Abbey
A monastery canonically erected and autonomous, with a community of not fewer than twelve religious; monks under the government of an abbot; nuns under that of an abbess.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01010a.htm

Abbo Cernuus
French Benedictine monk of St-Germain-des-Prés in Paris, sometimes called Abbo Parisiensis.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01015a.htm

Abbot
A title given to the superior of a community of twelve or more monks.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01015c.htm

Abdon and Sennen, Saints
Persian martyrs in the Decian persecution. Died in about 250.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01032a.htm

Acacius, Saint
Bishop of Melitene in the third century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01083a.htm

Aaron
Brother of Moses, and High Priest of the Old Law.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01003a.htm

Abaddon
A Hebrew word signifying: ruin, destruction (Job 31:12); place of destruction; the Abyss, realm of the dead (Job 26:6; Proverbs 15:11).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01005a.htm

Abandonment
A term used by writers of ascetical and mystical books to signify the first stage of the union of the soul with God by conforming to His Will.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01006a.htm

Abarca, Pedro
Theologian. (1619-1693)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01006b.htm

Abarim
A mountain range across Jordan.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01006c.htm

Abba
Aramaic word for father.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01006d.htm

Abbadie, Antoine d'
Astronomer, geodetist, genographer, physician, numismatist, philologian. (1810-1897)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01006e.htm

Abbe
A French word meaning primarily and strictly an abbot or superior of a monastery of men.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01007c.htm

Abbeloos, Jean Baptiste
Orientalist. (1836-1906)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01007d.htm

Abbess
The female superior in spirituals and temporals of a community of twelve or more nuns.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01007e.htm

Abbreviation, Methods of
Discusses forms used to get the most use from scarce and costly materials.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01021b.htm

Adelard of Bath
Twelfth-century scholastic philosopher.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16001c.htm

Abbreviations, Ecclesiastical
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

Abbreviators
Those who make an abridgment or abstract of a long writing or discourse.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01028a.htm

Abdera
A titular see in the province of Rhodope on the southern coast of Thrace, now called Bouloustra.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01030a.htm

Abdias
A minor prophet.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01030b.htm

Abdias of Babylon
Apocryphal writer.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01030c.htm

Abdication
Ecclesiastically considered, is the resignation of a benefice or clerical dignity.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01031a.htm

Abduction
May be considered as a public crime and a matrimonial diriment impediment.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01032b.htm

Abecedaria
Complete or partial lists of letters of the alphabet, chiefly Greek and Latin, inscribed on ancient monuments, Pagan and Christian.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01035a.htm

Abecedarians
A sect of Anabaptists who disdained human knowledge, contending that God would enlighten His elect interiorly and give them knowledge of necessary truths by visions and ecstasies.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01035b.htm

Abel
Commentary on the first murder victim.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01035c.htm

Abel
Biblical place-name.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01036a.htm

Abelly, Louis
Associate of St. Vincent de Paul. (1603-1691)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01039a.htm

Abenakis
A confederation of Algonquin tribes, comprising the Penobscots, Passamaquoddies, Norridgewocks, and others, formerly occupying what is now Maine, and southern New Brunswick.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01039b.htm

Acathistus
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

Aben-Ezra, Abraham-ben-Meir
Spanish rabbi. (1092-1167)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01039c.htm

Adrian Fortescue, Blessed
Knight of St. John, martyred in 1539.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06146b.htm

Abercius, Inscription of
A Greek hagiographical text.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01040a.htm

Abercromby, John
Named as having lost his life from Catholic clergy violence.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01041a.htm

Abercromby, Robert
Jesuit missionary in Scotland. (1532-1613)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01041b.htm

Aberdeen, The Diocese of
A see founded in 1063 at Mortlach by Bl. Beyn.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01041c.htm

Aberdeen, The University of
Founder William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen from 1483 to 1514.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01042a.htm

Aberle, Moritz von
Catholic theologian. (1819-1875)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01042b.htm

Abgar, The Legend of
Concerns a correspondence that took place between God and the local potentate at Edessa.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01042c.htm

Abiathar
Hebrew ebhyathar, Father of plenty, or, the great one is father.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01043a.htm

Abila
A titular see of Phoenicia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01043b.htm

Abingdon, The Abbey of
Located in the County of Berkshire, England, founded A.D. 675.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01043c.htm

Abington, Thomas
English antiquarian. (1560-1647)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01044a.htm

Abipones
Indian tribe, linguistically of Guaycuru stock.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01044b.htm

Abisai
Nephew of King David.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01044c.htm

