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Abbon, Saint
Devoted himself to philosophy, mathematics, and astronomy.
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Abbey
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.
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Abbo Cernuus
French Benedictine monk of St-Germain-des-Prés in Paris, sometimes called Abbo Parisiensis.
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Abbot
A title given to the superior of a community of twelve or more monks.
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Abbot, Henry
Layman, martyred at York, 4 July, 1597, pronounced Venerable in 1886.
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Actual Grace
A supernatural gift of God to intellectual creatures (men, angels) for their eternal salvation.
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Abdon and Sennen, Saints
Persian martyrs under Decius. (c. A.D. 250)
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Acacius, Saint
Bishop of Melitene in the third century.
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Aaron
Brother of Moses, and High Priest of the Old Law.
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Abaddon
A Hebrew word signifying: ruin, destruction (Job 31:12); place of destruction; the Abyss, realm of
the dead (Job 26:6; Proverbs 15:11).
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Abandonment
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.
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Abarca, Pedro
Theologian. (1619-1693)
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Abarim
A mountain range across Jordan.
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Abba
Aramaic word for father.
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Abbadie, Antoine d'
Astronomer, geodetist, genographer, physician, numismatist, philologian. (1810-1897)
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Abbe
A French word meaning primarily and strictly an abbot or superior of a monastery of men.
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Abbeloos, Jean Baptiste
Orientalist. (1836-1906)
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Abbess
The female superior in spirituals and temporals of a community of twelve or more nuns.
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Abbreviation, Methods of
Discusses forms used to get the most use from scarce and costly materials.
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Adelard of Bath
Twelfth-century scholastic philosopher.
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Antiphon, Communion
The term Communion is used, not only for the reception of the Holy Eucharist, but also as a
shortened form for the antiphon that was originally sung while the people were receiving the
Blessed Sacrament.
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Abbreviations, Ecclesiastical
Most commonly abbreviated are proper names, titles of persons or corporations, and words of
frequent occurrence.
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Acts of the Martyrs
Records of the trials of early Christian martyrs made by the notaries of the court.
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Abbreviators
Those who make an abridgment or abstract of a long writing or discourse.
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Abdera
A titular see in the province of Rhodope on the southern coast of Thrace, now called Bouloustra.
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Abdias
A minor prophet.
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Abdias of Babylon
Apocryphal writer.
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Abdication
Ecclesiastically considered, is the resignation of a benefice or clerical dignity.
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Abduction
May be considered as a public crime and a matrimonial diriment impediment.
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Abecedaria
Complete or partial lists of letters of the alphabet, chiefly Greek and Latin, inscribed on ancient
monuments, Pagan and Christian.
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Abel, Blessed Thomas
Priest and martyr. (1497-1540)
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Abecedarians
A sect of Anabaptists who disdained human knowledge, contending that God would enlighten His elect
interiorly and give them knowledge of necessary truths by visions and ecstasies.
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Abel
Commentary on the first murder victim from the traditional Catholic perspective.
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Abel
Biblical place-name.
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Abelly, Louis
Associate of St. Vincent de Paul. (1603-1691)
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Abenakis
A confederation of Algonquin tribes, comprising the Penobscots, Passamaquoddies, Norridgewocks, and
others, formerly occupying what is now Maine, and southern New Brunswick.
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Acathistus
The title of a certain hymn or, an Office in the Greek Liturgy in honour of the Mother of God.
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Ave Maria
The Hail Mary (sometimes called the "Angelical salutation", sometimes, from the first
words in its Latin form, the "Ave Maria") is the most familiar of all the prayers used by
the Universal Church in honour of our Blessed Lady.
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Aben-Ezra, Abraham-ben-Meir
Spanish rabbi. (1092-1167)
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Adrian Fortescue, Bl.
Knight of St. John, martyr, b. about 1476, executed 10 July, 1539.
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Abercius, Inscription of
A Greek hagiographical text.
