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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.
  Adrian III, Pope Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01156b.htm
Short article on this pope, a Roman, who died in 885.
  Anastasius III, Pope http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01455a.htm
Reigned 911-913.
  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.
  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.
  Agapetus II, Pope http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01203a.htm
Reigned 946-955.
  Adrian II, Pope http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01156a.htm
Reigned 867-872.
  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.
  Averroes http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02150c.htm
Arabian philosopher, astronomer, and writer on jurisprudence; born at Cordova, 1126; died at Morocco, 1198.
  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.
  Alexander VII, Pope http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01294a.htm
Biographical article on this seventeenth-century pontiff.
  Anthony, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01553d.htm
Article on the founder of Christian monasticism.
  Alexander II, Pope http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01286a.htm
Reigned 1061-1073.
  Atonement, Day of http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02054a.htm
A most solemn fast, on which no food could be taken throughout the day, and servile works were forbidden.
  Anastasius II, Pope http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01454d.htm
Reigned 496-498.
  Adrian I, Pope http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01155b.htm
Reigned 772-95.
  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.
  Apocrypha http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01601a.htm
A long article with a comments on each Apocryphal book. Classified according to origin.
  Albertus Magnus, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01264a.htm
Called "the Universal Doctor." Dominican scientist, philosopher, theologian, instructor of St. Thomas Aquinas.
  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.
  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)
  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.
  Alcuin, Blessed http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01276a.htm
Lengthy article on the educator, scholar, theologian, liturgist, who died in 804.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01010a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01010a.htm
A monastery canonically erected and autonomous, with a community of not fewer than twelve religious; monks under the government of an abbot; nuns under that of an abbess.
  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.
  Anastasius I, Pope Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01454c.htm
Article on the pope remembered chiefly for condemning Origenism, d. 401.
  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.
  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.
  Adrian IV, Pope http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01156c.htm
Reigned 1154-1159.
  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.
  Anterus, Pope Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01553a.htm
Also known as Anteros, pope for less than 2 months, d. in 236. Short biographical article.
  Adrian VI, Pope http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01159b.htm
Reigned 1522-1523.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  Assumption of Mary, Feast of the http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02006b.htm
The principal feast of the Blessed Virgin.
  Athanasius, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02035a.htm
Long article on the Bishop of Alexandria, confessor and Doctor of the Church.
  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).
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  Anna Comnena http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01531a.htm
Byzantine historian, eldest daughter of Alexius Comnenus, Emperor of Constantinople (1081-1118).
  Alexandria, Councils of http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01300a.htm
Details several councils held here.
  Augustine of Hippo, Life of Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02084a.htm
Biography, with extensive hyperlinks to related articles.
  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.
  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.
  Anglo-Saxon Church, The http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01505a.htm
History of the occupation, conversion, and development.
  Alexander III, Pope http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01287a.htm
Reigned from 1159-81.
  Anastasius Bibliothecarius http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16002b.htm
Librarian of the Roman Church. (810-879)
  Alexander IV, Pope http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01287b.htm
Reigned 1254-61.
  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.
  Absinthe http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01060b.htm
Wormwood, known for its repulsive bitterness.
  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.
  Ampè, André-Marie http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01437c.htm
Physicist and mathematician. (1775-1836)
  Antipope http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01582a.htm
A false claimant of the Holy See in opposition to a pontiff canonically elected.
  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.
  Academy, The French http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01089a.htm
Founded by Cardinal de Richelieu in 1635.
  Association, Right of Voluntary http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02001c.htm
Any group of individuals freely united for the pursuit of a common end.
  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.
  Ash Wednesday http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01775b.htm
The Wednesday after Quinquagesima Sunday, which is the first day of the Lenten fast.
  Altar Vase http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01357d.htm
Vase to hold flowers for the decoration of the altar.
  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.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02040a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02040a.htm
That system of thought which is formally opposed to theism.
  Ark, Noah's http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01720a.htm
The form, very likely foursquare, was not convenient for navigation, but, as has been proven by the experiments of Peter Jansen and M. Vogt, it made the Ark a very suitable device for shipping heavy cargoes and floating upon the waves without rolling or pitching.
  Angelico, Fra, Blessed http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01483b.htm
Biography of this Dominican, a famous painter, who died in 1455.
  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.
  Acta Pilati http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01111b.htm
The Gospel of Nicodemus.
  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.
  Anastasius IV, Pope http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01455b.htm
Reigned 1153-1154.
  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.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01007e.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01007e.htm
The female superior in spirituals and temporals of a community of twelve or more nuns.
  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.
  Anicetus, Pope Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01514a.htm
Biography of this martyr, a contemporary of St. Polycarp and of the heretic Marcion.
  Anacletus, Pope Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01446a.htm
Third pope, a martyr, d. about 91. May be the same person as Pope St. Cletus.
  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.
  Ambition http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01381d.htm
The undue craving for honor.
  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.
  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.
  Alphonsus Liguori, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01334a.htm
Long biographical article on the founder of the Redemptorists and devotional writer.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01661a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01661a.htm
An Italian archdiocese in the Abruzzi, directly dependent on the Holy See.
  Aggeus (Haggai) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01209d.htm
The tenth among the minor prophets of the Old Testament.
  African Synods http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01199a.htm
Commonly called African or Carthaginian Synods.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01489a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01489a.htm
The desire of vengeance.
  Age of Reason http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01209a.htm
The name given to that period of human life at which persons are deemed to begin to be morally responsible.
  Arnold Janssen, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16047a.htm
Short biography of the founder of the Society of the Divine Word.
  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.
  Addresses, Ecclesiastical http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01137a.htm
Rules as to what is fitting and customary in the matter of ecclesiastical correspondence.
  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.
  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.
  Apostles, The http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01626c.htm
Apostolos (Apostle) means one who is sent forth, who is entrusted with a mission.
  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.
  Alanus de Rupe, Blessed http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01246a.htm
Dominican promoter of the Rosary. (1428-1475)
  Alms and Almsgiving http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01328f.htm
Any material favour done to assist the needy, and prompted by charity.
  Altar Frontal http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01353b.htm
An appendage which covers the entire front of the altar, from the lower part of the table to the predella, and from the gospel corner to that of the epistle side.
  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.
  Anacletus II http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01447a.htm
The title which was taken by Cardinal Pietro Pierleone at the contested papal election of the year 1130.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01001a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01001a.htm
In French, Aix-la-Chapelle, the name by which the city is generally known; in Latin Aquae Grani, later Aquisgranum.
  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.
  Apologetics http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01618a.htm
A theological science which has for its purpose the explanation and defence of the Christian religion.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01663a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01663a.htm
The cradle of Islam and, in all probability, the primitive home of the Semitic race.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01680c.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01680c.htm
The first American aborigines met by Columbus.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01588e.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01588e.htm
A city of Belgium, in the archdiocese of Mechlin.
  Acta Sanctae Sedis http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01111c.htm
A publication containing the principal public documents issued by the Pope, directly or through the Roman Congregations.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01570a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01570a.htm
Provides information on two places by this name.
  Appetite http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01656a.htm
A tendency, an inclination, or direction.
  Abelard, Peter http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01036b.htm
Dialectician, philosopher, and theologian. (1079-1142)
  Absolution http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01061a.htm
The remission of sin, or of the punishment due to sin, granted by the Church.
  Attrition http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02065a.htm
Also called "imperfect contrition." Definition, its relation to sacramental penance, and moral considerations.
  Amsterdam http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01441b.htm
The capital, and second residential city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01409c.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01409c.htm
Consists of three main divisions: North America, Central America, and South America.
  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.
  Aurelius Antoninus, Marcus http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02109a.htm
Second-century Roman emperor and philosopher.
  Anabaptists http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01445b.htm
A violent and extremely radical body of ecclesiastico-civil reformers which first made its appearance in 1521 at Zwickau.
  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.
  Abomination of Desolation, The http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01046a.htm
Spoken of in St. Matthew, xxiv, 15, and St. Mark, xiii, 14.
