Duvergier de Hauranne, Jean
One of the authors of Jansenism, b. at Bayonne, France, 1581; d. in Paris, 1643.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05218a.htm

Dumont, Hubert-André
Belgian geologist, b. at Liège, 15 Feb., 1809; d. in the same city, 28 Feb., 1857.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05190b.htm

Durbin, Elisha John
The "Patriarch-priest of Kentucky", born 1 February, 1800; died in 1887.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05209b.htm

Duvernay, Ludger
A French-Canadian journalist and patriot, born at Verchères, Quebec, 22 January, 1799; died 28 November, 1852.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05220a.htm

Domesday Book
The name given to the record of the great survey of England made by order of William the Conqueror in 1085-86.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05103a.htm

Dubois, John
Third Bishop of New York, educator and missionary, b. in Paris, 24 August, 1764; d. in New York, 20 December, 1842.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05178b.htm

Dacier, Anne
The wife of André Dacier, born at Saumur in 1651; died 17 April 1720.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04602b.htm

Durham Rite
The earliest document giving an account of liturgical services in the Diocese of Durham is the so-called "Rituale ecclesiæ Dunelmensis".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05213a.htm

Damascus
It is mentioned in the Bible at the time of Abraham (Gen., xiv, 15; xv, 2); also on the pylons of Karnak, among the Syrian cities captured by the Pharaoh Touthmes III.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04611a.htm

Doyle, John
Born in Dublin, Ireland, 1797; died in London, 2 January, 1868; English portrait-painter and caricaturist.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05151b.htm

Dalmatic
The outer liturgical vestment of the deacon.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04608a.htm

Dungal
Irish monk, teacher, astronomer, and poet who flourished about 820.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05192b.htm

Dulia
A theological term signifying the honour paid to the saints, while latria means worship given to God alone, and hyperdulia the veneration offered to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05188b.htm

Duty
The definition of the term duty given by lexicographers is: "something that is due", "obligatory service"; "something that one is bound to perform or to avoid".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05215a.htm

Deprés, Josquin
Article about his life and work, especially the religious dynamic in his compositions.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04738a.htm

Dwight, Thomas
American anatomist. (1843-1911)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16037a.htm

Delilah
The woman who deceived and betrayed Samson.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04605a.htm

Danaba
A titular see of Phænicia Secunda.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04616a.htm

Dance of Death
Originally a species of spectacular play akin to the English moralities. It has been traced back to the middle of the fourteenth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04617a.htm

Daniel, Book of
In the Hebrew Bible, and in most recent Protestant versions, the Book of Daniel is limited to its proto-canonical portions. In the Septuagint, the Vulgate, and many other ancient and modern translations of the Bible, it comprises both its proto- and its deutero-canonical parts, both of which have an equal right to be considered as inspired, and to be included in a treatment of the Book of Daniel.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04621b.htm

Daniel, Charles
Founded the "Etudes de théologie et d' histoire", a magazine with monthly publication. (1818-1893)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04626a.htm

Dalton, John
Irish author and translator from Spanish and German, born in 1814; died at Maddermarket, Norwich, 15 February, 1874.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04609a.htm

Dalley, William Bede
Lawyer and statesman, born in Sydney, New South Wales, 1831; died there 28 October, 1888.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04606a.htm

Dancing
The origin of dancing is from the natural tendency to employ gesture either to supplement or to replace speech.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04618b.htm

Daniel, Gabriel
Historian and controversialist, born at Rouen, France, 8 Feb., 1649; died at Paris, 23 June, 1728.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04626b.htm

Dante Alighieri
An annotated (in linked hypertext) biography of the poet.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04628a.htm

Dabrowski, Joseph
Founder of Sts. Cyril and Methodius Seminary in Detroit. (d. 1903)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16032a.htm

Damietta
An Egyptian titular see for the Latins and the Catholic Melchite Greeks, in Augustamnica Prima.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04615b.htm

Disciples of Christ
A sect founded in the United States of America by Alexander Campbell.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05029b.htm

Daniel
The hero and traditional author of the book which bears his name.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04620a.htm

Direction, Spiritual
Personal guidance according to individual needs. Criticizes excesses at both ends of the spectrum: heavyhanded directors, and people who think that since they have the Holy Spirit they have no need of human help.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05024a.htm

