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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Alexander III, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01287a.htm
Reigned from 1159-81. |
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Agapetus II, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01203a.htm
Reigned 946-955. |
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Alexander VII, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01294a.htm
Biographical article on this seventeenth-century pontiff. |
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Adrian II, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01156a.htm
Reigned 867-872. |
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Adrian I, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01155b.htm
Reigned 772-95. |
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Adrian III, Pope Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01156b.htm
Short article on this pope, a Roman, who died in 885. |
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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. |
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Anastasius III, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01455a.htm
Reigned 911-913. |
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Anastasius II, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01454d.htm
Reigned 496-498. |
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Anthony, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01553d.htm
Article on the founder of Christian monasticism. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Averroes - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02150c.htm
Arabian philosopher, astronomer, and writer on jurisprudence; born at Cordova, 1126; died at Morocco, 1198. |
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Albertus Magnus, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01264a.htm
Called "the Universal Doctor." Dominican scientist, philosopher, theologian, instructor of St. Thomas Aquinas. |
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Antipope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01582a.htm
A false claimant of the Holy See in opposition to a pontiff canonically elected. |
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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. |
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Alexander IV, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01287b.htm
Reigned 1254-61. |
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Alexander II, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01286a.htm
Reigned 1061-1073. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Assumption of Mary, Feast of the - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02006b.htm
The principal feast of the Blessed Virgin. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02040a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02040a.htm
That system of thought which is formally opposed to theism. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Anicetus, Pope Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01514a.htm
Biography of this martyr, a contemporary of St. Polycarp and of the heretic Marcion. |
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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. |
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Anastasius I, Pope Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01454c.htm
Article on the pope remembered chiefly for condemning Origenism, d. 401. |
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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. |
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Anastasius IV, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01455b.htm
Reigned 1153-1154. |
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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. |
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Adrian IV, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01156c.htm
Reigned 1154-1159. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Augustine of Hippo, Life of Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02084a.htm
Biography, with extensive hyperlinks to related articles. |
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Adrian VI, Pope - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01159b.htm
Reigned 1522-1523. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01489a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01489a.htm
The desire of vengeance. |
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Academy, The French - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01089a.htm
Founded by Cardinal de Richelieu in 1635. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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) |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Ambition - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01381d.htm
The undue craving for honor. |
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Apologetics - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01618a.htm
A theological science which has for its purpose the explanation and defence of the Christian religion. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Alexandria, Councils of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01300a.htm
Details several councils held here. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Angelico, Fra, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01483b.htm
Biography of this Dominican, a famous painter, who died in 1455. |
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Aurelius Antoninus, Marcus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02109a.htm
Second-century Roman emperor and philosopher. |
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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). |
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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. |
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Acta Pilati - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01111b.htm
The Gospel of Nicodemus. |
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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. |
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Anna Comnena - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01531a.htm
Byzantine historian, eldest daughter of Alexius Comnenus, Emperor of Constantinople (1081-1118). |
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Association, Right of Voluntary - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02001c.htm
Any group of individuals freely united for the pursuit of a common end. |
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Attrition - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02065a.htm
Also called "imperfect contrition." Definition, its relation to sacramental penance, and moral considerations. |
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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. |
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Apostles, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01626c.htm
Apostolos (Apostle) means one who is sent forth, who is entrusted with a mission. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Altar Vase - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01357d.htm
Vase to hold flowers for the decoration of the altar. |
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Ampè, André-Marie - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01437c.htm
Physicist and mathematician. (1775-1836) |
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Alphonsus Liguori, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01334a.htm
Long biographical article on the founder of the Redemptorists and devotional writer. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Arnold Janssen, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16047a.htm
Short biography of the founder of the Society of the Divine Word. |
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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. |
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Apocrypha - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01601a.htm
A long article with a comments on each Apocryphal book. Classified according to origin. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01570a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01570a.htm
Provides information on two places by this name. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Alcuin, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01276a.htm
Lengthy article on the educator, scholar, theologian, liturgist, who died in 804. |
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Anglo-Saxon Church, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01505a.htm
History of the occupation, conversion, and development. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Aggeus (Haggai) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01209d.htm
The tenth among the minor prophets of the Old Testament. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Australia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02113b.htm
