, and Filippo.
	Affre, Denis Auguste - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01180a.htm Archbishop of Paris. (1793-1848)
	Ascoli-Piceno - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01773b.htm Diocese comprising sixteen towns in the Province of Ascoli-Piceno, two in that of Aquila, and two in that of Teramo, Italy.
	Aquino, Sora, and Pontecorvo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01662b.htm An Italian diocese immediately subject to the Holy See.
	Amiot, Joseph Maria - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01430a.htm Missionary to China. (1718-1793)

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01155a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01155a.htm An Italian bishopric, suffragan to Venice.
	Apollinaris (the Elder) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01617a.htm A Christian grammarian of the fourth century, first at Berytus in Phoenicia, then at Laodicea in Syria.
	Amandus, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01380b.htm Hermit, missionary, bishop of Maastricht, monastic founder, d. about 690.
	Apostolicae Curae - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01644a.htm A Bull of Leo XIII issued 15 September, 1896, and containing the latest papal decision with regard to the validity of Anglican orders.
	Arias de Avila, Pedro - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01711b.htm A Spanish knight from Segovia, b. about the middle of the fifteenth century; d. at Leon, 1530.

	Assumption, Little Sisters of the - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02005d.htm A congregation whose work is the nursing of the sick poor in their own homes.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01177b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01177b.htm A Roman general, patrician, and consul, b. towards the end of the fourth century; d. 454.
	Alvarez de Paz - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01374b.htm A famous mystic of the Society of Jesus. (1560-1620)
	Angilbert, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01490b.htm Abbot of Centula, fathered two children by Charlemagne's unmarried daughter Bertha. He died in 814.
	Adoption, Canonical - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01147b.htm The Church made its own the Roman law of adoption, with its legal consequences.

	Academies, Roman - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01083b.htm Historical and bibliographical notes concerning the more important of these associations of learned men.
	Avignon, University of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02160a.htm Developed from the already existing schools of the city, was formally constituted in 1303, by a Bull of Boniface VIII.
	Annunciation, The Orders of the - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01543a.htm A penitential order founded by St. Jeanne de Valois.
	Acceptance - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01094b.htm In canon law, the act by which one receives a thing with approbation or satisfaction.
	Actus Purus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01125b.htm A term employed in scholastic philosophy to express the absolute perfection of God.

	Agonistici - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01223a.htm One of the names given by the Donatists to those of their followers who went through cities and villages to disseminate the doctrine of Donatus.
	Armentia, Fray Nicolás - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01740a.htm Bishop of La Paz, appointed 22 October, 1901; b. at Bemedo, diocese of Vittoria, Spain, 5 December, 1845.
	Agathangelus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01204a.htm A supposed secretary of Tiridates II, King of Armenia, under whose name there has come down a life of the first apostle of Armenia, Gregory the Illuminator, who died about 332.
	Arnolfo di Cambio - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01750a.htm Sometimes called di Lapo, the principal master of Italian Gothic, b. at Florence, about 1232.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01311a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01311a.htm Archdiocese comprising the province of Algeria in French Africa. Its suffragans are the Sees of Oran and Constantine.

	Ajaccio, Diocese of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01238b.htm Comprises the island of Corsica.
	Antigonish - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01562c.htm The shiretown of the county of the same name in Nova Scotia.
	Agrarianism - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01226a.htm Theories and movements intended to benefit the poorer classes of society by dealing in some way with the ownership of land or the legal obligations of the cultivators.
	Alger of Liége - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01310c.htm French priest. (1055-1132)
	Andrea, Giovanni d' - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01469d.htm Canonist. (1275-1348)

	Anthony, Orders of Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01555a.htm Religious communities or orders under the patronage of St. Anthony the Hermit, father of monasticism, or professing to follow his rule.
	Ado of Vienne, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01145b.htm Benedictine monk, pilgrim, scholar, pastor, Archbishop of Vienne, d. 875.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01246b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01246b.htm The first knowledge of Alaska was acquired in 1741 through the expedition under Vitus Bering, a Dane in the Russian service, who sailed from Okhoysk.
	All Hallows College - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01314b.htm An institution devoted to the preparation of priests for the missions in English-speaking countries.
	Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01171b.htm The author of the homilies in Anglo-Saxon, a translator of Holy Scripture, and a writer upon many miscellaneous subjects.