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Abercromby, John
Named as having lost his life from Catholic clergy violence.
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Abercromby, Robert
Jesuit missionary in Scotland. (1532-1613)
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Aberdeen, The Diocese of
A see founded in 1063 at Mortlach by Bl. Beyn.
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Aberdeen, The University of
Founder William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen from 1483 to 1514.
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Aberle, Moritz von
Catholic theologian. (1819-1875)
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Abgar, The Legend of
Concerns a correspondence that took place between God and the local potentate at Edessa.
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Abiathar
Hebrew ebhyathar, Father of plenty, or, the great one is father.
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Abila
A titular see of Phoenicia.
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Abingdon, The Abbey of
Located in the County of Berkshire, England, founded A.D. 675.
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Abington, Thomas
English antiquarian. (1560-1647)
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Abipones
Indian tribe, linguistically of Guaycuru stock.
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Abisai
Nephew of King David.
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Abjuration
A denial, disavowal, or renunciation under oath.
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Abner
A son of Ner, a cousin of Saul, and commander-in-chief of Saul's army.
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Apostolic Blessing
The popes very often delegated to others the power to give this blessing in answer to petitions
from princes, at the close of missions, and on such occasions.
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Abomination of Desolation, The
Spoken of in St. Matthew, xxiv, 15, and St. Mark, xiii, 14.
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Abortion
Briefly defined as "the loss of a fetal life."
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Abortion, Physical Effects of
Covers definition, causes, and physical effects.
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Abra de Raconis, Charles Francois d'
French bishop, born at the Château de Raconis in 1580 of a Calvinistic family; died 1646.
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Abrabanel, Don Isaac
Jewish statesman, apologist and exegete. (1437-1508)
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Adauctus and Felix, Saints
Roman martyrs. (d. 303)
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Abraham
Outline of his life, with New and Old Testament views.
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Abraham (in Liturgy)
Of all the names used, a special prominence accrues to those of Abel, Melchisedech, and Abraham.
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Abraham, The Bosom of
Found only in two verses of St. Luke's Gospel (xvi, 22, 23).
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Abraham a Sancta Clara
A Discalced Augustinian friar, preacher, and author of popular books of devotion. (1644-1709)
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Abraham Ecchelensis
A learned Maronite, born in Hekel, or Ecchel (hence his surname), a village on Mount Lebanon, in
1600; died 1664 in Rome.
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Abrahamites
Syrian heretics of the ninth century.
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Abram, Nicholas
Jesuit theologian. (1589-1655)
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Abrasax
A class of ancient stone articles, of small dimensions, inscribed with outlandish figures and
formulas.
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Absalom
Article covers Absalom, Son of David, Absalom, father of Mathathias, and Absalom, father of
Jonathan.
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Absalon of Lund
A Danish prelate, also known as Axel. (1128-1201)
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Absinthe
Wormwood, known for its repulsive bitterness.
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Absolute, The
Philosophical term referring to God.
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Absolution
The remission of sin, or of the punishment due to sin, granted by the Church.
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Abstemii
One who cannot take wine without risk of vomiting.
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Abstinence
Includes information about old and new testament fasting as well as church laws.
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Abstinence, Physical Effects of
Article deals with effects due to partial or periodic abstinence, such as practiced by the Catholic
Church.
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Abstraction
A process (or a faculty) by which the mind selects for consideration some one of the attributes of
a thing to the exclusion of the rest.
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Abthain
An English or Lowland Scotch form of the middle-Latin word abthania (Gaelic, abdhaine), meaning
abbacy.
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Abucara, Theodore
A bishop of Caria in Syria; d., probably, in 770.
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Abundius
An Italian bishop, b. at Thessalonica early in the fifth century; d. 469.
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Alumbrados
The name assumed by some false mystics who appeared in Spain in the sixteenth century and claimed
to have direct intercourse with God.