Includes history, education, and religious statistics. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Addresses, Ecclesiastical - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01137a.htm
Rules as to what is fitting and customary in the matter of ecclesiastical correspondence. |
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Absolution - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01061a.htm
The remission of sin, or of the punishment due to sin, granted by the Church. |
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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. |
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Amsterdam - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01441b.htm
The capital, and second residential city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. |
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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. |
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Ambrosian Library - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01393a.htm
Founded between 1603 and 1609 by Cardinal Federigo Borromeo at Milan. |
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Abomination of Desolation, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01046a.htm
Spoken of in St. Matthew, xxiv, 15, and St. Mark, xiii, 14. |
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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. |
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Altar Linens - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01355a.htm
The corporal, pall, purificator, and finger towels. |
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Anthony Daniel, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04621a.htm
Huron missionary, born at Dieppe, in Normandy, 27 May 1601, slain by the Iroquois. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Ancona and Umana - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01463d.htm
An Italian diocese in the Archdiocese of Ancona. |
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Acts of the Apostles - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01117a.htm
The fifth book of the New Testament. |
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Agatha, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01203c.htm
Virgin and martyr, died at Catania in Sicily, probably in the Decian persecution (250-253). |
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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. |
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Altar Breads - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01349d.htm
Bread is one of the two elements absolutely necessary for the sacrifice of the Eucharist. |
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Appetite - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01656a.htm
A tendency, an inclination, or direction. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01435a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01435a.htm
Old Testament prophet. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Apostolic Succession - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01641a.htm
Article claims that Apostolic succession is found in the Catholic Church and not in others. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01680c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01680c.htm
The first American aborigines met by Columbus. |
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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. |
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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." |
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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. |
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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. |
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Adultery - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01163a.htm
The article considers adultery with reference only to morality. |
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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. |
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Andrew Bobola, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01472c.htm
Polish Jesuit priest and missionary, martyred in 1657. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Agreda, Maria de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01229a.htm
Franciscan mystic. (1602-1665) |
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Aquileia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01661c.htm
A former city of the Roman Empire, situated at the head of the Adriatic. |
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The cradle of Islam and, in all probability, the primitive home of the Semitic race. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Accident - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01096c.htm
The obvious division of things into the stable and the unstable. |
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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. |
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Abelard, Peter - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01036b.htm
Dialectician, philosopher, and theologian. (1079-1142) |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Alsace-Lorraine - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01341c.htm
The German Imperial Territory so known, and divided for State purposes into three civil districts. |
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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. |
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In architecture, one of the lateral or longitudinal divisions of a church, separated from the nave by rows of piers, pillars, or columns. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Aristides - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01712d.htm
A Christian apologist living at Athens in the second century. |
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Articles of Faith - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01755d.htm
Certain revealed supernatural truths such as those contained in the symbol of the Apostles. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Anastasius Bibliothecarius - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16002b.htm
Librarian of the Roman Church. (810-879) |
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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. |
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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. |
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A tribe of North American Indians belonging linguistically to the Athapascan stock whose original habitat is believed to have been Northwestern Canada. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Abortion - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01046b.htm
Briefly defined as "the loss of a fetal life." |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Adoration, Perpetual - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01152a.htm
A term broadly used to designate the practically uninterrupted adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. |
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Augustine of Hippo, Works of Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02089a.htm
Annotated bibliography of Augustine's principal writings. |
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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. |
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Aurelian - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02108b.htm
Roman Emperor, 270-275, born near Sirmium in Pannonia, 9 September, 214; died 275. |
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An archipelago situated in that tract of the Atlantic Ocean which is known to mariners as the Sargasso Sea. |
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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. |
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Anne de Beaupré, Sainte - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01539b.htm
Devotion to Saint Anne, in Canada. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Augsburg - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02073b.htm
Diocese in the Kingdom of Bavaria, Germany, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Munich-Freising. |
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Abbon, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01015b.htm
Biographical article on this Benedictine monk, who died in 1004. |
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Alfred the Great - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01309d.htm
King of the West Saxons. (849-899) |
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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. |
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Alexandria - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01299d.htm
Seaport of Egypt, on the left bank of the Nile. |
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Anaphora - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01451a.htm
A liturgical term in the Greek Rite. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Agnes of Bohemia, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01213b.htm