Abjuration
A denial, disavowal, or renunciation under oath.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01044d.htm

Abner
A son of Ner, a cousin of Saul, and commander-in-chief of Saul's army.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01045a.htm

Abomination of Desolation, The
Spoken of in St. Matthew, xxiv, 15, and St. Mark, xiii, 14.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01046a.htm

Abortion
Briefly defined as "the loss of a fetal life."
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01046b.htm

Abortion, Physical Effects of
Covers definition, causes, and physical effects.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01049a.htm

Abra de Raconis, Charles Francois d'
French bishop, born at the Château de Raconis in 1580 of a Calvinistic family; died 1646.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01050a.htm

Abrabanel, Don Isaac
Jewish statesman, apologist and exegete. (1437-1508)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01050b.htm

Abraham
Outline of his life, with New and Old Testament views.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01051a.htm

Abraham (in Liturgy)
Of all the names used, a special prominence accrues to those of Abel, Melchisedech, and Abraham.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01054a.htm

Abraham, The Bosom of
Found only in two verses of St. Luke's Gospel (xvi, 22, 23).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01055a.htm

Abraham a Sancta Clara
A Discalced Augustinian friar, preacher, and author of popular books of devotion. (1644-1709)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01056a.htm

Abraham Ecchelensis
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

Abrahamites
Syrian heretics of the ninth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01057b.htm

Abram, Nicholas
Jesuit theologian. (1589-1655)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01058a.htm

Abrasax
A class of ancient stone articles, of small dimensions, inscribed with outlandish figures and formulas.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01058b.htm

Absalom
Article covers Absalom, son of David; Absalom, father of Mathathias; and Absalom, father of Jonathan.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01058c.htm

Absalon of Lund
A Danish prelate, also known as Axel. (1128-1201)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01060a.htm

Absinthe
Wormwood, known for its repulsive bitterness.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01060b.htm

Absolute, The
Philosophical term referring to God.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01060c.htm

Absolution
The remission of sin, or of the punishment due to sin, granted by the Church.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01061a.htm

Abstemii
One who cannot take wine without risk of vomiting.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01066a.htm

Abstinence
Includes information about old and new testament fasting as well as church laws.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01067a.htm

Abstinence, Physical Effects of
Article deals with effects due to partial or periodic abstinence, such as practiced by the Catholic Church.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01073a.htm

Abstraction
A process (or a faculty) by which the mind selects for consideration some one of the attributes of a thing to the exclusion of the rest.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01074a.htm

Abthain
An English or Lowland Scotch form of the middle-Latin word abthania (Gaelic, abdhaine), meaning abbacy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01074b.htm

Abucara, Theodore
A bishop of Caria in Syria; d., probably, in 770.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01075a.htm

Abundius
An Italian bishop, b. at Thessalonica early in the fifth century; d. 469.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01075b.htm

Abydus
A titular see of Troas in Asia Minor, suffragan of Cyzicus in the Hellespontic province.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01075c.htm

Abyss
Primarily and classically an adjective, very deep.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01075d.htm

Abyssinia
Provides details on the geography, ethnology, political revolutions, as well as church information.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01075e.htm

Acacia
The Biblical Acacia belongs to the genus Mimosa.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01079a.htm

Acacians, The
Fourth-century Arian sect.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01079b.htm

Acacius
Bishop of Beroea. (322-432)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01080a.htm

Acacius
Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine, disciple and biographer of Eusebius, the historian, whose successor in the See of Caesarea he became in 340.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01081a.htm

Acacius
Patriarch of Constantinople. (d. 489)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01082a.htm

Academies, Roman
Historical and bibliographical notes concerning the more important of these associations of learned men.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01083b.htm

Academy, The French
Founded by Cardinal de Richelieu in 1635.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01089a.htm

Acadia
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

Acanthus
A titular see of Macedonia, on the Strymonic Gulf, now known as Erisso.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01092a.htm

Acanthus
An ornamental plant indigenous to middle Europe.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01092b.htm

Accaron
The most northern of the five principal Philistine cities.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01093b.htm

Acca, Saint
Bishop of Hexham, companion of St. Wilfrid. Acca died in about 742.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01093a.htm

Accentus Ecclesiasticus
Parts of the liturgy the priest, or the deacon, or subdeacon, or the acolyte sang alone.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01094a.htm

Acceptance
In canon law, the act by which one receives a thing with approbation or satisfaction.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01094b.htm

Acceptants
Those Jansenists who accepted the Bull Unigenitus, issued in 1713 against the Jansenist doctrines.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01094c.htm

