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» Aachen Open in a new browser window
   In French, Aix-la-Chapelle, the name by which the city is generally known; in Latin Aquae Grani, later Aquisgranum.
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16001a.htm
» Aarhus, Ancient See of Open in a new browser window
   Located in Denmark.
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01003a.htm
» Aaron Open in a new browser window
   Brother of Moses, and High Priest of the Old Law.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01003a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01005a.htm
» Abaddon Open in a new browser window
   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 Open in a new browser window
   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 Open in a new browser window
   Theologian. (1619-1693)
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» Abarim Open in a new browser window
   A mountain range across Jordan.
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» Abba Open in a new browser window
   Aramaic word for father.
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» Abbadie, Antoine d' Open in a new browser window
   Astronomer, geodetist, genographer, physician, numismatist, philologian. (1810-1897)
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» Abban of Magheranoidhe, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Irish monastic founder, d. 620.
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» Abban of New Ross, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Contemporary of St. Abban of Magheranoidhe, and often confused with St. Evin of Rosglass.
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» Abban the Hermit, Saint Open in a new browser window
   An Irishman who lived at Abingdon, England, before St. Patrick's lifetime.
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» Abbe Open in a new browser window
   A French word meaning primarily and strictly an abbot or superior of a monastery of men.
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» Abbeloos, Jean Baptiste Open in a new browser window
   Orientalist. (1836-1906)
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» Abbess Open in a new browser window
   The female superior in spirituals and temporals of a community of twelve or more nuns.
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» Abbey Open in a new browser window
   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 Open in a new browser window
   French Benedictine monk of St-Germain-des-Prés in Paris, sometimes called Abbo Parisiensis.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01015a.htm
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» Abbon, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Biographical article on this Benedictine monk, who died in 1004.
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» Abbot Open in a new browser window
   A title given to the superior of a community of twelve or more monks.
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» Abbreviation, Methods of Open in a new browser window
   Discusses forms used to get the most use from scarce and costly materials.
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01022a.htm
» Abbreviations, Ecclesiastical Open in a new browser window
   Latin abbreviations commonly seen in documents of the Catholic Church, the full Latin words or phrases, and their English meaning.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01022a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01028a.htm
» Abbreviators Open in a new browser window
   Those who make an abridgment or abstract of a long writing or discourse.
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» Abdera Open in a new browser window
   A titular see in the province of Rhodope on the southern coast of Thrace, now called Bouloustra.
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» Abdias Open in a new browser window
   A minor prophet.
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» Abdias of Babylon Open in a new browser window
   Apocryphal writer.
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01031a.htm
» Abdication Open in a new browser window
   Ecclesiastically considered, is the resignation of a benefice or clerical dignity.
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» Abdon and Sennen, Saints Open in a new browser window
   Persian martyrs in the Decian persecution. Died in about 250.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01032a.htm
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» Abduction Open in a new browser window
   May be considered as a public crime and a matrimonial diriment impediment.
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01035a.htm
» Abecedaria Open in a new browser window
   Complete or partial lists of letters of the alphabet, chiefly Greek and Latin, inscribed on ancient monuments, Pagan and Christian.
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» Abecedarians Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01035b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01035c.htm
» Abel Open in a new browser window
   Commentary on the first murder victim.
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01036b.htm
» Abelard, Peter Open in a new browser window
   Dialectician, philosopher, and theologian. (1079-1142)
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01039a.htm
» Abelly, Louis Open in a new browser window
   Associate of St. Vincent de Paul. (1603-1691)
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01039c.htm
» Aben-Ezra, Abraham-ben-Meir Open in a new browser window
   Spanish rabbi. (1092-1167)
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01039b.htm
» Abenakis Open in a new browser window
   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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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01040a.htm
» Abercius, Inscription of Open in a new browser window
   A Greek hagiographical text.
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01041a.htm
» Abercromby, John Open in a new browser window
   Named as having lost his life from Catholic clergy violence.
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01041b.htm
» Abercromby, Robert Open in a new browser window
   Jesuit missionary in Scotland. (1532-1613)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01041b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01041c.htm
» Aberdeen, The Diocese of Open in a new browser window
   A see founded in 1063 at Mortlach by Bl. Beyn.
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01042a.htm
» Aberdeen, The University of Open in a new browser window
   Founder William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen from 1483 to 1514.
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» Aberle, Moritz von Open in a new browser window
   Catholic theologian. (1819-1875)
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01042c.htm
» Abgar, The Legend of Open in a new browser window
   Concerns a correspondence that took place between God and the local potentate at Edessa.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01042c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01043a.htm
» Abiathar Open in a new browser window
   Hebrew ebhyathar, Father of plenty, or, the great one is father.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01043a.htm
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» Abila Open in a new browser window
   A titular see of Phoenicia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01043b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01043c.htm
» Abingdon, The Abbey of Open in a new browser window
   Located in the County of Berkshire, England, founded A.D. 675.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01043c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01044a.htm
» Abington, Thomas Open in a new browser window
   English antiquarian. (1560-1647)
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01044b.htm
» Abipones Open in a new browser window
   Indian tribe, linguistically of Guaycuru stock.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01044b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01044c.htm
» Abisai Open in a new browser window
   Nephew of King David.
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01044d.htm
» Abjuration Open in a new browser window
   A denial, disavowal, or renunciation under oath.
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» Abner Open in a new browser window
   A son of Ner, a cousin of Saul, and commander-in-chief of Saul's army.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01045a.htm
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» Abomination of Desolation, The Open in a new browser window
   Spoken of in St. Matthew, xxiv, 15, and St. Mark, xiii, 14.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01046a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01046b.htm
» Abortion Open in a new browser window
   Briefly defined as "the loss of a fetal life."
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01046b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01049a.htm
» Abortion, Physical Effects of Open in a new browser window
   Covers definition, causes, and physical effects.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01049a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01050a.htm
» Abra de Raconis, Charles Francois d' Open in a new browser window
   French bishop, born at the Château de Raconis in 1580 of a Calvinistic family; died 1646.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01050a.htm
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» Abrabanel, Don Isaac Open in a new browser window
   Jewish statesman, apologist and exegete. (1437-1508)
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01051a.htm
» Abraham Open in a new browser window
   Outline of his life, with New and Old Testament views.
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01054a.htm
» Abraham (in Liturgy) Open in a new browser window
   Of all the names used, a special prominence accrues to those of Abel, Melchisedech, and Abraham.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01054a.htm
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» Abraham Ecchelensis Open in a new browser window
   A learned Maronite, born in Hekel, or Ecchel (hence his surname), a village on Mount Lebanon, in 1600; died 1664 in Rome.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01057a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01056a.htm
» Abraham a Sancta Clara Open in a new browser window
   A Discalced Augustinian friar, preacher, and author of popular books of devotion. (1644-1709)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01056a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01055a.htm
» Abraham, The Bosom of Open in a new browser window
   Found only in two verses of St. Luke's Gospel (xvi, 22, 23).
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» Abrahamites Open in a new browser window
   Syrian heretics of the ninth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01057b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01058a.htm
» Abram, Nicholas Open in a new browser window
   Jesuit theologian. (1589-1655)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01058a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01058b.htm
» Abrasax Open in a new browser window
   A class of ancient stone articles, of small dimensions, inscribed with outlandish figures and formulas.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01058b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01058c.htm
» Absalom Open in a new browser window
   Article covers Absalom, son of David; Absalom, father of Mathathias; and Absalom, father of Jonathan.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01058c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01060a.htm
» Absalon of Lund Open in a new browser window
   A Danish prelate, also known as Axel. (1128-1201)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01060a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01060b.htm
» Absinthe Open in a new browser window
   Wormwood, known for its repulsive bitterness.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01060b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01060c.htm
» Absolute, The Open in a new browser window
   Philosophical term referring to God.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01060c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01061a.htm
» Absolution Open in a new browser window
   The remission of sin, or of the punishment due to sin, granted by the Church.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01061a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01066a.htm
» Abstemii Open in a new browser window
   One who cannot take wine without risk of vomiting.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01066a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01067a.htm
» Abstinence Open in a new browser window
   Includes information about old and new testament fasting as well as church laws.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01067a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01073a.htm
» Abstinence, Physical Effects of Open in a new browser window
   Article deals with effects due to partial or periodic abstinence, such as practiced by the Catholic Church.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01073a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01074a.htm
» Abstraction Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01074a.htm
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» Abthain Open in a new browser window
   An English or Lowland Scotch form of the middle-Latin word abthania (Gaelic, abdhaine), meaning abbacy.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01074b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01075a.htm
» Abucara, Theodore Open in a new browser window
   A bishop of Caria in Syria; d., probably, in 770.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01075a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01075b.htm
» Abundius Open in a new browser window
   An Italian bishop, b. at Thessalonica early in the fifth century; d. 469.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01075b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01075c.htm
» Abydus Open in a new browser window
   A titular see of Troas in Asia Minor, suffragan of Cyzicus in the Hellespontic province.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01075c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01075d.htm
» Abyss Open in a new browser window
   Primarily and classically an adjective, very deep.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01075d.htm
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» Abyssinia Open in a new browser window
   Provides details on the geography, ethnology, political revolutions, as well as church information.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01075e.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01079a.htm
» Acacia Open in a new browser window
   The Biblical Acacia belongs to the genus Mimosa.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01079a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01079b.htm
» Acacians, The Open in a new browser window
   Fourth-century Arian sect.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01079b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01082a.htm
» Acacius Open in a new browser window
   Patriarch of Constantinople. (d. 489)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01082a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01083a.htm
» Acacius, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Bishop of Melitene in the third century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01083a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01083b.htm
» Academies, Roman Open in a new browser window
   Historical and bibliographical notes concerning the more important of these associations of learned men.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01083b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01089a.htm
» Academy, The French Open in a new browser window
   Founded by Cardinal de Richelieu in 1635.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01089a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01090a.htm
» Acadia Open in a new browser window
   Usually regarded as the small district on the south shore of the Bay of Fundy from Annapolis to the Basin of Minas.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01090a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01092b.htm
» Acanthus Open in a new browser window
   An ornamental plant indigenous to middle Europe.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01092b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01092c.htm
» Acathistus Open in a new browser window
   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/01092c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01093a.htm
» Acca, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Bishop of Hexham, companion of St. Wilfrid. Acca died in about 742.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01093a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01093b.htm
» Accaron Open in a new browser window
   The most northern of the five principal Philistine cities.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01093b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01094a.htm
» Accentus Ecclesiasticus Open in a new browser window
   Parts of the liturgy the priest, or the deacon, or subdeacon, or the acolyte sang alone.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01094a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01094b.htm
» Acceptance Open in a new browser window
   In canon law, the act by which one receives a thing with approbation or satisfaction.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01094b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01094c.htm
» Acceptants Open in a new browser window
   Those Jansenists who accepted the Bull Unigenitus, issued in 1713 against the Jansenist doctrines.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01094c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01095a.htm
» Accession Open in a new browser window
   Method of acquiring ownership of a thing arising from the fact that it is in some way added to, or is the fruit of something already belonging to oneself.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01095a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01096a.htm
» Accessus Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01096a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01096b.htm
» Acciajuoli Open in a new browser window
   Three cardinals belonging to an illustrious Florentine family, Angelo, Niccolo, and Filippo.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01096b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01096c.htm
» Accident Open in a new browser window
   The obvious division of things into the stable and the unstable.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01096c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01097a.htm
» Acclamation Open in a new browser window
   Used in the classical Latin of Republican Rome as a general term for any manifestation of popular feeling expressed by a shout.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01097a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01099a.htm
» Acclamation (in Papal Elections) Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01099a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01099b.htm
» Accommodation, Biblical Open in a new browser window
   Covers what is meant by biblical accommodation, its use in Sacred Scripture, and the rules which ought to regulate its use.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01099b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01100a.htm
» Accomplice Open in a new browser window
   A term generally employed to designate a partner in some form of evildoing.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01100a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01100b.htm
» Accursius, Francesco Open in a new browser window
   Covers an Italian jurisconsult of the Middle Ages, (1182-1260) and his son, also a lawyer, (1225-1293).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01100b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01100c.htm
» Acephali Open in a new browser window
   A term applied to the Eutychians who withdrew from Peter Mongus, the Monophysite Patriarch of Alexandria, in 482.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01100c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01101a.htm
» Acerenza Open in a new browser window
   Italian archdiocese.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01101a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01101b.htm
» Achab Open in a new browser window
   Son of Amri and King of Israel.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01101b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01101c.htm
» Achaia Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01101c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01101d.htm
» Achaicus Open in a new browser window
   A Christian mentioned in St. Paul's epistles.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01101d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01101e.htm
» Achaz Open in a new browser window
   King of Judah.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01101e.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01102a.htm
» Achery, Lucas d' Open in a new browser window
   French Benedictine. (1609-1685)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01102a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01102b.htm
» Achiacharus Open in a new browser window
   Nephew of Tobias.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01102b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01102c.htm
» Achimaas Open in a new browser window
   Son of Sadoc, the priest.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01102c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01102d.htm
» Achimelech Open in a new browser window
   Four people with this name are detailed.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01102d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01102e.htm
» Achitopel Open in a new browser window
   Counsellor of David, who joined the rebellion of Absalom.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01102e.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01102f.htm
» Achonry Open in a new browser window
   Diocese in Ireland, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Tuam.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01102f.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01103a.htm
» Achor Valley Open in a new browser window
   The scene of the death of the "troubler" Achan.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01103a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01103b.htm
» Achrida Open in a new browser window
   A titular see in Upper Albania.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01103b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01104a.htm
» Achterfeldt, Johann Heinrich Open in a new browser window
   Theologian. (1788-1877)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01104a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01104b.htm
» Achtermann, Theodore William Open in a new browser window
   German sculptor. (1799-1889)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01104b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01105a.htm
» Aci-Reale, The Diocese of Open in a new browser window
   Located in Sicily; includes fourteen communes in the civil province of Catania, immediately subject to Rome.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01105a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01104c.htm
» Acidalius, Valens Open in a new browser window
   Philologist, Latin poet, and convert to the Catholic Church. (1567-1595)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01104c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01105b.htm
» Ackermann, Leopold Open in a new browser window
   Catholic professor of exegesis. (1771-1831)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01105b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01105c.htm
» Acmonia Open in a new browser window
   A titular see of Phrygia Pacatiana, in Asia Minor, now known as Ahat-Keui.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01105c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01105d.htm
» Acoemetae Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01105d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01105e.htm
» Acolouthia Open in a new browser window
   In ecclesiastical terminology signifies the order or arrangement of the divine office and also, in a wide sense, the office itself.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01105e.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01106a.htm
» Acolyte Open in a new browser window
   A cleric promoted to the fourth and highest minor order in the Latin Church, ranking next to a subdeacon.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01106a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01108a.htm
» Acosta, Joaquin Open in a new browser window
   Served in the Colombian army and in 1834 attempted a scientific survey of the country between Socorro and the Magdalena River.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01108a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01108b.htm
» Acosta, Jose de Open in a new browser window
   Founded a number of colleges, among them those of Arequipa, Potose, Chuquisaca, Panama, and La Paz.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01108b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01109a.htm
» Acquapendente Open in a new browser window
   A diocese in Italy under the immediate jurisdiction of the Holy See, comprising seven towns of the Province of Rome.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01109a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01109b.htm
» Acquaviva Open in a new browser window
   Name of several Italian cardinals.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01109b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01109c.htm
» Acquaviva, Claudius Open in a new browser window
   Fifth General of the Society of Jesus. (1543-1615)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01109c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01110a.htm
» Acqui Open in a new browser window
   A diocese suffragan of Turin, Italy.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01110a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01110b.htm
» Acre Open in a new browser window
   Syrian seaport on the Mediterranean.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01110b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01111a.htm
» Acrostic Open in a new browser window
   A poem the initial or final letters of whose verses form certain words or sentences.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01111a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01112a.htm
» Act of Settlement (Irish) Open in a new browser window
   1662 act passed by the Irish Parliament to bring in Protestant settlers in Munster, Leinster, and Ulster.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01112a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01111b.htm
» Acta Pilati Open in a new browser window
   The Gospel of Nicodemus.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01111b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01111c.htm
» Acta Sanctae Sedis Open in a new browser window
   A publication containing the principal public documents issued by the Pope, directly or through the Roman Congregations.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01111c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01111d.htm
» Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae Open in a new browser window
   Abbreviated title of a celebrated work on the Irish saints by the Franciscan, John Colgan.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01111d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01111e.htm
» Acta Triadis Thaumaturgae Open in a new browser window
   The lives of St. Patrick, St. Brigid, and St. Columba; published at Louvain, in 1647, by John Colgan.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01111e.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01113a.htm
» Acton, Charles Januarius Open in a new browser window
   English cardinal. (1803-1847)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01113a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01113b.htm
» Acton, John Open in a new browser window
   English canonist, born 1350.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01113b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01114a.htm
» Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Baron Acton Open in a new browser window
   Biography of the historian best-known for his view of the corruption power causes.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01114a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01114b.htm
» Acton, John Francis Edward Open in a new browser window
   Sixth Baronet of the name. (1736-1811)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01114b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01123a.htm
» Acts of Roman Congregations Open in a new browser window
   A term used to designate the documents issued by the Roman Congregations.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01123a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01117a.htm
» Acts of the Apostles Open in a new browser window
   The fifth book of the New Testament.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01117a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01114c.htm
» Acts, Canonical Open in a new browser window
   Derive their name from connection with ecclesiastical procedure.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01114c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01115a.htm
» Acts, Human Open in a new browser window
   St. Thomas and the scholastics in general regard only the free and deliberate acts of the will as human.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01115a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01116a.htm
» Acts, Indifferent Open in a new browser window
   An act that is neither good nor bad.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01116a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01125b.htm
» Actus Purus Open in a new browser window
   A term employed in scholastic philosophy to express the absolute perfection of God.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01125b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01124a.htm
» Actus et Potentia Open in a new browser window
   A technical expression in scholastic phraseology used to translate Aristotle's energeia or entelecheia, and dynamis.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01124a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01125a.htm
» Actus primus Open in a new browser window
   A technical expression used in scholastic philosophy.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01125a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01126a.htm
» Acuas Open in a new browser window
   One of the first to spread Manicheism in the Christian Orient.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01126a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01127d.htm
» Ad Apostolicae Dignitatis Apicem Open in a new browser window
   Apostolic letter issued against Emperor Frederick II by Pope Innocent IV.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01127d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01128a.htm
» Ad Limina Apostolorum Open in a new browser window
   A pilgrimage to the sepulchres of St. Peter and St. Paul at Rome.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01128a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01128b.htm
» Ad Sanctam Beati Petri Sedem Open in a new browser window
   Summarizes this intervention in the Jansenist controversy by Pope Alexander VII.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01128b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01128c.htm
» Ad Universalis Ecclesiae Open in a new browser window
   A papal constitution dealing with admission to religious orders.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01128c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01126b.htm
» Adalard, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Grandson of Charles Martel. Adalard was abbot of Corbie, and Pepin's prime minister. He died in 827.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01126b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01126c.htm
» Adalbert Open in a new browser window
   Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen; born about 1000; died 1072.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01126c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01127a.htm
» Adalbert I Open in a new browser window
   Archbishop of Mainz (Mayence) 1111 to 1137.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01127a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01127c.htm
» Adalbert, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Apostle of Prussia. Bishop of Prague, forced to flee his see. Missionary to the Hungarians and Poles. He was murdered in 997.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01127c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01129a.htm
» Adam Open in a new browser window
   First man and father of the human race.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01129a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01134f.htm
» Adam Scotus Open in a new browser window
   A theologian and Church historian of the latter part of the twelfth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01134f.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01132a.htm
» Adam in Early Christian Liturgy and Literature Open in a new browser window
   Discusses his importance to the Fathers and to the authors of the many apocryphal writings of the first five centuries of the Christian Era.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01132a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01132c.htm
» Adam of Bremen Open in a new browser window
   A German historian and geographer of the eleventh century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01132c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01133a.htm
» Adam of Fulda Open in a new browser window
   A monk of Franconia and one of the most learned musicians of his age.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01133a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01133b.htm
» Adam of Murimuth Open in a new browser window
   An English chronicler of about the middle of the fourteenth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01133b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01134a.htm
» Adam of Perseigne Open in a new browser window
   French Cistercian, Abbot of the monastery of Perseigne in the Diocese of Mans, born about the middle of the twelfth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01134a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01134b.htm
» Adam of St. Victor Open in a new browser window
   A prolific writer of Latin Hymns, born in the latter part of the twelfth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01134b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01134c.htm
» Adam of Usk Open in a new browser window
   An English priest, canonist, and chronicler.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01134c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01134d.htm
» Adam, John Open in a new browser window
   Preacher and opponent of Calvinists and Jansenists.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01134d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01134e.htm
» Adam, Nicholas Open in a new browser window
   French linguist and writer. (1716-1792)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01134e.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01132b.htm
» Adam, The Books of Open in a new browser window
   A romance made up of Oriental fables.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01132b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01135a.htm
» Adami da Bolsena, Andrea Open in a new browser window
   Italian musician. (1663-1742)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01135a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01135b.htm