Also called Agnes of Prague. Poor Clare, prioress. |
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Andrew, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01471a.htm
The Apostle in Scripture and tradition. |
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Andrew the Scot, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01474c.htm
Brother of St. Bridget the Younger and archdeacon of Fiesole, d. about 877. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Abstinence - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01067a.htm
Includes information about old and new testament fasting as well as church laws. |
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Absolute, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01060c.htm
Philosophical term referring to God. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Alexander of Lycopolis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01299a.htm
Fourth-century writer. |
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Aldhelm, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01280b.htm
Abbot of Malmesbury, bishop of Sherborne, poet, d. about 709. |
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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. |
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The art of transmuting baser metals into gold and silver. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Amphilochius of Iconium - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01438a.htm
Fourth-century Cappadocian bishop. |
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Ammonites - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01431b.htm
A race closely allied to the Hebrews. |
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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. |
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Amphoræ - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01439a.htm
Vessels generally made of clay, and furnished with ears or handles. |
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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. |
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America, Pre-Columbian Discovery of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01416a.htm
Offers details of early exploration. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Ambrosian Chant - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01389a.htm
Chant composed by St. Ambrose. |
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A people remembered chiefly as the most hated of all the enemies of Israel. |
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Aidan of Lindisfarne, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01233d.htm
Irish monk, first bishop of Lindisfarne, d. 651. |
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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. |
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Aix, Archdiocese of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01237e.htm
Includes the districts of Aix and Arles (Department of the Bouches-du-Rhône). |
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Signifies in ecclesiastical usage, a student preparing for the sacred ministry in a seminary. |
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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. |
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Altars (in Scripture) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01360a.htm
Describes several biblical uses of the word. |
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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. |
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Accomplice - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01100a.htm
A term generally employed to designate a partner in some form of evildoing. |
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Altar Crucifix - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01352a.htm
The principal ornament of the altar. |
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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. |
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Adoption - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01147a.htm
Adoption, as defined in canon law, is foreign to the Bible. |
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Acts, Indifferent - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01116a.htm
An act that is neither good nor bad. |
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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. |
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Asperges - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01793a.htm
The rite of sprinkling the congregation with holy water before the principal Mass on Sunday. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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A titular metropolitan see of ancient Christian Ethiopia. |
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Avignon, Councils of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02159a.htm
Details of several councils held here. |
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Agrippa of Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01231c.htm
Described as a "knight, doctor, and by common reputation, a magician". |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Authorized Version, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02141a.htm
Historical background on the AV, also called the King James Bible. |
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Adalbert, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01127b.htm
Apostle of the Slavs. Monk, missionary to Russia, abbot, and bishop of Magdeburg, d. 981. |
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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. |
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Primarily, the smallest particle of matter which can exist. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01003a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01003a.htm
Brother of Moses, and High Priest of the Old Law. |
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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). |
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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. |
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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. |
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Duchesne introduced the word to designate those cases in which species revert spontaneously to what are presumably long-lost characters. |
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Astronomy in the Bible - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02029a.htm
Includes examples of Old and New Testament references. |
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Adeodatus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01141e.htm
Son of St. Augustine. (372-388) |
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Adelaide, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01140c.htm
Or Adelheid. The widow of Otho, she died in 999. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Aelred, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01172b.htm
Cistercian abbot, homilist, spiritual writer, d. 1166 or 1167. |
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Antonio Maria Zaccaria, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01588a.htm
A Doctor of Medicine, founder of the Barnabites, d. 1539. |
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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. |
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Aphraates - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01593c.htm
Wrter born of pagan parents during the last half of the third century. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Abraham, The Bosom of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01055a.htm
Found only in two verses of St. Luke's Gospel (xvi, 22, 23). |
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Antioch, The Church of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01567a.htm
A city on the banks of the lower Orontes. |
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Antinomianism - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01564b.htm
The heretical doctrine that Christians are exempt from the obligations of moral law. |
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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. |
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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." |
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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. |
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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. |
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Antediluvians - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01551c.htm
People who lived before the flood. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Term for alleged sayings of Jesus, found in ancient Christian writings, not included in the canonical Gospels. |
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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. |
