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Friar Minor Capuchin; b. at Viterbo in 1668; d. at Rome, 19 May, 1750.
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Crispin and Crispinian, Saints
Martyrs of the Early Church who were beheaded during the reign of Diocletian; the date of their
execution is given as 25 October, 285 or 286.
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Cousin, Saint Germain
Feast is kept in the Diocese of Toulouse on 15 June.
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Cornely, Karl Josef Rudolph
German biblical scholar and Jesuit, b. 19 April, 1830, at Breyell in Germany; d. at Treves, 3
March, 1908.
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Cynic School of Philosophy
Founded at Athens about 400 B.C., continued in existence until about 200 B.C. It sprang from the
ethical doctrine of Socrates regarding the necessity of moderation and self-denial.
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Creed, Liturgical Use of
The public use of creeds began in connection with baptism, in the Traditio and Redditio symboli, as
a preparation for that sacrament, and in the preliminary interrogations.
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Courts, Ecclesiastical
Legislative, judicial, and executive power to be exercised over the church, without any
interference on the part of civil society.
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Custom (in Canon Law)
An unwritten law introduced by the continuous acts of the faithful with the consent of the
legitimate legislator.
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Cursores Apostolici
The Latin title of the ecclesiastical heralds or pursuivants pertaining to the papal court.
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Cabral, Pedralvarez
Portuguese navigator. (b. 1460)
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Curityba do Parana
Diocese, suffragan of São Sebastião (Rio de Janeiro), Brazil.
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Cabrillo, Estévan
Sixteenth century sailor.
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Cabral, Francisco
Portuguese missionary in Japan. (1529-1609)
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Czech Literature
The evolution of Czech literature dates back to 863, when Moravia and Bohemia, through the efforts
of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, the apostles of these two countries, were converted to Christianity
and thus became participants in the great work of civilization.
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Cuoq, André-Jean
Philologist, b. at LePuy, France, 1821; d. at Oka near Montreal, 1898.
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Cursor Mundi
A Middle-English poem of nearly 30,000 lines containing a sort of summary of universal history.
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Cabassut
French theologian and priest. (1604-1685)
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Cydonia
A titular see of Crete.
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Cabas
Titular see of Egypt.
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Cush
Cush, like the other names of the ethnological table of Genesis, x, is the name of a race, but it
has generally been understood to designate also an individual, the progenitor of the nations and
tribes known in the ancient world as Cushites.
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Crispina, Saint
A martyr of Africa who suffered during the Diocletian persecution; b. at Thagara in the Province of
Africa; d. by beheading at Thebeste in Numidia, 5 December, 304.
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Cunegundes, Blessed
Poor Clare and patroness of Poland and Lithuania; born in 1224; died 24 July, 1292, at Sandeck,
Poland.
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Curé of Ars
Vianney, Saint Jean-Baptiste-Marie, born at Dardilly, near Lyons, France, on 8 May, 1786; died at
Ars, 4 August, 1859.
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Cuthbert, Saint
Bishop of Lindisfarne, patron of Durham, born about 635; died 20 March, 687.
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Cyprian and Justina, Saints
Martyrs of Antioch. (d. 304)
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Cyprian of Carthage, Saint
Bishop and martyr.
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Crescentia, Modestus, and Vitus, Saints
According to the legend, martyrs under Diocletian; feast, 15 June.
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Cuncolim, Martyrs of
On Monday, 25 July, 1583 (N.S.), the village of Cuncolim in the district of Salcete, territory of
Goa, India, was the scene of the martyrdom of five religious of the Society of Jesus: Fathers
Rudolph Acquaviva, Alphonsus Pacheco, Peter Berno, and Anthony Francis, also Francis Aranha, lay
brother.
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Cyril of Alexandria, Saint
Fifth-century Doctor of the Church.
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Cyprian of Toulon, Saint
Bishop of Toulon, born at Marseilles in 476; died 3 October, 546.
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Cyril of Constantinople, Saint
General of the Carmelites. (d. 1235)
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Cyril of Jerusalem, Saint
Bishop of Jerusalem and Doctor of the Church. (315-386)
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Cross, Daughters of the
The aim of this congregation is to instruct poor country girls, to provide refuges for the young
exposed to temptation, to prepare the sick for death, and to care for churches.