» Adamites Open in a new browser window
   An obscure sect, dating perhaps from the second century, which professed to have regained Adam's primeval innocence.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01135b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01135c.htm
» Adamnan, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Irish-born abbot of Iona, and St. Columba's biographer.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01135c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01135d.htm
» Adams, James Open in a new browser window
   Jesuit professor of humanities. (1737-1802)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01135d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01135f.htm
» Adana Open in a new browser window
   A diocese of Armenian rite in Asia Minor.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01135f.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01136a.htm
» Adar Open in a new browser window
   Four meanings detailed.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01136a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01136b.htm
» Adda, Ferdinando d' Open in a new browser window
   Cardinal and Papal Legate. (1649-1719)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01136b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01136c.htm
» Addas Open in a new browser window
   One of the three original disciples of Manes.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01136c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01136d.htm
» Addeus and Maris, Liturgy of Open in a new browser window
   Oriental liturgy, sometimes assigned to the Syrian group; sometimes to the Persian group.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01136d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01137a.htm
» Addresses, Ecclesiastical Open in a new browser window
   Rules as to what is fitting and customary in the matter of ecclesiastical correspondence.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01137a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01140a.htm
» Adelaide, Archdiocese of Open in a new browser window
   Centered in Adelaide, capital of South Australia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01140a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01140b.htm
» Adelaide, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Abbess, renowned for having the gift of miracles, d. 1015.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01140b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16001c.htm
» Adelard of Bath Open in a new browser window
   Twelfth-century scholastic philosopher.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16001c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01141a.htm
» Adelham, John Placid Open in a new browser window
   Convert from Protestantism. (d. 1681)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01141a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01141b.htm
» Adelmann Open in a new browser window
   Eleventh-century Bishop of Brescia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01141b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01141c.htm
» Adelophagi Open in a new browser window
   Fourth-century sect mentioned by the anonymous author known as Praedestinatus.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01141c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01141d.htm
» Aden Open in a new browser window
   It comprises all Arabia, and is known as the Vicariate Apostolic of Arabia and Aden.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01141d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01141e.htm
» Adeodatus Open in a new browser window
   Son of St. Augustine. (372-388)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01141e.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01142a.htm
» Adeodatus, Pope Saint Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01142a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01142b.htm
» Adeste Fidelis Open in a new browser window
   A hymn used at Benediction at Christmastide in France and England since the close of the eighteenth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01142b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01142c.htm
» Adjuration Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01142c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01143a.htm
» Administrator Open in a new browser window
   Includes details on administrators of dioceses, parishes, and ecclesiastical institutions.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01143a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01144a.htm
» Administrator (of Ecclesiastical Property) Open in a new browser window
   One charged with the care of church property.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01144a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01144b.htm
» Admonitions, Canonical Open in a new browser window
   A preliminary means used by the Church towards a suspected person, as a preventive of harm or a remedy of evil.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01144b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01145a.htm
» Admont Open in a new browser window
   A Benedictine abbey in Styria, Austro-Hungary.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01145a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01145b.htm
» Ado of Vienne, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Benedictine monk, pilgrim, scholar, pastor, Archbishop of Vienne, d. 875.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01145b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01146a.htm
» Adonai Open in a new browser window
   Hebrew meaning "lord, ruler", a name bestowed upon God in the Old Testament.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01146a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01146b.htm
» Adonias Open in a new browser window
   Fourth son of King David, and Adonias the Levite are discussed.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01146b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01147a.htm
» Adoption Open in a new browser window
   Adoption, as defined in canon law, is foreign to the Bible.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01147a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01147b.htm
» Adoption, Canonical Open in a new browser window
   The Church made its own the Roman law of adoption, with its legal consequences.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01147b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01148a.htm
» Adoption, Supernatural Open in a new browser window
   The adoption of man by God in virtue of which we become His sons and heirs.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01148a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01150a.htm
» Adoptionism Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01150a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01151a.htm
» Adoration Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01151a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01152a.htm
» Adoration, Perpetual Open in a new browser window
   A term broadly used to designate the practically uninterrupted adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01152a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01154a.htm
» Adorno, Francis Open in a new browser window
   Italian preacher. (1531-1586)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01154a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01154b.htm
» Adoro Te Devote Open in a new browser window
   A hymn sometimes styled Rhythmus, or Oratio, S. Thomæ (sc. Aquinatis) written c. 1260.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01154b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01155a.htm
» Adria Open in a new browser window
   An Italian bishopric, suffragan to Venice.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01155a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06146b.htm
» Adrian Fortescue, Blessed Open in a new browser window
   Knight of St. John, martyred in 1539.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06146b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01155b.htm
» Adrian I, Pope Open in a new browser window
   Reigned 772-95.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01155b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01156a.htm
» Adrian II, Pope Open in a new browser window
   Reigned 867-872.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01156a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01156b.htm
» Adrian III, Pope Saint Open in a new browser window
   Short article on this pope, a Roman, who died in 885.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01156b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01156c.htm
» Adrian IV, Pope Open in a new browser window
   Reigned 1154-1159.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01156c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01159a.htm
» Adrian V, Pope Open in a new browser window
   A Genoese, and nephew of Innocent IV. He was elected at Viterbo 12 July 1276, but died 18 August.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01159a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01159b.htm
» Adrian VI, Pope Open in a new browser window
   Reigned 1522-1523.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01159b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01160a.htm
» Adrian of Canterbury, Saint Open in a new browser window
   African-born Benedictine abbot, d. 710.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01160a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01160b.htm
» Adrian of Castello Open in a new browser window
   Italian prelate distinguished as a statesman and reviver of learning; born about 1460, died about 1521.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01160b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01161a.htm
» Adrianople Open in a new browser window
   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).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01161a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01161b.htm
» Adrichem, Christian Kruik van Open in a new browser window
   Catholic priest and theological writer. (1533-1585)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01161b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01161c.htm
» Adso Open in a new browser window
   Abbot of the Cluniac monastery of Moutier-en-Der, d. 992, on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01161c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01161d.htm
» Aduarte, Diego Francisco Open in a new browser window
   Missionary and historian. (1566-1635)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01161d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01162a.htm
» Adullam Open in a new browser window
   Details on two places with this name.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01162a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01162b.htm
» Adulteration of Food Open in a new browser window
   This act is defined as the addition of any non-condimental substance to a food.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01162b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01163a.htm
» Adultery Open in a new browser window
   The article considers adultery with reference only to morality.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01163a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01165a.htm
» Advent Open in a new browser window
   According to 1907 usage, a period beginning with the Sunday nearest to the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle and embracing four Sundays.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01165a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01166a.htm
» Adventists Open in a new browser window
   A group of six American Protestant sects which hold in common a belief in the near return of Christ in person.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01166a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01167a.htm
» Advertisements, Book of Open in a new browser window
   A series of enactments concerning ecclesiastical matters, drawn up by Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury (1559-75).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01167a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01167b.htm
» Advocates of Roman Congregations Open in a new browser window
   Persons, ecclesiastical or lay, versed in canon and civil law, who plead causes before the ecclesiastical tribunals in Rome.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01167b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01168a.htm
» Advocates of St. Peter Open in a new browser window
   A body of jurists constituting a society whose statutes were confirmed by a brief of Leo XIII, 5 July, 1878.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01168a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01168b.htm
» Advocatus Diaboli Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01168b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01168c.htm
» Advocatus Ecclesia Open in a new browser window
   A name applied, in the Middle Ages, to certain lay persons, generally of noble birth, whose duty it was, under given conditions, to represent a particular church or monastery, and to defend its rights against force.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01168c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01169a.htm
» Advowson Open in a new browser window
   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/01169a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01170a.htm
» Adytum Open in a new browser window
   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/01170a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01170b.htm
» Aedan of Ferns, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Bishop and patron of Ferns, Ireland. (550-632)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01170b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01170c.htm
» Aedh of Kildare Open in a new browser window
   Sixth-century King of Leinster, Ireland.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01170c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01170d.htm
» Aegidius of Assisi, Blessed Open in a new browser window
   Better known in English as Brother Giles. One of the first followers of St. Francis of Assisi, he died in 1262.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01170d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01171a.htm
» Aegidius of Viterbo Open in a new browser window
   Cardinal, theologian, orator, humanist, and poet, born at Viterbo, Italy; died at Rome, 1532.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01171a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01171b.htm
» Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham Open in a new browser window
   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/01171b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01172a.htm
» Aelnoth Open in a new browser window
   Monk and biographer, of whom nothing is known except his Life of St. Canute the Martyr, written in 1109.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01172a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01172b.htm
» Aelred, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Cistercian abbot, homilist, spiritual writer, d. 1166 or 1167.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01172b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01172c.htm
» Aeneas of Gaza Open in a new browser window
   A Neo-Platonic philosopher, a convert to Christianity, who flourished towards the end of the fifth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01172c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01173a.htm
» Aengus, Saint (the Culdee) Open in a new browser window
   Irish hermit, hagiographer, poet, late eighth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01173a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01173b.htm
» Aenon Open in a new browser window
   Mentioned in John 3:23, as the locality where the forerunner of Christ baptized.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01173b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01173c.htm
» Aeons Open in a new browser window
   The term appropriated by Gnostic heresiarchs to designate the series of spiritual powers evolved by progressive emanation from the eternal Being.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01173c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01174a.htm
» Aer Open in a new browser window
   The largest and outer-most covering of the chalice and paten in the Greek church, corresponding to the veil in the Latin rite.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01174a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01174b.htm
» Aerius of Pontus Open in a new browser window
   A friend and fellow ascetic of Eustathius, who became Bishop of Sebaste (355), and who ordained Aërius and placed him over the hospital or asylum in that city.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01174b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01174c.htm
» Aesthetics Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01174c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01177a.htm
» Aeterni Patris Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01177a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01177b.htm
» Aetius Open in a new browser window
   A Roman general, patrician, and consul, b. towards the end of the fourth century; d. 454.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01177b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01178a.htm
» Affinity (in Canon Law) Open in a new browser window
   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/01178a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01177c.htm
» Affinity (in the Bible) Open in a new browser window
   Scripture recognizes affinity as an impediment to wedlock.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01177c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01179a.htm
» Affirmation Open in a new browser window
   A solemn declaration accepted in legal procedure in lieu of the requisite oath.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01179a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01179b.htm
» Afflighem Open in a new browser window
   Benedictine abbey in Belgium.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01179b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01180a.htm
» Affre, Denis Auguste Open in a new browser window
   Archbishop of Paris. (1793-1848)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01180a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01270c.htm
» Afonzo de Albuquerque Open in a new browser window
   Second son of Gonzallo de Albuquerque, lord of Villaverde.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01270c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01180b.htm
» Afra, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Martyred at Augsburg in the Diocletian persecution (c. 304) for refusing to participate in pagan rites.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01180b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01181a.htm
» Africa Open in a new browser window
   This name, which is of Phoenician origin, was at first given by the Romans to the territory about the city of Carthage.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01181a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01191a.htm
» African Church, Early Open in a new browser window
   The name given to the Christian communities inhabiting the region known politically as Roman Africa.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01191a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01194a.htm
» African Liturgy Open in a new browser window
   In use not only in the old Roman province of Africa of which Carthage was the capital, but also in Numidia and Mauretania.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01194a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01199a.htm
» African Synods Open in a new browser window
   Commonly called African or Carthaginian Synods.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01199a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01200a.htm
» Agabus Open in a new browser window
   Mentioned in Acts 11:28, and 21:10, as a prophet of the New Testament.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01200a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01200b.htm
» Agape Open in a new browser window
   Under certain circumstances the agape and the Eucharist appear to form parts of a single liturgical function.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01200b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01202a.htm
» Agapetae Open in a new browser window
   Virgins who consecrated themselves to God with a vow of chastity and associated with laymen.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01202a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01202b.htm
» Agapetus Open in a new browser window
   Fifth-century deacon of the church of Sancta Sophia at Constantinople, reputed tutor of Justinian.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01202b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01202c.htm
» Agapetus I, Pope Saint Open in a new browser window
   Anti-Arian, instrumental in deposing a Monophysite bishop who had moreover abandoned his see, d. 536.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01202c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01203a.htm
» Agapetus II, Pope Open in a new browser window
   Reigned 946-955.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01203a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01203b.htm
» Agar, William Seth Open in a new browser window
   English Canon. (1815-1872)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01203b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01203c.htm
» Agatha, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Virgin and martyr, died at Catania in Sicily, probably in the Decian persecution (250-253).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01203c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01204a.htm
» Agathangelus Open in a new browser window
   A supposed secretary of Tiridates II, King of Armenia, under whose name there has come down a life of the first apostle of Armenia, Gregory the Illuminator, who died about 332.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01204a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01204b.htm
» Agathias Open in a new browser window
   A Byzantine historian and man of letters, born at Myrina in Asia Minor about 536.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01204b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01204c.htm
» Agatho, Pope Saint Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01204c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01205a.htm
» Agaunum Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01205a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01206a.htm
» Agazzari, Agostini Open in a new browser window
   A musical composer, born 2 December 1578, of a noble family of Sienna; died probably 10 April, 1640.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01206a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01206b.htm
» Agde, Council of Open in a new browser window
   Held in 506 at Agatha or Agde in Languedoc, under the presidency of St. Caesarius of Arles.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01206b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01209a.htm
» Age of Reason Open in a new browser window
   The name given to that period of human life at which persons are deemed to begin to be morally responsible.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01209a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01206c.htm
» Age, Canonical Open in a new browser window
   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/01206c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01209b.htm
» Agen, Diocese of Open in a new browser window
   Comprises the Department of Lot and Garonne.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01209b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01209c.htm
» Agents of Roman Congregations Open in a new browser window
   Persons whose business it is to look after the affairs of their patrons at the Roman Curia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01209c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01209d.htm
» Aggeus (Haggai) Open in a new browser window
   The tenth among the minor prophets of the Old Testament.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01209d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01210a.htm
» Aggressor, Unjust Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01210a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01210b.htm
» Agiles, Raymond d' Open in a new browser window
   A chronicler and canon of Puy-en-Velay, France, toward the close of the eleventh century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01210b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01211a.htm
» Agilulfus, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Biography of the abbot of Stavelot, bishop of Cologne, martyred in 750.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01211a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01211b.htm
» Agios O Theos Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01211b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01212b.htm
» Agnelli, Fra. Guglielmo Open in a new browser window
   Sculptor and architect. (1238-1313)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01212b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01212a.htm
» Agnelli, Giuseppe Open in a new browser window
   Chiefly known for his catechetical and devotional works. (1621-1706)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01212a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01212c.htm
» Agnellus of Pisa, Blessed Open in a new browser window
   Deacon, founder of the English Franciscan Province, d. 1236.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01212c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01212d.htm
» Agnellus, Andreas, of Ravenna Open in a new browser window
   Historian of that church, b. 805; the date of his death is unknown, but was probably about 846.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01212d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01213a.htm
» Agnes of Assisi, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Brief biography of the younger sister of St. Clare, and prioress of the Poor Clares at Monticelli.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01213a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01213b.htm
» Agnes of Bohemia, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Also called Agnes of Prague. Poor Clare, prioress.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01213b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01213c.htm
» Agnes of Montepulciano, Saint Open in a new browser window
   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/01213c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01214a.htm
» Agnes of Rome, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Virgin, martyred at the age of 12 or 13, revered since at least the mid-fourth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01214a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01214b.htm
» Agnesi, Maria Gaetana Open in a new browser window
   An Italian woman of remarkable intellectual gifts and attainments. Member of the Blue Nuns in Milan. (1718-1799)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01214b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01215a.htm
» Agnetz Open in a new browser window
   The Slavonic word for the square portion of bread cut from the first loaf in the preparation for Mass according to the Greek rite.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01215a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01215b.htm
» Agnoetae Open in a new browser window
   The name given to those who denied the omniscience either of God or of Christ.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01215b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01215c.htm
» Agnosticism Open in a new browser window
   A philosophical theory of the limitations of knowledge, professing doubt of or disbelief in some or all of the powers of knowing possessed by the human mind.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01215c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01220a.htm
» Agnus Dei Open in a new browser window
   The name given to certain discs of wax impressed with the figure of a lamb and blessed at stated seasons by the Pope.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01220a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01221a.htm
» Agnus Dei (in Liturgy) Open in a new browser window
   A name given to the formula recited thrice by the priest at Mass in the Roman rite.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01221a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01223a.htm
» Agonistici Open in a new browser window
   One of the names given by the Donatists to those of their followers who went through cities and villages to disseminate the doctrine of Donatus.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01223a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01224a.htm
» Agony of Christ Open in a new browser window
   The word is used only once in Sacred Scripture (Luke, xxii, 43) to designate the anguish of Our Lord in the Garden of Gethsemani.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01224a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01224b.htm
» Agostini, Paolo Open in a new browser window
   Italian composer. (1593-1629)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01224b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01224c.htm
» Agostino Novello, Blessed Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01224c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01224d.htm
» Agoult, Charles Consstance César Joseph Matthieu d' Open in a new browser window
   A French prelate, born at Grenoble, 1747; died at Paris, 1824.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01224d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01225a.htm
» Agra Open in a new browser window
   Archdiocese situated in British India.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01225a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01225b.htm
» Agram Open in a new browser window
   Archiepiscopal see of the ancient kingdom of Croatia, in Austria, founded towards the end of the eleventh century as a suffragan of Kalocsa in Hungary, and made an archdiocese in 1852.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01225b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01225c.htm
» Agrapha Open in a new browser window
   Term for alleged sayings of Jesus, found in ancient Christian writings, not included in the canonical Gospels.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01225c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01226a.htm
» Agrarianism Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01226a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01229a.htm
» Agreda, Maria de Open in a new browser window
   Franciscan mystic. (1602-1665)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01229a.htm
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» Agria Open in a new browser window
   An archiepiscopal see of Hungary, founded in 1009, and made an archdiocese in 1304, by Pius VII.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01230a.htm
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» Agricius, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Fourth-century bishop of Trier.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01230b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01230c.htm
» Agricola, Alexander Open in a new browser window
   Biography of the composer, mentioning the possibility of unpublished manuscripts still in Spanish libraries.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01230c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01231a.htm
» Agricola, George Open in a new browser window
   Physician, mineralogist, historian, and controversialist. (1494-1555)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01231a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01231b.htm
» Agricola, Rudolph Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01231b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01231c.htm
» Agrippa of Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius Open in a new browser window
   Described as a "knight, doctor, and by common reputation, a magician".
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01231c.htm
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» Agrippinus Open in a new browser window
   Bishop of Carthage at the close of the second and beginning of the third century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01232a.htm
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» Aguas Calientes Open in a new browser window
   A Mexican see dependent on Guadalaxara; erected by Leo XIII.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01232b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01232c.htm
» Aguirre, Joseph Saenz de Open in a new browser window
   Cardinal, and learned Spanish Benedictine; born at Logro o, in Old Castile, 24 March, 1630; died 19 August, 1699.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01232c.htm
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» Ahicam Open in a new browser window
   A high court official under Josias and his two sons, who protected Jeremias from the fury of the populace.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01232d.htm
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» Ahriman and Ormuzd Open in a new browser window
   The modern Persian forms of Anro-Mainyus and Ahura Mazda, the Evil Spirit and the Good Spirit.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01233a.htm
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» Aiblinger, Johann Caspar Open in a new browser window
   Composer. (1779-1867)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01233b.htm
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» Aichinger, Gregor Open in a new browser window
   Organist and composer of sacred music, born probably at Ratisbon in 1565; died at Augsburg, 21 January, 1628.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01233c.htm
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» Aidan of Lindisfarne, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Irish monk, first bishop of Lindisfarne, d. 651.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01233d.htm
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» Aiguillon, Duchess of Open in a new browser window
   Marie de Vignerot de Pontcourlay, Marquise of Combalet and Duchesse d'Aiguillon; niece of Cardinal Richelieu. Born 1604; died at Paris, 1675.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01233e.htm
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» Aikenhead, Mary Open in a new browser window
   Foundress of the Irish Sisters of Charity. (1787-1858)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01234a.htm
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» Ailbe, Saint Open in a new browser window
   A disciple of St. Patrick and bishop of Emly, died in the first half of the sixth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01234b.htm
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» Aileran, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Irishman, rector of the School of Clonard, distinguished scholar and author, d. 664.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01234c.htm
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» Ailleboust, Family of d' Open in a new browser window
   Details for three family members.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01235a.htm
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» Ailly, Pierre d' Open in a new browser window
   French theologian and philosopher, bishop and cardinal, born 1350 at Compiègne; died probably 1420 at Avignon.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01235b.htm
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» Aimerich, Mateo Open in a new browser window
   Spanish Jesuit philologist. (1715-1799)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01236a.htm
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» Aire Open in a new browser window
   Diocese in France.