	Angola and Congo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01512b.htm Diocese of Portuguese West Africa, suffragan of Lisbon.
	Aberdeen, The Diocese of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01041c.htm A see founded in 1063 at Mortlach by Bl. Beyn.
	Alma Redemptoris Mater - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01326d.htm The opening words of one of the four Antiphons sung at Compline and Lauds, in honour of the Blessed Virgin, at various seasons of the year.
	Abbo Cernuus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01015a.htm French Benedictine monk of St-Germain-des-Prés in Paris, sometimes called Abbo Parisiensis.
	Alberic of Monte Cassino - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01259a.htm Benedictine, died 1088.

	Avempace - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02150a.htm Arabian philosopher, physician, astronomer, mathematician, and poet, b. at Saragossa towards the end of the eleventh century; d. at Fez, 1138.
	Annibale, Giuseppe d' - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01540d.htm Cardinal and theologian. (1815-1892))
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02059b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02059b.htm An open place or court before a church.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01135f.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01135f.htm A diocese of Armenian rite in Asia Minor.
	Aeterni Patris - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01177a.htm An encyclical letter of Pope Leo XIII (issued 4 August, 1879); not to be confused with the apostolic letter of the same name written by Pope Pius IX.

	Apocrisiarius - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01600a.htm Indicates in general the ecclesiastical envoys of Christian antiquity, whether permanent or sent temporarily on missions to high ecclesiastical authorities or royal courts.
	Andrew Avellino, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01472b.htm Canon lawyer, priest, reformer, Theatine, d. 1608.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01110b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01110b.htm Syrian seaport on the Mediterranean.
	Agrippinus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01232a.htm Bishop of Carthage at the close of the second and beginning of the third century.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02007b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02007b.htm Three definitions.

	Anne-Marie Javouhey, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08326a.htm Founder of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny, missionary to Africa and South America, d. 1851.
	American College at Louvain, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01424a.htm An institution for the education of priests founded in 1857.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01699b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01699b.htm A Frankish Bishop of the latter part of the seventh century.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01331b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01331b.htm A party of heretics who arose after the Cataphrygians, Quartodecimans, and others, and who received neither the Gospel of St. John nor his Apocalypse.
	Atahuallpa - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02032a.htm Son of the Inca war chief Huayna Capac and an Indian woman from Quito.

	Alexander of Jerusalem, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01295b.htm Alexander, Bishop of Cappadocia, imprisoned for his faith, served as coadjutor to the Bishop of Jerusalem. Exiled and again imprisoned, Alexander was tortured and died in prison in 251.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01719a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01719a.htm Includes history, population, and government details from early in the twentieth century.
	Anselm of Laon - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01550b.htm Medieval theologian. (d. 1117)
	Allocution - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01325c.htm A solemn form of address or speech from the throne employed by the Pope on certain occasions.
	Alexander of Abonoteichos - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01297a.htm The most notorious imposter of the second century of the Christian era.

	Adelaide, Archdiocese of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01140a.htm Centered in Adelaide, capital of South Australia.
	Aegidius of Viterbo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01171a.htm Cardinal, theologian, orator, humanist, and poet, born at Viterbo, Italy; died at Rome, 1532.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01367c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01367c.htm Diocese in Illinois.
	Asterius - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02018a.htm Name of several prominent persons in early Christian history.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01244c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01244c.htm A South American diocese, in eastern Brazil, dependent on Bahia.

	Asaph, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01766a.htm First bishop of the Welsh town named after him. Second half of sixth century.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01205a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01205a.htm In the diocese of Sion, Switzerland, owes its fame to an event related by St. Eucherius, Bishop of Lyons, the martyrdom of a Roman legion, known as the "Theban Legion", at the beginning of the fourth century.
	Ansegisus, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01545c.htm Benedictine monk, abbot, reformer, d. 833 or 834.
	Ardbraccan - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01699d.htm Site of an ancient abbey, now a parish and village in the county Meath, Ireland.
	Aeterni Patris - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01176a.htm The Apostolic Letter of Pius IX, by which he summoned the Vatican Council. It is dated Rome, 29 June, 1868.

	Arriaga, Pablo José - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01753b.htm Jesuit missionary to Peru. (1564-1621)
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01564a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01564a.htm A titular see of the Thebaid, now Esneh or Esench, a city in Egypt.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02070c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02070c.htm The designation of certain officials of the Roman Curia, whose duty it is to hear and examine the causes submitted to the pope.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01284b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01284b.htm Diocese in European Turkey, since 1886 suffragan of Scutari.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01774d.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01774d.htm Details four uses of this name.