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Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar Nuñez
Born at Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia, Spain; dates of birth and death uncertain.
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Curtain, Altar
Drawn around the altar at certain parts of Mass.
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Caballero y Ocio, Juan
Priest, remarkable for lavish gifts to the Church and for charity. (1644-1707)
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Caius, John
Physician and scholar. (1510-1573)
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Cuyabá
Diocese; suffragan of São Sebastião (Rio de Janeiro), Brazil.
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Caen, University of
Founded in 1432 by Henry VI of England, who was then master of Paris and of a large part of France.
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Cagliari, Archdiocese of
Cagliari, called by the ancient Caralis, is the principal city and capital of the Island of
Sardinia, and an important port on the Gulf of Cagliari.
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Cajetan, Saint
Founder of the Theatines, born October, 1480 at Vicenza in Venetian territory; died at Naples in
1547.
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Choir
A body of singers entrusted with the musical parts of the Church service, and organized and
instructed for that purpose.
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Cadalous
Bishop and antipope. (d.1072)
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Cades
The name, according to the Vulgate and the Septuagent, of three, or probably four cities mentioned
in Scripture.
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Caldas-Barbosa, Domingo
Brazilian poet. (1740-1800)
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Cyrus and John, Saints
Celebrated martyrs of the Coptic Church.
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Campion, Saint Edmund
English Jesuit and martyr.
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Caballero, Fernán de
Nom de plume of Cecilia Böhl von Faber, a noted Spanish novelist. (1796-1877)
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Crèvecoeur, Hector St. John de
French agriculturist, b. at Caen, France, 1731; d. at Sarcelles, near Paris, 1813.
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Cross, Daughters of the Holy
The first steps towards the foundation of this society were taken in 1625 at Roy, Picardy, by Père
Pierre Guérin, Françoise Unalet, and Marie Fannier to provide for the Christian education of
girls.
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Contant de la Molette, Philippe du
Theologian and Biblical scholar, born at Côte-Saint-André, in Dauphiné, France, 29 August, 1737;
died on the scaffold during The Terror, 1793.
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Crypt
The word originally meant a hidden place, natural or artificial, suitable for the concealment of
persons or things.
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Caballero, Raimundo Diosdado
Writer. (1740-1830)
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Cahier, Charles
French antiquarian. (1807-1882)
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Colman, Saint MacCathbad
Distinguished as MacCathbad, whence Kilmackevat, County Antrim, was Bishop of Kilroot, a minor see
afterwards incorporated in the Diocese of Connor.
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Cadiz, Diocese of
Suffragan of Seville.
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Caiazzo, Diocese of
Situated in the province of Caserta, Italy, amid the mountains of Tifati near the river Volturno.
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Calancha, Fray Antonio de la
Augustinian monk. (1584-1654)
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Cainites
A name used for (1) the descendants of Cain, (2) a sect of Gnostics and Antinomians.
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Cajetan, Tommaso de Vio Gaetani
Domincan cardinal, philosopher, theologian, and exegete. (1469-1534)
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Crown, Franciscan
Seraphic Crown, also known as the Seraphic Rosary. Brief history, general description of how one
prays this chaplet.
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Cult, Disparity of
A diriment impediment introduced by the Church to safeguard the sanctity of the Sacrament of
Marriage.
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Cornaro, Elena Lucrezia Piscopia
A learned Italian woman of noble descent, born at Venice, 5 June, 1646; died at Padua, 26 July,
1684.
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Caleb
Six people with this name are described.
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Cagli e Pergola, Diocese of
Situated in Umbria (Italy), in the province of Pesaro, suffragan of Urbino.
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Callipolis
Titular see of Thrace.
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Calatayud, Pedro de
Jesuit missionary. (1689-1773)
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Cuyo, Virgin of
According to V. Gambon this statue is probably the one which, together with the church in which it
stood, was given to the Franciscans when the Jesuits were expelled (1767) from the country by
Charles III.