  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.
  Altar Linens http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01355a.htm
The corporal, pall, purificator, and finger towels.
  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.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02148b.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02148b.htm
The inordinate love for riches.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  Anthony Daniel, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04621a.htm
Huron missionary, born at Dieppe, in Normandy, 27 May 1601, slain by the Iroquois.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  Apostolic Succession http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01641a.htm
Article claims that Apostolic succession is found in the Catholic Church and not in others.
  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.
  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.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01381e.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01381e.htm
A word of Greek origin, supposed to signify a mountain or elevation.
  Alemany, Joseph Sadoc http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01282a.htm
First Archbishop of San Francisco. (1814-1888)
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  Anschar, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01544c.htm
Benedictine monk, missionary to Scandinavia, bishop of Hamburg, d. 865.
  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.
  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.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01457e.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01457e.htm
The science of the form and structure of living beings.
  Anathema http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01455e.htm
Placed on high, suspended, set aside.
  Agreda, Maria de http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01229a.htm
Franciscan mystic. (1602-1665)
  Antiphon http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01575b.htm
One or more psalm verses or sentences from Holy Scripture which are sung or recited before and after each psalm and the Magnificat during Matins and Vespers.
  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.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01452a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01452a.htm
An absence of law.
  Analysis http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01450a.htm
The process by which anything complex is resolved into simple, or at least less complex parts or elements.
  Acts of the Apostles http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01117a.htm
The fifth book of the New Testament.
  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.
  Attila the Hun http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02061b.htm
Life and times of the legendary king.
  Antoninus Pius http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01586a.htm
Roman Emperor. (138-161)
  Alfred the Great http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01309d.htm
King of the West Saxons. (849-899)
  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.
  Alexandria http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01299d.htm
Seaport of Egypt, on the left bank of the Nile.
  Alexander, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01296a.htm
Patriarch of Alexandria. Elected instead of the heresiarch Arius, who had been scheming to be made bishop. A man of great holiness, St. Alexander died in 326.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01592a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01592a.htm
A tribe of North American Indians belonging linguistically to the Athapascan stock whose original habitat is believed to have been Northwestern Canada.
  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.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01237c.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01237c.htm
In architecture, one of the lateral or longitudinal divisions of a church, separated from the nave by rows of piers, pillars, or columns.
  Alleluia http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01319b.htm
A liturgical mystic expression.
  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.
  Angela Merici, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01481a.htm
Biography of the founder of the Ursulines, who died in 1540.
  Antichrist http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01559a.htm
Defines the word according to its biblical and ecclesiastical usage.
  Adultery http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01163a.htm
The article considers adultery with reference only to morality.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01435a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01435a.htm
Old Testament prophet.
  Afonzo de Albuquerque http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01270c.htm
Second son of Gonzallo de Albuquerque, lord of Villaverde.
  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.
  Ambrosian Library http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01393a.htm
Founded between 1603 and 1609 by Cardinal Federigo Borromeo at Milan.
  Adoration http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01151a.htm
In the strict sense, an act of religion offered to God in acknowledgment of His supreme perfection and dominion, and of the creature's dependence upon Him.
  Apollinarianism http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01615b.htm
Fourth-century Christological heresy propounded by Apollinaris of Laodicea. The theory that Jesus had a human body and soul, but that the Logos took the place of the human spirit or mind in Jesus. Solemnly condemned at the Council of Constantinople in 381.
  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.
  Abyssinia http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01075e.htm
Provides details on the geography, ethnology, political revolutions, as well as church information.
  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.
  Accident http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01096c.htm
The obvious division of things into the stable and the unstable.
  Augustine of Hippo, Teaching of Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02091a.htm
Article on Augustine as a Doctor of the Church, and his influence in the history of philosophy and theology. Particular interest in his teaching on grace.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01129a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01129a.htm
First man and father of the human race.
  Aristides http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01712d.htm
A Christian apologist living at Athens in the second century.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02007c.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02007c.htm
Includes geographical and historical information.
  Augustine of Hippo, Works of Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02089a.htm
Annotated bibliography of Augustine's principal writings.
  Absolute, The http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01060c.htm
Philosophical term referring to God.
  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.
  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.
  Australia http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02113b.htm
Includes history, education, and religious statistics.
  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.
  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.
  Arminianism http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01740c.htm
The popular designation of the doctrines held by a party formed in the early days of the seventeenth century among the Calvinists of the Netherlands.
  Articles of Faith http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01755d.htm
Certain revealed supernatural truths such as those contained in the symbol of the Apostles.
  Augsburg http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02073b.htm
Diocese in the Kingdom of Bavaria, Germany, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Munich-Freising.
  Augustus http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02107a.htm
The name by which Caius Julius Caesar Octavianus, the first Roman emperor, in whose reign Jesus Christ was born, is usually known; born at Rome, 62 B.C.; died A.D. 14.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01326c.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01326c.htm
A Hebrew word signifying a "young woman", unmarried as well as married.
  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.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01051a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01051a.htm
Outline of his life, with New and Old Testament views.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  Aurelian http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02108b.htm
Roman Emperor, 270-275, born near Sirmium in Pannonia, 9 September, 214; died 275.
  Anne de Beaupré, Sainte http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01539b.htm
Devotion to Saint Anne, in Canada.
  Altar (in Liturgy) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01346a.htm
In the New Law the altar is the table on which the Eucharistic Sacrifice is offered.
  Affinity (in Canon Law) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01178a.htm
A relationship arising from the carnal intercourse of a man and a woman, sufficient for the generation of children, whereby the man becomes related to the woman's blood-relatives and the woman to the man's.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01272b.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01272b.htm
The art of transmuting baser metals into gold and silver.
  Abstinence http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01067a.htm
Includes information about old and new testament fasting as well as church laws.
  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.
  Altar Breads http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01349d.htm
Bread is one of the two elements absolutely necessary for the sacrifice of the Eucharist.
  Anglican Orders http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01491a.htm
In the creed of the Catholic Church, Holy Order is one of the Seven Sacraments instituted by Our Lord Jesus Christ.
  Arnobius http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01746c.htm
A Christian apologist, flourished during the reign of Diocletian (284-305).
  Altar Crucifix http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01352a.htm
The principal ornament of the altar.
  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.
  Adoration, Perpetual http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01152a.htm
A term broadly used to designate the practically uninterrupted adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
  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.
  Authorized Version, The http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02141a.htm
Historical background on the AV, also called the King James Bible.
  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.
  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.
  Abandonment http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01006a.htm
A term used by writers of ascetical and mystical books to signify the first stage of the union of the soul with God by conforming to His Will.
  Andrew, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01471a.htm
The Apostle in Scripture and tradition.
  Alexander of Lycopolis http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01299a.htm
Fourth-century writer.
  Alexander of Hales http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01298a.htm
Biographical article on the first of the scholastic theologians to use Aristotelean principles in systematic theology.
  Apostolic Letters http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01640a.htm
The letters of the Apostles to Christian communities or those in authority.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01082a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01082a.htm
Patriarch of Constantinople. (d. 489)
  All Souls' Day http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01315b.htm
The commemoration of all the faithful departed is celebrated by the Church on 2 November, or, if this be a Sunday or a solemnity, on 3 November.
  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.
  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.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01146a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01146a.htm
Hebrew meaning "lord, ruler", a name bestowed upon God in the Old Testament.
  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.
  Abbreviation, Methods of http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01021b.htm
Discusses forms used to get the most use from scarce and costly materials.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  Association of Ideas http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02004a.htm
A principle in psychology to account for the succession of mental states.
  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.
  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.
  Ancona and Umana http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01463d.htm
An Italian diocese in the Archdiocese of Ancona.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  Aquileia http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01661c.htm
A former city of the Roman Empire, situated at the head of the Adriatic.
  Ambrosian Liturgy and Rite http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01394a.htm
The liturgy and Rite of the Church of Milan, which derives its name from St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan (374-397).