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02060b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02060b.htm A titular metropolitan see of Pamphylia in Asia Minor.
	Arbogast, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01686a.htm Irish, traveled to the Continent and became a hermit, bishop of Strasburg, famous for miracles. He died in 678.
	Aquileia, Councils of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01662a.htm A council held in 381, presided over by St. Valerian of Aquileia.
	Assizes of Jerusalem - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02001a.htm The code of laws enacted by the Crusaders for the government of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
	Achtermann, Theodore William - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01104b.htm German sculptor. (1799-1889)

	Albi (Albia), Archdiocese of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01267a.htm Comprises the Department of the Tarn.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02071a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02071a.htm The family name of four generations of distinguished French artists, natives of Paris and Lyons, which included eight prominent engravers and two painters.
	Apostolici - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01647a.htm The name of four different heretical bodies.
	Auckland - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02068a.htm Diocese comprising the Provincial District of Auckland (New Zealand), with its islets, and the Kermadec Group.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02169a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02169a.htm Three uses, one of the five great cities of the Philistines, the mountain to which Bacchides pursued the Jews in battle, and a titular see of Palestine situated near the seacoast, between Jaffa and Ascalon.

	Adam Scotus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01134f.htm A theologian and Church historian of the latter part of the twelfth century.
	Aubusson, Pierre d' - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02067b.htm Grand Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, born 1423; died 1503.
	Aschbach, Joseph, Ritter von - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01773a.htm German historian. (1801-1882)
	Aurispa, Giovanni - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02112a.htm A famous ltalian humanist and collector of Greek manuscripts, born about 1369 at Noto, in Sicily; died at Ferrara in 1459.
	Acclamation - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01097a.htm Used in the classical Latin of Republican Rome as a general term for any manifestation of popular feeling expressed by a shout.

	Abelly, Louis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01039a.htm Associate of St. Vincent de Paul. (1603-1691)
	Adam of St. Victor - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01134b.htm A prolific writer of Latin Hymns, born in the latter part of the twelfth century.
	Afflighem - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01179b.htm Benedictine abbey in Belgium.
	Arnulf of Lisieux - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01752a.htm Studied canon law at Rome, and wrote in defence of Pope Innocent II a violent letter against Gerard, Bishop of Angouleme.
	Abraham Ecchelensis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01057a.htm A learned Maronite, born in Hekel, or Ecchel (hence his surname), a village on Mount Lebanon, in 1600; died 1664 in Rome.

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01141d.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01141d.htm It comprises all Arabia, and is known as the Vicariate Apostolic of Arabia and Aden.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01230a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01230a.htm An archiepiscopal see of Hungary, founded in 1009, and made an archdiocese in 1304, by Pius VII.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01079a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01079a.htm The Biblical Acacia belongs to the genus Mimosa.
	Act of Settlement (Irish) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01112a.htm 1662 act passed by the Irish Parliament to bring in Protestant settlers in Munster, Leinster, and Ulster.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01755a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01755a.htm Mentioned as the leader of an Antitrinitarian sect at Rome, in the third century.

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01080a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01080a.htm Bishop of Beroea. (322-432)
	Antiphonary, Gregorian - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01579a.htm Discovered in a Montpellier manuscript of the tenth or eleventh century.
	Antonelli, Leonardo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01584a.htm Cardinal. (1730-1811)
	Arcosolium - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01699a.htm Term applied by the primitive Christians to one form of the tombs that exist in the Roman catacombs.
	Agnellus, Andreas, of Ravenna - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01212d.htm Historian of that church, b. 805; the date of his death is unknown, but was probably about 846.

	Adrichem, Christian Kruik van - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01161b.htm Catholic priest and theological writer. (1533-1585)
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01774c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01774c.htm The daughter of Putiphare (Poti-phera), priest of On.
	Arkansas - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01724a.htm Includes history, climate, government, education, and Catholic information.
	Ampleforth, The Abbey of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01439b.htm Benedictine abbey in England.
	Antivari - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01582b.htm So called from its position opposite to Bari in Italy; the Catholic archiepiscopal see of Montenegro.

	Agnellus of Pisa, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01212c.htm Deacon, founder of the English Franciscan Province, d. 1236.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01513c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01513c.htm The episcopal see of the Azores, suffragan of Lisbon.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01044c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01044c.htm Nephew of King David.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01699c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01699c.htm An Irish diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Armagh, takes its name from a town in the parish and barony of same name in county Longford, province of Leinster.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01766c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01766c.htm Ambassador of Innocent IV (1243-54) to the Tartars.