Accession
Method of acquiring ownership of a thing arising from the fact that it is in some way added to, or is the fruit of something already belonging to oneself.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01095a.htm

Accessus
A term applied to the voting in conclave for the election of a pope, by which a cardinal changes his vote and accedes to some other candidate.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01096a.htm

Alabama
The twenty-second state admitted into the union.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01240a.htm

Acciajuoli
Three cardinals belonging to an illustrious Florentine family, Angelo, Niccolo, and Filippo.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01096b.htm

Accident
The obvious division of things into the stable and the unstable.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01096c.htm

Acclamation
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

Acclamation (in Papal Elections)
One of the forms of papal election. Consists of all the cardinals present unanimously proclaiming one of the candidates Supreme Pontiff, without the formality of casting votes.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01099a.htm

Accommodation, Biblical
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

Accomplice
A term generally employed to designate a partner in some form of evildoing.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01100a.htm

Accursius, Francesco
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

Acephali
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

Acerenza
Italian archdiocese.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01101a.htm

Achab
Son of Amri and King of Israel.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01101b.htm

Achaia
The name, before the Roman conquest in 146 B.C., of a strip of land between the gulf of Corinth and Elis and Arcadia, embracing twelve cities leagued together.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01101c.htm

Achaicus
A Christian mentioned in St. Paul's epistles.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01101d.htm

Achaz
King of Judah.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01101e.htm

Achery, Lucas d'
French Benedictine. (1609-1685)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01102a.htm

Achiacharus
Nephew of Tobias.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01102b.htm

Achimaas
Son of Sadoc, the priest.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01102c.htm

Achimelech
Four people with this name are detailed.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01102d.htm

Achitopel
Counsellor of David, who joined the rebellion of Absalom.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01102e.htm

Antonio María Claret y Clará, Saint
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

Achonry
Diocese in Ireland, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Tuam.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01102f.htm

Achor Valley
The scene of the death of the "troubler" Achan.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01103a.htm

Achrida
A titular see in Upper Albania.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01103b.htm

Achterfeldt, Johann Heinrich
Theologian. (1788-1877)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01104a.htm

Acta Sanctae Sedis
A publication containing the principal public documents issued by the Pope, directly or through the Roman Congregations.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01111c.htm

Achtermann, Theodore William
German sculptor. (1799-1889)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01104b.htm

Acidalius, Valens
Philologist, Latin poet, and convert to the Catholic Church. (1567-1595)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01104c.htm

Aci-Reale, The Diocese of
Located in Sicily; includes fourteen communes in the civil province of Catania, immediately subject to Rome.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01105a.htm

Ackermann, Leopold
Catholic professor of exegesis. (1771-1831)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01105b.htm

Acmonia
A titular see of Phrygia Pacatiana, in Asia Minor, now known as Ahat-Keui.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01105c.htm

Acoemetae
Either, an appellation common to all Eastern ascetics known by the rigour of their vigils; or, a special order of Greek or Basilian monks devoting themselves to prayer and praise without intermission.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01105d.htm

Acolouthia
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

Acolyte
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

Acosta, Joaquin
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

Acosta, Jose de
Founded a number of colleges, among them those of Arequipa, Potose, Chuquisaca, Panama, and La Paz.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01108b.htm

Acquapendente
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

Acquaviva
Name of several Italian cardinals.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01109b.htm

Acquaviva, Claudius
Fifth General of the Society of Jesus. (1543-1615)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01109c.htm

Acqui
A diocese suffragan of Turin, Italy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01110a.htm

Acre
Syrian seaport on the Mediterranean.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01110b.htm

Acrostic
A poem the initial or final letters of whose verses form certain words or sentences.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01111a.htm

Acta Pilati
The Gospel of Nicodemus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01111b.htm

Act of Settlement (Irish)
1662 act passed by the Irish Parliament to bring in Protestant settlers in Munster, Leinster, and Ulster.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01112a.htm

Acton, Charles Januarius
English cardinal. (1803-1847)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01113a.htm

Acton, John
English canonist, born 1350.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01113b.htm

Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Baron Acton
Biography of the historian best-known for his view of the corruption power causes.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01114a.htm

Acts, Canonical
Derive their name from connection with ecclesiastical procedure.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01114c.htm

Acts, Human
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

Acts, Indifferent
An act that is neither good nor bad.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01116a.htm

Acts of the Apostles
The fifth book of the New Testament.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01117a.htm

Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae
Abbreviated title of a celebrated work on the Irish saints by the Franciscan, John Colgan.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01111d.htm