  Anastasius, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01455c.htm
A former magician and soldier, converted to Christianity, became a monk. He was martyred in 628.
  America, Pre-Columbian Discovery of http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01416a.htm
Offers details of early exploration.
  Ambulatory http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01406b.htm
A cloister, gallery, or alley; a sheltered place, straight or circular, for exercise in walking; the aisle that makes the circuit of the apse of a church.
  Abraham, The Bosom of http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01055a.htm
Found only in two verses of St. Luke's Gospel (xvi, 22, 23).
  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.
  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.
  Amphoræ http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01439a.htm
Vessels generally made of clay, and furnished with ears or handles.
  Agnes of Bohemia, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01213b.htm
Also called Agnes of Prague. Poor Clare, prioress.
  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.
  Aix, Archdiocese of http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01237e.htm
Includes the districts of Aix and Arles (Department of the Bouches-du-Rhône).
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02032c.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02032c.htm
Duchesne introduced the word to designate those cases in which species revert spontaneously to what are presumably long-lost characters.
  Aidan of Lindisfarne, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01233d.htm
Irish monk, first bishop of Lindisfarne, d. 651.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01058c.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01058c.htm
Article covers Absalom, son of David; Absalom, father of Mathathias; and Absalom, father of Jonathan.
  Athens, Christian http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02043b.htm
History of the Church in Athens.
  Agrippa of Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01231c.htm
Described as a "knight, doctor, and by common reputation, a magician".
  Anaphora http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01451a.htm
A liturgical term in the Greek Rite.
  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.
  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.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02051c.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02051c.htm
Primarily, the smallest particle of matter which can exist.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/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.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01075d.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01075d.htm
Primarily and classically an adjective, very deep.
  Alpha and Omega (in Scripture) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01332a.htm
Employed from the fourth century as a symbol expressing the confidence of orthodox Christians in the scriptural proofs of Our Lord's divinity.
  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.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01035c.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01035c.htm
Commentary on the first murder victim.
  Avignon, Councils of http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02159a.htm
Details of several councils held here.
  Abduction http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01032b.htm
May be considered as a public crime and a matrimonial diriment impediment.
  Allen, William http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01322b.htm
Cardinal. (1522-1594)
  Allen, John http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01322a.htm
Priest and martyr. He was executed at Tyburn in the beginning of the year 1538.
  Allen, John http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01321b.htm
Archbishop of Dublin, canonist, and Chancellor of Ireland. (1476-1534)
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02163a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02163a.htm
A titular metropolitan see of ancient Christian Ethiopia.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02169b.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02169b.htm
A surname applied to the tribe of the Mexica, or Chichimeca Mexitin, which occupied aboriginal Mexico, in more or less contiguous groups, at the beginning of the sixteenth century, when the Spaniards first came into contact with them.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02171a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02171a.htm
Unfermented cakes used by the Jews in their various sacrifices and religious rites.
  Alexius, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01307b.htm
Tries to untangle the story of the Man of God. According to tradition, a fifth-century Roman who became a beggar in Edessa. He is honored as a confessor of the Faith.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01313a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01313a.htm
In the common legal sense of the word, the allowance by order of the court a husband pays to his wife for her maintenance while she is living separately from him, or paid by her former husband to a divorced woman.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01006d.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01006d.htm
Aramaic word for father.
  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.
  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.
  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).
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01003a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01003a.htm
Brother of Moses, and High Priest of the Old Law.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02168a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02168a.htm
An archipelago situated in that tract of the Atlantic Ocean which is known to mariners as the Sargasso Sea.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01225c.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01225c.htm
Term for alleged sayings of Jesus, found in ancient Christian writings, not included in the canonical Gospels.
  Alban, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01252b.htm
First martyr of Britain, d. about 304. Biographical article.
  Ambrosian Chant http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01389a.htm
Chant composed by St. Ambrose.
  Abortion, Physical Effects of http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01049a.htm
Covers definition, causes, and physical effects.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01253b.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01253b.htm
The ancient Epirus and Illyria, is the most western land occupied by the Turks in Europe.
  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.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01377c.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01377c.htm
A people remembered chiefly as the most hated of all the enemies of Israel.
  Abortion http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01046b.htm
Briefly defined as "the loss of a fetal life."
  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.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01370a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01370a.htm
Signifies in ecclesiastical usage, a student preparing for the sacred ministry in a seminary.
  Altruism http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01369a.htm
A term formed by Auguste Comte in 1851, to denote the benevolent, as contrasted with the selfish propensities.
  Altars (in Scripture) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01360a.htm
Describes several biblical uses of the word.
  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.
  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.
  Altar Cloths http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01351e.htm
The custom of using three altar-cloths began probably in the ninth century, but at present it is of strict obligation for the licit celebration of Mass.
  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.
  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."
  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.
  Alphabet, Christian Use of the http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01333a.htm
The Hebrew, Greek and Latin alphabets have been variously made use of in Christian liturgy.
  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.
  Alpha and Omega http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01332b.htm
Includes Jewish and Christian meanings.
  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.
  Adrian of Canterbury, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01160a.htm
African-born Benedictine abbot, d. 710.
  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.
  Advowson http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01169a.htm
In English law the right of patronage of a church or ecclesiastical benefice, a right exercised by nomination of a clergyman to such church or other benefice.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01170a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01170a.htm
A secret chamber or place of retirement in the ancient temples, and esteemed the most sacred spot; the innermost sanctuary or shrine.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01729a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01729a.htm
Archdiocese founded by St. Patrick about 445, as the primatial and metropolitan see of Ireland.
  Arnulf of Metz, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01752b.htm
Frankish civil servant at the court of Austrasia, bishop of Metz, hermit, d. about 640.
  Antediluvians http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01551c.htm
People who lived before the flood.
  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.
  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.
  Affinity (in the Bible) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01177c.htm
Scripture recognizes affinity as an impediment to wedlock.
  Antonio María Claret y Clará, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16026a.htm
Spanish priest and missionary, founder of the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (better known as the Claretians), d. 1870.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01530c.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01530c.htm
Details of four women by this name in Sacred Scripture.
  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.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01774b.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01774b.htm
The property by which a being exists of and from itself.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/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.
  Anne, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01538a.htm
According to apocryphal literature, the mother of Mary.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01776c.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01776c.htm
A number of passages in the Old Testament connect ashes with mourning.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01526a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01526a.htm
The doctrine or theory of the soul.
  Animals in the Bible http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01517a.htm
The sacred books were composed by and for a people almost exclusively given to husbandry and pastoral life, hence in constant communication with nature.
  Animals in Christian Art http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01515b.htm
Animal forms have always occupied a place of far greater importance than was ever accorded to them in the art of the pagan world.
  Apollonia, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01617c.htm
A virgin, possibly ordained, martyr at Alexandria in late 248 or early 249.
  Apotheosis http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01650b.htm
Deification, the exaltation of men to the rank of gods.
  Adalbert, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01127b.htm
Apostle of the Slavs. Monk, missionary to Russia, abbot, and bishop of Magdeburg, d. 981.
  Appropriation http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01658a.htm
In theology, appropriation is used in speaking of the different Persons of the Trinity.
  Apostleship of Prayer, The http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01633a.htm
A pious association otherwise known as a league of prayer in union with the Heart of Jesus.
  Adeodatus http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01141e.htm
Son of St. Augustine. (372-388)
  Adelaide, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01140c.htm
Or Adelheid. The widow of Otho, she died in 999.
  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.
  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.
  Adoption http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01147a.htm
Adoption, as defined in canon law, is foreign to the Bible.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  Antonio Maria Zaccaria, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01588a.htm
A Doctor of Medicine, founder of the Barnabites, d. 1539.
  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.
  Archimandrite http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01695c.htm
In the Greek Rite the superior of a monastery or of several monasteries.
  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.
  Adulteration of Food http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01162b.htm
This act is defined as the addition of any non-condimental substance to a food.
  Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Baron Acton http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01114a.htm
Biography of the historian best-known for his view of the corruption power causes.
  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.
  Antioch, The Church of http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01567a.htm
A city on the banks of the lower Orontes.
  Ancient of Days http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01463a.htm
A name given to God by the Prophet Daniel.
  Agony of Christ http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01224a.htm
The word is used only once in Sacred Scripture (Luke, xxii, 43) to designate the anguish of Our Lord in the Garden of Gethsemani.
  Andrew the Scot, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01474c.htm
Brother of St. Bridget the Younger and archdeacon of Fiesole, d. about 877.
  Agnus Dei (in Liturgy) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01221a.htm
A name given to the formula recited thrice by the priest at Mass in the Roman rite.
  Agnus Dei http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01220a.htm
The name given to certain discs of wax impressed with the figure of a lamb and blessed at stated seasons by the Pope.
  Angels, 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.
  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.
  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.
  Agatha, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01203c.htm
Virgin and martyr, died at Catania in Sicily, probably in the Decian persecution (250-253).
  Accomplice http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01100a.htm
A term generally employed to designate a partner in some form of evildoing.
  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.
  Assideans http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01800b.htm
The maintainers of the Mosaic Law against the invasion of Greek customs.
  Asses, Feast of http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01798b.htm
The feast dates from the eleventh century, though the source which suggested it is much older.
  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.
  Asmodeus http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01792c.htm
Demon mentioned in the Book of Tobias.
  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.
  Alsace-Lorraine http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01341c.htm
The German Imperial Territory so known, and divided for State purposes into three civil districts.
  Albigenses http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01267e.htm
A neo-Manichæan sect that flourished in southern France in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01801a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01801a.htm
Diocese in Umbria.
  Aldhelm, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01280b.htm
Abbot of Malmesbury, bishop of Sherborne, poet, d. about 709.
  Agnes of Assisi, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01213a.htm
Brief biography of the younger sister of St. Clare, and prioress of the Poor Clares at Monticelli.
  Ausonius, Decimus Magnus http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02112d.htm
Professor and poet. (310-394)
  Abjuration http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01044d.htm
A denial, disavowal, or renunciation under oath.
  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.
  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.
  Andrew Bobola, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01472c.htm
Polish Jesuit priest and missionary, martyred in 1657.
  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.
  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.
  Antinomianism http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01564b.htm
The heretical doctrine that Christians are exempt from the obligations of moral law.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01718a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01718a.htm
An heresiarch, born about A.D. 250; died 336.
  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.
  Affirmation http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01179a.htm
A solemn declaration accepted in legal procedure in lieu of the requisite oath.
  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.
  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.
  Acca, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01093a.htm
Bishop of Hexham, companion of St. Wilfrid. Acca died in about 742.
  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.
  Antoninus, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01585b.htm
Archbishop of Florence, Dominican reformer, moral theologian, d. 1459.
  African Liturgy http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01194a.htm
In use not only in the old Roman province of Africa of which Carthage was the capital, but also in Numidia and Mauretania.
  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.
  Arts, Bachelor of http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01756c.htm
A degree marking the completion of the traditional curriculum of the college.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01030b.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01030b.htm
A minor prophet.
  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.
  Allen, Frances http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01320c.htm
The first woman of New England birth to become a nun. (1784-1819)
  Aphraates http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01593c.htm
Wrter born of pagan parents during the last half of the third century.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01316a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01316a.htm
The name of God in Arabic.
  Astronomy in the Bible http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02029a.htm
Includes examples of Old and New Testament references.
  Arts, The Faculty of http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01757a.htm
One of the four traditional divisions of the teaching body of the university.
  Asperges http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01793a.htm
The rite of sprinkling the congregation with holy water before the principal Mass on Sunday.
  Avesta, Theological Aspects of the http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02154a.htm
Explores the subjects of God, dualism, angelology, and man.
  Adoro Te Devote http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01154b.htm
A hymn sometimes styled Rhythmus, or Oratio, S. Thomæ (sc. Aquinatis) written c. 1260.
  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.
  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.
  Anchor (as Symbol), The http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01462a.htm
Regarded in ancient times as a symbol of safety.
  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.
  Amiens, Diocese of http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01429d.htm
Comprises the department of Somme.
  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).
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02148c.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02148c.htm
The word is used, in a technical sense, in the Hindu religion to denote the descent upon earth of a portion of the essence of a god, which then assumes some coarser material form, be it animal, monster, or man.
  Alain de l'Isle http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01244e.htm
Monk, poet, preacher, theologian, and eclectic philosopher. (1128-1203)
  Ammonites http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01431b.htm
A race closely allied to the Hebrews.
  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.
  Amphilochius of Iconium http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01438a.htm
Fourth-century Cappadocian bishop.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02144a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02144a.htm
Comprises the entire Department of Saone et Loire in France. It was suffragan to the Archdiocese of Lyons under the old regime.
  Aelred, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01172b.htm
Cistercian abbot, homilist, spiritual writer, d. 1166 or 1167.
  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.
  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."
  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.
  Administrator http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01143a.htm
Includes details on administrators of dioceses, parishes, and ecclesiastical institutions.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01283b.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01283b.htm
Armenian Rite Archdiocese in Syria.
  Abingdon, The Abbey of http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01043c.htm
Located in the County of Berkshire, England, founded A.D. 675.
  Alberti, Leone Battista http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01263a.htm
Florentine ecclesiastic and artist of the fifteenth century.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  Adalbert, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01127c.htm
Apostle of Prussia. Bishop of Prague, forced to flee his see. Missionary to the Hungarians and Poles. He was murdered in 997.
  Adam of Bremen http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01132c.htm
A German historian and geographer of the eleventh century.
  Andrada, Antonio de http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01468d.htm
Missionary and explorer of Tibet in the seventeenth century.
  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.
  Agde, Council of http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01206b.htm
Held in 506 at Agatha or Agde in Languedoc, under the presidency of St. Caesarius of Arles.
  Avitus, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02161c.htm
Anti-Arian Bishop of Vienne, converted King Sigismund, was a renowned poet, d. about 518.
  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.
  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.
  Adelard of Bath http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16001c.htm
Twelfth-century scholastic philosopher.
  Allatius, Leo http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01317b.htm
A learned Greek of the seventeenth century. (1586-1669)
  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.
  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.
  Antonelli, Giacomo http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01583d.htm
Cardinal; Secretary of State to Pius IX. (1806-1876)
  Arnold of Brescia http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01747b.htm
Born at Brescia towards the end of the eleventh century, date of death uncertain.
  Alva, The Duke of http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01371a.htm
Warrior and statesman. (1508-1582)
  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.
  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.
  Albergati, Niccolo http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01258b.htm
Cardinal and Bishop of Bologna. (1357-1443)
  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.
  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.
  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.
  Amort, Eusebius http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01434a.htm
Philosopher and theologian. (1692-1775)
  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.
  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.
  Abbon, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01015b.htm
Biographical article on this Benedictine monk, who died in 1004.
  Aben-Ezra, Abraham-ben-Meir http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01039c.htm
Spanish rabbi. (1092-1167)
  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.
  Allouez, Claude http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01326b.htm
Jesuit missionary and explorer. (1620-1689)
  Andrea Pisano http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01470a.htm
An Italian sculptor and architect, b. 1270; d. 1349.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01101c.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01101c.htm
The name, before the Roman conquest in 146 B.C., of a strip of land between the gulf of Corinth and Elis and Arcadia, embracing twelve cities leagued together.
  Adamnan, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01135c.htm
Irish-born abbot of Iona, and St. Columba's biographer.
  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.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01593a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01593a.htm
Founder of a Gnostic sect; died at an advanced age late in the second century.
  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.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02067c.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02067c.htm
Archdiocese; comprises the Department of Gers in France.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01699b.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01699b.htm
A Frankish Bishop of the latter part of the seventh century.