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Abydus
A titular see of Troas in Asia Minor, suffragan of Cyzicus in the Hellespontic province.
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Abyss
Primarily and classically an adjective, very deep.
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Abyssinia
Provides details on the geography, ethnology, political revolutions, as well as church information.
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Acacia
The Biblical Acacia belongs to the genus Mimosa.
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Acacians, The
Fourth-century Arian sect.
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Acacius
Bishop of Beroea. (322-432)
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Acacius
Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine, disciple and biographer of Eusebius, the historian, whose
successor in the See of Caesarea he became in 340.
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Acacius
Patriarch of Constantinople. (d. 489)
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Academies, Roman
Historical and bibliographical notes concerning the more important of these associations of learned
men.
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Academy, The French
Founded by Cardinal de Richelieu in 1635.
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Acadia
Usually regarded as the small district on the south shore of the Bay of Fundy from Annapolis to the
Basin of Minas.
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Acanthus
A titular see of Macedonia, on the Strymonic Gulf, now known as Erisso.
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Acanthus
An ornamental plant indigenous to middle Europe.
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Accaron
The most northern of the five principal Philistine cities.
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Acca, Saint
English bishop. (660-742)
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Accentus Ecclesiasticus
Parts of the liturgy the priest, or the deacon, or subdeacon, or the acolyte sang alone.
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Acceptance
In canon law, the act by which one receives a thing with approbation or satisfaction.
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Acceptants
Those Jansenists who accepted the Bull Unigenitus, issued in 1713 against the Jansenist doctrines.
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Accession
Method of acquiring ownership of a thing arising from the fact that it is in some way added to, or
is the fruit of something already belonging to oneself.
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Accessus
A term applied to the voting in conclave for the election of a pope, by which a cardinal changes
his vote and accedes to some other candidate.
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Apparitions
The article deals not with natural but with supernatural visions, that is, visions due to the
direct intervention of a power superior to man.
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Alabama
The twenty-second state admitted into the union.
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Achilleus and Nereus, Domitilla and Pancratius, Saints
The commemoration of these four Roman saints is made by the Church on 12 May, in common, and all
four are named in the Proper of the Mass as martyrs.
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Acciajuoli
Three cardinals belonging to an illustrious Florentine family, Angelo, Niccolo, and Filippo.
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Accident
The obvious division of things into the stable and the unstable.
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Acclamation
Used in the classical Latin of Republican Rome as a general term for any manifestation of popular
feeling expressed by a shout.
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Acclamation (in Papal Elections)
One of the forms of papal election. Consists of all the cardinals present unanimously proclaiming
one of the candidates Supreme Pontiff, without the formality of casting votes.
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Accommodation, Biblical
Covers what is meant by biblical accommodation, its use in Sacred Scripture, and the rules which
ought to regulate its use.
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Accomplice
A term generally employed to designate a partner in some form of evildoing.
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Accursius, Francesco
Covers an Italian jurisconsult of the Middle Ages, (1182-1260) and his son, also a lawyer,
(1225-1293).
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Acephali
A term applied to the Eutychians who withdrew from Peter Mongus, the Monophysite Patriarch of
Alexandria, in 482.
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Acerenza
Italian archdiocese.
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Achab
Son of Amri and King of Israel.
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Achaia
The name, before the Roman conquest in 146 B.C., of a strip of land between the gulf of Corinth and
Elis and Arcadia, embracing twelve cities leagued together.
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Achaicus
A Christian mentioned in St. Paul's epistles.
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Achaz
King of Judah.
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Achery, Lucas d'
French Benedictine. (1609-1685)
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Achiacharus
Nephew of Tobias.
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Achimaas
Son of Sadoc, the priest.
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Achimelech
Four people with this name are detailed.
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Achitopel
Counsellor of David, who joined the rebellion of Absalom.