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Adrian of Canterbury, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01160a.htm
African-born Benedictine abbot, d. 710. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Appropriation - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01658a.htm
In theology, appropriation is used in speaking of the different Persons of the Trinity. |
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Apotheosis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01650b.htm
Deification, the exaltation of men to the rank of gods. |
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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. |
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Apollonia, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01617c.htm
A virgin, possibly ordained, martyr at Alexandria in late 248 or early 249. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Aben-Ezra, Abraham-ben-Meir - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01039c.htm
Spanish rabbi. (1092-1167) |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Allen, William - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01322b.htm
Cardinal. (1522-1594) |
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Amiens, Diocese of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01429d.htm
Comprises the department of Somme. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02112d.htm
Professor and poet. (310-394) |
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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. |
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Adam of Bremen - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01132c.htm
A German historian and geographer of the eleventh century. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01752c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01752c.htm
Diocese comprising the Department of Pas-de-Calais in France. |
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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. |
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Affirmation - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01179a.htm
A solemn declaration accepted in legal procedure in lieu of the requisite oath. |
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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. |
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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). |
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Arnold of Brescia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01747b.htm
Born at Brescia towards the end of the eleventh century, date of death uncertain. |
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Antoninus, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01585b.htm
Archbishop of Florence, Dominican reformer, moral theologian, d. 1459. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Albergati, Niccolo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01258b.htm
Cardinal and Bishop of Bologna. (1357-1443) |
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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. |
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Arts, Bachelor of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01756c.htm
A degree marking the completion of the traditional curriculum of the college. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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Avitus, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02161c.htm
Anti-Arian Bishop of Vienne, converted King Sigismund, was a renowned poet, d. about 518. |
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Administrator - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01143a.htm
Includes details on administrators of dioceses, parishes, and ecclesiastical institutions. |
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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. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01283b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01283b.htm
Armenian Rite Archdiocese in Syria. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Adelard of Bath - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16001c.htm
Twelfth-century scholastic philosopher. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Alberti, Leone Battista - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01263a.htm
Florentine ecclesiastic and artist of the fifteenth century. |
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Albert of Brandenburg - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01262a.htm
Cardinal and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire. (1490-1545) |
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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. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01429c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01429c.htm
An Armenian Rite diocese located in Mesopotamia, Asiatic Turkey. |
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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). |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Antonelli, Giacomo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01583d.htm
Cardinal; Secretary of State to Pius IX. (1806-1876) |
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Astros, Paul-Thérèse-David d' - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02031a.htm
French cardinal. (1772-1851) |
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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. |
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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. |
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Avesta, Theological Aspects of the - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02154a.htm
Explores the subjects of God, dualism, angelology, and man. |
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Agen, Diocese of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01209b.htm
Comprises the Department of Lot and Garonne. |
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Acacians, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01079b.htm
Fourth-century Arian sect. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Allatius, Leo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01317b.htm
A learned Greek of the seventeenth century. (1586-1669) |
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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). |
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Amort, Eusebius - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01434a.htm
Philosopher and theologian. (1692-1775) |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01043b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01043b.htm
A titular see of Phoenicia. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01540a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01540a.htm
Diocese comprising the Department of Haute-Savoie in France. |
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Adamnan, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01135c.htm
Irish-born abbot of Iona, and St. Columba's biographer. |
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Albert, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01261b.htm
Cardinal, bishop of Liège, martyred in 1192 or 1193. |
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Allouez, Claude - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01326b.htm
Jesuit missionary and explorer. (1620-1689) |
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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. |
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Amraphel - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01441a.htm
King of Sennaar (Shinar), or Babylonia. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Allies, Thomas William - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01323b.htm
English writer. (1813-1903) |
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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. |
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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. |
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Avellino - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02149c.htm
An Italian diocese in the Province of Naples, suffragan to Benevento. |
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Albicus, Sigismund - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01267d.htm
Archbishop of Prague. (1347-1427) |
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Aquarians - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01660d.htm
A name given to several sects in the early Church. |
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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. |
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Founder of a Gnostic sect; died at an advanced age late in the second century. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02160b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02160b.htm
Diocese; suffragan of Valladolid in Spain. |
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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. |