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Cabot, John and Sebastian
Navigators and explorers.
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Cuzco, Diocese of
Suffragan of Lima, Peru.
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Camara y Castro, Tomás
Spanish bishop. (1847-1904)
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Curley, James
Irish-American astronomer. (1796-1889)
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Cremation
The custom of burning the bodies of the dead.
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Calendar, Christian
Includes history and Saint's days.
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Cracow, The University of
The first documentary evidence regarding the scheme that King Casimir the Great conceived of
establishing a university dates from 1362. Urban V favored the plan, and King Casimir issued the
charter of the university, 12 May, 1364.
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California
Includes history, population, education, resources, and religion.
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Calvi and Teano, Diocese of
The ancient Cales or Calenum in the Campagna, not far from Capua.
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Conradin of Bornada
Dominican preacher, b. in the latter part of the fourteenth century; d. at Bologna, 1 November,
1429.
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Calepino, Ambrogio
Italian lexicographer. (1440-1510)
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California Missions
Divided into Lower or Old California and Upper California.
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Coemgen, Saint
Abbot of Glendalough, Ireland. (498-618)
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Constantinople, Council of, in Trullo
Particular council held in A.D. 692.
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Cuneo, Diocese of
Suffragan to Turin.
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Calas Case, The
Jean Calas was a French Calvinist, born 19 March, 1698, at La Caparède near Castres, in the
department of Tarn; executed 10 March, 1762, at Toulouse.
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Caddo Indians
In the earlier period they were commonly known to the Spaniards as Tejas, whence the name of the
State, and to the French as Cenis or Assinais.
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Calabozo, Diocese of
A town in the State of Miranda, Venezuela, on the River Guárico, 120 miles south-southwest of
Caracas.
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Caius
Third-century Christian author.
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Corydallus
A titular see of Asia Minor.
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Curry, John
Irish historian and physcician. (d. 1780)
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Callistus III, Pope
Born near Valencia in Spain, 31 December, 1378; died at Rome, 6 August, 1458.
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Calahorra and La Calzada, Diocese of
Suffragan of Burgos, comprising almost all the province of Logroño and part of the provinces of
Navarre and Soria. Calahorra.
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Caliari, Paolo
Eminent painter of the Venetian school. (1528-1588)
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Callot, Jacques
French etcher, engraver, and painter. (1592-1635)
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Calasio, Mario di
Friar Minor and lexicographer. (1550-1620)
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Calendar, Jewish
Details include days, weeks, months, years, and eras.
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Calvert, Charles
Third Baron of Baltimore, and Second Proprietary Governor of Maryland. (1629-1715)
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Calvert, George
First Lord Baltimore, statesman and colonizer. (1580-1632)
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Campani, Giuseppe
Italian optician and astronomer who lived in Rome during the latter half of the seventeenth
century.
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Caltanisetta
The city is situated in a fertile plain of Sicily, on the River Salso, in the vicinity of the most
extensive sulphur mines in the world.
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Cynewulf
That certain Anglo-Saxon poems still extant were written by one Cynewulf is beyond dispute, for the
author has signed his name in them by spelling it out in runic letters which may be so read as to
make sense in the context of the poem. It is, however, quite uncertain who this Cynewulf was.
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Cabello de Balboa, Miguel
Sixteenth century Spanish priest.
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Caiaphas
Jewish High Priest.
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Canice, Saint
Commemorated on 11 October, born in 515 or 516, at Glengiven, in what is now County Derry, Ireland;
died at Aghaboe in 600.
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Cura Animarum
Technically, the exercise of a clerical office involving the instruction, by sermons and
admonitions, and the sanctification, through the sacraments, of the faithful in a determined
district, by a person legitimately a ppointed for the purpose.
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Calcutta, Archdiocese of
Extends along the sea-coast from the Khabadak to the Mahanundi River.
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Chorepiscopi
A name originally given in the Eastern Church to bishops whose jurisdiction was confined to rural
districts.