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01173b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01173b.htm Mentioned in John 3:23, as the locality where the forerunner of Christ baptized.
	Auriesville - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02111b.htm The site of the Mohawk village, Montgomery County, New York, U.S.A., in which Father Issac Jogues, and his companions, Goupil and Lalande, were put to death for the Faith by the Indians.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01006c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01006c.htm A mountain range across Jordan.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01240a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01240a.htm The twenty-second state admitted into the union.
	Ausculta Fili - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02112c.htm A letter addressed 5 December 1301, by Pope Boniface VIII to Philip the Fair, King of France.

	Alfieri, Count Vittorio - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01308a.htm Tragic poet of Italy. (1749-1803)
	Acca, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01093a.htm Bishop of Hexham, companion of St. Wilfrid. Acca died in about 742.
	Albert of Aachen - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01261d.htm A chronicler of the First Crusade.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01101e.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01101e.htm King of Judah.
	Amat, Thaddeus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01380e.htm Second Bishop of Monterey and Los Angeles, California. (1810-1878)

	Adamites - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01135b.htm An obscure sect, dating perhaps from the second century, which professed to have regained Adam's primeval innocence.
	Agricola, Rudolph - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01231b.htm Humanist of the earlier period, and a promoter of the study of the classics in Germany, born in 1442, or 1443, at Bafflo, hear Groningen, Holland; died at Heidelberg, 28 October, 1485.
	Animuccia, Giovanni - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01530a.htm An Italian composer, born at Florence about 1500; died 1571.
	Arundell - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01765c.htm Thomas, first Lord Arundell of Wardour.
	Aureoli, Petrus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02111a.htm Brief article by E.A. Pace notes the highlights of Aureol's intellectual career.

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01225a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01225a.htm Archdiocese situated in British India.
	Anno, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01541b.htm Former soldier, Archbishop of Cologne, d. 1075.
	Angelus, Silesius - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01488a.htm Convert, poet, controversialist, the son of a Lutheran Polish Nobleman. (1624-1677)
	Apostolic Majesty - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01640b.htm A title given to the Kings of Hungary.
	Anathoth - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01457a.htm Includes several mentioned by this name.

	Altar Tomb - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01357c.htm A tomb, or monument, over a grave, oblong in form, which is covered with a slab or table, having the appearance of an altar.
	Annius of Viterbo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01541a.htm Archeologist and historian, born at Viterbo about 1432; died 13 November, 1502.
	Altar Screen - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01356d.htm A cloth, on which images of Our Lord, of the Blessed Virgin, or of saints, are represented, may be suspended above the altar, unless such images are painted on the wall.
	Alberic of Ostia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01259b.htm Benedictine monk and Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia. (1080-1147)
	Alegambe, Philippe - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01281d.htm A Jesuit historiographer. (1592-1652)

	Anderledy, Anthony Maria - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01466a.htm General of the Society of Jesus. (1819-1892)
	Assuerus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02005c.htm The name of two different persons in the Bible.
	Archontics - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01697a.htm A Gnostic sect which existed in Palestine and Armenia about the middle of the fourth century.
	Alessi, Galeazzo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01284a.htm Italian architect, b. 1500; d. 1572.
	Anerio, Felice - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01475d.htm Roman composer, b. c. 1560; d. c. 1630.

	Acrostic - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01111a.htm A poem the initial or final letters of whose verses form certain words or sentences.
	Ancren Riwle - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01464a.htm The name given to a thirteenth­ century code of rules for the life of anchoresses, which is sometimes called "The Nuns' Rule".
	Assemani - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01794a.htm An illustrious Maronite family of Mount Lebanon, Syria, four members of which, all ecclesiastics, distinguished themselves during the eighteenth century in the East and in Europe.
	Alzog, Johann Baptist - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01375a.htm Church historian. (1808-1878)
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01754c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01754c.htm A titular see of Egypt, now Medinet el Fayum.

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01706a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01706a.htm A titular see of Peloponnesian Greece, from the fifth to the twelfth century.
	Altar Canopy - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01351a.htm The "Caeremoniale Episcoporum (I, xii, 13), treating of the ornaments of the altar, says that a canopy (baldachinum) should be suspended over the altar.
	Aiguillon, Duchess of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01233e.htm Marie de Vignerot de Pontcourlay, Marquise of Combalet and Duchesse d'Aiguillon; niece of Cardinal Richelieu. Born 1604; died at Paris, 1675.
	Alexis Falconieri, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01307a.htm Visionary, co-founder of the Servites, uncle of St. Juliana Falconieri. St. Alexis died in 1310, at the age of 110 years.
	Arcadelt, Jacob - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01687b.htm A distinguished musician, born in Holland at the close of the fifteenth, or at the beginning of the sixteenth century. Article with details of secular and religious compositions, especially madrigals and masses.