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Alessandria della Paglia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01283d.htm
Diocese in Piedmont, Italy, a suffragen of Vercelli. |
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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. |
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Abercius, Inscription of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01040a.htm
A Greek hagiographical text. |
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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. |
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Alciati, Andrea - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01273b.htm
Italian jurist. (1492-1550) |
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Amalricians - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01379b.htm
Heretical sect founded towards the end of the twelfth century. |
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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. |
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Atto of Vercelli - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02062c.htm
A learned theologian and canonist of the tenth century. |
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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. |
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Apiarius of Sicca - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01594a.htm
A priest of the diocese of Sicca, in proconsular Africa. |
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Alexander Natalis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01296c.htm
A French historian and theologian, of the Order of St. Dominic. (1639-1724) |
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Acciajuoli - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01096b.htm
Three cardinals belonging to an illustrious Florentine family, Angelo, Niccolo, and Filippo. |
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Affre, Denis Auguste - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01180a.htm
Archbishop of Paris. (1793-1848) |
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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. |
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Aquino, Sora, and Pontecorvo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01662b.htm
An Italian diocese immediately subject to the Holy See. |
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Amiot, Joseph Maria - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01430a.htm
Missionary to China. (1718-1793) |
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An Italian bishopric, suffragan to Venice. |
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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. |
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Amandus, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01380b.htm
Hermit, missionary, bishop of Maastricht, monastic founder, d. about 690. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Alvarez de Paz - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01374b.htm
A famous mystic of the Society of Jesus. (1560-1620) |
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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. |
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Adoption, Canonical - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01147b.htm
The Church made its own the Roman law of adoption, with its legal consequences. |
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Academies, Roman - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01083b.htm
Historical and bibliographical notes concerning the more important of these associations of learned men. |
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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. |
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Annunciation, The Orders of the - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01543a.htm
A penitential order founded by St. Jeanne de Valois. |
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Acceptance - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01094b.htm
In canon law, the act by which one receives a thing with approbation or satisfaction. |
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Actus Purus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01125b.htm
A term employed in scholastic philosophy to express the absolute perfection of God. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Ado of Vienne, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01145b.htm
Benedictine monk, pilgrim, scholar, pastor, Archbishop of Vienne, d. 875. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Annibale, Giuseppe d' - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01540d.htm
Cardinal and theologian. (1815-1892)) |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02059b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02059b.htm
An open place or court before a church. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01135f.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01135f.htm
A diocese of Armenian rite in Asia Minor. |
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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. |
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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. |
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American College at Louvain, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01424a.htm
An institution for the education of priests founded in 1857. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Atahuallpa - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02032a.htm
Son of the Inca war chief Huayna Capac and an Indian woman from Quito. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Anselm of Laon - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01550b.htm
Medieval theologian. (d. 1117) |
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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. |
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Alexander of Abonoteichos - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01297a.htm
The most notorious imposter of the second century of the Christian era. |
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Adelaide, Archdiocese of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01140a.htm
Centered in Adelaide, capital of South Australia. |
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Aegidius of Viterbo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01171a.htm
Cardinal, theologian, orator, humanist, and poet, born at Viterbo, Italy; died at Rome, 1532. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01367c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01367c.htm
Diocese in Illinois. |
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Asterius - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02018a.htm
Name of several prominent persons in early Christian history. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01244c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01244c.htm
A South American diocese, in eastern Brazil, dependent on Bahia. |
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Asaph, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01766a.htm
First bishop of the Welsh town named after him. Second half of sixth century. |
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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. |
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Ansegisus, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01545c.htm
Benedictine monk, abbot, reformer, d. 833 or 834. |
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Ardbraccan - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01699d.htm
Site of an ancient abbey, now a parish and village in the county Meath, Ireland. |
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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. |
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Albi (Albia), Archdiocese of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01267a.htm
Comprises the Department of the Tarn. |
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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. |
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Apostolici - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01647a.htm
The name of four different heretical bodies. |
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Auckland - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02068a.htm
Diocese comprising the Provincial District of Auckland (New Zealand), with its islets, and the Kermadec Group. |
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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. |
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Adam Scotus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01134f.htm
A theologian and Church historian of the latter part of the twelfth century. |
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Aubusson, Pierre d' - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02067b.htm
Grand Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, born 1423; died 1503. |