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Calmet, Dom Augustin
Celebrated exegetist. (1672-1757)
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Calvary, Mount
The place of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
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Calendar, Reform of the
Such alterations were too obvious to be ignored, and throughout the Middle Ages many observers both
pointed them out and endeavoured to devise a remedy.
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Caillau, Armand-Benjamin
Priest and writer, born at Paris, 22 October, 1794, died there, 1850.
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Calvin, John
Born at Noyon in Picardy, France, 10 July, 1509, and died at Geneva, 27 May, 1564.
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Camargo, Diego Muñoz
Born of a Spanish father and Indian mother soon after 1521; died at a very advanced age, the exact
date unknown.
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Camel, George Joseph
Botanist, born at Brunn, in Moravia, 21 April 1661, died in Manila, 2 May, 1706.
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Colonna
A celebrated family which played an important role in Italy during medieval and Renaissance times.
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Camachus
A titular see in Armenia.
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Colombo
The Archdiocese of Colombo, situated on the western seaboard of the Island of Ceylon, includes two
of the nine provinces into which the island is divided, viz. the Western and the Northwestern.
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Calvinism
Calvin succeeded Luther in point of time and was committed to a struggle with Zwingli's disciples
at Zurich and elsewhere, known as Sacramentarians.
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Callistus II, Pope
Date of birth unknown; died 13 December, 1124.
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Camerino, Diocese of
Situated in the Italian province of Macerata in the Apennines, about 40 miles from Ancona.
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Caldani, Leopoldo Marco Antonio
Italian anatomist and physiologist. (1725-1813)
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Cambiaso, Luca
Genoese painter, b. at Moneglia near Genoa, in 1527; d. in the Escorial, Madrid, 1585.
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Candace
Ethiopian queen.
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Calvert, Philip
Proprietary Governor of Maryland in 1660-1661.
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Cyril and Methodius, Saints
Ninth-century brothers.
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Croagh Patrick
A mountain looking out on the Atlantic ocean from the southern shore of Clew Bay, in the County
Mayo, and called "the Sinai of Ireland."
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Cameroon
Located in German West Africa, between British Nigeria and French Congo.
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Calvert, Cecilius
Second Lord Baltimore. (1606-1675)
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Campbell, James
American public official. (1812-1893)
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Cally, Pierre
Philosopher and theologian, b. at Mesnil-Hubert, department of Orne, France, date of birth
uncertain; d. 31 December, 1709.
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Cosmas and Damian, Saints
Early Christian physicians and martyrs whose feast is celebrated on 27 September.
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Cain
First-born of Adam and Eve.
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Columbia University (Oregon)
Formerly known as Portland University, located on the east bank of the Willamette River in northern
Portland, and is conducted by the Congregation of Holy Cross, whose mother-house is at Notre Dame,
Indiana.
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Calvinus, Justus Baronius
Convert and apologist. (1570-1606)
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Candles
The word candle (candela, from candeo, to burn) was introduced into the English language as an
ecclesiastical term, probably as early as the eighth century.
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Campi, Galeazzo
Italian painter, b. at Cremona, 1475; d. 1536.
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Camisards
Eighteenth-century French sect.
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Canons, Collections of Ancient
Includes authority and methods.
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Campaña, Pedro
Flemish painter, known in France as Pierre de Champagne, and in Brussels as Pieter de Kempeneer
(his actual name), or, as translated in Flemish, Van de Velde, b. at Brussels in 1503; d. there in
1580.
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Cancer de Barbastro, Luis
Dominican missionary to the New World. (d. 1549)
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Calvaert, Dionysius
Painter. (1540-1619)
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Cambysopolis
Titular see of Asia Minor.
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Candlestick, Triple
A name given along with several others to a church ornament used only in the office of Holy
Saturday.
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Caloe
A titular see of Asia Minor.
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Campi, Bernardino
Italian painter of the Lombard School, b. at Cremona, 1522; d. at Reggio, about 1590.
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Capitulations, Episcopal and Pontifical
Agreements, by which those taking part in the election of a bishop or pope imposed special
conditions upon the candidate to be fulfilled by him after his election.