	Albert, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01261a.htm Canon regular, papal legate, and Patriarch of Jerusalem. He was assassinated in 1215.
	Albrechtsberger, Johann G. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01270a.htm Master of musical theory, and teacher of Hummel and Beethoven. (1736-1809)
	Alexandrine Liturgy, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01303b.htm The parent rite of all others in Egypt.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01101b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01101b.htm Son of Amri and King of Israel.
	Alexander Sauli, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01299b.htm Apostle of Corsica, Barnabite, bishop of Aleria, d. 1592.

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01536a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01536a.htm Son of Seth, succeeded (A.D. 6 or 7) Joazar in the high-priesthood by appointment of Quirinius who had come to Judea to attend to the incorporation of Archelaus's territory into the Roman province of Syria.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01530b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01530b.htm Anise has been, since Wyclif, the rendering of anethon in the English Versions, But this is not accurate. The exact equivalent of the plant anethon is dill, while anise corresponds to the pimpinella anisum.
	Athias, Joseph - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02047a.htm Issued two editions of the Hebrew Bible.
	Abraham a Sancta Clara - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01056a.htm A Discalced Augustinian friar, preacher, and author of popular books of devotion. (1644-1709)
	Accommodation, Biblical - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01099b.htm Covers what is meant by biblical accommodation, its use in Sacred Scripture, and the rules which ought to regulate its use.

	Abbadie, Antoine d' - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01006e.htm Astronomer, geodetist, genographer, physician, numismatist, philologian. (1810-1897)
	Asser, John - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01798a.htm A learned monk of St David's, Menevia, b. in Pembrokeshire; d. probably, 910.
	Altar of Our Lady - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01355b.htm In general it signifies any altar of which the Blessed Virgin is the titular.
	Alexander Briant, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01296b.htm English Jesuit priest and martyr. He was scarcely over 25 when martyred in 1581.
	Anderson, Henry James - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01466b.htm Scientist and educator. (1799-1875)

	Ammen, Daniel - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01430c.htm American naval officer and author (1820-1898)
	Acephali - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01100c.htm A term applied to the Eutychians who withdrew from Peter Mongus, the Monophysite Patriarch of Alexandria, in 482.
	Ambrose of Sienna, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01388b.htm Dominican teacher and missionary, diplomat, d. 1286.
	Alzate, José Antonio - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01374d.htm Seventeenth century priest born at Ozumba, Mexico.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01030a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01030a.htm A titular see in the province of Rhodope on the southern coast of Thrace, now called Bouloustra.

	Alexandre, Dom Jacques - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01299c.htm Benedictine monk. (1653-1734)
	Alexander (Early Bishops) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01285b.htm Profiles of six bishops of this name in the early Church.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01251a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01251a.htm An Italian bishopric under the immediate jurisdiction of the Holy See, comprising seven towns in the Province of Rome.
	Alenio, Giulio - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01283a.htm Chinese missionary and scholar, born at Brescia, in Italy, in 1582; died at Fou-Tcheou, China, in August, 1644.
	Apostolicæ Servitutis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01646a.htm A Bull issued by Benedict XIV, 23 February, 1741, against secular pursuits on the part of the clergy.

	Abdon and Sennen, Saints - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01032a.htm Persian martyrs in the Decian persecution. Died in about 250.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01103b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01103b.htm A titular see in Upper Albania.
	Abington, Thomas - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01044a.htm English antiquarian. (1560-1647)
	Altar Side - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01356e.htm That part of the altar which faces the congregation.
	Atahualpa, Jean Santos - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02032b.htm Claimed to have been sent by God to drive the Spaniards from western South America.

	Andlaw, Heinrich Bernhard, Freiherr von - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01468a.htm Catholic statesman. (1802-1871)
	Allegri, Gregorio - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01319a.htm Composer from the same family which produced the painter Correggio.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01162a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01162a.htm Details on two places with this name.
	Apodosis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01615a.htm For several days after a great feast the celebrant turns back to certain prayers of the feast and repeats them in commemoration of it. The last day of such repetition of the prayers of the previous feast is called the apodosis.
	Aengus, Saint (the Culdee) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01173a.htm Irish hermit, hagiographer, poet, late eighth century.