De Lisle, Ambrose Lisle March Phillipps
Born 17 March, 1809; died 5 March, 1878.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04698c.htm

Durandus of Saint-Pourçain
Philosopher and theologian. (d. 1332)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05208a.htm

Doyle, Richard
English artist and caricaturist, b. in London, September, 1824; d. there 11 December, 1883.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05151c.htm

Durer, Albrecht
German artist. (1471-1528)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05209c.htm

Darrell, William
Theologian, b. 1651, in Buckinghamshire, England; d. 28 Feb., 1721, at St. Omer's, France.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04636b.htm

Donation of Constantine
By this name is understood, since the end of the Middle Ages, a forged document of Emperor Constantine the Great, by which large privileges and rich possessions were conferred on the pope and the Roman Church.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05118a.htm

Darnis
Titular see of Libya.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04635d.htm

Dalgairns, John Dobree
Born in the island of Guernsey, 21 Oct., 1818; d. 6 April, 1876, at St. George's Retreat, Burgess Hill, near Brighton, England.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04604b.htm

Dacier, André
A French philologist, born at Castres, 6 April, 1651; died 18 September, 1722.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04602a.htm

Dates and Dating
In classical Latin even before the time of Christ it was usual for correspondents to indicate when and where their letters were written.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04636c.htm

Dositheans
Followers of Dositheus, a Samaritan who formed a Gnostic-Judaistic sect, previous to Simon Magus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05136c.htm

Duponceau, Peter Stephen
Jurist and linguist. (1760-1844)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05205b.htm

Drechsel, Jeremias
Ascetic writer, b. at Augsburg, 15 August, 1581; entered the Society of Jesus 27 July, 1598; d. at Munich, 19 April, 1638.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05156a.htm

Dantine, Maurus
Benedictine of the Congregation of Saint-Maur, and chronologist, born at Gourieux near Namur, Belgium, 1 April, 1688; died in the monastery of the "Blancs-Manteaux", Paris, 3 November, 1746.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04633c.htm

Daniel of Winchester
Bishop of the West Saxons, and ruler of the See of Winchester from 705 to 744; died in 745.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04627c.htm

Daniel, John
Priest and professor, Born 1745; died in Paris, 3 October, 1823.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04627a.htm

Damberger, Joseph Ferdinand
Church historian, born 1 March, 1795, at Passau, Bavaria; died 1 April, 1859, at Schäftlarn.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04614b.htm

De La Croix, Charles
Missionary, b. at Hoorbeke-St-Corneille, Belgium, 28 Oct., 1792; d. at Ghent, 20 Aug., 1869.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04689a.htm

Da Ponte, Lorenzo
Poet, b. at Cenada, Italy, 1749; d. in New York, 17 Aug., 1838.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04634a.htm

David, King
In the Bible the name David is borne only by the second king of Israel, the great-grandson of Boaz and Ruth.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04642b.htm

Dansara
A titular see in Osrhoene.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04627d.htm

Duran, Narcisco
Franciscan missionary. (1776-1846)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05206c.htm

Dalberg, Adolphus von
Prince-Abbot of Fulda and founder of the university in the same city, born 29 May, 1678; died 3 November, 1737.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04604a.htm

Dardanus
A titular see in the province of Hellespont, suffragan of Cyzicus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04634c.htm

Dan
The fifth son of Jacob, being the elder of the two sons born to him by Bala, the handmaid of Rachel, and the eponymous ancestor of the tribe bearing the same name.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04615c.htm

David, Armand
Missionary priest and zoologist, b. 1826; d. 1900.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04641a.htm

D'Avenant, Sir William
Poet and dramatist, b. Feb., 1605-6, at Oxford, England; d. in London, 7 April, 1668.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04639b.htm

Dease, Thomas
Bishop of Meath, born in Ireland, 1568; died at Galway, 1651.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04660b.htm

Deacons
The name means only minister or servant, and is employed in this sense both in the Septuagint (though only in the book of Esther, and in the New Testament.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04647c.htm

Dean
One of the principal administrative officials of a diocese.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04659a.htm