Acta Triadis Thaumaturgae
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

Acts of Roman Congregations
A term used to designate the documents issued by the Roman Congregations.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01123a.htm

Actus et Potentia
A technical expression in scholastic phraseology used to translate Aristotle's energeia or entelecheia, and dynamis.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01124a.htm

Actus primus
A technical expression used in scholastic philosophy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01125a.htm

Actus Purus
A term employed in scholastic philosophy to express the absolute perfection of God.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01125b.htm

Acuas
One of the first to spread Manicheism in the Christian Orient.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01126a.htm

Anna Maria Gesualda Antonia Taigi, Blessed
Happily married for 48 years, became a Third Order Trinitarian, d. 1837.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14430b.htm

Adalbert
Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen; born about 1000; died 1072.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01126c.htm

Adalbert I
Archbishop of Mainz (Mayence) 1111 to 1137.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01127a.htm

Ad Apostolicae Dignitatis Apicem
Apostolic letter issued against Emperor Frederick II by Pope Innocent IV.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01127d.htm

Ad Limina Apostolorum
A pilgrimage to the sepulchres of St. Peter and St. Paul at Rome.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01128a.htm

Ad Sanctam Beati Petri Sedem
Summarizes this intervention in the Jansenist controversy by Pope Alexander VII.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01128b.htm

Ad Universalis Ecclesiae
A papal constitution dealing with admission to religious orders.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01128c.htm

Adam
First man and father of the human race.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01129a.htm

Adam in Early Christian Liturgy and Literature
Discusses his importance to the Fathers and to the authors of the many apocryphal writings of the first five centuries of the Christian Era.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01132a.htm

Adam, The Books of
A romance made up of Oriental fables.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01132b.htm

Adam of Bremen
A German historian and geographer of the eleventh century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01132c.htm

Adam of Fulda
A monk of Franconia and one of the most learned musicians of his age.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01133a.htm

Adam of Murimuth
An English chronicler of about the middle of the fourteenth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01133b.htm

Adam of Perseigne
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

Adam of St. Victor
A prolific writer of Latin Hymns, born in the latter part of the twelfth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01134b.htm

Aarhus, Ancient See of
Located in Denmark.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16001a.htm

Adalbert, Saint
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

Adam of Usk
An English priest, canonist, and chronicler.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01134c.htm

Adam, John
Preacher and opponent of Calvinists and Jansenists.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01134d.htm

Adamnan, Saint
Irish-born abbot of Iona, and St. Columba's biographer.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01135c.htm

Anthony Baldinucci, Blessed
Jesuit priest and missionary, preached penitence and devotion to the Virgin Mary, d. 1717.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02219b.htm

Adam, Nicholas
French linguist and writer. (1716-1792)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01134e.htm

Adalbert, Saint
Apostle of the Slavs. Monk, missionary to Russia, abbot, and bishop of Magdeburg, d. 981.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01127b.htm

Adam Scotus
A theologian and Church historian of the latter part of the twelfth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01134f.htm

Adami da Bolsena, Andrea
Italian musician. (1663-1742)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01135a.htm

Adamites
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

Adams, James
Jesuit professor of humanities. (1737-1802)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01135d.htm

Adana
A diocese of Armenian rite in Asia Minor.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01135f.htm

Adar
Four meanings detailed.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01136a.htm

Adda, Ferdinando d'
Cardinal and Papal Legate. (1649-1719)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01136b.htm

Addas
One of the three original disciples of Manes.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01136c.htm

Addeus and Maris, Liturgy of
Oriental liturgy, sometimes assigned to the Syrian group; sometimes to the Persian group.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01136d.htm

Addresses, Ecclesiastical
Rules as to what is fitting and customary in the matter of ecclesiastical correspondence.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01137a.htm

Adelaide, Archdiocese of
Centered in Adelaide, capital of South Australia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01140a.htm

Adelham, John Placid
Convert from Protestantism. (d. 1681)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01141a.htm

Adelmann
Eleventh-century Bishop of Brescia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01141b.htm

Adelophagi
Fourth-century sect mentioned by the anonymous author known as Praedestinatus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01141c.htm

Aden
It comprises all Arabia, and is known as the Vicariate Apostolic of Arabia and Aden.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01141d.htm

Adeodatus
Son of St. Augustine. (372-388)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01141e.htm

Adelaide, Saint
Or Adelheid. The widow of Otho, she died in 999.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01140c.htm

Adeste Fidelis
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

Andrew Corsini, Saint
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

Adjuration
An urgent demand made upon another to do something, or to desist from doing something, which is rendered more solemn by coupling with it the name of God.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01142c.htm