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Crispin, Milo
Monk, and cantor of the Benedictine Abbey of Bec, wrote the lives of five of its abbots: Lanfranc,
Archbishop of Canterbury, Gulielmus de Bellomonte, Boso, Theobaldus, and Letardus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10317b.htm
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Candles, Altar
For mystical reasons the Church prescribes that the candles used at Mass and at other liturgical
functions be made of beeswax.
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Chrysanthus and Daria, Saints
Roman martyrs, buried on the Via Salaria Nova, and whose tombs, according to the testimony of the
itinerary guides to the tombs of the Roman martyrs, were publicly venerated.
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Campagna, Girolamo
Sculptor born in Verona, 1552; died about 1623 or 1625.
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Corcoran, James Andrew
Theologian, editor, and Orientalist, b. at Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A., 30 March, 1820; d.
at Philadelphia, 16 July, 1889.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04356b.htm
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Campagnola, Domenico
Painter of the Venetian school, b. at Padua in 1482; date of death unascertained.
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Canes, Vincent
Friar Minor and controversialist, born on the borders of Nottingham and Leicestershire, date
uncertain; died in London, June, 1672
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Cornelius
A centurion of the Italic cohort, whose conversion at Cæsarea with his household is related in
Acts 10.
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Canelos and Macas
Vicariate Apostolic in Ecuador, South America.
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Canon of the New Testament
The idea of a complete and clear-cut canon of the New Testament existing from the beginning, that
is from Apostolic times, has no foundation in history.
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Conceptualism, Nominalism, Realism
These terms are used to designate the theories that have been proposed as solutions of one of the
most important questions in philosophy, often referred to as the problem of universals, which,
while it was a favourite subject for discussion in ancient times, and especially in the Middle
Ages, is still prominent in modern and contemporary philosophy.
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Candlemas
Also called: Purification of the Blessed Virgin, Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple.
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Compline
The term is derived from the Latin completorium, complement, and has been given to this particular
Hour because Complin is, as it were, the completion of all the Hours of the day: the close of the
day.
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Cyrenaic School of Philosophy
So called from the city of Cyrene, in which it was founded, flourished from about 400 to about 300
B.C., and had for its most distinctive tenet Hedonism, or the doctrine that pleasure is the chief
good.
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Canon of the Mass
Article divided into four sections: (I) Name and place of the Canon; (II) History of the Canon;
(III) The text and rubrics of the Canon; (IV) Mystical interpretations.
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Canons, Ecclesiastical
Certain rules or norms of conduct or belief prescribed by the Church.
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Cantù, Cesare
Italian historian and poet, b. at Brivio, 8 December, 1807; d. at Milan, 11 March, 1895.
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Cajetan, Constantino
Benedictine savant. (1560-1650)
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Candlesticks, Altar
Consists of five parts: the foot, the stem, the knob about the middle of the stem, the bowl to
receive the drippings of wax, and the pricket, i.e. the sharp point that terminates the stem on
which the candle is fixed.
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Calama
Titular see in Africa.
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Caius and Soter, Saints
Popes, having their feast together on 22 April.
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Cueva, Juan de la
Spanish poet and dramatist. (1550-1607)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04563a.htm
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Campi, Giulio
Italian painter and architect, b. at Cremona about 1500; died there, 1572.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03224c.htm
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Calynda
A titular see of Asia Minor.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03204b.htm
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Cano, Melchior
Dominican bishop and theologian. (1509-1560)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03251a.htm
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Callinicus
Titular see of Asia Minor.
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Campeche
Diocese in the State of Campeche, Republic of Mexico, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Yucatan.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03222b.htm
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Crime, Impediment of
Nullifies marriage according to ecclesiastical law, and arises from adultery and homicide
separately or together.
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Canisius, Henricus
Canonist and historian, born at Nymwegen in Geldern.
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Cyme
A titular see of Asia Minor.
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Corsica
The third island of the Mediterranean in point of size, only Sicily and Sardinia being of greater
extent.
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Canopy
An ornamental covering of cloth, stone, wood, or metal, used to crown an altar, throne, pulpit, or
statue.
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Capharnaum
A titular see of Palestine.
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Cottam, Blessed Thomas
Martyr, born 1549, in Lancashire; executed at Tyburn, 30 May, 1582.