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» Airoli, Giacomo Maria Open in a new browser window
   Jesuit Orientalist and Scriptural commentator. (1660-1721)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01237b.htm
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» Aisle Open in a new browser window
   In architecture, one of the lateral or longitudinal divisions of a church, separated from the nave by rows of piers, pillars, or columns.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01237c.htm
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» Aistulph Open in a new browser window
   King of the Lombards. (d. 756)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01237d.htm
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» Aix, Archdiocese of Open in a new browser window
   Includes the districts of Aix and Arles (Department of the Bouches-du-Rhône).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01237e.htm
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» Aix-en-Provence, Councils of Open in a new browser window
   Councils were held at Aix in 1112, 1374, 1409, 1585, 1612, 1838, and 1850.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01238a.htm
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» Ajaccio, Diocese of Open in a new browser window
   Comprises the island of Corsica.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01238b.htm
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» Akhmin Open in a new browser window
   A city of Upper Egypt, situated on the banks of the Nile.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01239a.htm
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» Akominatos, Michael & Nicetas Open in a new browser window
   Two famous Greeks of the later Byzantine period.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01239b.htm
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» Alabama Open in a new browser window
   The twenty-second state admitted into the union.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01240a.htm
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» Alabanda Open in a new browser window
   A titular see of Caria in Asia Minor, supposed to be the present Arab-Hissar.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01244a.htm
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» Alabaster Open in a new browser window
   The substance commonly known as alabaster is a fine-grained variety of gypsum. Oriental alabaster, the alabastrites of the classical writers, is a translucent marble obtained from stalagmitic deposits.
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» Alagoas Open in a new browser window
   A South American diocese, in eastern Brazil, dependent on Bahia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01244c.htm
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» Alagona, Pietro Open in a new browser window
   Theologian. (1549-1624)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01244d.htm
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» Alain de l'Isle Open in a new browser window
   Monk, poet, preacher, theologian, and eclectic philosopher. (1128-1203)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01244e.htm
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» Alalis Open in a new browser window
   Titular see of Phoenicia from 325 to 451.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01245a.htm
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» Alaman, Lucas Open in a new browser window
   Mexican statesman and historian. (1792-1853)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01245b.htm
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» Alamanni, Niccolò Open in a new browser window
   Roman antiquary. (1583-1626)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01245c.htm
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» Alan of Tewkesbury Open in a new browser window
   Benedictine abbot and writer. (d. 1202)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01245d.htm
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» Alan of Walsingham Open in a new browser window
   Architect. (d. 1364)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01245e.htm
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» Alanus de Rupe, Blessed Open in a new browser window
   Dominican promoter of the Rosary. (1428-1475)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01246a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16001d.htm
» Alarcón, Pedro Antonio de Open in a new browser window
   Spanish novelist and poet. (1833-1891)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16001d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01246b.htm
» Alaska Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01246b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01251a.htm
» Alatri Open in a new browser window
   An Italian bishopric under the immediate jurisdiction of the Holy See, comprising seven towns in the Province of Rome.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01251a.htm
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» Alb Open in a new browser window
   A white linen vestment with close fitting sleeves, reaching nearly to the ground and secured round the waist by a girdle.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01251b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01252a.htm
» Alba Pompeia, Diocese of Open in a new browser window
   Comprises eighty towns in the province of Cuneo and two in the province of Alexandria, in Italy.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01252a.htm
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» Alban, Saint Open in a new browser window
   First martyr of Britain, d. about 304. Biographical article.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01252b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01253a.htm
» Albanenses Open in a new browser window
   Manichæan heretics who lived in Albania, probably about the eighth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01253a.htm
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» Albani Open in a new browser window
   Italian family said to be descended from Albanian refugees of the fifteenth century. Includes information on six family members.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01255a.htm
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» Albania Open in a new browser window
   The ancient Epirus and Illyria, is the most western land occupied by the Turks in Europe.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01253b.htm
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» Albano Open in a new browser window
   A suburban see, comprising seven towns in the Province of Rome.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01255b.htm
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» Albany Open in a new browser window
   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 t
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01256a.htm
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» Albenga Open in a new browser window
   Diocese comprising seventy-nine towns in the province of Port Maurice and forth-five in the province of Genoa, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Genoa, Italy.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01258a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01258b.htm
» Albergati, Niccolo Open in a new browser window
   Cardinal and Bishop of Bologna. (1357-1443)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01258b.htm
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» Alberic of Monte Cassino Open in a new browser window
   Benedictine, died 1088.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01259a.htm
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» Alberic of Ostia Open in a new browser window
   Benedictine monk and Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia. (1080-1147)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01259b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01259c.htm
» Albero de Montreuil Open in a new browser window
   Archbishop, of Trier born about 1080; died 1152.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01259c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01260a.htm
» Alberoni, Giulio Open in a new browser window
   Cardinal and statesman. (1664-1752)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01260a.htm
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» Albert Open in a new browser window
   Bishop of Riga, Apostle of Livonia, d. 17 January, 1229.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01260b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01261c.htm
» Albert Berdini of Sarteano, Blessed Open in a new browser window
   Short biography of the Franciscan famed as a preacher.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01261c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01260c.htm
» Albert II, Archbishop of Magdeburg in Saxony Open in a new browser window
   Eighteenth Archbishop of Magdeburg in Saxony, date of birth unknown; d. 1232.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01260c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01261d.htm
» Albert of Aachen Open in a new browser window
   A chronicler of the First Crusade.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01261d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01262a.htm
» Albert of Brandenburg Open in a new browser window
   Cardinal and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire. (1490-1545)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01262a.htm
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» Albert of Castile Open in a new browser window
   Historian, born about 1460; died 1522.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01262b.htm
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» Albert of Stade Open in a new browser window
   Thirteenth-century chronicler.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01262c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01261a.htm
» Albert, Blessed Open in a new browser window
   Canon regular, papal legate, and Patriarch of Jerusalem. He was assassinated in 1215.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01261a.htm
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» Albert, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Cardinal, bishop of Liège, martyred in 1192 or 1193.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01261b.htm
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» Alberti, Leandro Open in a new browser window
   Historian, born at Bologna in 1479; died same place, probably in 1552.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01262d.htm
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» Alberti, Leone Battista Open in a new browser window
   Florentine ecclesiastic and artist of the fifteenth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01263a.htm
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» Albertini, Nicolò Open in a new browser window
   Medieval statesman, died 1321.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01263b.htm
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» Albertrandi, John Baptist Open in a new browser window
   A Polish Jesuit, of Italian extraction, born at Warsaw, 7 December, 1731; died August, 1808.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01263c.htm
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» Albertus Magnus, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Called "the Universal Doctor." Dominican scientist, philosopher, theologian, instructor of St. Thomas Aquinas.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01264a.htm
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» Albi (Albia), Archdiocese of Open in a new browser window
   Comprises the Department of the Tarn.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01267a.htm
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» Albi, Council of Open in a new browser window
   Held in 1254 by St. Louis on his return from a Crusade.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01267b.htm
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» Albi, Juan de Open in a new browser window
   A Spanish Carthusian of the Convent Val-Christ, near Segovia, date of birth uncertain; died 27 December, 1591.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01267c.htm
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» Albicus, Sigismund Open in a new browser window
   Archbishop of Prague. (1347-1427)
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» Albigenses Open in a new browser window
   A neo-Manichæan sect that flourished in southern France in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01267e.htm
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» Albinus Open in a new browser window
   A scholarly English monk, pupil of Archbishop Theodore, and of Abbot Adrian of St. Peter's, Canterbury, contemporary of Saint Bede (673-735).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01269a.htm
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» Albrechtsberger, Johann G. Open in a new browser window
   Master of musical theory, and teacher of Hummel and Beethoven. (1736-1809)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01270a.htm
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» Albright Brethren, The Open in a new browser window
   A body of American Christians chiefly of German descent, founded, in 1800, by the Rev. Jacob Albright, a native of Pennsylvania (1759-1808).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01270b.htm
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» Alcalá, University of Open in a new browser window
   Had its inception in the thirteenth century, when Sancho IV, conceived the idea of founding a Studium Generale in Alcalá de Henares.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01271a.htm
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» Alcedo, Antonio de Open in a new browser window
   Soldier, born at Quito, Ecuador, 1755.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01272a.htm
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» Alchemy Open in a new browser window
   The art of transmuting baser metals into gold and silver.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01272b.htm
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» Alciati, Andrea Open in a new browser window
   Italian jurist. (1492-1550)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01273b.htm
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» Alcimus Open in a new browser window
   High-priest, the leader of the hellenizing party in the time of Judas Machabeus.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01273c.htm
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» Alcmund, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Bishop of Hexham, died 781.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01273a.htm
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» Alcock, John Open in a new browser window
   Bishop of Rochester, Worcester, and Ely. (1430-1500)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01273d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01274a.htm
» Alcoholism Open in a new browser window
   The term is understood to include all the changes that may occur in the human organism after the ingestion of any form of alcohol.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01274a.htm
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» Alcuin, Blessed Open in a new browser window
   Lengthy article on the educator, scholar, theologian, liturgist, who died in 804.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01276a.htm
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» Alcántara, Military Order of Open in a new browser window
   First committed to the care of the Castilian Knights of Calatrava.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01271b.htm
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» Aldegundis, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Daughter of SS. Walbert and Bertilia. Flemish nun, founder of monastery at Maubeuge, d. about 684.
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» Aldersbach Open in a new browser window
   A former Cistercian Abbey in the valley of the Vils in Lower Bavaria.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01279b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01280a.htm
» Aldfrith Open in a new browser window
   A Northumbrian king, son of King Oswin; d. 14 December, 705.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01280a.htm
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» Aldhelm, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Abbot of Malmesbury, bishop of Sherborne, poet, d. about 709.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01280b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01281a.htm
» Aldric, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Bishop of Le Mans, d. 856.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01281a.htm
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» Aldrovandi, Ulissi Open in a new browser window
   Italian naturalist. (1522-1607)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01281b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01281c.htm
» Alea, Leonard Open in a new browser window
   A French polemical writer of the early years of the nineteenth century, b. in Paris, date unknown; d. 1812.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01281c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01281d.htm
» Alegambe, Philippe Open in a new browser window
   A Jesuit historiographer. (1592-1652)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01281d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01281e.htm
» Alegre, Francisco Xavier Open in a new browser window
   Historian, born at Vera Cruz, in Mexico, or New Spain, 12 November, 1729; died at Bologna, 16 August, 1788.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01281e.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01282a.htm
» Alemany, Joseph Sadoc Open in a new browser window
   First Archbishop of San Francisco. (1814-1888)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01282a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01283a.htm
» Alenio, Giulio Open in a new browser window
   Chinese missionary and scholar, born at Brescia, in Italy, in 1582; died at Fou-Tcheou, China, in August, 1644.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01283a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01283b.htm
» Aleppo Open in a new browser window
   Armenian Rite Archdiocese in Syria.
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01283c.htm
» Ales and Terralba Open in a new browser window
   Diocese made up of 42 communes in the province of Cagliari, Archbishopric of Oristano, Italy.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01283c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01283d.htm
» Alessandria della Paglia Open in a new browser window
   Diocese in Piedmont, Italy, a suffragen of Vercelli.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01283d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01284a.htm
» Alessi, Galeazzo Open in a new browser window
   Italian architect, b. 1500; d. 1572.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01284a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01284b.htm
» Alessio Open in a new browser window
   Diocese in European Turkey, since 1886 suffragan of Scutari.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01284b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01285a.htm
» Alexander Open in a new browser window
   Seven men with this name are described.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01285a.htm
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» Alexander (Early Bishops) Open in a new browser window
   Profiles of six bishops of this name in the early Church.
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» Alexander Briant, Saint Open in a new browser window
   English Jesuit priest and martyr. He was scarcely over 25 when martyred in 1581.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01296b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01285c.htm
» Alexander I, Pope Saint Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01285c.htm
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» Alexander II, Pope Open in a new browser window
   Reigned 1061-1073.
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01287a.htm
» Alexander III, Pope Open in a new browser window
   Reigned from 1159-81.
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» Alexander IV, Pope Open in a new browser window
   Reigned 1254-61.
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» Alexander Natalis Open in a new browser window
   A French historian and theologian, of the Order of St. Dominic. (1639-1724)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01296c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01299b.htm
» Alexander Sauli, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Apostle of Corsica, Barnabite, bishop of Aleria, d. 1592.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01299b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01288a.htm
» Alexander V Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01288a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01289a.htm
» Alexander VI, Pope Open in a new browser window
   Rodrigo Borgia, born at Xativa, near Valencia, in Spain, 1 January, 1431; died in Rome, 18 August, 1503.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01289a.htm
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» Alexander VII, Pope Open in a new browser window
   Biographical article on this seventeenth-century pontiff.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01294a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01295a.htm
» Alexander VIII, Pope Open in a new browser window
   Pietro Ottoboni, born at Venice, April, 1610; elected 5 October, 1689; died at Rome, 1 February, 1691.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01295a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01297a.htm
» Alexander of Abonoteichos Open in a new browser window
   The most notorious imposter of the second century of the Christian era.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01297a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01298a.htm
» Alexander of Hales Open in a new browser window
   Biographical article on the first of the scholastic theologians to use Aristotelean principles in systematic theology.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01298a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01295b.htm
» Alexander of Jerusalem, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Alexander, Bishop of Cappadocia, imprisoned for his faith, served as coadjutor to the Bishop of Jerusalem. Exiled and again imprisoned, Alexander was tortured and died in prison in 251.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01295b.htm
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» Alexander of Lycopolis Open in a new browser window
   Fourth-century writer.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01299a.htm
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» Alexander, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Called "The Charcoal Burner." Made bishop of Comana at the recommendation of St. Gregory Thaumaturgus. St. Alexander was martyred in the Decian persecution.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01295c.htm
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» Alexandre, Dom Jacques Open in a new browser window
   Benedictine monk. (1653-1734)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01299c.htm
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» Alexandria Open in a new browser window
   Seaport of Egypt, on the left bank of the Nile.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01299d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01300a.htm
» Alexandria, Councils of Open in a new browser window
   Details several councils held here.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01300a.htm
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» Alexandria, The Church of Open in a new browser window
   Founded by St. Mark the Evangelist, the center from which Christianity spread throughout all Egypt, the nucleus of the powerful Patriarchate of Alexandria.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01300b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01303a.htm
» Alexandrian Library, The Open in a new browser window
   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 E
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» Alexandrine Liturgy, The Open in a new browser window
   The parent rite of all others in Egypt.
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» Alexian Nuns Open in a new browser window
   Fifteenth century nuns who adopted the Rule of St. Augustine and devoted themselves to the same corporal works of mercy as those of the Brothers of St. Alexius, or Cellites.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01306a.htm
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» Alexians Open in a new browser window
   A religious institute which had its origin at Mechlin, in Brabant, in the fifteenth century, during the ravages of the "black death."
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01306b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01307a.htm
» Alexis Falconieri, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Visionary, co-founder of the Servites, uncle of St. Juliana Falconieri. St. Alexis died in 1310, at the age of 110 years.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01307a.htm
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» Alexius, Saint Open in a new browser window
   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/01307b.htm
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» Alfieri, Count Vittorio Open in a new browser window
   Tragic poet of Italy. (1749-1803)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01308a.htm
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» Alfieri, Pietro Open in a new browser window
   A priest and at one time a Camaldolese monk. (1801-1863)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01308b.htm
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» Alfonso de Zamora Open in a new browser window
   A converted Spanish Rabbi, baptized 1506; died 1531.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01309a.htm
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» Alfonso of Burgos Open in a new browser window
   Royal confessor of Ferdinand and Isabella. Died 1489.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01309b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01309c.htm
» Alford, Michael Open in a new browser window
   A Jesuit missionary in England during the persecution. (1587-1652)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01309c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01309d.htm
» Alfred the Great Open in a new browser window
   King of the West Saxons. (849-899)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01309d.htm
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» Alfrida, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Daughter of King Offa of Mercia. Hermit at Crowland, fl. 795.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01310a.htm
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» Alfwold, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Monk of Winchester, became the last bishop of Sherborne, d. 1058.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01310b.htm
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» Alger of Liége Open in a new browser window
   French priest. (1055-1132)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01310c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01310d.htm
» Alghero Open in a new browser window
   An Italian diocese comprising twenty-two communes in the province of Sassari, and four in that of Cagliari, Archdiocese of Sassari.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01310d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01311a.htm
» Algiers Open in a new browser window
   Archdiocese comprising the province of Algeria in French Africa. Its suffragans are the Sees of Oran and Constantine.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01311a.htm
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» Algonquins Open in a new browser window
   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 cla
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01311b.htm
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» Alife Open in a new browser window
   A diocese made up of twelve communes in the province of Caserta, Archbishopric of Benevento, Italy.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01312a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01312b.htm
» Alimentation Open in a new browser window
   In a broad sense, whatever is necessary to sustain human life: not merely food and drink, but lodging, clothing, care during sickness and burial.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01312b.htm
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» Alimony Open in a new browser window
   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/01313a.htm
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» Aliturgical Days Open in a new browser window
   Those days on which the "liturgy", i.e. the Holy Sacrifice of the Eucharist, is not allowed to be celebrated.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01314a.htm
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» All Hallows College Open in a new browser window
   An institution devoted to the preparation of priests for the missions in English-speaking countries.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01314b.htm
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» All Saints' Day Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01315a.htm
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» All Souls' Day Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01315b.htm
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» Allah Open in a new browser window
   The name of God in Arabic.
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» Allahabad Open in a new browser window
   Diocese; suffragan of the Archdiocese of Agra, India.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01316b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01317a.htm
» Allard, Paul Open in a new browser window
   Archaeologist and historian. (b. 1841)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01317a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01317b.htm
» Allatius, Leo Open in a new browser window
   A learned Greek of the seventeenth century. (1586-1669)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01317b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01318a.htm
» Allegranza, Joseph Open in a new browser window
   A Milanese Dominican who won distinction as a historian, archaeologist, and antiquary. (1715-1785)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01318a.htm
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» Allegri, Antonio Open in a new browser window
   Artist known as Correggio, the place of his birth. (1494-1534)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01318b.htm
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» Allegri, Gregorio Open in a new browser window
   Composer from the same family which produced the painter Correggio.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01319a.htm
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» Alleluia Open in a new browser window
   A liturgical mystic expression.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01319b.htm
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» Allemand, Jean Open in a new browser window
   A French priest and Orientalist. (1799-1833)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01320a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01320b.htm
» Allen, Edward Patrick Open in a new browser window
   Fifth Bishop of Mobile, Alabama, U.S.; born at Lowell, Massachusetts, 17 March, 1853.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01320b.htm
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» Allen, Frances Open in a new browser window
   The first woman of New England birth to become a nun. (1784-1819)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01320c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01321a.htm
» Allen, George Open in a new browser window
   Educator, born at Milton, Vermont, 17 December, 1808; died in Worcester, Massachusetts, 28 May, 1876.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01321a.htm
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» Allen, John Open in a new browser window
   Priest and martyr. He was executed at Tyburn in the beginning of the year 1538.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01322a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01322b.htm
» Allen, William Open in a new browser window
   Cardinal. (1522-1594)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01322b.htm
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» Allerstein, August Open in a new browser window
   Jesuit missionary in China, born in Germany, died in China, probably about 1777.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01323a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01323b.htm
» Allies, Thomas William Open in a new browser window
   English writer. (1813-1903)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01323b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01325a.htm
» Allioli, Joseph Franz Open in a new browser window
   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 acc
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01325a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01325b.htm
» Allison, William Open in a new browser window
   One of the English priests who were victims of the plots of 1679-80.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01325b.htm
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» Allocution Open in a new browser window
   A solemn form of address or speech from the throne employed by the Pope on certain occasions.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01325c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01325d.htm
» Allori Open in a new browser window
   Information on three people with this name.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01325d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01326a.htm
» Allot, William Open in a new browser window
   English priest, died about 1590.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01326a.htm
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» Allouez, Claude Open in a new browser window
   Jesuit missionary and explorer. (1620-1689)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01326b.htm
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» Alma Open in a new browser window
   A Hebrew word signifying a "young woman", unmarried as well as married.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01326c.htm
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» Alma Redemptoris Mater Open in a new browser window
   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/01326d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01326e.htm
» Almagro, Diego de Open in a new browser window
   Generally considered a foundling; came to Panama in 1514 with Pedro Arias de Avila (D'Avila), and soon distinguished himself in military expeditions.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01326e.htm
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» Almeida, John Open in a new browser window
   Jesuit missionary. (1571-1653)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01327a.htm
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» Almeria Open in a new browser window
   A suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Granada in Spain.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01328a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01328b.htm
» Almici, Camillo Open in a new browser window
   Italian Oratorian priest. (1714-1779)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01328b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01328c.htm
» Almond, John Open in a new browser window
   English Cistercian and Confessor the Faith. (d. 1585)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01328c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01328e.htm
» Almond, Oliver Open in a new browser window
   Sixteenth-century English priest and writer.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01328e.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01328f.htm
» Alms and Almsgiving Open in a new browser window
   Any material favour done to assist the needy, and prompted by charity.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01328f.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01331a.htm
» Alnoth, Saint Open in a new browser window
   English hermit and martyr, d. about 700.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01331a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01331b.htm
» Alogi Open in a new browser window
   A party of heretics who arose after the Cataphrygians, Quartodecimans, and others, and who received neither the Gospel of St. John nor his Apocalypse.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01331b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01331c.htm
» Aloysius Gonzaga, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Short biography of this Jesuit student, who died in 1591 at the age of 23.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01331c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01332b.htm
» Alpha and Omega Open in a new browser window
   Includes Jewish and Christian meanings.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01332b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01332a.htm
» Alpha and Omega (in Scripture) Open in a new browser window
   Employed from the fourth century as a symbol expressing the confidence of orthodox Christians in the scriptural proofs of Our Lord's divinity.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01332a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01333a.htm
» Alphabet, Christian Use of the Open in a new browser window
   The Hebrew, Greek and Latin alphabets have been variously made use of in Christian liturgy.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01333a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01334a.htm
» Alphonsus Liguori, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Long biographical article on the founder of the Redemptorists and devotional writer.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01334a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01341a.htm
» Alphonsus Rodriguez, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Spanish-born widower, Jesuit lay brother, served as porter at Majorca for 46 years, d. 1617. Also known as Alonso.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01341a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01341b.htm
» Alpini, Prospero Open in a new browser window
   Physician and botanist. (1553-1617)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01341b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01341c.htm
» Alsace-Lorraine Open in a new browser window
   The German Imperial Territory so known, and divided for State purposes into three civil districts.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01341c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01345a.htm
» Altamirano, Diego Francisco Open in a new browser window
   Jesuit. (1625-1715)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01345a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01345b.htm
» Altamura and Acquaviva Open in a new browser window
   An exempt archipresbyterate in the province of Bari, in southern Italy.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01345b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01346a.htm
» Altar (in Liturgy) Open in a new browser window
   In the New Law the altar is the table on which the Eucharistic Sacrifice is offered.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01346a.htm
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» Altar Bell Open in a new browser window
   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/01349b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01349c.htm
» Altar Breadboxes Open in a new browser window
   Made of wood, tin, britannia, silver, or other metal. A round flat weight, covered if necessary with silk or linen, and having a knob on top, so as to be easily taken hold of, is placed on the breads.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01349c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01349d.htm
» Altar Breads Open in a new browser window
   Bread is one of the two elements absolutely necessary for the sacrifice of the Eucharist.