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Antonio María Claret y Clará, Saint
Spanish prelate and missionary, born at Sallent, near Barcelona, 23 Dec., 1807; d. at Fontfroide,
Narbonne, France, on 24 Oct., 1870.
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Achonry
Diocese in Ireland, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Tuam.
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Achor Valley
The scene of the death of the "troubler" Achan.
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Achrida
A titular see in Upper Albania.
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Achterfeldt, Johann Heinrich
Theologian. (1788-1877)
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Acta Sanctae Sedis
A publication containing the principal public documents issued by the Pope, directly or through the
Roman Congregations.
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Achtermann, Theodore William
German sculptor. (1799-1889)
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Acidalius, Valens
Philologist, Latin poet, and convert to the Catholic Church. (1567-1595)
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Aci-Reale, The Diocese of
Located in Sicily; includes fourteen communes in the civil province of Catania, immediately subject
to Rome.
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Ackermann, Leopold
Catholic professor of exegesis. (1771-1831)
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Acmonia
A titular see of Phrygia Pacatiana, in Asia Minor, now known as Ahat-Keui.
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Acoemetae
Either, an appellation common to all Eastern ascetics known by the rigour of their vigils; or, a
special order of Greek or Basilian monks devoting themselves to prayer and praise without
intermission.
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Acolouthia
In ecclesiastical terminology signifies the order or arrangement of the divine office and also, in
a wide sense, the office itself.
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Acolyte
A cleric promoted to the fourth and highest minor order in the Latin Church, ranking next to a
subdeacon.
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Acosta, Joaquin
Served in the Colombian army and in 1834 attempted a scientific survey of the country between
Socorro and the Magdalena River.
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Acosta, Jose de
Founded a number of colleges, among them those of Arequipa, Potose, Chuquisaca, Panama, and La Paz.
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Acquapendente
A diocese in Italy under the immediate jurisdiction of the Holy See, comprising seven towns of the
Province of Rome.
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Acquaviva
Name of several Italian cardinals.
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Acquaviva, Claudius
Fifth General of the Society of Jesus. (1543-1615)
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Acqui
A diocese suffragan of Turin, Italy.
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Acre
Syrian seaport on the Mediterranean.
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Archæology, Christian
That branch of the science which is the study of ancient Christian monuments.
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Acrostic
A poem the initial or final letters of whose verses form certain words or sentences.
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Acta Pilati
The Gospel of Nicodemus.
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Act of Settlement (Irish)
1662 act passed by the Irish Parliament, the privileges of which were restored on the return of
Charles II.
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Acton, Charles Januarius
English cardinal. (1803-1847)
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Acton, John
English canonist, born 1350.
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Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Baron Acton
Professor of Modern History at Cambridge, 1895-1902.
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Acts, Canonical
Derive their name from connection with ecclesiastical procedure.
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Altar of Repose
Sometimes called less properly sepulchre or tomb, more frequently repository.
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Acts, Human
St. Thomas and the scholastics in general regard only the free and deliberate acts of the will as
human.
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Acts, Indifferent
An act that is neither good nor bad.
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Acts of the Apostles
The fifth book of the New Testament.
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Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae
Abbreviated title of a celebrated work on the Irish saints by the Franciscan, John Colgan.
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Acta Triadis Thaumaturgae
The lives of St. Patrick, St. Brigid, and St. Columba; published at Louvain, in 1647, by John
Colgan.
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Acts of Roman Congregations
A term used to designate the documents issued by the Roman Congregations.
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Actus et Potentia
A technical expression in scholastic phraseology used to translate Aristotle's energeia or
entelecheia, and dynamis.
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Actus primus
A technical expression used in scholastic philosophy.
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Actus Purus
A term employed in scholastic philosophy to express the absolute perfection of God.
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Acuas
One of the first to spread Manicheism in the Christian Orient.
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Anna Maria Gesualda Antonia Taigi, Blessed
Venerable Servant of God, born at Siena, Italy, 29 May, 1769; died at Rome, 9 June, 1837.