Dynamism
A general name for a group of philosophical views concerning the nature of matter.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05222a.htm

Decalogue
The term employed to designate the collection of precepts written on two tables of stone and given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04664a.htm

De Soto, Hernando
Explorer and conqueror, born at Villanueva de la Serena, Badajoz, Spain, 1496 or 1500; died on the banks of the Mississippi the latter part of June, 1542.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04753a.htm

Divorce (in Civil Jurisprudence)
Defined in jurisprudence as "the dissolution or partial suspension by law of the marriage relation".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05064a.htm

Daulia
A titular see of Greece.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04638b.htm

Death, Preparation for
Includes the steps taken, such as calling a priest, winding up earthly affairs, and confession.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04660c.htm

Duhamel, Jean-Baptiste
A French scientist, philosopher, and theologian, b. at Vire, Normandy, 11 June, 1624; d. at Paris, 6 August, 1706.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05187b.htm

Decius
Roman Emperor 249-251.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04666a.htm

David, Gheeraert
Painter and illuminator. (1450-1523)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04642a.htm

Decapolis
Name given in the Bible and by ancient writers to a region in Palestine lying to the east and south of the Sea of Galilee.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04664b.htm

Dablon, Claude
Jesuit missionary, born at Dieppe, France, in February, 1618; died at Quebec, 3 May, 1697.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04601a.htm

Divine Office
Brief essay on the historical development of the Liturgy of the Hours.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11219a.htm

Drusilla
Daughter of Herod Agrippa I.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05165b.htm

Dupin, Pierre-Charles-François
French mathematician and economist. (1784-1873)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05205a.htm

Daubrée, Gabriel-Auguste
French geologist, b. at Metz, 25 June, 1814; d. at Paris, 29 May, 1896.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04638a.htm

Definitions, Theological
An irrevocable decision, by which the supreme teaching authority in the Church decides a question appertaining to faith or morals, and which binds the whole Church.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04675b.htm

Du Lhut Daniel Greysolon, Sieur
Born at Saint-Germain-en-Laye about 1640; died at Montreal, 26 Feb., 1710. He first served in the French army, becoming a lieutenant in 1657 and a gendarme of the King's Guard in 1664.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05188a.htm

De Profundis
"Out of the depths". First words of Psalm 129.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04738b.htm

Deaconesses
Offers history and functions.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04651a.htm

Dax, Diocese of
Suppressed French diocese.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16032b.htm

Dareste de la Chavanne, Antoine-Elisabeth
Historian and professor, b. in Paris, 25 October, 1820; d. at Lucenay-lès-Aix, 6 August, 1882.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04635c.htm

Dagon
A Philistine deity.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04602c.htm

Deism
Historical survey and critique.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04679b.htm

De Smet, Pierre-Jean
Missionary among the North American Indians, b. at Termonde (Dendermonde), Belgium, 30 Jan., 1801; d. at St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A., 23 May, 1873.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04752a.htm

Deduction
An argument or reasoning process, that kind of mediate inference by which from truths already known we advance to a knowledge of other truths necessarily implied in the former; the mental product or result of that process. Also a method, the deductive method, by which we increase our knowledge through a series of such inferences.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04674a.htm

Decretals, Papal
In the wide sense the term decretalis signifies a pontifical letter containing a decretum, or pontifical decision. In a narrower sense it denotes a decision on a matter of discipline. In the strictest sense of the word, it means a rescript, an answer of the pope when he has been appealed to or his advice has been sought on a matter of discipline.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04670b.htm

Decree
In a general sense, an order or law made by a superior authority for the direction of others. In ecclesiastical use it has various meanings. Any papal Bull, Brief, or Motu Proprio is a decree inasmuch as these documents are legislative acts of the Holy Father.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04670a.htm

Drusipara
A titular see in Thracia Prima.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05166a.htm

Delaware Indians
An important tribal confederacy of Algonquian stock originally holding the basin of the Delaware River, in Eastern Pennsylvania.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04695a.htm

Deharbe, Joseph
Theologian, catechist, b. at Straburg, Alsace, 11 April, 1800; d. at Maria-Laach, 8 November, 1871.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04678a.htm

Delfau, François
Theologian, born 1637 at Montel in Auvergne, France; died 13 Oct., 1676.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04697a.htm