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» Altar Candles Open in a new browser window
   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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» Altar Candlesticks Open in a new browser window
   Consists of five parts: the foot, the stem, the knob about the middle of the stem, the bowl to receive the drippings of wax, and the pricket, i.e. the sharp point that terminates the stem on which the candle is fixed.
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» Altar Canopy Open in a new browser window
   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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» Altar Cards Open in a new browser window
   To assist the memory of the celebrant at Mass in those prayers which he should know by heart, cards on which these prayers are printed are placed on the altar in the middle, and at each end.
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» Altar Carpets Open in a new browser window
   The sanctuary and altar-steps of the high altar are ordinarily to be covered with carpets.
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» Altar Cavity Open in a new browser window
   A small square or oblong chamber in the body of the altar, in which are placed the relics of two canonized martyrs.
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» Altar Cloths Open in a new browser window
   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.
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» Altar Crucifix Open in a new browser window
   The principal ornament of the altar.
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» Altar Curtain Open in a new browser window
   Drawn around the altar at certain parts of Mass.
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» Altar Frontal Open in a new browser window
   An appendage which covers the entire front of the altar, from the lower part of the table to the predella, and from the gospel corner to that of the epistle side.
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» Altar Horns Open in a new browser window
   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
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» Altar Lamp Open in a new browser window
   In the Old Testament God commanded that a lamp filled with the purest oil of olives should always burn in the Tabernacle of the Testimony without the veil.
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» Altar Lanterns Open in a new browser window
   Used in churches to protect the altar candles and lamp, if the latter for any reason, such as a draught, cannot be kept lit.
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» Altar Ledge Open in a new browser window
   A step behind the altar, raised slightly above it, for candlesticks, flowers, reliquaries, and other ornaments.
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» Altar Linens Open in a new browser window
   The corporal, pall, purificator, and finger towels.
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» Altar Protector Open in a new browser window
   A cover made of cloth, baize or velvet which is placed on the table of the altar, during the time in which the sacred functions do not take place.
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» Altar Rail Open in a new browser window
   The railing which guards the sanctuary and separates the latter from the body of the church. Also called the communion-rail.
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» Altar Screen Open in a new browser window
   A cloth, on which images of Our Lord, of the Blessed Virgin, or of saints, are represented, may be suspended above the altar, unless such images are painted on the wall.
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» Altar Side Open in a new browser window
   That part of the altar which faces the congregation.
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» Altar Steps Open in a new browser window
   The number of steps leading up to the high altar is for symbolical reasons uneven; usually three, five, or seven, including the upper platform.
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» Altar Stole Open in a new browser window
   An altar ornament from the Middle Ages.
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» Altar Stone Open in a new browser window
   A solid piece of natural stone, consecrated by a bishop, large enough to hold the Sacred Host and chalice.
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» Altar Tomb Open in a new browser window
   A tomb, or monument, over a grave, oblong in form, which is covered with a slab or table, having the appearance of an altar.
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» Altar Vase Open in a new browser window
   Vase to hold flowers for the decoration of the altar.
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» Altar Vessels Open in a new browser window
   The chalice is the cup in which the wine and water of the Eucharistic Sacrifice is contained.
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» Altar Wine Open in a new browser window
   Wine is one of the two elements absolutely necessary for the sacrifice of the Eucharist. For valid and licit consecration vinum de vite, i.e. the pure juice of the grape naturally and properly fermented, is to be used.
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» Altar of Our Lady Open in a new browser window
   In general it signifies any altar of which the Blessed Virgin is the titular.
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» Altar, Double Open in a new browser window
   An altar having a double front constructed in such a manner that Mass may be celebrated on both sides of it at the same time.
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» Altar, History of the Christian Open in a new browser window
   An elevated surface, tabular in form, on which the Sacrifice of the Mass is offered.
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» Altar, Portable Open in a new browser window
   Consists of a solid piece of natural stone which must be sufficiently hard to resist every fracture.
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» Altar, Privileged Open in a new browser window
   An altar is said to be privileged when, in addition to the ordinary fruits of the Eucharistic Sacrifice, a plenary indulgence is also granted whenever Mass is celebrated thereon.
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» Altar, Stripping of an Open in a new browser window
   Removal of the altar-cloths, vases of flowers, antipendium, and other ornaments, so that nothing remains but the cross and the candlesticks with the candles extinguished.
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» Altarage Open in a new browser window
   The fees received by a priest from the laity when discharging any function for them, e.g. marriages, baptisms, funerals.
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» Altarpiece Open in a new browser window
   A picture of some sacred subject painted on the wall or suspended in a frame behind the altar, or a group of statuary on the altar.
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» Altars (in Scripture) Open in a new browser window
   Describes several biblical uses of the word.
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» Altars (in the Greek Churches) Open in a new browser window
   The altar of the Russian Orthodox or the Ruthenian Greek Catholic churches means the sanctuary, and not merely the altar known to Latin churches.
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» Altmann, Blessed Open in a new browser window
   Short biography of the eleventh-century bishop of Passau, driven from his see for enforcing Pope Gregory VII's call for clerical celibacy.
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» Alto, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Irish-born hermit and missionary in Bavaria, monastic founder, eighth century.
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» Alton Open in a new browser window
   Diocese in Illinois.
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» Altoona Open in a new browser window
   A suffragan see of the province of Philadelphia.
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» Altruism Open in a new browser window
   A term formed by Auguste Comte in 1851, to denote the benevolent, as contrasted with the selfish propensities.
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» Alumnus Open in a new browser window
   Signifies in ecclesiastical usage, a student preparing for the sacred ministry in a seminary.
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» Alunno, Niccolò Open in a new browser window
   Notable Umbrian painter. (1430-1502)
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» Alva y Astorga, Pedro d' Open in a new browser window
   A Friar Minor of the Strict Observance and a writer on theological subjects. (d. 1667)
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» Alva, The Duke of Open in a new browser window
   Warrior and statesman. (1508-1582)
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» Alvarado, Alonzo de Open in a new browser window
   A Knight of Santiago, b. at Secadura de Trasmura, near Burgos, date unknown; d. 1559.
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» Alvarado, Fray Francisco de Open in a new browser window
   A native of Mexico, entered the Dominican order 25 July, 1574.
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» Alvarado, Pedro de Open in a new browser window
   Accompanied Grijalva on his exploration of Yucatan and the Mexican coast in 1518, and was the chief officer of Cortez during the conquest of Mexico.
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» Alvarez de Paz Open in a new browser window
   A famous mystic of the Society of Jesus. (1560-1620)
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» Alvarez, Balthazar Open in a new browser window
   A Spanish mystic, who was the spiritual director of St. Teresa. (1533-1580)
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» Alvarez, Diego Open in a new browser window
   Spanish theologian, born about 1550; died At Trani, Kingdom of Naples, 1635.
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» Alvarez, Manoel Open in a new browser window
   Jesuit and educator. (1526-1582)
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» Alvarus Pelagius Open in a new browser window
   Spanish writer. (1280-1352)
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» Alypius, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Close friend of St. Augustine of Hippo. Like Augustine, Alypius was baptized by Ambrose. St. Alypius became bishop of Tagaste.
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» Alzate, José Antonio Open in a new browser window
   Seventeenth century priest born at Ozumba, Mexico.
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» Alzog, Johann Baptist Open in a new browser window
   Church historian. (1808-1878)
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» Ama Open in a new browser window
   A Semitic term meaning mother, adopted by the Copts and the Greeks as a title of honour applied to religious and ladies of high rank.
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» Amadeo, Giovanni Antonio Open in a new browser window
   Italian architect and sculptor. (1447-1522)
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» Amadia and Akra Open in a new browser window
   Designates two Catholic dioceses of the Chaldean Rite in Kurdistan, Turkey in Asia.
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» Amalarius of Metz Open in a new browser window
   A liturgical writer, b. at Metz, in the last quarter of the eighth century; d. about 850.
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» Amalberga, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Virgin who rejected Charlemagne's advances.
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» Amalec Open in a new browser window
   A people remembered chiefly as the most hated of all the enemies of Israel.
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» Amalfi Open in a new browser window
   Archdiocese directly dependent on the Holy See, has its seat at Amalfi, not far from Naples.
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» Amalricians Open in a new browser window
   Heretical sect founded towards the end of the twelfth century.
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» Amalricus Augerii Open in a new browser window
   A church-historian of the fourteenth century, and member of the Augustinian Order.
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» Amandus, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Hermit, missionary, bishop of Maastricht, monastic founder, d. about 690.
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» Amasia Open in a new browser window
   A titular see and metropolis of Pontus in Asia Minor on the river Iris, now Amasiah.
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» Amastris Open in a new browser window
   A titular see of Paphlagonia in Asia Minor, on a peninsula jutting into the Black Sea.
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» Amat, Thaddeus Open in a new browser window
   Second Bishop of Monterey and Los Angeles, California. (1810-1878)
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» Amathus Open in a new browser window
   Name of two titular sees, one in Syria, suffragan of Apameia, with an episcopal list known from 449 to 536; the other on the southern coast of Cyprus, whose episcopal list reaches from the fourth century to 787.
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» Amazones, Diocese of Open in a new browser window
   A South American diocese, dependent on San Salvador of Bahia.
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» Ambarach, Peter Open in a new browser window
   Maronite Orientalist. (1663-1742)
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» Ambition Open in a new browser window
   The undue craving for honor.
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» Ambo Open in a new browser window
   A word of Greek origin, supposed to signify a mountain or elevation.
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» Ambo (in the Russian and Greek Church) Open in a new browser window
   Sometimes two ambos were used, from one of which the Epistle was read and from the other the Gospel.
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» Amboise, George d' Open in a new browser window
   French cardinal, archbishop, and statesman. (1460-1510)
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» Ambronay, Our Lady of Open in a new browser window
   A sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin at Ambronay, France, regarded as one of the two candles of devotion to Our Lady in the Diocese of Belley.
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» Ambros, August Wilhelm Open in a new browser window
   Historian of music and art critic. (1816-1876)
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» Ambrose of Camaldoli, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Born Ambrose Traversari, theologian, translator of many of the Fathers, author, d. 1439.
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» Ambrose of Sienna, Blessed Open in a new browser window
   Dominican teacher and missionary, diplomat, d. 1286.
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» Ambrose, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Article on the life and teachings of this Bishop of Milan, and Doctor of the Church, who died in 397.
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» Ambrosian Basilica Open in a new browser window
   Erected at Milan by fourth-century bishop, St. Ambrose, and was consecrated in the year 386.
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» Ambrosian Chant Open in a new browser window
   Chant composed by St. Ambrose.
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» Ambrosian Hymnography Open in a new browser window
   The term implies no attribution of authorship, but rather a poetical form or a liturgical use.
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» Ambrosian Library Open in a new browser window
   Founded between 1603 and 1609 by Cardinal Federigo Borromeo at Milan.
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» Ambrosian Liturgy and Rite Open in a new browser window
   The liturgy and Rite of the Church of Milan, which derives its name from St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan (374-397).
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» Ambrosians Open in a new browser window
   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.
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» Ambrosiaster Open in a new browser window
   The name given to the author of a commentary on all the Epistles of St. Paul, with the exception of that to the Hebrews.
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» Ambulatory Open in a new browser window
   A cloister, gallery, or alley; a sheltered place, straight or circular, for exercise in walking; the aisle that makes the circuit of the apse of a church.
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» Amelia Open in a new browser window
   Diocese comprising seven towns in the province of Perugia, Italy, and is under the immediate jurisdiction of the Holy See.
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» Amelote, Denis Open in a new browser window
   Ordained in 1631, a Doctor of the Sorbonne, and member of the French Oratory. (1609-1678)
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» Amen Open in a new browser window
   One of a small number of Hebrew words which have been imported unchanged into the liturgy of the Church.
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» Amende Honorable Open in a new browser window
   An obsolete form of honorary satisfaction, customary in the Church in France as late as the seventeenth century.
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» Amerbach, Veit Open in a new browser window
   Humanist and convert from Lutheranism to the Catholic Church. (1503-1557)
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» America Open in a new browser window
   Consists of three main divisions: North America, Central America, and South America.
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» America, Pre-Columbian Discovery of Open in a new browser window
   Offers details of early exploration.
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» American College at Louvain, The Open in a new browser window
   An institution for the education of priests founded in 1857.
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» American College in Rome, The Open in a new browser window
   Owes its existence chiefly to Archbishop Hughes, of New York, and Archbishop Kenrick of Baltimore.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01423a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01425a.htm
» American College in Rome, The South Open in a new browser window
   The Rev. Ignatius Victor Eyzaguirre went to Rome, in 1857, and proposed to the Pope the erection of a college for students from Latin American countries.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01425a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01428a.htm
» Amherst, Francis Kerril, D.D. Open in a new browser window
   English bishop. (1819-1883)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01428a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01428c.htm
» Amice Open in a new browser window
   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/01428c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01429a.htm
» Amico, Antonio Open in a new browser window
   Canon of Palermo, and ecclesiastical historian of Syracuse and Messina, (d. 1641).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01429a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01429b.htm
» Amico, Francesco Open in a new browser window
   Theologian born at Cosenza, in Naples, 2 April, 1578.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01429b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01429c.htm
» Amida Open in a new browser window
   An Armenian Rite diocese located in Mesopotamia, Asiatic Turkey.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01429c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01429d.htm
» Amiens, Diocese of Open in a new browser window
   Comprises the department of Somme.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01429d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01430a.htm
» Amiot, Joseph Maria Open in a new browser window
   Missionary to China. (1718-1793)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01430a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01430b.htm
» Amisus Open in a new browser window
   A titular see of Pontus in Asia Minor.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01430b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01430c.htm
» Ammen, Daniel Open in a new browser window
   American naval officer and author (1820-1898)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01430c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01430d.htm
» Ammon Open in a new browser window
   The supreme divinity of the Egyptian pantheon.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01430d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01430e.htm
» Ammon, Saint Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01430e.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01431a.htm
» Ammonian Sections Open in a new browser window
   Divisions of the four Gospels.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01431a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01431b.htm
» Ammonites Open in a new browser window
   A race closely allied to the Hebrews.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01431b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01433a.htm
» Amorbach Open in a new browser window
   Former Benedictine abbey in Lower Franconia (Bavaria), founded in the early part of the eighth century by St. Pirmin.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01433a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01433b.htm
» Amorios Open in a new browser window
   A titular see of Phrygia in Asia Minor, now known as Hergen Kaleh.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01433b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01433c.htm
» Amorrhites Open in a new browser window
   A name of doubtful origin and meaning, used to designate an ancient people often mentioned in the Old Testament.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01433c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01434a.htm
» Amort, Eusebius Open in a new browser window
   Philosopher and theologian. (1692-1775)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01434a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01435a.htm
» Amos Open in a new browser window
   Old Testament prophet.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01435a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01437a.htm
» Amovibility Open in a new browser window
   A term applied to the condition of certain ecclesiastics in regard to their benefices or offices.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01437a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01437b.htm
» Amoy Open in a new browser window
   Vicariate Apostolic of Amoy, located in China, created in 1883, and entrusted to the care of the Dominicans.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01437b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01438a.htm
» Amphilochius of Iconium Open in a new browser window
   Fourth-century Cappadocian bishop.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01438a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01438b.htm
» Amphilochius of Sida Open in a new browser window
   Fifth-century bishop.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01438b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01439a.htm
» Amphoræ Open in a new browser window
   Vessels generally made of clay, and furnished with ears or handles.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01439a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01439b.htm
» Ampleforth, The Abbey of Open in a new browser window
   Benedictine abbey in England.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01439b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01439c.htm
» Ampullæ Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01439c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01440a.htm
» Ampurias Open in a new browser window
   An Italian diocese in Sardinia, suffragan of Sassari.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01440a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01437c.htm
» Ampè, André-Marie Open in a new browser window
   Physicist and mathematician. (1775-1836)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01437c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01440b.htm
» Amra Open in a new browser window
   The name of certain ancient Irish elegies or panegyrics on native saints.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01440b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01440c.htm
» Amrah Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01440c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01441a.htm
» Amraphel Open in a new browser window
   King of Sennaar (Shinar), or Babylonia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01441a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01441b.htm
» Amsterdam Open in a new browser window
   The capital, and second residential city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01441b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01443a.htm
» Amulet Open in a new browser window
   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/01443a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01443b.htm
» Amulets, Use and Abuse of Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01443b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01444a.htm
» Amyclae Open in a new browser window
   A titular see of Peloponnesus in Greece, in the ecclesiastical province of Hellas, a suffragan of Corinth.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01444a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01445a.htm
» Amyot, Jacques Open in a new browser window
   Bishop of Auxerre, Grand Almoner of France. (1513-1593)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01445a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01445b.htm
» Anabaptists Open in a new browser window
   A violent and extremely radical body of ecclesiastico-civil reformers which first made its appearance in 1521 at Zwickau.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01445b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01447a.htm
» Anacletus II Open in a new browser window
   The title which was taken by Cardinal Pietro Pierleone at the contested papal election of the year 1130.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01447a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01446a.htm
» Anacletus, Pope Saint Open in a new browser window
   Third pope, a martyr, d. about 91. May be the same person as Pope St. Cletus.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01446a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01447b.htm
» Anaesthesia Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01447b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01448a.htm
» Anagni Open in a new browser window
   An Italian diocese in the province of Rome under the immediate jurisdiction of the Holy See.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01448a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01449a.htm
» Analogy Open in a new browser window
   A philosophical term used to designate, first, a property of things; secondly, a process of reasoning.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01449a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01450a.htm
» Analysis Open in a new browser window
   The process by which anything complex is resolved into simple, or at least less complex parts or elements.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01450a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01451a.htm
» Anaphora Open in a new browser window
   A liturgical term in the Greek Rite.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01451a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01452a.htm
» Anarchy Open in a new browser window
   An absence of law.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01452a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01453a.htm
» Anastasia, Saint Open in a new browser window
   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/01453a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01454a.htm
» Anastasiopolis Open in a new browser window
   Name of four ancient sees.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01454a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16002b.htm
» Anastasius Bibliothecarius Open in a new browser window
   Librarian of the Roman Church. (810-879)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16002b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01454c.htm
» Anastasius I, Pope Saint Open in a new browser window
   Article on the pope remembered chiefly for condemning Origenism, d. 401.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01454c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01454d.htm
» Anastasius II, Pope Open in a new browser window
   Reigned 496-498.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01454d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01455a.htm
» Anastasius III, Pope Open in a new browser window
   Reigned 911-913.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01455a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01455b.htm
» Anastasius IV, Pope Open in a new browser window
   Reigned 1153-1154.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01455b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01455d.htm
» Anastasius Sinaita, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Profile of the seventh-century abbot of the monastery of Mt. Sinai, vociferous opponent of the Monophysites and Monothelites, writer.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01455d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01454b.htm
» Anastasius, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Bishop of Antioch, exiled by the emperor, restored to his see in 593 by St. Gregory the Great. Anastasius died in 598.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01454b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01455e.htm
» Anathema Open in a new browser window
   Placed on high, suspended, set aside.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01455e.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01457a.htm
» Anathoth Open in a new browser window
   Includes several mentioned by this name.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01457a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01457b.htm
» Anatolia, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Virgin and martyr, was denounced as a Christian and put to death by the sword in the Decian persecution.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01457b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01457c.htm
» Anatolius, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Third-century bishop of Laodicea, mathematician, scientist, philosopher.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01457c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01457e.htm
» Anatomy Open in a new browser window
   The science of the form and structure of living beings.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01457e.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01461a.htm
» Anazarbus Open in a new browser window
   A titular metropolitan see of Cilicia (Lesser Armenia), suffragan of Antioch.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01461a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01461b.htm
» Anazco, Pedro de Open in a new browser window
   A missionary and student of Indian languages. (1550-1605)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01461b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01462a.htm
» Anchor (as Symbol), The Open in a new browser window
   Regarded in ancient times as a symbol of safety.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01462a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01462b.htm
» Anchorites Open in a new browser window
   In Christian terminology, men who have sought to triumph over the two unavoidable enemies of human salvation, the flesh and the devil, by depriving them of the assistance of their ally, the world.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01462b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01463a.htm
» Ancient of Days Open in a new browser window
   A name given to God by the Prophet Daniel.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01463a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01463b.htm
» Ancilla Dei Open in a new browser window
   A title often given to a deceased woman in early Christian inscriptions.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01463b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01463d.htm
» Ancona and Umana Open in a new browser window
   An Italian diocese in the Archdiocese of Ancona.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01463d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01463c.htm
» Ancona, Ciriaco d' Open in a new browser window
   An Italian antiquary whose family name was Pizzicolli, born at Ancona about 1391; died about 1455 at Cremona.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01463c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01464a.htm
» Ancren Riwle Open in a new browser window
   The name given to a thirteenth­ century code of rules for the life of anchoresses, which is sometimes called "The Nuns' Rule".