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Adalbert
Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen; born about 1000; died 1072.
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Adalbert I
Archbishop of Mainz (Mayence) 1111 to 1137.
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Ad Apostolicae Dignitatis Apicem
Apostolic letter issued against Emperor Frederick II by Pope Innocent IV.
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Ad Limina Apostolorum
A pilgrimage to the sepulchres of St. Peter and St. Paul at Rome.
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Ad Sanctam Beati Petri Sedem
Letter issued by Alexander VII, dated at Rome, 16 October, 1656.
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Apostles, Portraits of the
Details of the earliest painted representations of the Apostles still in existence.
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Ad Universalis Ecclesiae
A papal constitution dealing with admission to religious orders.
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Adam
First man and father of the human race.
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Adam in Early Christian Liturgy and Literature
Discusses his importance to the Fathers and to the authors of the many apocryphal writings of the
first five centuries of the Christian Era.
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Adam, The Books of
A romance made up of Oriental fables.
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Adam of Bremen
A German historian and geographer of the eleventh century.
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Adam of Fulda
A monk of Franconia and one of the most learned musicians of his age.
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Adam of Murimuth
An English chronicler of about the middle of the fourteenth century.
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Adam of Perseigne
French Cistercian, Abbot of the monastery of Perseigne in the Diocese of Mans, born about the
middle of the twelfth century.
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Adam of St. Victor
A prolific writer of Latin Hymns, born in the latter part of the twelfth century.
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Aarhus, Ancient See of
Located in Denmark.
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Adalbert, Saint, Bishop of Prague
The Apostle of Prussia.
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Adam of Usk
An English priest, canonist, and chronicler.
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Adam, John
Preacher and opponent of Calvinists and Jansenists.
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Adamnan, Saint
Abbot of Iona. (624-704)
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Anthony Baldinucci, Blessed
Entered the Society of Jesus 21 April, 1681, and was ordained priest 28 October, 1695.
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Adam, Nicholas
French linguist and writer. (1716-1792)
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Adalbert, Saint, Bishop of Magdeburg
Apostle of the Slavs, probably a native of Lorraine, d. 981.
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Adam Scotus
A theologian and Church historian of the latter part of the twelfth century.
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Adami da Bolsena, Andrea
Italian musician. (1663-1742)
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Adamites
An obscure sect, dating perhaps from the second century, which professed to have regained Adam's
primeval innocence.
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Adams, James
Jesuit professor of humanities. (1737-1802)
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Adana
A diocese of Armenian rite in Asia Minor.
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Adar
Four meanings detailed.
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Adda, Ferdinando d'
Cardinal and Papal Legate. (1649-1719)
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Addas
One of the three original disciples of Manes.
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Addeus and Maris, Liturgy of
Oriental liturgy, sometimes assigned to the Syrian group; sometimes to the Persian group.
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Addresses, Ecclesiastical
Rules as to what is fitting and customary in the matter of ecclesiastical correspondence.
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Adelaide, Archdiocese of
Centered in Adelaide, capital of South Australia.
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Adelham, John Placid
Convert from Protestantism. (d. 1681)
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Adelmann
Eleventh-century Bishop of Brescia.
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Adelophagi
Fourth-century sect mentioned by the anonymous author known as Praedestinatus.
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Aden
It comprises all Arabia, and is known as the Vicariate Apostolic of Arabia and Aden.
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Adams, Ven. John
Martyred English priest. (d. 1586)
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Adeodatus
Son of St. Augustine. (372-388)
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Adelaide, Saint (Wife of Otho)
Daughter of the King of Burgundy. (931-999)
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Adeste Fidelis
A hymn used at Benediction at Christmastide in France and England since the close of the eighteenth
century.
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Andrew Corsini, Saint
Carmelite monk. (1302-1373)
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Adjuration
An urgent demand made upon another to do something, or to desist from doing something, which is
rendered more solemn by coupling with it the name of God.