Denzinger, Heinrich Joseph Dominicus
Theologian of the modern Catholic German school and author of the "Enchiridion" universally used, b. 10 Oct., 1819, at Liege; d. 19 June, 1883.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04736b.htm

Downside Abbey
Near Bath, Somersetshire, England, was founded at Douai, Flanders, under the patronage of St. Gregory the Great, in 1605 by the Venerable John Roberts.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05149a.htm

Durrow, School of
Irish Dairmagh, Plain of the Oaks. Situated in the King's County, a few miles from the town of Tullamore.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05214a.htm

Delaroche, Hippolyte
Painter, born at Paris, 17 July, 1797; died 4 November, 1856.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04691a.htm

Dlugosz, Jan
Short biography of Krakow's and Poland's preeminent medieval historian.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05069b.htm

De L'Orme, Philibert
Celebrated architect of the French Renaissance, born at Lyons, c. 1515 or a little later; died at Paris, 8 January, 1570.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04700b.htm

Dei gratia; Dei et Apostolicæ Sedis gratia
A formulæ added to the titles of ecclesiastical dignitaries.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04679a.htm

Delcus
A titular see of Thrace, suffragan of Philippopolis.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04696a.htm

Domenechino
Italian painter. (1581-1641)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05102b.htm

Delatores
A term used by the Synod of Elvira (c. 306) to stigmatize those Christians who appeared as accusers of their brethren.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04691b.htm

Dead Sea
The name given to the lake that lies on the south-eastern border of Palestine.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04658a.htm

Delrio, Martin Anton
Scholar, statesman, Jesuit theologian, born at Antwerp, 17 May, 1551; died at Louvain, 19 October, 1608.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04701b.htm

Deity
This article is confined to the non-Christian notion of the Deity.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04683a.htm

Demetrius
The name of two Syrian kings mentioned in the Old Testament and two other persons in the New Testament.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04707a.htm

Delegation
A delegation is the commission to another of jurisdiction, which is to be exercised in the name of the person delegating. Jurisdiction is defined as the power of anyone who has public authority and pre-eminence over others for their rule and government.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04696b.htm

Decorations, Pontifical
The titles of nobility, orders of Christian knighthood and other marks of honour and distinction which the papal court confers upon men of unblemished character who have in any way promoted the interests of society, the Church, and the Holy See.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04667a.htm

Divine Compassion, Institute of the
Founded in the city of New York, USA, by the Rt. Rev. Thomas Stanislaus Preston.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05052a.htm

Darras, Joseph-Epiphane
Church historian, b. at Troyes, France, 1825; d. at Paris, Nov. 8, 1878.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04636a.htm

Delfino, Pietro
A theologian, born at Venice in 1444; died 16 Jan., 1525.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04698a.htm

Degradation
A canonical penalty by which an ecclesiastic is entirely and perpetually deprived of all office, benefice, dignity, and power conferred on him by ordination; and by a special ceremony is reduced to the state of a layman, losing the privileges of the clerical state and being given over to the secular arm.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04677c.htm

Deger, Ernst
Historical painter, born in Bockenem, Hanover, 15 April, 1809; died in Düsseldorf, 27 Jan., 1885.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04677b.htm

Deluge
A catastrophe fully described in Gen., vi, 1-ix, 19.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04702a.htm

Democracy, Christian
Article representing Christian democracy as the ensemble of Catholic doctrine, organization, and action in the field of popular social questions.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04708a.htm

Delille, Jacques
French abbé and litterateur, born at Aigueperse, 22 June, 1738; died at Paris, 1 May, 1813.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04698b.htm

Denis, Johann Nepomuk Cosmas Michael
Bibliographer and poet, b. at Schärding, Bavaria, 27 September, 1729; d. at Vienna, 29 Sept., 1800.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04721b.htm

Dens, Peter
Theologian, b. at Boom, near Antwerp, Belgium, 12 September, 1690; d. at Mechlin, 15 February, 1775.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04733a.htm

Demonology
The science or doctrine concerning demons.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04713a.htm

Denman, William
Publisher, b. in Edinburgh, Scotland, 17 March, 1784; d. in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A., 12 September, 1870.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04722b.htm