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01464a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01464b.htm
» Ancyra Open in a new browser window
   A titular see of Galatia in Asia Minor, suffragan of Laodicea.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01464b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01465a.htm
» Ancyra, Councils of Open in a new browser window
   Three councils were held in the former capital of Galatia (now Angora) in Asia Minor, during the fourth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01465a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01465b.htm
» Andalusia Open in a new browser window
   The name given by the Arabs to the portion of Spain subject to their dominion.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01465b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16003a.htm
» Andechs Open in a new browser window
   Benedictine monastery in Bavaria.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16003a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01465c.htm
» Anderdon, William Henry Open in a new browser window
   English Jesuit and writer, born in London, 26 December, 1816; died 28 July, 1890.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01465c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01466a.htm
» Anderledy, Anthony Maria Open in a new browser window
   General of the Society of Jesus. (1819-1892)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01466a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01466b.htm
» Anderson, Henry James Open in a new browser window
   Scientist and educator. (1799-1875)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01466b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01466c.htm
» Anderson, Lionel Albert Open in a new browser window
   An English Dominican, b. about 1620; d. 21 October, 1710.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01466c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01467a.htm
» Anderson, Patrick Open in a new browser window
   A Scottish Jesuit. (1575-1624)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01467a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01467b.htm
» Anderton, James Open in a new browser window
   An English Catholic, b. 1557; d. 1618.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01467b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01467d.htm
» Anderton, Roger Open in a new browser window
   English Catholic layman. (d. 1640)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01467d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01467e.htm
» Anderton, Thomas Open in a new browser window
   English Benedictine. (1611-1671)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01467e.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01468a.htm
» Andlaw, Heinrich Bernhard, Freiherr von Open in a new browser window
   Catholic statesman. (1802-1871)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01468a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01469a.htm
» Andrada de Payva, Diego Open in a new browser window
   Portuguese theologian. (1528-1575)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01469a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01468c.htm
» Andrada, Alonso Open in a new browser window
   Biographer and ascetic writer.1590-1672)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01468c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01468d.htm
» Andrada, Antonio de Open in a new browser window
   Missionary and explorer of Tibet in the seventeenth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01468d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01469e.htm
» Andrea Dotti, Blessed Open in a new browser window
   Servite priest, miracle worker, d. 1315.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01469e.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01470a.htm
» Andrea Pisano Open in a new browser window
   An Italian sculptor and architect, b. 1270; d. 1349.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01470a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01469d.htm
» Andrea, Giovanni d' Open in a new browser window
   Canonist. (1275-1348)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01469d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01473a.htm
» Andreas of Caesarea Open in a new browser window
   Cappadocian bishop.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01473a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01470b.htm
» Andreas of Ratisbon Open in a new browser window
   Fourteenth-century historian.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01470b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01470c.htm
» Andreis, Felix de Open in a new browser window
   Lazarist superior. (1778-1820)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01470c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01470d.htm
» Andres, Juan Open in a new browser window
   Sixteenth-century Spanish canonist.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01470d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01472b.htm
» Andrew Avellino, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Canon lawyer, priest, reformer, Theatine, d. 1608.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01472b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01472c.htm
» Andrew Bobola, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Polish Jesuit priest and missionary, martyred in 1657.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01472c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01472d.htm
» Andrew Corsini, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Article on this Carmelite, called "the Apostle of Florence," regarded as a prophet and thaumaturgus, who became bishop of Fiesoli, and died in 1373.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01472d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01473b.htm
» Andrew of Crete, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Also known as Andreas, monk, bishop of Gortyna, best known for his hymnody, d. 740 or 720.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01473b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01474a.htm
» Andrew of Lonjumeau Open in a new browser window
   Dominican missionary and papal ambassador. (d. 1253)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01474a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01474b.htm
» Andrew of Rhodes Open in a new browser window
   Theologian, d. 1440.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01474b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01474c.htm
» Andrew the Scot, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Brother of St. Bridget the Younger and archdeacon of Fiesole, d. about 877.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01474c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01471a.htm
» Andrew, Saint Open in a new browser window
   The Apostle in Scripture and tradition.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01471a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01475a.htm
» Andrews, William Eusebius Open in a new browser window
   Editor and author. (1773-1837)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01475a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01475b.htm
» Andria, Diocese Open in a new browser window
   Comprises three towns in the Province of Bari and one in the Province of Potenza, Archdiocese of Trani, Italy.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01475b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01469b.htm
» André, Bernard Open in a new browser window
   Fifteenth-century friar, poet, chronographer.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01469b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01469c.htm
» André, Yves Marie Open in a new browser window
   Mathematician. (1675-1764)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01469c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16003b.htm
» Andrés, Juan Open in a new browser window
   Littérateur and historian. (1740-1817)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16003b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01475c.htm
» Anemurium Open in a new browser window
   Titular see of Cilicia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01475c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01475d.htm
» Anerio, Felice Open in a new browser window
   Roman composer, b. c. 1560; d. c. 1630.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01475d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01475e.htm
» Anerio, Giovanni Francesco Open in a new browser window
   Born in Rome c. 1567; died. c. 1620.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01475e.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01476a.htm
» Anfossi, Filippo Open in a new browser window
   Italian Dominican, b. at Taggia, in the province of Genoa; d. in Rome, 14 May, 1825.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01476a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01476b.htm
» Ange de Saint Joseph Open in a new browser window
   French missionary friar of the Order of Discalced Carmelites. (1636-1697)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01476b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01476c.htm
» Ange de Sainte Rosalie Open in a new browser window
   French genealogist and friar of the house of the Petits-Pères of the Discalced Augustinians. (1655-1726)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01476c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01476d.htm
» Angel Open in a new browser window
   The word is used in Hebrew to denote indifferently either a divine or human messenger.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01476d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01481a.htm
» Angela Merici, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Biography of the founder of the Ursulines, who died in 1540.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01481a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01482a.htm
» Angela of Foligno, Blessed Open in a new browser window
   Short biography of the penitent, mystic, writer, Third Order Franciscan, who died in 1309.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01482a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01482b.htm
» Angeli, Francesco degli Open in a new browser window
   Missionary to Ethiopia. (1567-1628)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01482b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01482c.htm
» Angeli, Girolamo degli Open in a new browser window
   Missionary to Japan. (1567-1623)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01482c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01483a.htm
» Angelicals, The Open in a new browser window
   A congregation of women founded at Milan about 1530 by Countess Luigia Torelli of Guastalla for the protection and reclamation of girls.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01483a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01483b.htm
» Angelico, Fra, Blessed Open in a new browser window
   Biography of this Dominican, a famous painter, who died in 1455.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01483b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01484a.htm
» Angelo Carletti di Chivasso, Blessed Open in a new browser window
   Fifteenth-century Franciscan, a moral theologian.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01484a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01484b.htm
» Angelo Clareno da Cingoli Open in a new browser window
   One of the leaders of the Spiritual Franciscans.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01484b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01486a.htm
» Angels of the Churches Open in a new browser window
   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/01486a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01485a.htm
» Angels, Early Christian Representations of Open in a new browser window
   The oldest fresco in which an angel appears is the Annunciation scene (second century) of the cemetery of St. Priscilla.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01485a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01486b.htm
» Angelus Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01486b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01487a.htm
» Angelus Bell Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01487a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01488a.htm
» Angelus, Silesius Open in a new browser window
   Convert, poet, controversialist, the son of a Lutheran Polish Nobleman. (1624-1677)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01488a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01489a.htm
» Anger Open in a new browser window
   The desire of vengeance.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01489a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01489b.htm
» Angers Open in a new browser window
   Comprises the territory embraced in the department of Maine and Loire.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01489b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01489c.htm
» Angers, University of Open in a new browser window
   Early in the eleventh century this school became famous under the direction of Marbodus.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01489c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01490a.htm
» Anges, Notre Dame de Open in a new browser window
   A miraculous shrine near Lur, France, containing a crypt (Sainte Chapelle) which tradition dates back to an early period.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01490a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01490b.htm
» Angilbert, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Abbot of Centula, fathered two children by Charlemagne's unmarried daughter Bertha. He died in 814.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01490b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01490c.htm
» Angiolini, Francesco Open in a new browser window
   A noted scholar, b. at Piscenza, Italy, 1750; d. at Polotsk, 21 February, 1788.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01490c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01490d.htm
» Anglesea, The Priory of Open in a new browser window
   Founded in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Nicholas for a community of Austin Canons, by Henry I. Dugdale.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01490d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01491a.htm
» Anglican Orders Open in a new browser window
   In the creed of the Catholic Church, Holy Order is one of the Seven Sacraments instituted by Our Lord Jesus Christ.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01491a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01498a.htm
» Anglicanism Open in a new browser window
   A term used to denote the religious belief and position of members of the established Church of England.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01498a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01504a.htm
» Anglin, Timothy Warren Open in a new browser window
   Canadian journalist and member of Parliament, born in the town of Cloankilty, County Cork, Ireland, 1822; died 3 May, 1896, in Canada.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01504a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01505a.htm
» Anglo-Saxon Church, The Open in a new browser window
   History of the occupation, conversion, and development.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01505a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01512a.htm
» Anglona-Tursi Open in a new browser window
   An Italian diocese comprising twenty-seven towns and three villages in the province of Potenza and nine towns and one village in the province of Cosenza, Archdiocese of Acerenza.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01512a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01512b.htm
» Angola and Congo Open in a new browser window
   Diocese of Portuguese West Africa, suffragan of Lisbon.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01512b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01513a.htm
» Angora Open in a new browser window
   Armenian rite diocese in Asia Minor.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01513a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01513b.htm
» Angoulême Open in a new browser window
   Diocese; comprises the Department of the Charente in France, and has always been suffragan to the Archbishopric of Bordeaux, under the old régime as well as under the Concordat.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01513b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01513c.htm
» Angra Open in a new browser window
   The episcopal see of the Azores, suffragan of Lisbon.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01513c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01513d.htm
» Angulo, Pedro Open in a new browser window
   Native of Burgos in Spain, came to America in 1524 as a soldier, but joined the Dominican order in 1529.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01513d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01513e.htm
» Anhalt Open in a new browser window
   Vicariate Apostolic comprising the territory of the German Duchy of Anhalt.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01513e.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01514a.htm
» Anicetus, Pope Saint Open in a new browser window
   Biography of this martyr, a contemporary of St. Polycarp and of the heretic Marcion.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01514a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01515a.htm
» Anima Christi Open in a new browser window
   Well known prayer dating from the first half of the fourteenth century and enriched with indulgences by Pope John XXII in the year 1330.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01515a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01514b.htm
» Anima, College and Church of the, in Rome Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01514b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01515b.htm
» Animals in Christian Art Open in a new browser window
   Animal forms have always occupied a place of far greater importance than was ever accorded to them in the art of the pagan world.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01515b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01517a.htm
» Animals in the Bible Open in a new browser window
   The sacred books were composed by and for a people almost exclusively given to husbandry and pastoral life, hence in constant communication with nature.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01517a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01526a.htm
» Animism Open in a new browser window
   The doctrine or theory of the soul.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01526a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01530a.htm
» Animuccia, Giovanni Open in a new browser window
   An Italian composer, born at Florence about 1500; died 1571.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01530a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01530b.htm
» Anise Open in a new browser window
   Anise has been, since Wyclif, the rendering of anethon in the English Versions, But this is not accurate. The exact equivalent of the plant anethon is dill, while anise corresponds to the pimpinella anisum.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01530b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01530c.htm
» Anna Open in a new browser window
   Details of four women by this name in Sacred Scripture.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01530c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01531a.htm
» Anna Comnena Open in a new browser window
   Byzantine historian, eldest daughter of Alexius Comnenus, Emperor of Constantinople (1081-1118).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01531a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14430b.htm
» Anna Maria Gesualda Antonia Taigi, Blessed Open in a new browser window
   Happily married for 48 years, became a Third Order Trinitarian, d. 1837.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14430b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01531b.htm
» Annals, Ecclesiastical Open in a new browser window
   The historical literature of the Middle Ages may be classed under three general heads: chronicles, annals, and lives of the saints.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01531b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01536a.htm
» Annas Open in a new browser window
   Son of Seth, succeeded (A.D. 6 or 7) Joazar in the high-priesthood by appointment of Quirinius who had come to Judea to attend to the incorporation of Archelaus's territory into the Roman province of Syria.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01536a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01537a.htm
» Annat, François Open in a new browser window
   French Jesuit, theologian, writer, and opponent of Jansenism. (1590-1670)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01537a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01537b.htm
» Annates Open in a new browser window
   The first fruits, or first year's revenue of an ecclesiastical benefice paid to the Papal Curia (in medieval times to bishops also).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01537b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06378b.htm
» Anne García, Blessed Open in a new browser window
   Better known as Anne of St. Bartholomew. Biography of one of the first Discalced Carmelites. She died in 1626.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06378b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09270b.htm
» Anne Line, Saint Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09270b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01539a.htm
» Anne d'Auray, Sainte Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01539a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01539b.htm
» Anne de Beaupré, Sainte Open in a new browser window
   Devotion to Saint Anne, in Canada.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01539b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01538a.htm
» Anne, Saint Open in a new browser window
   According to apocryphal literature, the mother of Mary.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01538a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08326a.htm
» Anne-Marie Javouhey, Blessed Open in a new browser window
   Founder of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny, missionary to Africa and South America, d. 1851.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08326a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01540a.htm
» Annecy Open in a new browser window
   Diocese comprising the Department of Haute-Savoie in France.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01540a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01540b.htm
» Annegarn, Joseph Open in a new browser window
   Catholic theologian and popular writer. (1794-1843)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01540b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01540c.htm
» Annibaldi, Annibale d' Open in a new browser window
   Theologian, b. of a Roman senatorial family early in the thirteenth century; d. at Rome, 1 September, 1271.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01540c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01540d.htm
» Annibale, Giuseppe d' Open in a new browser window
   Cardinal and theologian. (1815-1892))
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01540d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01541a.htm
» Annius of Viterbo Open in a new browser window
   Archeologist and historian, born at Viterbo about 1432; died 13 November, 1502.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01541a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01541b.htm
» Anno, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Former soldier, Archbishop of Cologne, d. 1075.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01541b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01542a.htm
» Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, The Feast of the Open in a new browser window
   In the Latin Church this feast is first mentioned in the Sacramentarium of Pope Gelasius.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01542a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01541c.htm
» Annunciation, The Open in a new browser window
   In the sixth month after the conception of St. John the Baptist by Elizabeth, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to the Virgin Mary.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01541c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01543a.htm
» Annunciation, The Orders of the Open in a new browser window
   A penitential order founded by St. Jeanne de Valois.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01543a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01543b.htm
» Anquetil, Louis-Pierre Open in a new browser window
   A French historian. (1723-1806)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01543b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01544a.htm
» Ansaldi, Casto Innocenzio Open in a new browser window
   Theologian and archaeologist. (1710-1780)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01544a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01544b.htm
» Ansaloni, Giordano Open in a new browser window
   Dominican missionary to Asia. (d. 1634)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01544b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01544c.htm
» Anschar, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Benedictine monk, missionary to Scandinavia, bishop of Hamburg, d. 865.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01544c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01545a.htm
» Anse, Councils of Open in a new browser window
   A series of medieval councils.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01545a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01545b.htm
» Ansegisus Open in a new browser window
   Archbishop of Sens; d. 25 November 879, or 883.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01545b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01545c.htm
» Ansegisus, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Benedictine monk, abbot, reformer, d. 833 or 834.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01545c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01550b.htm
» Anselm of Laon Open in a new browser window
   Medieval theologian. (d. 1117)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01550b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01550c.htm
» Anselm of Liège Open in a new browser window
   Belgian chronicler. (1008-1056)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01550c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01550d.htm
» Anselm of Lucca, the Younger, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Appointed bishop of Lucca by his uncle Anselm of Lucca the Elder (Pope Alexander II), then became a Benedictine monk, served as papal legate, and died in 1086.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01550d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01550a.htm
» Anselm, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Duke of Forum Julii, Benedictine monk, monastic founder, Abbot of Nonantula, d. 805.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01550a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01550e.htm
» Anselme, Antoine Open in a new browser window
   French preacher. (1652-1737)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01550e.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01551a.htm
» Anslo, Reyer Open in a new browser window
   Dutch poet and convert. (1622-1669)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01551a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01551b.htm
» Anstey, Thomas Chisholm Open in a new browser window
   Lawyer and politician. (1816-1873)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01551b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01551c.htm
» Antediluvians Open in a new browser window
   People who lived before the flood.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01551c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01553a.htm
» Anterus, Pope Saint Open in a new browser window
   Also known as Anteros, pope for less than 2 months, d. in 236. Short biographical article.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01553a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01553b.htm
» Anthelmi, Joseph Open in a new browser window
   French ecclesiastical historian. (1648-1697)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01553b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01553c.htm
» Anthemius Open in a new browser window
   Fourth-century Byzantine official.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01553c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02219b.htm
» Anthony Baldinucci, Blessed Open in a new browser window
   Jesuit priest and missionary, preached penitence and devotion to the Virgin Mary, d. 1717.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02219b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04621a.htm
» Anthony Daniel, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Huron missionary, born at Dieppe, in Normandy, 27 May 1601, slain by the Iroquois.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04621a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11394b.htm
» Anthony Page, Blessed Open in a new browser window
   Biographical sketch of the English priest and martyr, who died in 1593.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11394b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01556a.htm
» Anthony of Padua, Saint Open in a new browser window
   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/01556a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01558a.htm
» Anthony of Sienna Open in a new browser window
   A Dominican theologian, so called because of his great veneration for St. Catharine of Sienna.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01558a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01558b.htm
» Anthony of the Mother of God Open in a new browser window
   A Spanish Carmelite, b. at Leon in Old-Castile; d. 1641.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01558b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01555a.htm
» Anthony, Orders of Saint Open in a new browser window
   Religious communities or orders under the patronage of St. Anthony the Hermit, father of monasticism, or professing to follow his rule.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01555a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01553d.htm
» Anthony, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Article on the founder of Christian monasticism.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01553d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01558c.htm
» Anthropomorphism, Anthropomorphites Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01558c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01559a.htm
» Antichrist Open in a new browser window
   Defines the word according to its biblical and ecclesiastical usage.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01559a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01562a.htm
» Antidicomarianites Open in a new browser window
   An Eastern sect which flourished about A. D. 200 to 400, and which was so designated as being the "opponents of Mary".