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Andrew Bobola, Saint
Martyr. (1590-1657)
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Administrator
Includes details on administrators of dioceses, parishes, and ecclesiastical institutions.
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Art, Ecclesiastical
Article explores the origin, history, and types.
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Administrator (of Ecclesiastical Property)
One charged with the care of church property.
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Admonitions, Canonical
A preliminary means used by the Church towards a suspected person, as a preventive of harm or a
remedy of evil.
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Admont
A Benedictine abbey in Styria, Austro-Hungary.
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Adonai
Hebrew meaning "lord, ruler", a name bestowed upon God in the Old Testament.
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Adeodatus I, Pope Saint
Reigned 615-618.
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Alarcón, Pedro Antonio de
Spanish novelist and poet. (1833-1891)
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Adonias
Fourth son of King David, and Adonias the Levite are discussed.
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Adoption
Adoption, as defined in canon law, is foreign to the Bible.
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Adoption, Canonical
The Church made its own the Roman law of adoption, with its legal consequences.
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Adoption, Supernatural
The adoption of man by God in virtue of which we become His sons and heirs.
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Adeodatus (II), Pope Saint
Reigned 672-676.
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Adoptionism
In a broad sense, a christological theory according to which Christ, as man, is the adoptive Son of
God.
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Ado of Vienne, Saint
Born about 800, in the diocese of Sens; d. 16 December, 875.
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Adoration
In the strict sense, an act of religion offered to God in acknowledgment of His supreme perfection
and dominion, and of the creature's dependence upon Him.
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Alexander Briant, Saint
English Jesuit and martyr. (1556-1581)
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Aedan of Ferns, Saint
Bishop and patron of Ferns, Ireland. (550-632)
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Adorno, Francis
Italian preacher. (1531-1586)
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Adoro Te Devote
A hymn sometimes styled Rhythmus, or Oratio, S. Thomæ (sc. Aquinatis) written c. 1260.
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Adria
An Italian bishopric, suffragan to Venice.
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Adrian IV, Pope
Reigned 1154-1159.
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Adrian V, Pope
A Genoese, and nephew of Innocent IV. He was elected at Viterbo 12 July 1276, but died 18 August.
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Adrian VI, Pope
Reigned 1522-1523.
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Adrian III, Pope Saint
Reigned 884-885.
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Adrian of Castello
Italian prelate distinguished as a statesman and reviver of learning; born about 1460, died about
1521.
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Adrianople
According to legend, Orestes, son of Agamemnon, built this city at the confluence of the Tonsus
(Toundja) and the Ardiscus (Arda) with the Hebrus (Maritza).
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Adrichem, Christian Kruik van
Catholic priest and theological writer. (1533-1585)
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Adso
Abbot of the Cluniac monastery of Moutier-en-Der, d. 992, on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
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Aduarte, Diego Francisco
Missionary and historian. (1566-1635)
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Adullam
Details on two places with this name.
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Adulteration of Food
This act is defined as the addition of any non-condimental substance to a food.
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Arianism
A heresy which arose in the fourth century, and denied the Divinity of Jesus Christ.
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Adultery
The article considers adultery with reference only to morality.
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Advent
According to 1907 usage, a period beginning with the Sunday nearest to the feast of St. Andrew the
Apostle and embracing four Sundays.
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Adventists
A group of six American Protestant sects which hold in common a belief in the near return of Christ
in person.
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Adrian II, Pope
Reigned 867-872.
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Apocatastasis
A name given in the history of theology to the doctrine which teaches that a time will come when
all free creatures will share in the grace of salvation; in a special way, the devils and lost
souls.
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Albert Berdini of Sarteano, Blessed
Franciscan Friar and missionary. (1385-1450)
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Advertisements, Book of
A series of enactments concerning ecclesiastical matters, drawn up by Matthew Parker, Archbishop of