  Albert of Brandenburg http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01262a.htm
Cardinal and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire. (1490-1545)
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02018b.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02018b.htm
One of the divisions of the province of Alexandria, and suffragan of Turin.
  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.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01110a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01110a.htm
A diocese suffragan of Turin, Italy.
  Acquaviva, Claudius http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01109c.htm
Fifth General of the Society of Jesus. (1543-1615)
  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).
  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.
  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).
  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.
  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.
  Acacians, The http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01079b.htm
Fourth-century Arian sect.
  Arts, Master of http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01759a.htm
An academic degree higher than that of Bachelor.
  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.
  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.
  Amandus, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01380b.htm
Hermit, missionary, bishop of Maastricht, monastic founder, d. about 690.
  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.
  Apiarius of Sicca http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01594a.htm
A priest of the diocese of Sicca, in proconsular Africa.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01081a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01081a.htm
Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine, disciple and biographer of Eusebius, the historian, whose successor in the See of Caesarea he became in 340.
  Allies, Thomas William http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01323b.htm
English writer. (1813-1903)
  Academies, Roman http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01083b.htm
Historical and bibliographical notes concerning the more important of these associations of learned men.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01090a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01090a.htm
Usually regarded as the small district on the south shore of the Bay of Fundy from Annapolis to the Basin of Minas.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  Arias de Avila, Pedro http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01711b.htm
A Spanish knight from Segovia, b. about the middle of the fifteenth century; d. at Leon, 1530.
  Assumption, Sisters of the http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02006a.htm
A congregation of French nuns devoted to the teaching of young girls.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01256a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01256a.htm
Diocese comprising the entire counties of Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, Washington, and that part of Herkimer and Hamilton counties south of the northern line of the townships of Ohio and Russia, Benson and Hope, in the State of New York.
  Auckland http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02068a.htm
Diocese comprising the Provincial District of Auckland (New Zealand), with its islets, and the Kermadec Group.
  Alexander Natalis http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01296c.htm
A French historian and theologian, of the Order of St. Dominic. (1639-1724)
  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.
  Abercius, Inscription of http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01040a.htm
A Greek hagiographical text.
  Atto of Vercelli http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02062c.htm
A learned theologian and canonist of the tenth century.
  Andrew Avellino, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01472b.htm
Canon lawyer, priest, reformer, Theatine, d. 1608.
  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.
  Acceptance http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01094b.htm
In canon law, the act by which one receives a thing with approbation or satisfaction.
  Abbo Cernuus http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01015a.htm
French Benedictine monk of St-Germain-des-Prés in Paris, sometimes called Abbo Parisiensis.
  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.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01367c.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01367c.htm
Diocese in Illinois.
  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.
  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.
  Asaph, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01766a.htm
First bishop of the Welsh town named after him. Second half of sixth century.
  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.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02059b.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02059b.htm
An open place or court before a church.
  Actus Purus http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01125b.htm
A term employed in scholastic philosophy to express the absolute perfection of God.
  Alma Redemptoris Mater http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01326d.htm
The opening words of one of the four Antiphons sung at Compline and Lauds, in honour of the Blessed Virgin, at various seasons of the year.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01246b.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01246b.htm
The first knowledge of Alaska was acquired in 1741 through the expedition under Vitus Bering, a Dane in the Russian service, who sailed from Okhoysk.
  All Hallows College http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01314b.htm
An institution devoted to the preparation of priests for the missions in English-speaking countries.
  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.
  Arcosolium http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01699a.htm
Term applied by the primitive Christians to one form of the tombs that exist in the Roman catacombs.
  Amraphel http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01441a.htm
King of Sennaar (Shinar), or Babylonia.
  Amalricians http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01379b.htm
Heretical sect founded towards the end of the twelfth century.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01284b.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01284b.htm
Diocese in European Turkey, since 1886 suffragan of Scutari.
  Antigonish http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01562c.htm
The shiretown of the county of the same name in Nova Scotia.
  Asterius http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02018a.htm
Name of several prominent persons in early Christian history.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01110b.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01110b.htm
Syrian seaport on the Mediterranean.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01564a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01564a.htm
A titular see of the Thebaid, now Esneh or Esench, a city in Egypt.
  Adoption, Canonical http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01147b.htm
The Church made its own the Roman law of adoption, with its legal consequences.
  Ado of Vienne, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01145b.htm
Benedictine monk, pilgrim, scholar, pastor, Archbishop of Vienne, d. 875.
  Antiphonary, Gregorian http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01579a.htm
Discovered in a Montpellier manuscript of the tenth or eleventh century.
  Apocrisiarius http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01600a.htm
Indicates in general the ecclesiastical envoys of Christian antiquity, whether permanent or sent temporarily on missions to high ecclesiastical authorities or royal courts.
  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.
  Adelaide, Archdiocese of http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01140a.htm
Centered in Adelaide, capital of South Australia.
  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.
  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.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01230a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01230a.htm
An archiepiscopal see of Hungary, founded in 1009, and made an archdiocese in 1304, by Pius VII.
  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.
  Angelus, Silesius http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01488a.htm
Convert, poet, controversialist, the son of a Lutheran Polish Nobleman. (1624-1677)
  Assizes of Jerusalem http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02001a.htm
The code of laws enacted by the Crusaders for the government of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
  Aubusson, Pierre d' http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02067b.htm
Grand Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, born 1423; died 1503.
  Alciati, Andrea http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01273b.htm
Italian jurist. (1492-1550)
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02007b.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02007b.htm
Three definitions.
  Anerio, Felice http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01475d.htm
Roman composer, b. c. 1560; d. c. 1630.
  American College at Louvain, The http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01424a.htm
An institution for the education of priests founded in 1857.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  Albert of Aachen http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01261d.htm
A chronicler of the First Crusade.
  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.
  Alvarez de Paz http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01374b.htm
A famous mystic of the Society of Jesus. (1560-1620)
  Alberic of Monte Cassino http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01259a.htm
Benedictine, died 1088.
  Ampleforth, The Abbey of http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01439b.htm
Benedictine abbey in England.
  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.
  Act of Settlement (Irish) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01112a.htm
1662 act passed by the Irish Parliament to bring in Protestant settlers in Munster, Leinster, and Ulster.
  Anselm of Laon http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01550b.htm
Medieval theologian. (d. 1117)
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01240a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01240a.htm
The twenty-second state admitted into the union.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01774d.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01774d.htm
Details four uses of this name.
  Anno, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01541b.htm
Former soldier, Archbishop of Cologne, d. 1075.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01101e.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01101e.htm
King of Judah.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01774c.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01774c.htm
The daughter of Putiphare (Poti-phera), priest of On.
  Alexander Sauli, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01299b.htm
Apostle of Corsica, Barnabite, bishop of Aleria, d. 1592.
  Albrechtsberger, Johann G. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01270a.htm
Master of musical theory, and teacher of Hummel and Beethoven. (1736-1809)
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01141d.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01141d.htm
It comprises all Arabia, and is known as the Vicariate Apostolic of Arabia and Aden.
  Adda, Ferdinando d' http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01136b.htm
Cardinal and Papal Legate. (1649-1719)
  Agrarianism http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01226a.htm
Theories and movements intended to benefit the poorer classes of society by dealing in some way with the ownership of land or the legal obligations of the cultivators.
  Adrichem, Christian Kruik van http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01161b.htm
Catholic priest and theological writer. (1533-1585)
  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.
  Arkansas http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01724a.htm
Includes history, climate, government, education, and Catholic information.
  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.
  Arbogast, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01686a.htm
Irish, traveled to the Continent and became a hermit, bishop of Strasburg, famous for miracles. He died in 678.
  Animuccia, Giovanni http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01530a.htm
An Italian composer, born at Florence about 1500; died 1571.
  Atahuallpa http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02032a.htm
Son of the Inca war chief Huayna Capac and an Indian woman from Quito.
  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.