	Acanthus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01092a.htm A titular see of Macedonia, on the Strymonic Gulf, now known as Erisso.
	Ambronay, Our Lady of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01383a.htm A sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin at Ambronay, France, regarded as one of the two candles of devotion to Our Lady in the Diocese of Belley.
	Aldrovandi, Ulissi - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01281b.htm Italian naturalist. (1522-1607)
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01368a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01368a.htm A suffragan see of the province of Philadelphia.
	Aguirre, Joseph Saenz de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01232c.htm Cardinal, and learned Spanish Benedictine; born at Logro o, in Old Castile, 24 March, 1630; died 19 August, 1699.

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01273c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01273c.htm High-priest, the leader of the hellenizing party in the time of Judas Machabeus.
	Aviz, Order of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02161d.htm Military body of Portuguese knights.
	Aske, Robert - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01792b.htm English insurgent. (d. 1537)
	Adam of Perseigne - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01134a.htm French Cistercian, Abbot of the monastery of Perseigne in the Diocese of Mans, born about the middle of the twelfth century.
	Agazzari, Agostini - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01206a.htm A musical composer, born 2 December 1578, of a noble family of Sienna; died probably 10 April, 1640.

	Agnes of Montepulciano, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01213c.htm Entered the convent at the age of 9, commissioned by the pope to found a monastery at the age of 13 (and 2 years later she was made its superior), also founded a Dominican convent, d. 1317.
	Ave Regina - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02149b.htm An antiphon so called from its first line, Ave regina caelorum (Hail, Queen of Heaven).
	Administrator (of Ecclesiastical Property) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01144a.htm One charged with the care of church property.
	Almond, John - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01328c.htm English Cistercian and Confessor the Faith. (d. 1585)
	Abra de Raconis, Charles Francois d' - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01050a.htm French bishop, born at the Château de Raconis in 1580 of a Calvinistic family; died 1646.

	Agostino Novello, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01224c.htm Counselor to the King of Sicily, joined the Augustinians, renowned for his knowledge of civil and ecclesiastical law, served as the pope's confessor, was General of his Order.
	Alexander - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01285a.htm Seven men with this name are described.
	Andreas of Caesarea - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01473a.htm Cappadocian bishop.
	Alvarado, Alonzo de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01372b.htm A Knight of Santiago, b. at Secadura de Trasmura, near Burgos, date unknown; d. 1559.
	Abundius - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01075b.htm An Italian bishop, b. at Thessalonica early in the fifth century; d. 469.

	Alvarus Pelagius - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16002a.htm Spanish writer. (1280-1352)
	Attala, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02060a.htm Burgundian monk, companion of St. Columban in exile, co-founder and abbot of Bobbio, d. 627.
	Ancona, Ciriaco d' - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01463c.htm An Italian antiquary whose family name was Pizzicolli, born at Ancona about 1391; died about 1455 at Cremona.
	Apparitor - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01650c.htm The official name given to an officer in ecclesiastical courts designated to serve the summons, to arrest a person accused, and, in ecclesiastico-civil procedure, to take possession, physically or formally, of the property in dispute.
	Alexians - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01306b.htm A religious institute which had its origin at Mechlin, in Brabant, in the fifteenth century, during the ravages of the "black death."

	Aspilcueta, Martin - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01793b.htm Spanish canonist and moral theologian. (1491-1586)
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01093b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01093b.htm The most northern of the five principal Philistine cities.
	Acosta, Jose de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01108b.htm Founded a number of colleges, among them those of Arequipa, Potose, Chuquisaca, Panama, and La Paz.
	Adorno, Francis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01154a.htm Italian preacher. (1531-1586)
	Adrian Fortescue, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06146b.htm Knight of St. John, martyred in 1539.

	Apostolic Union of Secular Priests, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01643a.htm An association of secular priests who observe a simple rule embodying the common duties of their state, afford mutual assistance in the functions of the ministry, and keep themselves in the spirit of their holy vocation by spiritual conferences.
	Associations, Pious - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02005b.htm Under this term are comprehended all those organizations, approved and indulgenced by Church authority, which have been instituted especially in recent times, for the advancement of various works of piety and charity.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01687e.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01687e.htm An Encyclical Letter on Christian marriage, issued 10 February, 1880, by Leo XIII.
	Apollinaris Claudius, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01617b.htm Second-century bishop of Hierapolis, apologist.
	Anges, Notre Dame de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01490a.htm A miraculous shrine near Lur, France, containing a crypt (Sainte Chapelle) which tradition dates back to an early period.