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Aschbach, Joseph, Ritter von - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01773a.htm
German historian. (1801-1882) |
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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. |
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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. |
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Abelly, Louis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01039a.htm
Associate of St. Vincent de Paul. (1603-1691) |
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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. |
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Afflighem - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01179b.htm
Benedictine abbey in Belgium. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01006c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01006c.htm
A mountain range across Jordan. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01240a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01240a.htm
The twenty-second state admitted into the union. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Animuccia, Giovanni - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01530a.htm
An Italian composer, born at Florence about 1500; died 1571. |
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Arundell - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01765c.htm
Thomas, first Lord Arundell of Wardour. |
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Aureoli, Petrus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02111a.htm
Brief article by E.A. Pace notes the highlights of Aureol's intellectual career. |
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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. |
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Annius of Viterbo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01541a.htm
Archeologist and historian, born at Viterbo about 1432; died 13 November, 1502. |
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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. |
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Alberic of Ostia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01259b.htm
Benedictine monk and Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia. (1080-1147) |
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Alegambe, Philippe - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01281d.htm
A Jesuit historiographer. (1592-1652) |
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Acrostic - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01111a.htm
A poem the initial or final letters of whose verses form certain words or sentences. |
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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". |
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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. |
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Alzog, Johann Baptist - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01375a.htm
Church historian. (1808-1878) |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01754c.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01754c.htm
A titular see of Egypt, now Medinet el Fayum. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Albert, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01261a.htm
Canon regular, papal legate, and Patriarch of Jerusalem. He was assassinated in 1215. |
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Albrechtsberger, Johann G. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01270a.htm
Master of musical theory, and teacher of Hummel and Beethoven. (1736-1809) |
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Alexandrine Liturgy, The - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01303b.htm
The parent rite of all others in Egypt. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01101b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01101b.htm
Son of Amri and King of Israel. |
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Alexander Sauli, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01299b.htm
Apostle of Corsica, Barnabite, bishop of Aleria, d. 1592. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Athias, Joseph - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02047a.htm
Issued two editions of the Hebrew Bible. |
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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) |
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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. |
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Abbadie, Antoine d' - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01006e.htm
Astronomer, geodetist, genographer, physician, numismatist, philologian. (1810-1897) |
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Asser, John - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01798a.htm
A learned monk of St David's, Menevia, b. in Pembrokeshire; d. probably, 910. |
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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. |
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Alexander Briant, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01296b.htm
English Jesuit priest and martyr. He was scarcely over 25 when martyred in 1581. |
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Anderson, Henry James - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01466b.htm
Scientist and educator. (1799-1875) |
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Ammen, Daniel - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01430c.htm
American naval officer and author (1820-1898) |
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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. |
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Ambrose of Sienna, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01388b.htm
Dominican teacher and missionary, diplomat, d. 1286. |
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Alzate, José Antonio - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01374d.htm
Seventeenth century priest born at Ozumba, Mexico. |
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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. |
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Alexandre, Dom Jacques - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01299c.htm
Benedictine monk. (1653-1734) |
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Alexander (Early Bishops) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01285b.htm
Profiles of six bishops of this name in the early Church. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Andlaw, Heinrich Bernhard, Freiherr von - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01468a.htm
Catholic statesman. (1802-1871) |
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Allegri, Gregorio - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01319a.htm
Composer from the same family which produced the painter Correggio. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01162a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01162a.htm
Details on two places with this name. |
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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. |
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Aengus, Saint (the Culdee) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01173a.htm
Irish hermit, hagiographer, poet, late eighth century. |
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Acanthus - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01092a.htm
A titular see of Macedonia, on the Strymonic Gulf, now known as Erisso. |
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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. |
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Aldrovandi, Ulissi - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01281b.htm
Italian naturalist. (1522-1607) |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01368a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01368a.htm
A suffragan see of the province of Philadelphia. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Aviz, Order of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02161d.htm
Military body of Portuguese knights. |
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Aske, Robert - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01792b.htm
English insurgent. (d. 1537) |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Ave Regina - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02149b.htm
An antiphon so called from its first line, Ave regina caelorum (Hail, Queen of Heaven). |
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Administrator (of Ecclesiastical Property) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01144a.htm
One charged with the care of church property. |
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Almond, John - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01328c.htm
English Cistercian and Confessor the Faith. (d. 1585) |
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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. |
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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. |