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01562a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01562b.htm
» Antidoron Open in a new browser window
   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/01562b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01562c.htm
» Antigonish Open in a new browser window
   The shiretown of the county of the same name in Nova Scotia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01562c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01563a.htm
» Antimensium Open in a new browser window
   Consecrated corporal of a kind used only in the Greek Rite.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01563a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01564a.htm
» Antinoe Open in a new browser window
   A titular see of the Thebaid, now Esneh or Esench, a city in Egypt.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01564a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01564b.htm
» Antinomianism Open in a new browser window
   The heretical doctrine that Christians are exempt from the obligations of moral law.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01564b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01570a.htm
» Antioch Open in a new browser window
   Provides information on two places by this name.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01570a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01567a.htm
» Antioch, The Church of Open in a new browser window
   A city on the banks of the lower Orontes.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01567a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01571a.htm
» Antiochene Liturgy Open in a new browser window
   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/01571a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01574a.htm
» Antiochus of Palestine Open in a new browser window
   Seventh century monk.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01574a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01574b.htm
» Antipater of Bostra Open in a new browser window
   Fifth century Greek prelate.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01574b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01574c.htm
» Antipatris Open in a new browser window
   Titular see of Palestine.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01574c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01575a.htm
» Antiphellos Open in a new browser window
   Titular see of Lycia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01575a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01575b.htm
» Antiphon Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01575b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01576a.htm
» Antiphon (in Greek Liturgy) Open in a new browser window
   The Greek Liturgy uses antiphons, not only in the Office, but also in the Mass, at Vespers, and at all the canonical Hours.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01576a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01575c.htm
» Antiphon (in the Greek Church) Open in a new browser window
   Socrates, the church historian (Hist. Eccl., VI, viii), says that St. Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, the third in succession from St. Peter in that see, once had a vision of angels singing the praises of the Trinity in alternating hymns, and remembering the
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01575c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01576b.htm
» Antiphonary Open in a new browser window
   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/01576b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01579a.htm
» Antiphonary, Gregorian Open in a new browser window
   Discovered in a Montpellier manuscript of the tenth or eleventh century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01579a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01581a.htm
» Antipodes Open in a new browser window
   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 Christia
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01581a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01582a.htm
» Antipope Open in a new browser window
   A false claimant of the Holy See in opposition to a pontiff canonically elected.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01582a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01582b.htm
» Antivari Open in a new browser window
   So called from its position opposite to Bari in Italy; the Catholic archiepiscopal see of Montenegro.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01582b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01583a.htm
» Antofogaste Open in a new browser window
   Vicariate Apostolic in Chile, dependent on the Sacred Congregation of Ecclesiastical Affairs.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01583a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01583b.htm
» Antoine, Paul Gabriel Open in a new browser window
   French theologian. (1678-1743)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01583b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01583c.htm
» Anton Ulrich Open in a new browser window
   A convert to the Catholic faith. (1633-1714)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01583c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01583d.htm
» Antonelli, Giacomo Open in a new browser window
   Cardinal; Secretary of State to Pius IX. (1806-1876)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01583d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01584a.htm
» Antonelli, Leonardo Open in a new browser window
   Cardinal. (1730-1811)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01584a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01584b.htm
» Antonelli, Nicolò Maria Open in a new browser window
   Cardinal, learned canonist, ecclesiastical historian, and Orientalist. (1698-1767)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01584b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01584c.htm
» Antoniano, Giovanni Open in a new browser window
   Patrologist, b. at Nimeguen, in Holland, early in the sixteenth century; d. same place, in 1588.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01584c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01584d.htm
» Antoniano, Silvio Open in a new browser window
   Cardinal, writer on education. (1540-1603)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01584d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01585a.htm
» Antoniewicz, Charles Open in a new browser window
   Polish Jesuit and missionary. (1807-1852)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01585a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01586a.htm
» Antoninus Pius Open in a new browser window
   Roman Emperor. (138-161)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01586a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01585b.htm
» Antoninus, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Archbishop of Florence, Dominican reformer, moral theologian, d. 1459.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01585b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01588a.htm
» Antonio Maria Zaccaria, Saint Open in a new browser window
   A Doctor of Medicine, founder of the Barnabites, d. 1539.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01588a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16026a.htm
» Antonio María Claret y Clará, Saint Open in a new browser window
   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/16026a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01588b.htm
» Antonio of Vicenza, Maria Open in a new browser window
   A Reformed Minorite. (1834-1884)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01588b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01588c.htm
» Antonius Open in a new browser window
   A supposed Latin Christian poet of the third century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01588c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01588d.htm
» Antony, Franz Joseph Open in a new browser window
   Received Holy Orders, and in 1819 became choirmaster at the cathedral, succeeding his father as organist, in 1832.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01588d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01588e.htm
» Antwerp Open in a new browser window
   A city of Belgium, in the archdiocese of Mechlin.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01588e.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01591a.htm
» Anunciación, Fray Domingo de la Open in a new browser window
   Dominican missionary. (1510-1591)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01591a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01591b.htm
» Anunciación, Fray Juan de la Open in a new browser window
   Born at Granada in Spain, probably 1514; died 1594.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01591b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01591c.htm
» Aosta Open in a new browser window
   An Italian diocese, suffragan of Turin.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01591c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01592a.htm
» Apaches Open in a new browser window
   A tribe of North American Indians belonging linguistically to the Athapascan stock whose original habitat is believed to have been Northwestern Canada.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01592a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01592b.htm
» Apameia Open in a new browser window
   A titular metropolitan see of Syria, in the valley of the Orontes, whose episcopal list dates from the first century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01592b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01592c.htm
» Aparisi y Guijarro, Antonio Open in a new browser window
   Parliamentary orator, jurisconsult, Catholic controversialist, and Spanish litterateur. (1815-1872)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01592c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01593a.htm
» Apelles Open in a new browser window
   Founder of a Gnostic sect; died at an advanced age late in the second century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01593a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01593b.htm
» Aphian, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Martyred in about 306 at the age of 18.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01593b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01593c.htm
» Aphraates Open in a new browser window
   Wrter born of pagan parents during the last half of the third century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01593c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01594a.htm
» Apiarius of Sicca Open in a new browser window
   A priest of the diocese of Sicca, in proconsular Africa.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01594a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01594b.htm
» Apocalypse, Book of Open in a new browser window
   The name given to the last book in the Bible, also called the Book of Revelation.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01594b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01599a.htm
» Apocatastasis Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01599a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01600a.htm
» Apocrisiarius Open in a new browser window
   Indicates in general the ecclesiastical envoys of Christian antiquity, whether permanent or sent temporarily on missions to high ecclesiastical authorities or royal courts.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01600a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01601a.htm
» Apocrypha Open in a new browser window
   A long article with a comments on each Apocryphal book. Classified according to origin.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01601a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01615a.htm
» Apodosis Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01615a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01615b.htm
» Apollinarianism Open in a new browser window
   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/01615b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01617a.htm
» Apollinaris (the Elder) Open in a new browser window
   A Christian grammarian of the fourth century, first at Berytus in Phoenicia, then at Laodicea in Syria.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01617a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01617b.htm
» Apollinaris Claudius, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Second-century bishop of Hierapolis, apologist.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01617b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01616b.htm
» Apollinaris, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Born in Vienne, became bishop of Valence, was exiled to Sardinia, d. 520.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01616b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01617c.htm
» Apollonia, Saint Open in a new browser window
   A virgin, possibly ordained, martyr at Alexandria in late 248 or early 249.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01617c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01617d.htm
» Apollonius of Ephesus Open in a new browser window
   Anti-Montanist Greek ecclesiastical writer, between 180 and 210.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01617d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01618a.htm
» Apologetics Open in a new browser window
   A theological science which has for its purpose the explanation and defence of the Christian religion.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01618a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01623a.htm
» Apolysis Open in a new browser window
   The dismissal blessing said by the Greek priest at the end of the Mass, Matins, or Vespers.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01623a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01623b.htm
» Apolytikion Open in a new browser window
   A dismissal prayer or hymn said or sung at the end of the Greek Mass and at other times during Matins and Vespers.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01623b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01623c.htm
» Apophthegmata Patrum Open in a new browser window
   Sayings of the Fathers of the Desert.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01623c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01624a.htm
» Aporti, Ferrante Open in a new browser window
   An educator and theologian, born at San Martino dell'Argine, province of Mantua, Italy, 20 Nov., 1791; died 14 Nov., 1858, at Turin.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01624a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01624b.htm
» Apostasy Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01624b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01626a.htm
» Apostle (in Liturgy) Open in a new browser window
   The name given by the Greek Church to the Epistle of the Divine Liturgy, which is invariably of Apostolic origin and never taken, as sometimes happens in the Roman Rite, from the Old Testament.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01626a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01626b.htm
» Apostle Spoons Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01626b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01632a.htm
» Apostles of Erin, The Twelve Open in a new browser window
   Twelve holy Irishmen of the sixth century who went to study at the School of Clonard in Meath.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01632a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01629a.htm
» Apostles' Creed Open in a new browser window
   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/01629a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01626c.htm
» Apostles, The Open in a new browser window
   Apostolos (Apostle) means one who is sent forth, who is entrusted with a mission.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01626c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01633a.htm
» Apostleship of Prayer, The Open in a new browser window
   A pious association otherwise known as a league of prayer in union with the Heart of Jesus.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01633a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01633b.htm
» Apostolic Camera Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01633b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01635a.htm
» Apostolic Church-Ordinance Open in a new browser window
   A third-century pseudo-Apostolic collection of moral and hierarchical rules and instructions, compiled in the main from ancient Christian sources.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01635a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01634a.htm
» Apostolic Churches Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01634a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01636a.htm
» Apostolic Constitutions Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01636a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01637a.htm
» Apostolic Fathers, The Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01637a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01640a.htm
» Apostolic Letters Open in a new browser window
   The letters of the Apostles to Christian communities or those in authority.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01640a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01640b.htm
» Apostolic Majesty Open in a new browser window
   A title given to the Kings of Hungary.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01640b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01640c.htm
» Apostolic See, The Open in a new browser window
   A metaphorical term, used, as happens in all languages, to express the abstract notion of authority by the concrete name of the place in which it is exercised.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01640c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01641a.htm
» Apostolic Succession Open in a new browser window
   Article claims that Apostolic succession is found in the Catholic Church and not in others.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01641a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01643a.htm
» Apostolic Union of Secular Priests, The Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01643a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01644a.htm
» Apostolicae Curae Open in a new browser window
   A Bull of Leo XIII issued 15 September, 1896, and containing the latest papal decision with regard to the validity of Anglican orders.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01644a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01647a.htm
» Apostolici Open in a new browser window
   The name of four different heretical bodies.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01647a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01647b.htm
» Apostolici Ministerii Open in a new browser window
   A Bull issued 23 May, 1724, by Innocent XIII, for the revival of ecclesiastical discipline in Spain.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01647b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01648a.htm
» Apostolici Regiminis Open in a new browser window
   A Bull issued 19 December, 1513, by Leo X, in defence of the Catholic doctrine concerning the immortality of the soul.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01648a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01648b.htm
» Apostolicity Open in a new browser window
   The mark by which the Church of today is recognized as identical with the Church founded by Jesus Christ upon the Apostles.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01648b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01649a.htm
» Apostolicum Pascendi Munus Open in a new browser window
   A Bull issued by Clement XIII, 12 January, 1765, in defense of the Society of Jesus against the attacks made upon it.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01649a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01645a.htm
» Apostolicæ Sedis Moderationi Open in a new browser window
   A Bull of Pius IX (1846-78) which regulates anew the system of censures and reservations in the Catholic church.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01645a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01646a.htm
» Apostolicæ Servitutis Open in a new browser window
   A Bull issued by Benedict XIV, 23 February, 1741, against secular pursuits on the part of the clergy.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01646a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01650a.htm
» Apotactics Open in a new browser window
   The adherents of a heresy which sprang up in the third century and spread through the western and southern parts of Asia Minor.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01650a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01650b.htm
» Apotheosis Open in a new browser window
   Deification, the exaltation of men to the rank of gods.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01650b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01650c.htm
» Apparitor Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01650c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01650d.htm
» Appeal as from an abuse Open in a new browser window
   The object was to safeguard equally the rights both of the State and of the Church.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01650d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01652a.htm
» Appeals Open in a new browser window
   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
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01652a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01656a.htm
» Appetite Open in a new browser window
   A tendency, an inclination, or direction.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01656a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01656b.htm
» Approbation Open in a new browser window
   An act by which a bishop or other superior grants to an ecclesiastic the actual exercise of his ministry.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01656b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01658a.htm
» Appropriation Open in a new browser window
   In theology, appropriation is used in speaking of the different Persons of the Trinity.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01658a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01659a.htm
» Apse Open in a new browser window
   The semicircular or polygonal termination to the choir or aisles of a church.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01659a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01660a.htm
» Apse Chapel Open in a new browser window
   A chapel radiating tangentially from one of the bays or divisions of the apse, and reached generally by a semicircular passageway, or ambulatory, exteriorly to the walls or piers of the apse.
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» Apsidiole Open in a new browser window
   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.
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» Apt, Council of Open in a new browser window
   Held 14 May, 1365, in the cathedral of that city by the archbishops and bishops of the provinces of Arles, Embrun, and Aix, in the south of France.
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» Aquarians Open in a new browser window
   A name given to several sects in the early Church.
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» Aquila Open in a new browser window
   An Italian archdiocese in the Abruzzi, directly dependent on the Holy See.
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» Aquila and Priscilla Open in a new browser window
   Jewish tentmakers, who left Rome in the Jewish persecution under Claudius, 49 or 50, and settled in Corinth.
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» Aquileia Open in a new browser window
   A former city of the Roman Empire, situated at the head of the Adriatic.
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» Aquileia, Councils of Open in a new browser window
   A council held in 381, presided over by St. Valerian of Aquileia.
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» Aquileian Rite Open in a new browser window
   Aquileia and certain of its suffragan sees had a special rite but they do not give any clear indication as to what this rite was.
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» Aquino, Sora, and Pontecorvo Open in a new browser window
   An Italian diocese immediately subject to the Holy See.
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» Arabia Open in a new browser window
   The cradle of Islam and, in all probability, the primitive home of the Semitic race.
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» Arabia, Councils of Open in a new browser window
   In 246 and 247 two councils were held at Bostra in Arabia against Beryllus, Bishop of the see, and others who maintained with him that the soul perished and arose again with the body.
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» Arabia, Vicariate Apostolic of Open in a new browser window
   Arabia formerly belonged to the mission of Galla (Africa), but was made a separate prefecture Apostolic by Pius IX, 21 Jan., 1875.
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» Arabian School of Philosophy Open in a new browser window
   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 f
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» Arabici Open in a new browser window
   A small sect of the third century, whose founder is unknown, and which is commonly named from Arabia, where it flourished, but sometimes also Thanatopsychitae.
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» Arabissus Open in a new browser window
   A titular see of Armenia, suffragan of Melitene.
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» Arad Open in a new browser window
   A titular see of Palestine.
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» Aran, The Monastic School of Open in a new browser window
   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.
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» Aranda, Council of Open in a new browser window
   Spanish Council held in 1473.
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» Aranda, Philip Open in a new browser window
   Jesuit theologian. (1642-1695)
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» Arason Jón Open in a new browser window
   The last Catholic bishop of Iceland before the introduction of Protestantism. (1484-1550)
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» Arator Open in a new browser window
   A Christian poet of the sixth century, probably of Ligurian origin.
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» Araucania Open in a new browser window
   Prefecture Apostolic in Chile.
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» Araucanians Open in a new browser window
   Indian tribe in Chile.
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» Araujo, Antonio de Open in a new browser window
   Brazilian missionary. (d. 1632)
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» Araujo, Francisco de Open in a new browser window
   Spanish theologian. (1580-1664)
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» Arawaks Open in a new browser window
   The first American aborigines met by Columbus.
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» Arbieto, Ignacio de Open in a new browser window
   Jesuit. (1585-1676)
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» Arbitration Open in a new browser window
   A method of arranging differences between two parties by referring them to the judgment of a disinterested outsider whose decision the parties to a dispute agree in advance to accept as in some way binding.
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» Arbogast, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Irish, traveled to the Continent and became a hermit, bishop of Strasburg, famous for miracles. He died in 678.
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» Arbroath, Abbey of Open in a new browser window
   Founded on the east coast of Scotland (1178) by William the Lion, for Benedictines, and was colonized by monks from Kelso.
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» Arbuthnott, Missal of Open in a new browser window
   A manuscript Scottish missal or mass-book, written in 1491 by James Sibbald, priest of Arbuthnott, in Scotland, for use in that church.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01686c.htm
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» Arca Open in a new browser window
   A box in which the Eucharist was kept by the primitive Christians in their homes.
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» Arcachon, Our Lady of Open in a new browser window
   A miraculous image venerated at Arcachon, France, and to all appearances the work of the thirteenth century.
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» Arcadelt, Jacob Open in a new browser window
   A distinguished musician, born in Holland at the close of the fifteenth, or at the beginning of the sixteenth century. Article with details of secular and religious compositions, especially madrigals and masses.
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» Arcadiopolis Open in a new browser window
   A titular see of Asia Minor.
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» Arcae Open in a new browser window
   A titular see on the coast of Phoenicia, between Tripolis and Antaradus, suffragan of Tyre.
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» Arcanum Open in a new browser window
   An Encyclical Letter on Christian marriage, issued 10 February, 1880, by Leo XIII.
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» Arch Open in a new browser window
   A structure composed of separate pieces, such as stone or bricks, having the shape of truncated wedges, arranged on a curved line so as to retain their position by mutual pressure.
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» Archange de Lyon Open in a new browser window
   A preacher of the Capuchin order whose name was Michael Desgranges. (1736-1822)
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» Archbishop Open in a new browser window
   An archbishop or metropolitan, in the present sense of the term, is a bishop who governs a diocese strictly his own, while he presides at the same time over the bishops of a well-defined district composed of simple dioceses but not of provinces.
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» Archconfraternity Open in a new browser window
   A confraternity empowered to aggregate or affiliate other confraternities of the same nature, and to impart to them its indulgences and privileges.
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» Archdeacon Open in a new browser window
   The incumbent of an ecclesiastical office dating back to antiquity and up to the fifteenth century of great importance in diocesan administration, particularly in the West.
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» Archdeacon, Richard Open in a new browser window
   An Irish Jesuit, whose name is sometimes given as Archdekin or Arsdekin. (1620-1693)
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» Archdiocese Open in a new browser window
   Not an ecclesiastical province, but only that diocese of the province which is the archbishop's own.
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» Archelais Open in a new browser window
   A titular see of Palestine.
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» Archer, James Open in a new browser window
   An English missionary priest. (1751-1832)
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» Arches, The Court of Open in a new browser window
   Was held in the Church of St. Mary le Bow (Sancta Maria de Arcubus), in Cheapside, the chief and most ancient court and consistory of the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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» Archiereus Open in a new browser window
   A Greek word for bishop, when considered as the culmination of the priesthood.
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» Archimandrite Open in a new browser window
   In the Greek Rite the superior of a monastery or of several monasteries.
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» Archinto, Filipo Open in a new browser window
   An Italian theologian and diplomatist. (1500-1558)
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» Archives, Ecclesiastical Open in a new browser window
   A collection of documents, records, and memorials, pertaining to the origin, foundation, growth, history, and constitutions of a diocese, parish, monastery, or religious community under the jurisdiction of the Church.
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» Archontics Open in a new browser window
   A Gnostic sect which existed in Palestine and Armenia about the middle of the fourth century.
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» Archpriest Open in a new browser window
   Since the fourth century numerous dioceses had an archpriest, or head of the college of presbyters, who aided and represented the bishop in the discharge of his liturgical and religious duties.
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» Archpriest Controversy Open in a new browser window
   Arose in England on the appointment of George Blackwell as archpriest with jurisdiction over the secular clergy of England and Scotland, by the Holy See on 7 March, 1598.
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» Archæology, The Commission of Sacred Open in a new browser window
   Founded in the middle of the nineteenth century for the purpose of promoting and directing excavations in the Roman Catacombs and on other sites of Christian antiquarian interest.
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» Arcosolium Open in a new browser window
   Term applied by the primitive Christians to one form of the tombs that exist in the Roman catacombs.
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» Arculf Open in a new browser window
   A Frankish Bishop of the latter part of the seventh century.
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» Ardagh Open in a new browser window
   An Irish diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Armagh, takes its name from a town in the parish and barony of same name in county Longford, province of Leinster.
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» Ardbraccan Open in a new browser window
   Site of an ancient abbey, now a parish and village in the county Meath, Ireland.