Andrew Bobola, Saint
Polish Jesuit priest and missionary, martyred in 1657.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01472c.htm

Administrator
Includes details on administrators of dioceses, parishes, and ecclesiastical institutions.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01143a.htm

Administrator (of Ecclesiastical Property)
One charged with the care of church property.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01144a.htm

Admonitions, Canonical
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

Admont
A Benedictine abbey in Styria, Austro-Hungary.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01145a.htm

Adonai
Hebrew meaning "lord, ruler", a name bestowed upon God in the Old Testament.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01146a.htm

Alarcón, Pedro Antonio de
Spanish novelist and poet. (1833-1891)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16001d.htm

Adonias
Fourth son of King David, and Adonias the Levite are discussed.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01146b.htm

Adoption
Adoption, as defined in canon law, is foreign to the Bible.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01147a.htm

Adoption, Canonical
The Church made its own the Roman law of adoption, with its legal consequences.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01147b.htm

Adoption, Supernatural
The adoption of man by God in virtue of which we become His sons and heirs.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01148a.htm

Adeodatus, Pope Saint
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

Adoptionism
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

Ado of Vienne, Saint
Benedictine monk, pilgrim, scholar, pastor, Archbishop of Vienne, d. 875.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01145b.htm

Adoration
In the strict sense, an act of religion offered to God in acknowledgment of His supreme perfection and dominion, and of the creature's dependence upon Him.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01151a.htm

Alexander Briant, Saint
English Jesuit priest and martyr. He was scarcely over 25 when martyred in 1581.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01296b.htm

Aedan of Ferns, Saint
Bishop and patron of Ferns, Ireland. (550-632)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01170b.htm

Adorno, Francis
Italian preacher. (1531-1586)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01154a.htm

Adoro Te Devote
A hymn sometimes styled Rhythmus, or Oratio, S. Thomæ (sc. Aquinatis) written c. 1260.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01154b.htm

Adria
An Italian bishopric, suffragan to Venice.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01155a.htm

Adrian IV, Pope
Reigned 1154-1159.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01156c.htm

Adrian V, Pope
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

Adrian VI, Pope
Reigned 1522-1523.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01159b.htm

Adrian III, Pope Saint
Short article on this pope, a Roman, who died in 885.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01156b.htm

Adrian of Castello
Italian prelate distinguished as a statesman and reviver of learning; born about 1460, died about 1521.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01160b.htm

Adrianople
According to legend, Orestes, son of Agamemnon, built this city at the confluence of the Tonsus (Toundja) and the Ardiscus (Arda) with the Hebrus (Maritza).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01161a.htm

Adrichem, Christian Kruik van
Catholic priest and theological writer. (1533-1585)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01161b.htm

Adso
Abbot of the Cluniac monastery of Moutier-en-Der, d. 992, on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01161c.htm

Aduarte, Diego Francisco
Missionary and historian. (1566-1635)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01161d.htm

Adullam
Details on two places with this name.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01162a.htm

Adulteration of Food
This act is defined as the addition of any non-condimental substance to a food.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01162b.htm

Arianism
Founded by Arius, belief asserting that Christ was not God like the Father, but a creature made in time. Rejected by the Council of Constantinople (381).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01707c.htm

Adultery
The article considers adultery with reference only to morality.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01163a.htm

Advent
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

Adventists
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

Adrian II, Pope
Reigned 867-872.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01156a.htm

Apocatastasis
A name given in the history of theology to the doctrine which teaches that a time will come when all free creatures will share in the grace of salvation; in a special way, the devils and lost souls.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01599a.htm

Albert Berdini of Sarteano, Blessed
Short biography of the Franciscan famed as a preacher.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01261c.htm

Advertisements, Book of
A series of enactments concerning ecclesiastical matters, drawn up by Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury (1559-75).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01167a.htm

Adrian of Canterbury, Saint
African-born Benedictine abbot, d. 710.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01160a.htm

Advocates of Roman Congregations
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

Advocates of St. Peter
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

Advocatus Diaboli
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

Adelaide, Saint
Abbess, renowned for having the gift of miracles, d. 1015.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01140b.htm

Advocatus Ecclesia
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

Advowson
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

Adytum
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

Aedh of Kildare
Sixth-century King of Leinster, Ireland.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01170c.htm

Aegidius of Viterbo
Cardinal, theologian, orator, humanist, and poet, born at Viterbo, Italy; died at Rome, 1532.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01171a.htm

Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham
The author of the homilie