	Abercromby, Robert - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01041b.htm Jesuit missionary in Scotland. (1532-1613)
	Allard, Paul - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01317a.htm Archaeologist and historian. (b. 1841)
	Ambrose of Camaldoli, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01388a.htm Born Ambrose Traversari, theologian, translator of many of the Fathers, author, d. 1439.
	Astruc, Jean - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02031b.htm Son of a converted Protestant minister. (1684-1766)
	Antidoron - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01562b.htm The remains of the loaves or cakes from which the various portions are cut for consecration in the Mass, according to the Greek Rite, are gathered up on a plate, in the sanctuary and kept upon the prothesis, during the celebration of the Mass.

	Akominatos, Michael & Nicetas - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01239b.htm Two famous Greeks of the later Byzantine period.
	Apollinaris, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01616a.htm A first-century martyr, the bishop of Ravenna.
	Abenakis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01039b.htm A confederation of Algonquin tribes, comprising the Penobscots, Passamaquoddies, Norridgewocks, and others, formerly occupying what is now Maine, and southern New Brunswick.
	Altar Cards - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01351b.htm To assist the memory of the celebrant at Mass in those prayers which he should know by heart, cards on which these prayers are printed are placed on the altar in the middle, and at each end.
	Altar Ledge - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01354d.htm A step behind the altar, raised slightly above it, for candlesticks, flowers, reliquaries, and other ornaments.

	Azarias, Brother - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02166c.htm Educator, essayist, litterateur, and philosopher, b. near Killenaule, County Tipperary, Ireland, 29 June, 1847.
	Allioli, Joseph Franz - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01325a.htm Studied theology at Landshut, was ordained at Ratisbon, 1816, studied Oriental languages (1818-20), became professor in the University at Landshut in 1824, and was transferred with the university to Munich in 1826, but owing to a weak throat he had to accept a canonry at Ratisbon. Became Dean of the chapter at Augsburg, in 1838.
	Allen, Edward Patrick - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01320b.htm Fifth Bishop of Mobile, Alabama, U.S.; born at Lowell, Massachusetts, 17 March, 1853.
	Arsenius, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01754b.htm A Roman, was tutor to the emperor's children before fleeing to the monastery of St. John the Dwarf. Arsenius died in 450.
	Allahabad - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01316b.htm Diocese; suffragan of the Archdiocese of Agra, India.

	Ambros, August Wilhelm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01383b.htm Historian of music and art critic. (1816-1876)
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01161c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01161c.htm Abbot of the Cluniac monastery of Moutier-en-Der, d. 992, on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01174a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01174a.htm The largest and outer-most covering of the chalice and paten in the Greek church, corresponding to the veil in the Latin rite.
	Auxerre, Councils of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02145a.htm In 585 (or 578) a Council of Auxerre held under St. Annacharius formulated forty-five canons, closely related in context to canons of the contemporary Councils of Lyons and Mâcon.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01058b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01058b.htm A class of ancient stone articles, of small dimensions, inscribed with outlandish figures and formulas.

	Accentus Ecclesiasticus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01094a.htm Parts of the liturgy the priest, or the deacon, or subdeacon, or the acolyte sang alone.
	Auxentius of Milan - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02144b.htm Ordained (343) to the priesthood by Gregory, the intruded Bishop of Alexandria.
	Arnoldi, Bartholomaeus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01749b.htm Usually called Usingen, after his birthplace, an Augustinian friar, teacher of Luther, and with him inmate of the Augustinian monastery at Erfurt. (1463-1532)
	Armidale - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01740b.htm A diocese situated in New South Wales.
	Abdication - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01031a.htm Ecclesiastically considered, is the resignation of a benefice or clerical dignity.

	Aileran, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01234c.htm Irishman, rector of the School of Clonard, distinguished scholar and author, d. 664.
	Antidicomarianites - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01562a.htm An Eastern sect which flourished about A. D. 200 to 400, and which was so designated as being the "opponents of Mary".
	Achitopel - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01102e.htm Counsellor of David, who joined the rebellion of Absalom.
	Adeste Fidelis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01142b.htm A hymn used at Benediction at Christmastide in France and England since the close of the eighteenth century.
	Amulets, Use and Abuse of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01443b.htm Amulets have had quite a general vogue among all people of all times and have been characterized by a bewildering variety as to the material, shape, and method of employment.