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» Ardchatten, The Priory of Open in a new browser window
   An Argyllshire house belonging to the Order of Vallis Caulium, or Val des Choux (the Valley of Cabbages), founded by Duncan Mackoul about A.D. 1230 and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. John Baptist.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01700a.htm
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» Arden, Edward Open in a new browser window
   An English Catholic, executed during the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
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» Ardilliers, Notre Dame des Open in a new browser window
   A statue, fountain, and Church of Our Lady at Saumur, France.
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» Aremberg, Prince Charles d' Open in a new browser window
   Definitor-general and Commissary of the Capuchins. (d. 1669)
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» Areopolis Open in a new browser window
   Titular See of Palestine.
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» Arequipa, Diocese of Open in a new browser window
   Suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lima, Peru.
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» Arethas of Caesarea Open in a new browser window
   Born at Patrae, Greece, about 860.
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» Arethusa Open in a new browser window
   A titular see of Syria near Apameia.
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» Arezzo Open in a new browser window
   A diocese of Tuscany, in Italy, which is directly dependent on the Holy See. It
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» Argenson, Pierre de Voyer d' Open in a new browser window
   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.
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» Argentina Open in a new browser window
   A South American confederation of fourteen provinces, or States, united by a federal Constitution framed on the same lines as the Constitution of the United States of America.
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» Argos Open in a new browser window
   A titular see of Peloponnesian Greece, from the fifth to the twelfth century.
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» Argyll and the Isles, Diocese of Open in a new browser window
   The Diocese of Argyll, founded about 1200, was separated from the Diocese of Dunkeld; it included the western part of Dunkeld, beyond the Drumalban mountain range, together with the Isle of Lismore, in which the cathedral was erected.
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» Argyropulos, John Open in a new browser window
   Humanist, and translator of Aristotle, born at Constantinople, 1416; died at Rome about 1486.
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» Argüello, Luis Antonio Open in a new browser window
   Governor of California, born at San Francisco, 1784; died there in 1830.
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» Arialdo, Saint Open in a new browser window
   A canon of Milan, reformer, martyr, murdered by agents of the bishop of Milan in 1065.
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» Arianism Open in a new browser window
   Founded by Arius, belief asserting that Christ was not God like the Father, but a creature made in time. Rejected by the Council of Constantinople (381).
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» Ariano Open in a new browser window
   Diocese in the Archdiocese of Beneventum.
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» Arias Montanus, Benedictus Open in a new browser window
   Orientalist, exegete, and editor of the "Antwerp Polyglot", born at Frejenal de la Sierra in Estremadura, Spain, 1527; died at Seville, 1598.
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» Arias de Avila, Pedro Open in a new browser window
   A Spanish knight from Segovia, b. about the middle of the fifteenth century; d. at Leon, 1530.
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» Arias, Francis Open in a new browser window
   Writer of ascetical treatises, born at Seville in Spain, 1533, died in that place, 15 May, 1605.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01711a.htm
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» Ariassus Open in a new browser window
   A titular see of Pamphylia in Asia Minor.
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» Aribo Open in a new browser window
   Archbishop of Mainz; date of birth unknown; d. 6 April, 1032.
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» Arindela Open in a new browser window
   A titular see of Palestine.
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» Ariosto, Ludovico Open in a new browser window
   Son of Nicolo Ariosto, Governor of Reggio, and Daria Malaguzzi, born at Reggio in Emilia, 8 September, 1474; died at Ferrara, 6 June, 1533.
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» Aristeas Open in a new browser window
   A name given in Josephus to the author of a letter ascribing the Greek translation of the Old Testament to six interpreters sent into Egypt from Jerusalem.
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» Aristides Open in a new browser window
   A Christian apologist living at Athens in the second century.
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» Aristotle Open in a new browser window
   Philosopher, born at Stagira, a Grecian colony in the Thracian peninsula Chalcidice, 384 B.C.; died at Chalcis, in Euboea, 322 B.C.
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» Arius Open in a new browser window
   An heresiarch, born about A.D. 250; died 336.
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» Arizona Open in a new browser window
   Includes history, population, and government details from early in the twentieth century.
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» Ark of the Covenant Open in a new browser window
   A kind of chest, measuring two cubits and a half in length, a cubit and a half in breadth, and a cubit and a half in height.
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» Ark, Noah's Open in a new browser window
   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 p
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» Arkansas Open in a new browser window
   Includes history, climate, government, education, and Catholic information.
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» Arlegui, Fray José Open in a new browser window
   A Spaniard from Biscay, first attached to the Franciscan province of Cantabria, then transferred to Zacatecas in Mexico.
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» Arles, The Synods of Open in a new browser window
   The first Council of Arles was held in 314, for the purpose of putting an end to the Donatist controversy.
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» Armada, The Spanish Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01727c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01729a.htm
» Armagh Open in a new browser window
   Archdiocese founded by St. Patrick about 445, as the primatial and metropolitan see of Ireland.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01729a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01734a.htm
» Armagh, The School of Open in a new browser window
   The School of Armagh seems to have been the oldest, and down to the time of the Anglo-Norman invasion continued to be one of the most celebrated, of the ancient schools of Ireland.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01734a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01735a.htm
» Armagnac, Georges d' Open in a new browser window
   French cardinal and diplomatist, b. c. 1501; d. 2 June, 1585.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01735a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01736a.htm
» Armellino, Mariano Open in a new browser window
   Benedictine historian. (1657-1737)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01736a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01736b.htm
» Armenia Open in a new browser window
   A mountainous region of Western Asia occupying a somewhat indefinite area to the southeast of the Black Sea.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01736b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01739a.htm
» Armenierstadt Open in a new browser window
   A city in the Transylvanian county of Szolnok-Doboka.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01739a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01740a.htm
» Armentia, Fray Nicolás Open in a new browser window
   Bishop of La Paz, appointed 22 October, 1901; b. at Bemedo, diocese of Vittoria, Spain, 5 December, 1845.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01740a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01740b.htm
» Armidale Open in a new browser window
   A diocese situated in New South Wales.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01740b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01740c.htm
» Arminianism Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01740c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01742a.htm
» Arnauld Open in a new browser window
   Celebrated French family, the history of which is connected with that of Jansenism and of Port­Royal.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01742a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01746a.htm
» Arne, Thomas Augustine Open in a new browser window
   Brief biography of the eighteenth-century English composer.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01746a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01746b.htm
» Arni Thorlaksson Open in a new browser window
   An Icelandic bishop, b. in Iceland, 1237; d. at Bergen, 1297.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01746b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01746c.htm
» Arnobius Open in a new browser window
   A Christian apologist, flourished during the reign of Diocletian (284-305).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01746c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01747a.htm
» Arnold Open in a new browser window
   Name of several medieval figures.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01747a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16047a.htm
» Arnold Janssen, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Short biography of the founder of the Society of the Divine Word.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16047a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01747b.htm
» Arnold of Brescia Open in a new browser window
   Born at Brescia towards the end of the eleventh century, date of death uncertain.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01747b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01749a.htm
» Arnoldi, Alberto Open in a new browser window
   Italian sculptor and architect, b. at Florence, fourteenth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01749a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01749b.htm
» Arnoldi, Bartholomaeus Open in a new browser window
   Usually called Usingen, after his birthplace, an Augustinian friar, teacher of Luther, and with him inmate of the Augustinian monastery at Erfurt. (1463-1532)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01749b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01750a.htm
» Arnolfo di Cambio Open in a new browser window
   Sometimes called di Lapo, the principal master of Italian Gothic, b. at Florence, about 1232.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01750a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01750b.htm
» Arnoudt, Peter Joseph Open in a new browser window
   Jesuit spiritual writer. (1811-1865)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01750b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01751a.htm
» Arnpeck, Veit Open in a new browser window
   Bavarian historian, b. at Landshut in 1440; d. at the same place about the year 1505.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01751a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01751b.htm
» Arnulf of Bavaria Open in a new browser window
   Son of Luitpold of the Agilulfing family and of Kunigunde, and Duke of Bavaria from 907 to 937.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01751b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01752a.htm
» Arnulf of Lisieux Open in a new browser window
   Studied canon law at Rome, and wrote in defence of Pope Innocent II a violent letter against Gerard, Bishop of Angouleme.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01752a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01752b.htm
» Arnulf of Metz, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Frankish civil servant at the court of Austrasia, bishop of Metz, hermit, d. about 640.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01752b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01752c.htm
» Arras Open in a new browser window
   Diocese comprising the Department of Pas-de-Calais in France.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01752c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01753a.htm
» Arras, Councils of Open in a new browser window
   In 1025 a council was held at Arras against certain (Manichaean) heretics who rejected the sacraments of the Church.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01753a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01753b.htm
» Arriaga, Pablo José Open in a new browser window
   Jesuit missionary to Peru. (1564-1621)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01753b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01753c.htm
» Arricivita, Juan Open in a new browser window
   A native of Mexico in the eighteenth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01753c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01753d.htm
» Arrighetti, Nicola Open in a new browser window
   Mathematician, b. at Florence and died there in 1639.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01753d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01753e.htm
» Arrighetti, Nicolò Open in a new browser window
   A professor of natural philosophy at Spoleto, Prato, and Sienna, b. at Florence, 17 March, 1709; d. 31 January, 1767.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01753e.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01753f.htm
» Arsacidæ Open in a new browser window
   It was under the Dynasty of the Arsacids, who ruled the Persian empire from the year 256 B.C. to A.D. 224, that Christianity found its way into the countries watered by the Euphrates and the Tigris.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01753f.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01754a.htm
» Arsenius Autorianos Open in a new browser window
   Patriarch of Constantinople. (d. 1273)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01754a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01754b.htm
» Arsenius, Saint Open in a new browser window
   A Roman, was tutor to the emperor's children before fleeing to the monastery of St. John the Dwarf. Arsenius died in 450.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01754b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01754c.htm
» Arsinoe Open in a new browser window
   A titular see of Egypt, now Medinet el Fayum.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01754c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01755a.htm
» Artemon Open in a new browser window
   Mentioned as the leader of an Antitrinitarian sect at Rome, in the third century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01755a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01755b.htm
» Arthur, James Open in a new browser window
   A Dominican friar, and a theologian of note, b. at Limerick, Ireland, early in the seventeenth century; d. (probably) 1670.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01755b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01755c.htm
» Arthur, Thomas Open in a new browser window
   A celebrated Catholic physician of the seventeenth century, born at Limerick, 1593, died c. 1666.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01755c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01755d.htm
» Articles of Faith Open in a new browser window
   Certain revealed supernatural truths such as those contained in the symbol of the Apostles.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01755d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01756a.htm
» Articles, The Organic Open in a new browser window
   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
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01756a.htm
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» Artoklasia Open in a new browser window
   A peculiar service in the Greek Church performed as the concluding part of Vespers.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01756b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01756c.htm
» Arts, Bachelor of Open in a new browser window
   A degree marking the completion of the traditional curriculum of the college.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01756c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01759a.htm
» Arts, Master of Open in a new browser window
   An academic degree higher than that of Bachelor.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01759a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01757a.htm
» Arts, The Faculty of Open in a new browser window
   One of the four traditional divisions of the teaching body of the university.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01757a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01760a.htm
» Arts, The Seven Liberal Open in a new browser window
   Chiefly used during the Middle Ages. Doesn't mean arts as the word is understood today, but those branches of knowledge which were taught in the schools of that time.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01760a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01765a.htm
» Artvin Open in a new browser window
   A Russian city in the trans-Caucasian province of Kutais.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01765a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01765b.htm
» Arundel, Thomas Open in a new browser window
   Sixtieth Archbishop of Canterbury, second son of Robert, Earl of Arundel and Warren, b. 1353; d. 19 February, 1414.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01765b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01765c.htm
» Arundell Open in a new browser window
   Thomas, first Lord Arundell of Wardour.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01765c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01701e.htm
» Arévalo, Faustino Open in a new browser window
   Jesuit hymnographer and patrologist. (1747-1824)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01701e.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01702a.htm
» Arévalo, Rodríguez Sanchez de Open in a new browser window
   A learned Spanish bishop. (1404-1470)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01702a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01766a.htm
» Asaph, Saint Open in a new browser window
   First bishop of the Welsh town named after him. Second half of sixth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01766a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01766b.htm
» Ascalon Open in a new browser window
   A titular see of Palestine.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01766b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01766c.htm
» Ascelin Open in a new browser window
   Ambassador of Innocent IV (1243-54) to the Tartars.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01766c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01766d.htm
» Ascendente Domino Open in a new browser window
   A Bull issued by Gregory XIII, 24 May, 1584, in favor of the Society of Jesus, to confirm the constitution of the Society, and the privileges already granted to it by Paul III, Julius III, Paul IV, and Pius V.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01766d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01767a.htm
» Ascension Open in a new browser window
   The elevation of Christ into heaven by His own power in presence of His disciples the fortieth day after His Resurrection.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01767a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01767b.htm
» Ascension, Feast of the Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01767b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01767c.htm
» Asceticism Open in a new browser window
   The word asceticism comes from the Greek askesis which means practice, bodily exercise, and more especially, athletic training.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01767c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01773a.htm
» Aschbach, Joseph, Ritter von Open in a new browser window
   German historian. (1801-1882)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01773a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01774a.htm
» Ascoli, Satriano, and Cirignola Open in a new browser window
   An Italian diocese, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Beneventum.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01774a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01773b.htm
» Ascoli-Piceno Open in a new browser window
   Diocese comprising sixteen towns in the Province of Ascoli-Piceno, two in that of Aquila, and two in that of Teramo, Italy.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01773b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01774b.htm
» Aseity Open in a new browser window
   The property by which a being exists of and from itself.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01774b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01774c.htm
» Aseneth Open in a new browser window
   The daughter of Putiphare (Poti-phera), priest of On.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01774c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01774d.htm
» Aser Open in a new browser window
   Details four uses of this name.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01774d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01775a.htm
» Asgaard Open in a new browser window
   Enclosure, garden; the Garden of the Gods.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01775a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01775b.htm
» Ash Wednesday Open in a new browser window
   The Wednesday after Quinquagesima Sunday, which is the first day of the Lenten fast.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01775b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01776a.htm
» Ashby, George Open in a new browser window
   Martyred English monk. (d. 1537)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01776a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01776b.htm
» Ashby, Thomas Open in a new browser window
   Suffered at Tyburn, 29 March, 1544.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01776b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01776c.htm
» Ashes Open in a new browser window
   A number of passages in the Old Testament connect ashes with mourning.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01776c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01776e.htm
» Ashton, John Open in a new browser window
   An early Jesuit missionary in Maryland; born in Ireland, 1742; died in Maryland, 1814, or 1815.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01776e.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01777a.htm
» Ashton, Venerable Roger Open in a new browser window
   Martyr, third son of Richard Ashton of Croston, in Lancashire. Hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn, 23 June, 1592.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01777a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01777b.htm
» Asia Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01777b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01782a.htm
» Asia Minor Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01782a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01792a.htm
» Asiongaber Open in a new browser window
   More properly Ezion-geber, a city of Idumea, situated on the northern extremity of the Ælanitic Gulf, now called the Gulf of Akabah.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01792a.htm
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» Aske, Robert Open in a new browser window
   English insurgent. (d. 1537)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01792b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01792c.htm
» Asmodeus Open in a new browser window
   Demon mentioned in the Book of Tobias.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01792c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01792d.htm
» Aspendus Open in a new browser window
   A titular see of Pamphylia in Asia Minor.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01792d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01793a.htm
» Asperges Open in a new browser window
   The rite of sprinkling the congregation with holy water before the principal Mass on Sunday.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01793a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01793b.htm
» Aspilcueta, Martin Open in a new browser window
   Spanish canonist and moral theologian. (1491-1586)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01793b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01793c.htm
» Ass in Caricature of Christians, The Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01793c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01793d.htm
» Assam Open in a new browser window
   A Prefecture Apostolic in the ecclesiastical province of Calcutta, India, established in 1889.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01793d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01794a.htm
» Assemani Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01794a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01795a.htm
» Assemblies of the French Clergy Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01795a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01798a.htm
» Asser, John Open in a new browser window
   A learned monk of St David's, Menevia, b. in Pembrokeshire; d. probably, 910.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01798a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01798b.htm
» Asses, Feast of Open in a new browser window
   The feast dates from the eleventh century, though the source which suggested it is much older.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01798b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01799a.htm
» Assessor of the Holy Office Open in a new browser window
   An official of the Congregation of the Inquisition.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01799a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01799b.htm
» Assessors Open in a new browser window
   In ecclesiastical law, learned persons who function is to counsel a judge with whom they are associated in the trial of causes.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01799b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01800a.htm
» Assicus, Saint Open in a new browser window
   St. Patrick's coppersmith, also a renowned bellfounder, Bishop of Elphin.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01800a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01800b.htm
» Assideans Open in a new browser window
   The maintainers of the Mosaic Law against the invasion of Greek customs.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01800b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01800c.htm
» Assimilation, Physiological Open in a new browser window
   The vital function by which an organism changes nutrient material into living protoplasm.