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Canticle of Simeon
Found in St. Luke's Gospel, the last in historical sequence of the three great Canticles of the New
Testament, the other two being the Magnificat (Canticle of Mary) and the Benedictus (Canticle of
Zachary).
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Canisius, Theodorich
Born at Nimwegen, Holland, 1532; died 27 September, 1606, at Ingolstadt.
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Clonmacnoise, Abbey and School of
Situated on the Shannon, about half way between Athlone and Banagher, King's County, Ireland.
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Calvert, Leonard
Governor of Maryland. (1607-1647)
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Cantate Sunday
A name given to the fourth Sunday after Easter.
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Casium
A titular see of Lower Egypt.
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Capaccio and Vallo
Suffragan diocese of Salerno.
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Caerularius, Michael
Patriarch of Constantinople (1043-58), author of the second and final schism of the Byzantine
Church, date of birth unknown; d. 1058.
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Creed, Nicene
As approved in amplified form at the Council of Constantinople (381), it is the profession of the
Christian Faith common to the Catholic Church, to all the Eastern Churches separated from Rome, and
to most of the Protestant denominations.
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Canterbury
The Ancient Diocese of Canterbury was the Mother-Church and Primatial See of All England, from 597
till the death of the last Catholic Archbishop, Cardinal Pole, in 1558.
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Cadillac, Antoine de Lamothe, Sieur de
Founder of Detroit. (1657-1730)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03131a.htm
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Caperolo, Pietro
Friar Minor, date of birth unknown; d. at Velletri in 1480.
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Capecelatro, Alfonso
Archbishop of Capua. (1824-1912)
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Callières, Louis-Hector de
Thirteenth Governor of New France. (1646-1705)
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Candle, Paschal
The blessing of the "paschal candle", which is a column of wax of exceptional size,
usually fixed in a great candlestick specially destined for that purpose, is a notable feature of
the service on Holy Saturday.
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Canea
Formerly a titular see of Crete, suppressed by a decree of 1894.
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Cahill, Daniel William
Lecturer and controversialist. (1796-1864)
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Canons and Canonesses Regular
According to St. Thomas Aquinas, a canon regular is essentially a religious cleric.
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Canons, Penitential
Rules laid down by councils or bishops concerning the penances to be done for various sins.
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Capocci, Gaetano
Italian composer. (1811-1898)
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Caraffa, Vincent
Seventh General of the Society of Jesus. (1585-1649)
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Canticle of Canticles
One of three books of Solomon, contained in the Hebrew, the Greek, and the Christian Canon of the
Scriptures.
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Concordia, Diocese of
Erected 2 August, 1887, and is situated in the northwestern part of Kansas, U.S.A.
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Capgrave, John
Augustinian friar, historian, and theologian, b. at Lynn in Norfolk, 21 April, 1393.
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Carbonnelle, Ignatius
Professor of mathematics and science. (1829-1889)
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Candlesticks
Provides the history of their use in Christian churches.
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Carabantes, José de
Friar Minor Capuchin and theologian, born in Aragon, in 1628; died in 1694.
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Capital Punishment
The infliction by due legal process of the penalty of death as a punishment for crime.
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Caesarea
A Latin titular see, and the seat of a residential Armenian bishopric, in Cappadocia.
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Criticism, Higher
Biblical criticism in its fullest comprehension is the examination of the literary origins and
historical values of the books composing the Bible, with the state in which these exist at the
present day.
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Caprara, Giovanni Battista
Statesman and cardinal, born at Bologna, 29 May, 1733; died at Paris, 27 July, 1810.
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Court (in Scripture)
The word court, in the English Bible, corresponds to the Hebrew haçer enclosed space. Also, in the
English Bible the word court is occasionally used to mean the retinue of a person of high rank and
authority.
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Canopy, Altar
The "Caeremoniale Episcoporum (I, xii, 13), treating of the ornaments of the altar, says that
a canopy (baldachinum) should be suspended over the altar.
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Capefigue, Baptiste-Honoré-Raymond
Historian, b. at Marseilles, 1802; d. at Paris, 22 December, 1872.