	Achery, Lucas d' - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01102a.htm French Benedictine. (1609-1685)
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01687d.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01687d.htm A titular see on the coast of Phoenicia, between Tripolis and Antaradus, suffragan of Tyre.
	Athabasca, Vicariate Apostolic of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02033a.htm Suffragan of Saint Boniface; erected 8 April, 1862, by Pius IX.
	Amerbach, Veit - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01409b.htm Humanist and convert from Lutheranism to the Catholic Church. (1503-1557)
	Aubery, Joseph - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02066d.htm Jesuit missionary in Canada, born at Gisors in Normandy.(1673-1755)

	Amastris - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01380d.htm A titular see of Paphlagonia in Asia Minor, on a peninsula jutting into the Black Sea.
	Audisio, Guglielmo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02070b.htm Devoted himself to historical studies, especially in illustration of the papacy. (1801-1882)
	Agricola, George - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01231a.htm Physician, mineralogist, historian, and controversialist. (1494-1555)
	Altars (in the Greek Churches) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01359b.htm The altar of the Russian Orthodox or the Ruthenian Greek Catholic churches means the sanctuary, and not merely the altar known to Latin churches.
	Angelo Clareno da Cingoli - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01484b.htm One of the leaders of the Spiritual Franciscans.

	Alcántara, Military Order of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01271b.htm First committed to the care of the Castilian Knights of Calatrava.
	Arialdo, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01707b.htm A canon of Milan, reformer, martyr, murdered by agents of the bishop of Milan in 1065.
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01136a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01136a.htm Four meanings detailed.
	Amyot, Jacques - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01445a.htm Bishop of Auxerre, Grand Almoner of France. (1513-1593)
	Agricola, Alexander - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01230c.htm Biography of the composer, mentioning the possibility of unpublished manuscripts still in Spanish libraries.

	Absalon of Lund - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01060a.htm A Danish prelate, also known as Axel. (1128-1201)
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01045a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01045a.htm A son of Ner, a cousin of Saul, and commander-in-chief of Saul's army.
	Anastasiopolis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01454a.htm Name of four ancient sees.
	Aarhus, Ancient See of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16001a.htm Located in Denmark.
	Anquetil, Louis-Pierre - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01543b.htm A French historian. (1723-1806)

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01444a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01444a.htm A titular see of Peloponnesus in Greece, in the ecclesiastical province of Hellas, a suffragan of Corinth.
	Anastasius Sinaita, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01455d.htm Profile of the seventh-century abbot of the monastery of Mt. Sinai, vociferous opponent of the Monophysites and Monothelites, writer.
	Altarage - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01359a.htm The fees received by a priest from the laity when discharging any function for them, e.g. marriages, baptisms, funerals.
	Aikenhead, Mary - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01234a.htm Foundress of the Irish Sisters of Charity. (1787-1858)
	Altar Steps - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01356f.htm The number of steps leading up to the high altar is for symbolical reasons uneven; usually three, five, or seven, including the upper platform.

	Amadeo, Giovanni Antonio - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01375c.htm Italian architect and sculptor. (1447-1522)
	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01430b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01430b.htm A titular see of Pontus in Asia Minor.
	Ampurias - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01440a.htm An Italian diocese in Sardinia, suffragan of Sassari.
	Acathistus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01092c.htm The title of a certain hymn or, an Office in the Greek Liturgy in honour of the Mother of God.
	Acts, Canonical - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01114c.htm Derive their name from connection with ecclesiastical procedure.

	Avancini, Nicola - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02148a.htm Chiefly known as an ascetical writer, born in the Tyrol, 1612; died 6 December, 1686.
	Aquileian Rite - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16003c.htm Aquileia and certain of its suffragan sees had a special rite but they do not give any clear indication as to what this rite was.
	Altar Curtain - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01353a.htm Drawn around the altar at certain parts of Mass.
	Andreis, Felix de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01470c.htm Lazarist superior. (1778-1820)
	Altar Cavity - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01351d.htm A small square or oblong chamber in the body of the altar, in which are placed the relics of two canonized martyrs.

	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01145a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01145a.htm A Benedictine abbey in Styria, Austro-Hungary.
	Apostolic Church-Ordinance - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01635a.htm A third-century pseudo-Apostolic collection of moral and hierarchical rules and instructions, compiled in the main from ancient Christian sources.
	Adalbert - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01126c.htm Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen; born about 1000; died 1072.
	Anstey, Thomas Chisholm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01551b.htm Lawyer and politician. (1816-1873)
	Ailbe, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01234b.htm A disciple of St. Patrick and bishop of Emly, died in the first half of the sixth century.

	Altar, Double - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01348a.htm An altar having a double front constructed in such a manner that Mass may be celebrated on both sides of it at the same time.
	Altar Bell - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01349b.htm A small bell placed on the credence or in some other convenient place on the epistle side of the altar.
	Atkinson, Paul, of St. Francis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02050d.htm O