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» Assimilation, Psychological Open in a new browser window
   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
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01800d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01801a.htm
» Assisi Open in a new browser window
   Diocese in Umbria.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01801a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01802a.htm
» Assistant at the Pontifical Throne Open in a new browser window
   Those prelates who belong to the Papal Chapel and hold toward the Pope much the same relation as cathedral canons do to the bishop.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01802a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02001a.htm
» Assizes of Jerusalem Open in a new browser window
   The code of laws enacted by the Crusaders for the government of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02001a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02001b.htm
» Assmayer, Ignaz Open in a new browser window
   An Austrian musician, born at Salzburg, 11 February, 1790; died in Vienna, 31 August, 1862.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02001b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02004a.htm
» Association of Ideas Open in a new browser window
   A principle in psychology to account for the succession of mental states.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02004a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02005a.htm
» Association of Priestly Perseverance Open in a new browser window
   A sacerdotal association founded in 1868 at Vienna, and at first confined to that Archdiocese.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02005a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02001c.htm
» Association, Right of Voluntary Open in a new browser window
   Any group of individuals freely united for the pursuit of a common end.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02001c.htm
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» Associations, Pious Open in a new browser window
   Under this term are comprehended all those organizations, approved and indulgenced by Church authority, which have been instituted especially in recent times, for the advancement of various works of piety and charity.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02005b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02005c.htm
» Assuerus Open in a new browser window
   The name of two different persons in the Bible.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02005c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02006b.htm
» Assumption of Mary, Feast of the Open in a new browser window
   The principal feast of the Blessed Virgin.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02006b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02104a.htm
» Assumption, Augustinians of the Open in a new browser window
   Had its origin in the College of the Assumption, established in Nîmes France, in 1843.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02104a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02005d.htm
» Assumption, Little Sisters of the Open in a new browser window
   A congregation whose work is the nursing of the sick poor in their own homes.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02005d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02006a.htm
» Assumption, Sisters of the Open in a new browser window
   A congregation of French nuns devoted to the teaching of young girls.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02006a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02007b.htm
» Assur Open in a new browser window
   Three definitions.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02007b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02007a.htm
» Assur - Titular See Open in a new browser window
   A titular see of Proconsular Africa, now Henchir-Zenfour.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02007a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02007c.htm
» Assyria Open in a new browser window
   Includes geographical and historical information.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02007c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02017a.htm
» Asterisk Open in a new browser window
   This is a utensil for the Liturgy according to the Greek Rite, which is not used in Roman Rite.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02017a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02018a.htm
» Asterius Open in a new browser window
   Name of several prominent persons in early Christian history.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02018a.htm
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» Asti Open in a new browser window
   One of the divisions of the province of Alexandria, and suffragan of Turin.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02018b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02018c.htm
» Aston Open in a new browser window
   The name of several English Catholics of prominence.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02018c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02018d.htm
» Astorga Open in a new browser window
   Diocese in Spain, suffragan of Valladolid.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02018d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02018e.htm
» Astrology Open in a new browser window
   The supposed science which determines the influence of the stars, especially of the five older planets, on the fate of man.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02018e.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02025a.htm
» Astronomy Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02025a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02029a.htm
» Astronomy in the Bible Open in a new browser window
   Includes examples of Old and New Testament references.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02029a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02031a.htm
» Astros, Paul-Thérèse-David d' Open in a new browser window
   French cardinal. (1772-1851)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02031a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02031b.htm
» Astruc, Jean Open in a new browser window
   Son of a converted Protestant minister. (1684-1766)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02031b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02032a.htm
» Atahuallpa Open in a new browser window
   Son of the Inca war chief Huayna Capac and an Indian woman from Quito.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02032a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02032b.htm
» Atahualpa, Jean Santos Open in a new browser window
   Claimed to have been sent by God to drive the Spaniards from western South America.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02032b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02032c.htm
» Atavism Open in a new browser window
   Duchesne introduced the word to designate those cases in which species revert spontaneously to what are presumably long-lost characters.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02032c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02033a.htm
» Athabasca, Vicariate Apostolic of Open in a new browser window
   Suffragan of Saint Boniface; erected 8 April, 1862, by Pius IX.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02033a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02033b.htm
» Athanasian Creed, The Open in a new browser window
   One of the symbols of the Faith approved by the Church and given a place in her liturgy.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02033b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02035a.htm
» Athanasius, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Long article on the Bishop of Alexandria, confessor and Doctor of the Church.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02035a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02040a.htm
» Atheism Open in a new browser window
   That system of thought which is formally opposed to theism.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02040a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02042a.htm
» Athelney, The Abbey of Open in a new browser window
   Established in the County of Somerset, England. Founded by King Alfred, A.D. 888, as a religious house for monks of the Order of St. Benedict.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02042a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02042b.htm
» Athenagoras Open in a new browser window
   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/02042b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02043a.htm
» Athenry Open in a new browser window
   A small inland town in the county Galway, Ireland, anciently called Athnere, from Ath-na-Riagh, the king's ford, or the abode of the king.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02043a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02043b.htm
» Athens, Christian Open in a new browser window
   History of the Church in Athens.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02043b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02046a.htm
» Athens, Modern Diocese of Open in a new browser window
   The majority of Catholics who live within the Diocese of Athens are foreigners, or of foreign descent.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02046a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02047a.htm
» Athias, Joseph Open in a new browser window
   Issued two editions of the Hebrew Bible.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02047a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02047b.htm
» Athos, Mount Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02047b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02050a.htm
» Atienza, Juan de Open in a new browser window
   Jointly with Father Jose de Acosta, directed the publication of catechisms and textbooks of Christian doctrine for the use of the Indians.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02050a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02050b.htm
» Atkinson, James Open in a new browser window
   English Catholic confessor. (d. 1595)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02050b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02050c.htm
» Atkinson, Nicholas Open in a new browser window
   English priest and martyr. (d. 1610)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02050c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02050d.htm
» Atkinson, Paul, of St. Francis Open in a new browser window
   One of the notable confessors of the English Church during the age which succeeded the persecution of blood.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02050d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02051a.htm
» Atkinson, Sarah Open in a new browser window
   Irish philanthropist and biographer. (1823-1893)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02051a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02051c.htm
» Atom Open in a new browser window
   Primarily, the smallest particle of matter which can exist.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02051c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02053a.htm
» Atomism Open in a new browser window
   The system of those who hold that all bodies are composed of minute, indivisible particles of matter called atoms.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02053a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02054a.htm
» Atonement, Day of Open in a new browser window
   A most solemn fast, on which no food could be taken throughout the day, and servile works were forbidden.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02054a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02055a.htm
» Atonement, Doctrine of the Open in a new browser window
   In Catholic theology, the Atonement is the Satisfaction of Christ, whereby God and the world are reconciled or made to be at one.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02055a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02059a.htm
» Atrib Open in a new browser window
   A titular see of Lower Egypt.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02059a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02059b.htm
» Atrium Open in a new browser window
   An open place or court before a church.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02059b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02059c.htm
» Attainder Open in a new browser window
   An Act of Parliament for putting a man to death or for otherwise punishing him without trial in the usual form.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02059c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02060a.htm
» Attala, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Burgundian monk, companion of St. Columban in exile, co-founder and abbot of Bobbio, d. 627.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02060a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02060b.htm
» Attalia Open in a new browser window
   A titular metropolitan see of Pamphylia in Asia Minor.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02060b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02060c.htm
» Attaliates, Michael Open in a new browser window
   Byzantine stateman and historian, probably a native of Attalia in Pamphylia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02060c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02060d.htm
» Atticus Open in a new browser window
   Patriarch of Constantinople (406-425), born at Sebaste in Armenia; died 425.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02060d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02061a.htm
» Attigny, Councils of Open in a new browser window
   Several councils held here are detailed.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02061a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02061b.htm
» Attila the Hun Open in a new browser window
   Life and times of the legendary king.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02061b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02061c.htm
» Attiret, Jean Denis Open in a new browser window
   Painter, born at Dole, France, 31 July, 1702; died at Pekin, 8 December, 1768.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02061c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02062a.htm
» Atto Open in a new browser window
   A faithful follower of Gregory VII in his conflict with the simoniac clergy.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02062a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02062b.htm
» Atto of Pistoia Open in a new browser window
   Bishop of Pistoia. (1070-1155)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02062b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02062c.htm
» Atto of Vercelli Open in a new browser window
   A learned theologian and canonist of the tenth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02062c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02062d.htm
» Attracta, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Contemporary of St. Patrick, founder of a hospice and several churches.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02062d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02062e.htm
» Attributes, Divine Open in a new browser window
   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
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02062e.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02065a.htm
» Attrition Open in a new browser window
   Also called "imperfect contrition." Definition, its relation to sacramental penance, and moral considerations.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02065a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02066a.htm
» Attuda Open in a new browser window
   A titular see of Phrygia in Asia Minor.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02066a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02066b.htm
» Aubarède, Jean-Michel-d'Astorg Open in a new browser window
   Canon regular,and Vicar Capitular of Pamiers, born 1639; died 4 August, 1692.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02066b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02066c.htm
» Aubermont, Jean-Aontoine d' Open in a new browser window
   Theologian of Bois-le-Duc; died 22 November, 1686.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02066c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02066d.htm
» Aubery, Joseph Open in a new browser window
   Jesuit missionary in Canada, born at Gisors in Normandy.(1673-1755)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02066d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02067a.htm
» Aubignac, François Hédelin, Abbé d' Open in a new browser window
   Grammarian, poet, preacher, archeologist, philologist. (1604-1676)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02067a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02067b.htm
» Aubusson, Pierre d' Open in a new browser window
   Grand Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, born 1423; died 1503.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02067b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02067c.htm
» Auch Open in a new browser window
   Archdiocese; comprises the Department of Gers in France.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02067c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02068a.htm
» Auckland Open in a new browser window
   Diocese comprising the Provincial District of Auckland (New Zealand), with its islets, and the Kermadec Group.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02068a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02068b.htm
» Auctorem Fidei Open in a new browser window
   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/02068b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02069a.htm
» Audiences, Pontifical Open in a new browser window
   The receptions given by the pope to cardinals, sovereigns, princes, ambassadors, and other persons, ecclesiastical or lay, having business with or interest in the Holy See.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02069a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02069b.htm
» Audiffredi Open in a new browser window
   Born at Saorgio, near Nice, in 1734; died at Rome, July, 1794.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02069b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02070a.htm
» Audin, J.-M.-Vincent Open in a new browser window
   Writer, born at Lyons in 1793; died in Paris, 21 February, 1851.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02070a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02070b.htm
» Audisio, Guglielmo Open in a new browser window
   Devoted himself to historical studies, especially in illustration of the papacy. (1801-1882)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02070b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02070c.htm
» Auditor Open in a new browser window
   The designation of certain officials of the Roman Curia, whose duty it is to hear and examine the causes submitted to the pope.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02070c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02071a.htm
» Audran Open in a new browser window
   The family name of four generations of distinguished French artists, natives of Paris and Lyons, which included eight prominent engravers and two painters.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02071a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02072a.htm
» Auenbrugger, Leopold Open in a new browser window
   An Austrian physician, born 19 November, 1722; died 17 May, 1807.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02072a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02072b.htm
» Aufsees, Jobst Bernhard von Open in a new browser window
   Canon of Bamberg and Würzburg, born 28 March, 1671, on the family estate of Mengersdorf; died 2 April, 1738.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02072b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02072c.htm
» Auger, Edmond Open in a new browser window
   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)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02072c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02073a.htm
» Augilæ Open in a new browser window
   A titular see of Cyrenaica in Northern Africa.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02073a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02073b.htm
» Augsburg Open in a new browser window
   Diocese in the Kingdom of Bavaria, Germany, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Munich-Freising.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02073b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02078a.htm
» Augsburg, Synods of Open in a new browser window
   Two general imperial synods were held in Augsburg. The first, convened in August, 952, through the efforts of Emperor Otto the Great, provided for the reform of abuses in civil and ecclesiastical life. A similar synod, convened by Anno, Archbishop of Colo
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02078a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02078b.htm
» Augusta Open in a new browser window
   A titular see of Cilicia in Asia Minor.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02078b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02079a.htm
» Augustin von Alfeld Open in a new browser window
   One of the earliest and most aggressive opponents of Luther, born in the village of Alfeld, near Hildesheim, from which he took his surname; died probably in 1532.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02079a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02081a.htm
» Augustine of Canterbury, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Biographical article on the monk who was the first Archbishop of Canterbury, called "Apostle of the English."
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02081a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02084a.htm
» Augustine of Hippo, Life of Saint Open in a new browser window
   Biography, with extensive hyperlinks to related articles.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02084a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02091a.htm
» Augustine of Hippo, Teaching of Saint Open in a new browser window
   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/02091a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02089a.htm
» Augustine of Hippo, Works of Saint Open in a new browser window
   Annotated bibliography of Augustine's principal writings.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02089a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02079b.htm
» Augustine, Rule of Saint Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02079b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02105a.htm
» Augustinus, Antonius Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02105a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02106a.htm
» Augustinus-Verein, The Open in a new browser window
   An association organized in 1878 to promote the interests of the Catholic press, particularly the daily press, of Germany.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02106a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02106b.htm
» Augustopolis Open in a new browser window
   A titular see of Palestine, suffragan of Petra.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02106b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02107a.htm
» Augustus Open in a new browser window
   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/02107a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16005c.htm
» Aulne Abbey Open in a new browser window
   A former Cistercian monastery near Landelies on the Sambre in the Diocese of Liège.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16005c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02107b.htm
» Aumbry Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02107b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02107c.htm
» Aunarius, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Bishop of Auxerre, d. 603.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02107c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02108a.htm
» Aurea Open in a new browser window
   A title given to certain works and documents.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02108a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02108b.htm
» Aurelian Open in a new browser window
   Roman Emperor, 270-275, born near Sirmium in Pannonia, 9 September, 214; died 275.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02108b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02108c.htm
» Aureliopolis Open in a new browser window
   A titular see of Lydia in Asia Minor.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02108c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02108d.htm
» Aurelius Open in a new browser window
   Archbishop of Carthage from 388 to 423.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02108d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02109a.htm
» Aurelius Antoninus, Marcus Open in a new browser window
   Second-century Roman emperor and philosopher.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02109a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02111a.htm
» Aureoli, Petrus Open in a new browser window
   Brief article by E.A. Pace notes the highlights of Aureol's intellectual career.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02111a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02111b.htm
» Auriesville Open in a new browser window
   The site of the Mohawk village, Montgomery County, New York, U.S.A., in which Father Issac Jogues, and his companions, Goupil and Lalande, were put to death for the Faith by the Indians.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02111b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02112a.htm
» Aurispa, Giovanni Open in a new browser window
   A famous ltalian humanist and collector of Greek manuscripts, born about 1369 at Noto, in Sicily; died at Ferrara in 1459.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02112a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02112b.htm
» Aurora Lucis Rutilat Open in a new browser window
   One of the Ambrosian hymns.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02112b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02112c.htm
» Ausculta Fili Open in a new browser window
   A letter addressed 5 December 1301, by Pope Boniface VIII to Philip the Fair, King of France.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02112c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02112d.htm
» Ausonius, Decimus Magnus Open in a new browser window
   Professor and poet. (310-394)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02112d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02113a.htm
» Austin, John Open in a new browser window
   An English lawyer and writer, born 1613 at Walpole, in Norfolk; died London, 1669.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02113a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02113b.htm
» Australia Open in a new browser window
   Includes history, education, and religious statistics.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02113b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02121a.htm
» Austremonius, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Apostle of Auverne, said to have been the first bishop of Clermont. Probably early fourth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02121a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02121b.htm
» Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, The Open in a new browser window
   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 Carnol
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02121b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02137a.htm
» Authentic Open in a new browser window
   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
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02137a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02137b.htm
» Authenticity of the Bible Open in a new browser window
   The authority of Holy Writ is twofold on account of its twofold authorship: human authors and divine inspiration.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02137b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02137c.htm
» Authority, Civil Open in a new browser window
   The moral power of command, supported by physical coercion, which the State exercises over its members.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02137c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02141a.htm
» Authorized Version, The Open in a new browser window
   Historical background on the AV, also called the King James Bible.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02141a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02142a.htm
» Autocephali Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02142a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02143a.htm
» Autos Sacramentales Open in a new browser window
   A form of dramatic literature which is peculiar to Spain, though in some respects similar in character to the old Morality plays of England.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02143a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02143b.htm
» Autpert, Ambrose Open in a new browser window
   An early medieval writer and abbot of the Benedictine Order, born in France, early in the eighth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02143b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02143c.htm
» Autran, Joseph Open in a new browser window
   French poet, born at Marseilles 20 June, 1813; died in the same city, 6 March, 1877.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02143c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02144a.htm
» Autun Open in a new browser window
   Comprises the entire Department of Saone et Loire in France. It was suffragan to the Archdiocese of Lyons under the old regime.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02144a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02144b.htm
» Auxentius of Milan Open in a new browser window
   Ordained (343) to the priesthood by Gregory, the intruded Bishop of Alexandria.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02144b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02144d.htm
» Auxentius of Mopsuestia (360) Open in a new browser window
   Although he is identified in the Roman Martyrology, at least one scholar thinks that this bishop was an Arian.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02144d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02144c.htm
» Auxentius, Junior Open in a new browser window
   Originally Mercurinus, a Scythian, and a disciple of Ulfilas, or Wulfila, of whose life and death he wrote an account.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02144c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02145a.htm
» Auxerre, Councils of Open in a new browser window
   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/02145a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02145b.htm
» Auxiliary Bishop Open in a new browser window
   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
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02145b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02147a.htm
» Auxilius of Naples Open in a new browser window
   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
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02147a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02147b.htm
» Ava Open in a new browser window
   A German poetess, the first woman known to have written in German and probably identical with a recluse of that name who died in Austria in the vicinity of Melk, A.D. 1127.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02147b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02148a.htm
» Avancini, Nicola Open in a new browser window
   Chiefly known as an ascetical writer, born in the Tyrol, 1612; died 6 December, 1686.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02148a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02148b.htm
» Avarice Open in a new browser window
   The inordinate love for riches.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02148b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02148c.htm
» Avatar Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02148c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02148d.htm
» Avaugour, Pierre du Bois, Baron d' Open in a new browser window
   Sixth Governor General of Canada.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02148d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02149a.htm
» Ave Maris Stella Open in a new browser window
   The first verse of an unrhymed, accentual hymn, of seven stropes of four lines each, assigned in Roman Breviary to Vespers in the Common office, the Office of Saturdays, and the Little Office (as well as for Feasts) of the Blessed Virgin.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02149a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02149b.htm
» Ave Regina Open in a new browser window
   An antiphon so called from its first line, Ave regina caelorum (Hail, Queen of Heaven).
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02149b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02149c.htm
» Avellino Open in a new browser window
   An Italian diocese in the Province of Naples, suffragan to Benevento.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02149c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02150a.htm
» Avempace Open in a new browser window
   Arabian philosopher, physician, astronomer, mathematician, and poet, b. at Saragossa towards the end of the eleventh century; d. at Fez, 1138.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02150a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02150b.htm
» Avendano, Fernando Open in a new browser window
   Priest, native of Lima, spoke Quichua. Died 1665, shortly after being named bishop of Santiago de Chile.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02150b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16005d.htm
» Averbode Open in a new browser window
   A Premonstratensian abbey belonging to the circary of Brabant and situated near Diest in the Archdiocese of Malines.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16005d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02150c.htm
» Averroes Open in a new browser window
   Arabian philosopher, astronomer, and writer on jurisprudence; born at Cordova, 1126; died at Morocco, 1198.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02150c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02151a.htm
» Aversa, Diocese of Open in a new browser window
   Comprising twenty-one towns in the Province of Caserta and twelve in the Province of Naples, it is under the immediate jurisdiction of the Holy See.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02151a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02151b.htm
» Avesta, The Open in a new browser window
   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/02151b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02154a.htm
» Avesta, Theological Aspects of the Open in a new browser window
   Explores the subjects of God, dualism, angelology, and man.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02154a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02156a.htm
» Avicebron Open in a new browser window
   Jewish religious poet, moralist, and philosopher. He was born at Malaga in 1020 or 1021, and died at Saragossa in 1070.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02156a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02157a.htm
» Avicenna Open in a new browser window
   Arabian physician and philosopher, born at Kharmaithen, in the province of Bokhara, 980; died at Hamadan, in Northern Persia, 1037.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02157a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02158a.htm
» Avignon Open in a new browser window
   Written in the form of Avennio in the ancient texts and inscriptions, takes its name from the House, or Clan, Avennius.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02158a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02159a.htm
» Avignon, Councils of Open in a new browser window
   Details of several councils held here.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02159a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02160a.htm
» Avignon, University of Open in a new browser window
   Developed from the already existing schools of the city, was formally constituted in 1303, by a Bull of Boniface VIII.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02160a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02160b.htm
» Avila Open in a new browser window
   Diocese; suffragan of Valladolid in Spain.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02160b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02161a.htm
» Avila, Francisco de Open in a new browser window
   Curate or vicar in the province of Huarochiri of Peru, later curate at Huánaco, finally Canon of the Church of La Plata, in Bolivia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02161a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02161b.htm
» Avila, Sancho de Open in a new browser window
   Born at Avila of the Kings, in Old Castile, 1546, and named after the place of his birth; died at Plasencia, in the same province, 6 or 7 December, 1625.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02161b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02161c.htm
» Avitus, Saint Open in a new browser window
   Anti-Arian Bishop of Vienne, converted King Sigismund, was a renowned poet, d. about 518.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02161c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02161d.htm
» Aviz, Order of Open in a new browser window
   Military body of Portuguese knights.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02161d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02162a.htm
» Avranches, Council of Open in a new browser window
   In 1172 (September 27-28) a Council was held at Avranches in France, apropos of the troubles caused in the English Church by the murder of St. Thomas Becket.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02162a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02162b.htm
» Avril, Philippe Open in a new browser window
   Jesuit, born at Angouleme, France, 16 September, 1654; died in a shipwreck in 1698.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02162b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02163a.htm
» Axum Open in a new browser window
   A titular metropolitan see of ancient Christian Ethiopia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02163a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02164a.htm
» Ayacucho, Diocese of Open in a new browser window
   A Peruvian diocese, suffragan to Lima.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02164a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02164b.htm
» Ayeta, Fray Francisco de Open in a new browser window
   A Spanish Franciscan of the seventeenth century.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02164b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02164c.htm
» Ayllón, Lucas Vésquez de Open in a new browser window
   This Spanish discoverer of Chesapeake Bay, and the first who tried to find a northwest passage from Europe to Asia, date of birth uncertain; died 18 October, 1526.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02164c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02164d.htm
» Aylward, James Ambrose Dominic Open in a new browser window
   Theologian and poet, born at Leeds, 4 April, 1813; died at Hinckley (England), 5 October, 1872.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02164d.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02164e.htm
» Aymará Open in a new browser window
   Tribe of sedentary Indians inhabiting the northern sections of Bolivia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02164e.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02165a.htm
» Aymeric of Piacenza Open in a new browser window
   A learned Dominican, b. at Piacenza, Italy; d. at Bologna, 19 August, 1327.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02165a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02166a.htm
» Azara, Féliz de Open in a new browser window
   Spanish naturalist, b. at Barbunales in Aragon, 18 May, 1746; d. 1811.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02166a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02166b.htm
» Azaria, Aristaces Open in a new browser window
   A Catholic Armenian abbot and archbishop, b. at Constantinople, 18 July, 1782; d. at Vienna, 6 May, 1854.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02166b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02166c.htm
» Azarias, Brother Open in a new browser window
   Educator, essayist, litterateur, and philosopher, b. near Killenaule, County Tipperary, Ireland, 29 June, 1847.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02166c.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02167a.htm
» Azevedo, Luiz de Open in a new browser window
   An Ethiopic missionary and scholar, born, probably at Carrezedo Montenegro, in the Diocese of Braga, in Portugal, in 1573; died in Ethiopia in 1634.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02167a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02167b.htm
» Azor, Juan Open in a new browser window
   Professor of philosophy and later of theology, both dogmatic and moral, at Piacenza, Alcalá, and Rome. (1559-1603)
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02167b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02168a.htm
» Azores Open in a new browser window
   An archipelago situated in that tract of the Atlantic Ocean which is known to mariners as the Sargasso Sea.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02168a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02169a.htm
» Azotus Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02169a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02169b.htm
» Aztecs Open in a new browser window
   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/02169b.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02171a.htm
» Azymes Open in a new browser window
   Unfermented cakes used by the Jews in their various sacrifices and religious rites.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02171a.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02172a.htm
» Azymites Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02172a.htm

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