Demon
In Scripture and in Catholic theology this word has come to mean much the same as devil and denotes one of the evil spirits or fallen angels.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04710a.htm

Deer, Abbey of
A once famous Scotch monastery. According to the Celtic legend St. Columcille, his disciple Drostan, and others, went from Hy (Iona) into Buchan and established an important missionary centre at Deer on the banks of the Ugie on lands given him by the mormaer or chief of the district whose son he had by his prayers freed of a dangerous illness.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04674b.htm

Deposition
An ecclesiastical vindictive penalty by which a cleric is forever deprived of his office or benefice and of the right of exercising the functions of his orders.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04737b.htm

Dead, Prayers for the
Catholic teaching regarding prayers for the dead is bound up inseparably with the doctrine of purgatory and the more general doctrine of the communion of the saints, which is an article of the Apostle's Creed.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04653a.htm

Díaz de Solís, Juan
Spanish navigator and explorer, b. about 1470.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04777a.htm

Delisle, Guillaume
Reformer of cartography, born 28 February, 1675, in Paris; died there 25 January, 1726.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04700a.htm

Definitor (in Canon Law)
An official in secular deaneries and in certain religious orders.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04676a.htm

Deo Gratias
An old liturgical formula of the Latin Church to give thanks to God for graces received.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04737a.htm

Davila Padilla
Writer, Bishop of Santo Domingo. A native of the City of Mexico, b. 1562; d. 1604.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04646b.htm

Dolbeau, Jean
Recollect friar, born in the Province of Anjou, France, 12 March, 1586; died at Orléans, 9 June, 1652.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05093a.htm

Denver
A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santa Fé, erected in 1887.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04733c.htm

Demoniacs
Article concerned with the demonic possession in the New Testament.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04711a.htm

Dereser, Anton
Discalced Carmelite, born at Fahr in Franconia, 3 February, 1757; died at Breslau, 15 or 16 June, 1807.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04739a.htm

Dollinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von
Historian and theologian. (1799-1890)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05094a.htm

Defender of the Matrimonial Tie
An official whose duty is to defend the marriage-bond in the procedure prescribed for the hearing of matrimonial causes which involve the validity or nullity of a marriage already contracted.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04675a.htm

Debbora
Prophetess and judge, wife of Lapidoth and endowed by God with prophetic gifts which secured for her the veneration of the divided Israelitic tribes and gave her great authority over them.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04663a.htm

Desclée, Henri and Jules
Nineteenth-century Belgian monks.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16032c.htm

Desecration
The loss of that peculiar quality of sacredness, which inheres in places and things in virtue of the constitutive blessing of the Church.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04748c.htm

Derogation
The partial revocation of a law, as opposed to abrogation or the total abolition of a law.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04739b.htm

Despair
The voluntary and complete abandonment of all hope of saving one's soul and of having the means required for that end.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04755a.htm

Delta of the Nile, Prefecture Apostolic of the
Situated in the north of Egypt and comprises four of the six provinces forming Lower Egypt, namely: Gharbieh, Charkieb, Menufieh, and Kalyiubieh.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04701c.htm

Dubourg, Louis-Guillaume-Valentin
Second Bishop of Louisiana and the Floridas, Bishop of Montauban, Archbishop of Besançon. (1766-1833)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05178c.htm

Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, Jean
A French dramatist and novelist, born in Paris, 1595, died there, 1676.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04751b.htm

Determinism
A name employed by writers, especially since J. Stuart Mill, to denote the philosophical theory which holds, in opposition to the doctrine of free will, that all man's volitions are invariably determined by pre-existing circumstances.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04756c.htm

Dechamps, Adolphe
Belgian statesman and publicist, brother of Cardinal Dechamps, born at Melle near Ghent, 17 June, 1807, died at Manage, 19 July, 1875.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04665a.htm

Deschamps, Nicolas
Polemical writer, born at Villefranche (Rhône), France, 1797; died at Aix-en-Provence, 1872.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04748b.htm

Demetrius, Saint
The first bishop of Alexandria of whom anything is known. Appointed Origen as head of the Catechetical School and later condemned him for being ordained to the presbyterate without authorization. Demetrius died in 231.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04706b.htm