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Capponi, Gino, Count
Historian and litterateur; born at Florence, Italy, 13 September, 1792; died 3 February, 1876.
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Carissimi, Giacomo
Italian composer. (1604-1674)
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Carayon, Auguste
French author and bibliographer. (1813-1874)
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Cardenas, Juan
Moral theologian and author. (1613-1684)
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Caroline Books
A work in four books (120 or 121 chapters), purporting to be the composition of Charlemagne, and
written about 790-92.
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Campan, Jeanne-Louise-Henriette
French educator, born 6 November, 1752, at Paris; died in 1822, at Mantes.
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Carmel, Mount
A well-known mountain ridge in Palestine, usually called in the Hebrew Bible Hakkarmel.
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Colet, John
Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral and founder of St. Paul's School, London; b. in London, 1467; d. there
18 Sept., 1519.
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Colgan, John
Hagiographer and historian, b. in County Donegal, Ireland, about the beginning of the seventeenth
century; d. probably in 1657.
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Cardinals (1913 List)
Members of the College of Cardinals, 1913.
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Caltagirone
A city in the province of Catania, Sicily, built on two eminences about 2000 feet above sea-level,
connected by a bridge.
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Cantor
The chief singer (and sometimes instructor) of the ecclesiastical choir, called also precentor.
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Colin, Frédéric-Louis
Superior of the Sulpicians in Canada, b. at Bourges, France, in 1835; d. at Montreal, 27 November,
1902.
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Castracane degli Antelminelli, Francesco
Naturalist, b. at Fano, Italy, 19 July, 1817; d. at Rome 27 March, 1899.
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Carheil, Etienne de
French missionary among the Indians of Canada, born at Carentoir, France, November 1633; died at
Quebec, 27 July, 1726.
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Caesarea Mauretaniae
Titular see in North Africa.
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Crema, Diocese of
Suffragan to Milan.
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Canons, Apostolic
A collection of ancient ecclesiastical decrees concerning the government and discipline of the
Christian Church, incorporated with the Apostolic Constitutions.
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Capreolus, John
A theologian, born towards the end of the fourteenth century, (about 1380), in the diocese of
Rodez, France; died in that city 6 April, 1444.
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Colin, Jean-Claude-Marie
French priest, founder of the Marists. (1790-1875)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04101a.htm
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Carli, Dionigi da Piacenza
Seventeenth century Capuchin missionary.
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Casot, Jean-Jacques
The last surviving Jesuit of the old Canada mission, born in Liège, Belgium, 4 October, 1728; died
at Quebec, 16 March, 1800.
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Cassani, Joseph
Spanish Jesuit. (1673-1686)
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Catechumen
In the early Church, was the name applied to one who had not yet been initiated into the sacred
mysteries, but was undergoing a course of preparation for that purpose.
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Castelli, Benedetto
Mathematician and physicist; b. at Perugia, Italy, 1577; d. at Rome, 1644.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03408d.htm
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Captain (in the Bible)
In the Douay version captain represents several different Hebrew and Latin words, and designates
both civil and military officers.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03314c.htm
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Canon Law
Canon law is the body of laws and regulations made by or adopted by ecclesiastical authority, for
the government of the Christian organization and its members.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09056a.htm
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Carochi, Horacio
Jesuit missionary to Mexico. (1586-1666)
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Capitolias
A titular see of Palestine, suffragan to Scythopolis in Palestina Secunda.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03309b.htm
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Chant, Plain
The church music of the early Middle Ages, before the advent of polyphony.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12144a.htm
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Catacombs, Roman
The subject is covered under the headings: I. Position; II. History; III. Inscriptions; IV.
Paintings; V. Sarcophagi; VI. Small Objects Found in the Catacombs; and VII. Catacombs outside
Rome.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03417b.htm
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Cathedral
The chief church of a diocese.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03438a.htm
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Castro Palao, Fernando
Spanish theologian. (1581-1633)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03415b.htm
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Canticle
Used in the English Catholic translation of the Bible as the equivalent of the Vulgate canticum in |