  Alzog, Johann Baptist http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01375a.htm
Church historian. (1808-1878)
  Annius of Viterbo http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01541a.htm
Archeologist and historian, born at Viterbo about 1432; died 13 November, 1502.
  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.
  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.
  Aberdeen, The Diocese of http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01041c.htm
A see founded in 1063 at Mortlach by Bl. Beyn.
  Albert, Blessed http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01261a.htm
Canon regular, papal legate, and Patriarch of Jerusalem. He was assassinated in 1215.
  Alexander of Abonoteichos http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01297a.htm
The most notorious imposter of the second century of the Christian era.
  Andrea, Giovanni d' http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01469d.htm
Canonist. (1275-1348)
  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".
  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.
  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.
  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.
  Amiot, Joseph Maria http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01430a.htm
Missionary to China. (1718-1793)
  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.
  Agnellus of Pisa, Blessed http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01212c.htm
Deacon, founder of the English Franciscan Province, d. 1236.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01225a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01225a.htm
Archdiocese situated in British India.
  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.
  Alexandrine Liturgy, The http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01303b.htm
The parent rite of all others in Egypt.
  Aviz, Order of http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02161d.htm
Military body of Portuguese knights.
  Alessi, Galeazzo http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01284a.htm
Italian architect, b. 1500; d. 1572.
  Arundell http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01765c.htm
Thomas, first Lord Arundell of Wardour.
  Assuerus http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02005c.htm
The name of two different persons in the Bible.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01101b.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01101b.htm
Son of Amri and King of Israel.
  Arriaga, Pablo José http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01753b.htm
Jesuit missionary to Peru. (1564-1621)
  Acts, Indifferent http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01116a.htm
An act that is neither good nor bad.
  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.
  Adam Scotus http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01134f.htm
A theologian and Church historian of the latter part of the twelfth century.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01368a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01368a.htm
A suffragan see of the province of Philadelphia.
  Alexander Briant, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01296b.htm
English Jesuit priest and martyr. He was scarcely over 25 when martyred in 1581.
  Apostolici http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01647a.htm
The name of four different heretical bodies.
  Antivari http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01582b.htm
So called from its position opposite to Bari in Italy; the Catholic archiepiscopal see of Montenegro.
  Aengus, Saint (the Culdee) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01173a.htm
Irish hermit, hagiographer, poet, late eighth century.
  Andreas of Caesarea http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01473a.htm
Cappadocian bishop.
  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.
  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)
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01044c.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01044c.htm
Nephew of King David.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01103b.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01103b.htm
A titular see in Upper Albania.
  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.
  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.
  Ave Regina http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02149b.htm
An antiphon so called from its first line, Ave regina caelorum (Hail, Queen of Heaven).
  Anathoth http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01457a.htm
Includes several mentioned by this name.
  Ambrose of Sienna, Blessed http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01388b.htm
Dominican teacher and missionary, diplomat, d. 1286.
  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.
  Altar Side http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01356e.htm
That part of the altar which faces the congregation.
  Abdon and Sennen, Saints http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01032a.htm
Persian martyrs in the Decian persecution. Died in about 250.
  Alexander (Early Bishops) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01285b.htm
Profiles of six bishops of this name in the early Church.
  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.
  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.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02060b.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02060b.htm
A titular metropolitan see of Pamphylia in Asia Minor.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01079a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01079a.htm
The Biblical Acacia belongs to the genus Mimosa.
  Atahualpa, Jean Santos http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02032b.htm
Claimed to have been sent by God to drive the Spaniards from western South America.
  Aldrovandi, Ulissi http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01281b.htm
Italian naturalist. (1522-1607)
  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.
  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.
  Alvarus Pelagius http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16002a.htm
Spanish writer. (1280-1352)
  Acrostic http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01111a.htm
A poem the initial or final letters of whose verses form certain words or sentences.
  Aspilcueta, Martin http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01793b.htm
Spanish canonist and moral theologian. (1491-1586)
  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.
  Apollinaris, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01616a.htm
A first-century martyr, the bishop of Ravenna.
  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.
  Auxentius of Milan http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02144b.htm
Ordained (343) to the priesthood by Gregory, the intruded Bishop of Alexandria.
  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.
  Aureoli, Petrus http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02111a.htm
Brief article by E.A. Pace notes the highlights of Aureol's intellectual career.
  Amat, Thaddeus http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01380e.htm
Second Bishop of Monterey and Los Angeles, California. (1810-1878)
  Allegri, Gregorio http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01319a.htm
Composer from the same family which produced the painter Correggio.
  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.
  Auxerre, Councils of http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02145a.htm
In 585 (or 578) a Council of Auxerre held under St. Annacharius formulated forty-five canons, closely related in context to canons of the contemporary Councils of Lyons and Mâcon.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/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.
  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".
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01093b.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01093b.htm
The most northern of the five principal Philistine cities.
  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.
  Aileran, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01234c.htm
Irishman, rector of the School of Clonard, distinguished scholar and author, d. 664.
  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."
  Alexander http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01285a.htm
Seven men with this name are described.
  Alexandre, Dom Jacques http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01299c.htm
Benedictine monk. (1653-1734)
  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.
  Achitopel http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01102e.htm
Counsellor of David, who joined the rebellion of Absalom.
  Anquetil, Louis-Pierre http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01543b.htm
A French historian. (1723-1806)
  Amerbach, Veit http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01409b.htm
Humanist and convert from Lutheranism to the Catholic Church. (1503-1557)
  Agricola, George http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01231a.htm
Physician, mineralogist, historian, and controversialist. (1494-1555)
  Ammen, Daniel http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01430c.htm
American naval officer and author (1820-1898)
  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.
  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.
  Abdication http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01031a.htm
Ecclesiastically considered, is the resignation of a benefice or clerical dignity.
  Archontics http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01697a.htm
A Gnostic sect which existed in Palestine and Armenia about the middle of the fourth century.
  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.
  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.
  Andreis, Felix de http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01470c.htm
Lazarist superior. (1778-1820)
  Alberic of Ostia http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01259b.htm
Benedictine monk and Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia. (1080-1147)
  Achery, Lucas d' http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01102a.htm
French Benedictine. (1609-1685)
  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.
  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.
  Azarias, Brother http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02166c.htm
Educator, essayist, litterateur, and philosopher, b. near Killenaule, County Tipperary, Ireland, 29 June, 1847.
  Altar Curtain http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01353a.htm
Drawn around the altar at certain parts of Mass.
  Allahabad http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01316b.htm
Diocese; suffragan of the Archdiocese of Agra, India.
  Afflighem http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01179b.htm
Benedictine abbey in Belgium.
  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.
  Adrian Fortescue, Blessed http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06146b.htm
Knight of St. John, martyred in 1539.
  Aikenhead, Mary http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01234a.htm
Foundress of the Irish Sisters of Charity. (1787-1858)
  Autos Sacramentales http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02143a.htm
A form of dramatic literature which is peculiar to Spain, though in some respects similar in character to the old Morality plays of England.
  Agnellus, Andreas, of Ravenna http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01212d.htm
Historian of that church, b. 805; the date of his death is unknown, but was probably about 846.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01045a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01045a.htm
A son of Ner, a cousin of Saul, and commander-in-chief of Saul's army.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01775a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01775a.htm
Enclosure, garden; the Garden of the Gods.
  Amyot, Jacques http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01445a.htm
Bishop of Auxerre, Grand Almoner of France. (1513-1593)
  Apostolic Church-Ordinance http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01635a.htm
A third-century pseudo-Apostolic collection of moral and hierarchical rules and instructions, compiled in the main from ancient Christian sources.
  Ailbe, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01234b.htm
A disciple of St. Patrick and bishop of Emly, died in the first half of the sixth century.
  Alcántara, Military Order of http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01271b.htm
First committed to the care of the Castilian Knights of Calatrava.
  Adelaide, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01140b.htm
Abbess, renowned for having the gift of miracles, d. 1015.
  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.