Dogmatic Fact
Any fact connected with a dogma and on which the application of the dogma to a particular case depends.
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Derbe
A titular see of Lycaonia, Asia Minor.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04738c.htm

Denis, Joseph
The first Canadian to join the Recollects of the Friars Minor. (1657-1736)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04722a.htm

Denza, Francesco
Italian meteorologist and astronomer, b. at Naples, 7 June, 1834; d. at Rome, 14 December, 1894.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04736a.htm

Detraction
The unjust damaging of another's good name by the revelation of some fault or crime of which that other is really guilty or at any rate is seriously believed to be guilty by the defamer.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04757a.htm

Descartes, René
Philosopher and scientist, born at La Haye France, 31 March, 1596; died at Stockholm, Sweden, 11 February 1650.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04744b.htm

Divine Redeemer, Daughters of the
Motherhouse at Oedenburg, Hungary; founded in 1863 from the Daughters of the Divine Saviour of Vienna.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05053a.htm

Deusdedit, Cardinal
Joined the Benedictine Order and became a zealous promoter of ecclesiastical reforms in the latter half of the eleventh century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04760c.htm

Deuteronomy
This term occurs in Deut., xvii, 18 and Jos., viii, 32, and is the title of one of the five books of the Pentateuch.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04761b.htm

Desert
The word wilderness, which is more frequently used than desert of the region of the Exodus, more nearly approaches the meaning of the Hebrew.
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Devolution
The right of an ecclesiastical superior to provide for a benefice, when the ordinary patron or collator has failed to do so, either through negligence or by the nomination of an improper candidate.
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Devoti, Giovani
Canonist, born at Rome, 11 July, 1744; died there 18 Sept., 1820.
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Devil
The name commonly given to the fallen angels, who are also known as demons. With the article (ho) it denotes Lucifer, their chief, as in Matthew 25:41, "the Devil and his angels".
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Demiurge
The word means literally a public worker, demioergós, demiourgós, and was originally used to designate any craftsman plying his craft or trade for the use of the public. Soon, however, technítes and other words began to be used to designate the common artisan while demiurge was set aside for the Great Artificer or Fabricator, the Architect of the universe.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04707b.htm

Deza, Diego
Patron of Columbus. (1444-1523)
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Deymann, Clementine
Priest and prison chaplain. Born at Klein-Stavern, Oldenburg, Germany, 24 June, 1844; died at Phoenix, Arizona.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04768c.htm

Dempster, Thomas
Savant, professor, and author. (1579-1625)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04717a.htm

Diano
Diocese and small city in the province of Salermo, Italy; the ancient Tegianum and seat of the Tegyani, a tribe of Lucania.
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Dingley, Ven. Sir Thomas
Martyr, prior of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, found guilty of high treason 28 April, 1539, and beheaded on Tower Hill, 9 July, together with the Blessed Sir Adrian Fortescue.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04797c.htm

Devereux, John C.
Irish immigrant to New York. (1774-1848)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16033a.htm

Dias, Bartolomeu
A famous Portuguese navigator of the fifteenth century, discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope; died at sea, 29 May, 1500.
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Dechamps, Victor Augustin Isidore
Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechlin, and Primate of Belgium; born at Melle near Ghent 6 Dec., 1810; died 29 Sept., 1883, at Mechlin.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04665b.htm

Dhuoda
Wife of Bernard, Duke of Septimania.
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Detroit
Diocese established 8 March, 1838. Suffragan of Cincinnati.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04758b.htm

Diepenbrock, Melchior, Baron von
Cardinal and Prince-Bishop of Breslau, b. 6 January, 1798, at Boeholt in Westphalia; d. at the castle of Johannisberg in Upper Silesia, 20 January, 1853.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04786b.htm

Desault, Pierre-Joseph
Surgeon and anatomist, b. at Magny-Vernois a small town of Franche-Comté, France, in 1744; d. 1 June, 1795.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04744a.htm

Denunciation
Making known the crime of another to one who is his superior.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04733b.htm

Despretz, César-Mansuète
Chemist and physicist, b. at Lessines, Belgium, 11 May, 1798; d. at Paris, 11 May, 1863.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04755b.htm