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Alexander - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01285a.htm
Seven men with this name are described. |
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Andreas of Caesarea - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01473a.htm
Cappadocian bishop. |
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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. |
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Abundius - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01075b.htm
An Italian bishop, b. at Thessalonica early in the fifth century; d. 469. |
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Alvarus Pelagius - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16002a.htm
Spanish writer. (1280-1352) |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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." |
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Aspilcueta, Martin - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01793b.htm
Spanish canonist and moral theologian. (1491-1586) |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01093b.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01093b.htm
The most northern of the five principal Philistine cities. |
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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. |
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Adorno, Francis - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01154a.htm
Italian preacher. (1531-1586) |
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Adrian Fortescue, Blessed - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06146b.htm
Knight of St. John, martyred in 1539. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Apollinaris Claudius, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01617b.htm
Second-century bishop of Hierapolis, apologist. |
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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. |
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Abercromby, Robert - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01041b.htm
Jesuit missionary in Scotland. (1532-1613) |
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Allard, Paul - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01317a.htm
Archaeologist and historian. (b. 1841) |
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Ambrose of Camaldoli, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01388a.htm
Born Ambrose Traversari, theologian, translator of many of the Fathers, author, d. 1439. |
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Astruc, Jean - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02031b.htm
Son of a converted Protestant minister. (1684-1766) |
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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. |
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Akominatos, Michael & Nicetas - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01239b.htm
Two famous Greeks of the later Byzantine period. |
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Apollinaris, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01616a.htm
A first-century martyr, the bishop of Ravenna. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Azarias, Brother - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02166c.htm
Educator, essayist, litterateur, and philosopher, b. near Killenaule, County Tipperary, Ireland, 29 June, 1847. |
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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. |
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Allen, Edward Patrick - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01320b.htm
Fifth Bishop of Mobile, Alabama, U.S.; born at Lowell, Massachusetts, 17 March, 1853. |
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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. |
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Allahabad - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01316b.htm
Diocese; suffragan of the Archdiocese of Agra, India. |
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Ambros, August Wilhelm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01383b.htm
Historian of music and art critic. (1816-1876) |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Auxentius of Milan - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02144b.htm
Ordained (343) to the priesthood by Gregory, the intruded Bishop of Alexandria. |
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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) |
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Armidale - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01740b.htm
A diocese situated in New South Wales. |
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Abdication - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01031a.htm
Ecclesiastically considered, is the resignation of a benefice or clerical dignity. |
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Aileran, Saint - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01234c.htm
Irishman, rector of the School of Clonard, distinguished scholar and author, d. 664. |
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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". |
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Achitopel - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01102e.htm
Counsellor of David, who joined the rebellion of Absalom. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Achery, Lucas d' - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01102a.htm
French Benedictine. (1609-1685) |
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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. |
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Athabasca, Vicariate Apostolic of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02033a.htm
Suffragan of Saint Boniface; erected 8 April, 1862, by Pius IX. |
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Amerbach, Veit - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01409b.htm
Humanist and convert from Lutheranism to the Catholic Church. (1503-1557) |
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Aubery, Joseph - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02066d.htm
Jesuit missionary in Canada, born at Gisors in Normandy.(1673-1755) |
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Amastris - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01380d.htm
A titular see of Paphlagonia in Asia Minor, on a peninsula jutting into the Black Sea. |
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Audisio, Guglielmo - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02070b.htm
Devoted himself to historical studies, especially in illustration of the papacy. (1801-1882) |
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Agricola, George - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01231a.htm
Physician, mineralogist, historian, and controversialist. (1494-1555) |
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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. |
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Angelo Clareno da Cingoli - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01484b.htm
One of the leaders of the Spiritual Franciscans. |
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Alcántara, Military Order of - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01271b.htm
First committed to the care of the Castilian Knights of Calatrava. |
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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. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01136a.htm - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01136a.htm
Four meanings detailed. |
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Amyot, Jacques - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01445a.htm
Bishop of Auxerre, Grand Almoner of France. (1513-1593) |
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Agricola, Alexander - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01230c.htm
Biography of the composer, mentioning the possibility of unpublished manuscripts still in Spanish libraries. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Aikenhead, Mary - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01234a.htm
Foundress of the Irish Sisters of Charity. (1787-1858) |
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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. |
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Avancini, Nicola - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02148a.htm
Chiefly known as an ascetical writer, born in the Tyrol, 1612; died 6 December, 1686. |
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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. |
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Altar Curtain - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01353a.htm
Drawn around the altar at certain parts of Mass. |
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Andreis, Felix de - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01470c.htm
Lazarist superior. (1778-1820) |
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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. |