  Almagro, Diego de http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01326e.htm
Generally considered a foundling; came to Panama in 1514 with Pedro Arias de Avila (D'Avila), and soon distinguished himself in military expeditions.
  Atkinson, James http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02050b.htm
English Catholic confessor. (d. 1595)
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01146b.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01146b.htm
Fourth son of King David, and Adonias the Levite are discussed.
  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.
  Acathistus http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01092c.htm
The title of a certain hymn or, an Office in the Greek Liturgy in honour of the Mother of God.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01430b.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01430b.htm
A titular see of Pontus in Asia Minor.
  Agricola, Alexander http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01230c.htm
Biography of the composer, mentioning the possibility of unpublished manuscripts still in Spanish libraries.
  Aliturgical Days http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01314a.htm
Those days on which the "liturgy", i.e. the Holy Sacrifice of the Eucharist, is not allowed to be celebrated.
  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.
  Ashton, Venerable Roger http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01777a.htm
Martyr, third son of Richard Ashton of Croston, in Lancashire. Hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn, 23 June, 1592.
  Amadeo, Giovanni Antonio http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01375c.htm
Italian architect and sculptor. (1447-1522)
  Adalbert http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01126c.htm
Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen; born about 1000; died 1072.
  Angers, University of http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01489c.htm
Early in the eleventh century this school became famous under the direction of Marbodus.
  Adam in Early Christian Liturgy and Literature http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01132a.htm
Discusses his importance to the Fathers and to the authors of the many apocryphal writings of the first five centuries of the Christian Era.
  Acacius, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01083a.htm
Bishop of Melitene in the third century.
  Achor Valley http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01103a.htm
The scene of the death of the "troubler" Achan.
  Araucanians http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01679b.htm
Indian tribe in Chile.
  Albert Berdini of Sarteano, Blessed http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01261c.htm
Short biography of the Franciscan famed as a preacher.
  Assimilation, Psychological http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01800d.htm
As applied to a mental process, assimilation derives all its force and meaning from the analogy which many educationists have found to exist between the way in which food is incorporated into the living tissue and the manner in which truth is acquired by the growing mind.
  Ambrosians http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01403a.htm
The Order of St. Ambrose was the name of two religious congregations, one of men and one of women, founded in the neighbourhood of Milan during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
  Allen, Edward Patrick http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01320b.htm
Fifth Bishop of Mobile, Alabama, U.S.; born at Lowell, Massachusetts, 17 March, 1853.
  Auenbrugger, Leopold http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02072a.htm
An Austrian physician, born 19 November, 1722; died 17 May, 1807.
  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.
  Angelo Clareno da Cingoli http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01484b.htm
One of the leaders of the Spiritual Franciscans.
  Attracta, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02062d.htm
Contemporary of St. Patrick, founder of a hospice and several churches.
  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.
  Andrea Dotti, Blessed http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01469e.htm
Servite priest, miracle worker, d. 1315.
  Alto, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01367b.htm
Irish-born hermit and missionary in Bavaria, monastic founder, eighth century.
  Anne García, Blessed http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06378b.htm
Better known as Anne of St. Bartholomew. Biography of one of the first Discalced Carmelites. She died in 1626.
  Atkinson, Paul, of St. Francis http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02050d.htm
One of the notable confessors of the English Church during the age which succeeded the persecution of blood.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01430d.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01430d.htm
The supreme divinity of the Egyptian pantheon.
  Adalard, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01126b.htm
Grandson of Charles Martel. Adalard was abbot of Corbie, and Pepin's prime minister. He died in 827.
  Arne, Thomas Augustine http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01746a.htm
Brief biography of the eighteenth-century English composer.
  Autpert, Ambrose http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02143b.htm
An early medieval writer and abbot of the Benedictine Order, born in France, early in the eighth century.
  Aldfrith http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01280a.htm
A Northumbrian king, son of King Oswin; d. 14 December, 705.
  Altar Bell http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01349b.htm
A small bell placed on the credence or in some other convenient place on the epistle side of the altar.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01007c.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01007c.htm
A French word meaning primarily and strictly an abbot or superior of a monastery of men.
  Aubignac, François Hédelin, Abbé d' http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02067a.htm
Grammarian, poet, preacher, archeologist, philologist. (1604-1676)
  Aeneas of Gaza http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01172c.htm
A Neo-Platonic philosopher, a convert to Christianity, who flourished towards the end of the fifth century.
  Anthony Baldinucci, Blessed http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02219b.htm
Jesuit priest and missionary, preached penitence and devotion to the Virgin Mary, d. 1717.
  Aichinger, Gregor http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01233c.htm
Organist and composer of sacred music, born probably at Ratisbon in 1565; died at Augsburg, 21 January, 1628.
  Agathias http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01204b.htm
A Byzantine historian and man of letters, born at Myrina in Asia Minor about 536.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01711e.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01711e.htm
Archbishop of Mainz; date of birth unknown; d. 6 April, 1032.
  Agostini, Paolo http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01224b.htm
Italian composer. (1593-1629)
  Ad Limina Apostolorum http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01128a.htm
A pilgrimage to the sepulchres of St. Peter and St. Paul at Rome.
  Aldegundis, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01279a.htm
Daughter of SS. Walbert and Bertilia. Flemish nun, founder of monastery at Maubeuge, d. about 684.
  Anastasius, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01454b.htm
Bishop of Antioch, exiled by the emperor, restored to his see in 593 by St. Gregory the Great. Anastasius died in 598.
  Aran, The Monastic School of http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01677b.htm
During three hundred years from about 500 to 800, Aran Mor and its sister islands were a famous centre of sanctity and learning, which attracted holy men from all parts of Ireland to study the science of the saints in this remote school of the West.
  Aedan of Ferns, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01170b.htm
Bishop and patron of Ferns, Ireland. (550-632)
  Albert of Stade http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01262c.htm
Thirteenth-century chronicler.
  Aegidius of Assisi, Blessed http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01170d.htm
Better known in English as Brother Giles. One of the first followers of St. Francis of Assisi, he died in 1262.
  Abban of Magheranoidhe, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01006f.htm
Irish monastic founder, d. 620.
  American College in Rome, The http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01423a.htm
Owes its existence chiefly to Archbishop Hughes, of New York, and Archbishop Kenrick of Baltimore.
  Apollinaris, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01616b.htm
Born in Vienne, became bishop of Valence, was exiled to Sardinia, d. 520.
  Anderton, Thomas http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01467e.htm
English Benedictine. (1611-1671)
  Andrew, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01472a.htm
Was stoned to death at Lampsacus, during the Decian persecution, along with his companion Paul.
  Alan of Tewkesbury http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01245d.htm
Benedictine abbot and writer. (d. 1202)
  Alan of Walsingham http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01245e.htm
Architect. (d. 1364)
  Abban the Hermit, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01007b.htm
An Irishman who lived at Abingdon, England, before St. Patrick's lifetime.
  Alfrida, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01310a.htm
Daughter of King Offa of Mercia. Hermit at Crowland, fl. 795.
  Apotactics http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01650a.htm
The adherents of a heresy which sprang up in the third century and spread through the western and southern parts of Asia Minor.
  Aiblinger, Johann Caspar http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01233b.htm
Composer. (1779-1867)
  Araujo, Francisco de http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01680b.htm
Spanish theologian. (1580-1664)
  Antiphon (in Greek Liturgy) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01576a.htm
The Greek Liturgy uses antiphons, not only in the Office, but also in the Mass, at Vespers, and at all the canonical Hours.
  Ad Sanctam Beati Petri Sedem http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01128b.htm
Summarizes this intervention in the Jansenist controversy by Pope Alexander VII.
  Antimensium http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01563a.htm
Consecrated corporal of a kind used only in the Greek Rite.
  Ambo (in the Russian and Greek Church) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01382a.htm
Sometimes two ambos were used, from one of which the Epistle was read and from the other the Gospel.
  Anima, College and Church of the, in Rome http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01514b.htm
S. Maria dell' Anima, the German national church and hospice in Rome, received its name, according to tradition, from the picture of Our Lady which forms its coat of arms.
  Alarcón, Pedro Antonio de http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16001d.htm
Spanish novelist and poet. (1833-1891)
  Amboise, George d' http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01382b.htm
French cardinal, archbishop, and statesman. (1460-1510)
  Antoniano, Silvio http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01584d.htm
Cardinal, writer on education. (1540-1603)
  Anatolius, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01457d.htm
Patriarch of Constantinople, anti-Nestorian, anti-Eutychian. Some say he was killed by heretics in 458.
  Acton, Charles Januarius http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01113a.htm
English cardinal. (1803-1847)
  Acquaviva http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01109b.htm
Name of several Italian cardinals.
  Abrabanel, Don Isaac http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01050b.htm
Jewish statesman, apologist and exegete. (1437-1508)
  Angelo Carletti di Chivasso, Blessed http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01484a.htm
Fifteenth-century Franciscan, a moral theologian.
  Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01111d.htm
Abbreviated title of a celebrated work on the Irish saints by the Franciscan, John Colgan.
  Austin, John http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02113a.htm
An English lawyer and writer, born 1613 at Walpole, in Norfolk; died London, 1669.
  Ammon, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01430e.htm
One of the desert fathers. Lived with his wife for 18 years as brother and sister, after which he became a hermit in Nitria and she also became a monk. Fourth-century Egypt.
  Anatolia, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01457b.htm
Virgin and martyr, was denounced as a Christian and put to death by the sword in the Decian persecution.
  Assistant at the Pontifical Throne http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01802a.htm
Those prelates who belong to the Papal Chapel and hold toward the Pope much the same relation as cathedral canons do to the bishop.
  Amalberga, Saint http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01377a.htm
Sister or niece of Pepin of Landen. Amalberga was married to Witger; they both entered monastic life. Also called St. Amelia.
  Ammonian Sections http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01431a.htm
Divisions of the four Gospels.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01440c.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01440c.htm
The Syrian houses in the region of Hauran were inhabited, from the third century to the seventh, by the upper and middle classes of the population. A house of this kind in perfect preservation is still to be seen at Amrah.
  Anslo, Reyer http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01551a.htm
Dutch poet and convert. (1622-1669)
  Ancilla Dei http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01463b.htm
A title often given to a deceased woman in early Christian inscriptions.
  Aurora Lucis Rutilat http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02112b.htm
One of the Ambrosian hymns.
  Apolysis http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01623a.htm
The dismissal blessing said by the Greek priest at the end of the Mass, Matins, or Vespers.
  Apophthegmata Patrum http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01623c.htm
Sayings of the Fathers of the Desert.
  Allegri, Antonio http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01318b.htm
Artist known as Correggio, the place of his birth. (1494-1534)
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02107b.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02107b.htm
Its original meaning was a cupboard and it has never lost this more general sense, but even in classical Latin it had of it acquired in addition the special signification of a cupboard of holding books.
  Abrahamites http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01057b.htm
Syrian heretics of the ninth century.
  Augustinus, Antonius http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02105a.htm
Historian of canon law and Archbishop of Tarragona in Spain, born at Saragossa 26 February, 1517, of a distinguished family; died at Tarragona, 31 May, 1586.
  Alvarez, Balthazar http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01373a.htm
A Spanish mystic, who was the spiritual director of St. Teresa. (1533-1580)
  Amadia and Akra http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01376a.htm
Designates two Catholic dioceses of the Chaldean Rite in Kurdistan, Turkey in Asia.
  Anunciación, Fray Domingo de la http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01591a.htm
Dominican missionary. (1510-1591)
  Avaugour, Pierre du Bois, Baron d' http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02148d.htm
Sixth Governor General of Canada.
  Avila, Francisco de http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02161a.htm
Curate or vicar in the province of Huarochiri of Peru, later curate at Huánaco, finally Canon of the Church of La Plata, in Bolivia.
  Azara, Féliz de http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02166a.htm
Spanish naturalist, b. at Barbunales in Aragon, 18 May, 1746; d. 1811.
  Advertisements, Book of http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01167a.htm
A series of enactments concerning ecclesiastical matters, drawn up by Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury (1559-75).
  Azymites http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02172a.htm
A term of reproach used by the schismatic Greeks since the eleventh century against the Latins, who, together with the Armenians and the Maronites, celebrate the Holy Eucharist with unleavened bread.
  Antiochus of Palestine http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01574a.htm
Seventh century monk.
  Aedh of Kildare http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01170c.htm
Sixth-century King of Leinster, Ireland.
  Ayeta, Fray Francisco de http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02164b.htm
A Spanish Franciscan of the seventeenth century.
  Amovibility http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01437a.htm
A term applied to the condition of certain ecclesiastics in regard to their benefices or offices.
  Arden, Edward http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01700b.htm
An English Catholic, executed during the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
  Arethas of Caesarea http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01701c.htm
Born at Patrae, Greece, about 860.
  Arévalo, Rodríguez Sanchez de http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01702a.htm
A learned Spanish bishop. (1404-1470)
  Agiles, Raymond d' http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01210b.htm
A chronicler and canon of Puy-en-Velay, France, toward the close of the eleventh century.
  Argenson, Pierre de Voyer d' http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01702c.htm
Called the vicomte d'Argenson, chevalier, vicomte de Mouzé, seigneur de Chastres, was the fifth Governor-General of Canada (1657-61), b. 1626; d. 1710.
  Ad Apostolicae Dignitatis Apicem http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01127d.htm
Apostolic letter issued against Emperor Frederick II by Pope Innocent IV.
  Argüello, Luis Antonio http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01706b.htm
Governor of California, born at San Francisco, 1784; died there in 1830.
  Agios O Theos http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01211b.htm
The opening words in Greek of an invocation, or doxology, or hymn for it may properly receive any of these titles which in the Roman Liturgy is sung during the Improperia, or "Reproaches" at the ceremony of the Adoration of the Cross, on Good Friday.
  Arbuthnott, Missal of http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01686c.htm
A manuscript Scottish missal or mass-book, written in 1491 by James Sibbald, priest of Arbuthnott, in Scotland, for use in that church.
  Agnelli, Fra. Guglielmo http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01212b.htm
Sculptor and architect. (1238-1313)
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01747a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01747a.htm
Name of several medieval figures.
  Ange de Saint Joseph http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01476b.htm
French missionary friar of the Order of Discalced Carmelites. (1636-1697)
  Arundel, Thomas http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01765b.htm
Sixtieth Archbishop of Canterbury, second son of Robert, Earl of Arundel and Warren, b. 1353; d. 19 February, 1414.
  Arason Jón http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01678c.htm
The last Catholic bishop of Iceland before the introduction of Protestantism. (1484-1550)
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01102f.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01102f.htm
Diocese in Ireland, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Tuam.
  Adam of Usk http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01134c.htm
An English priest, canonist, and chronicler.
  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01793d.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01793d.htm
A Prefecture Apostolic in the ecclesiastical province of Calcutta, India, established in 1889.
  Apsidiole http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01660b.htm
A small or secondary apse, one of the apses on either side of the main apse in a triapsidal church, or one of the apse-chapels when they project on the exterior of the church.
  Assessor of the Holy Office http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01799a.htm
An official of the Congregation of the Inquisition.
  André, Yves Marie http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01469c.htm
Mathematician. (1675-1764)
  Abstinence, Physical Effects of http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01073a.htm
Article deals with effects due to partial or periodic abstinence, such as practiced by the Catholic Church.
  Auger, Edmond http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02072c.htm
Entered the Society of Jesus while St. Ignatius was still living, and was regarded as one of the most eloquent men of his time. (1530-1591)
  Apostolici Regiminis http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01648a.htm
A Bull issued 19 December, 1513, by Leo X, in defence of the Catholic doctrine concerning the immortality of the soul.