Dicconson, Edward
Titular Bishop of Malla, or Mallus, Vicar Apostolic of the English Northern District; b. 30 Nov., 1670; d. 5 May, 1752.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04777d.htm

Definitors (in Religious Orders)
Generally speaking, the governing council of an order.
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Diceto, Ralph de
Dean of St. Paul's, London, and chronicler.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04778a.htm

Didache
A short treatise which was accounted by some of the Fathers as next to Holy Scripture.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04779a.htm

Didron, Adolphe-Napoleon
Also called Didron aîné; archaeologist; together with Viollet-le-Duc and Caumont, one of the principal revivers of Christian art in France; b. 13 March, 1806, d. 13 November, 1867.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04783a.htm

Diego y Moreno, Francisco Garcia
First bishop of California, b. 17 Sept., 1785, at Lagos in the state of Jalisco, Mexico; d. 30 April, 1846, at Santa Barbara.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04785a.htm

Didascalia Apostolorum
A treatise which pretends to have been written by the Apostles at the time of the Council of Jerusalem (Acts, xv), but is really a composition of the third century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04781b.htm

Denmark
History includes politics, religion, literary, and art.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04722c.htm

Donahoe, Patrick
Publisher, born at Munnery, County Cavan, Ireland, 17 March, 1811; died at Boston, U.S.A., 18 March, 1901.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05115c.htm

Dialectic
Greek dialektike (techne or methodos), the dialectic art or method, from dialegomai I converse, discuss, dispute; as noun also dialectics; as adjective, dialectical.
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Denys the Carthusian, Blessed
Sometimes called the last of the Schoolmen, devoted to prayer, avid reader whose favorite author was Pseudo-Dionysius. Author of commentaries, sermons, and theological and philosophical treatises. He died in 1471.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04734a.htm

Dicastillo, Juan de
Jesuit theologian. (1584-1653)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04777c.htm

Devil Worship
Fathers and theologians explain the matter as, the fallen angels besides tempting and assailing men in other ways have, by working on their fears or exciting their cupidity, brought them to give worship to themselves under the guise of idols.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04767a.htm

Diether of Isenburg
Archbishop and Elector of Mainz, b. about 1412; d. 7 May, 1482, at Aschaffenburg.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04789a.htm

Devereux, Nicholas
Born near Enniscorthy, Ireland, 7 June, 1791; died at Utica, New York, 29 Dec., 1855, was the youngest brother of John C. Devereux.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16033b.htm

Didymus the Blind
Layman, one of the principal opponents of Arianism. Born about 310-313; died about 395-398.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04784a.htm

Didot
Preacher, writer, and educator, b. 17 March, 1840, at Touvet (Isère), France; d. 13 March, 1900, at Toulouse.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04782b.htm

Díaz del Castillo, Bernal
Spanish historian, one of the chief chroniclers of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards, b. at Medina del Campo, Spain, c. 1498; d. after 1568.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04776b.htm

Diepenbeeck, Abraham van
An erudite and accomplished painter of the Flemish School, b. at Bois-le-Duc in the Netherlands, 1599; d. at Antwerp, 1675.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04786a.htm

Dieringer, Franz Xaver
Catholic theologian, b. 22 August, 1811, at Rangeningen (Hohenzollern-Hechingen); d. 8 September, 1876, at Veringendorf.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04786c.htm

Digby, Kenelm Henry
Writer, b. in Ireland, 1800; d. at Kensington, Middlesex, England, 22 March, 1880.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04791b.htm

Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite
Article on the identity of the mysterious Pseudo-Areopagite, his writings, and their influence.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05013a.htm

Deus in Adjutorium Meum Intende
These words form the introductory prayer to every Hour of the Roman, monastic, and Ambrosian Breviaries, except during the last three days of Holy Week, and in the Office of the Dead.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04761a.htm

Díaz, Pedro
Missionary, b. at Lupedo, Diocese of Toledo, Spain, in 1546; d. in Mexico, 12 Jan., 1618.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04776a.htm

Digby, Sir Kenelm
Physicist, naval commander and diplomatist, b. at Gayhurst (Goathurst), Buckinghamshire, England, 11 July, 1603; d. in Covent Garden, Westminster, 11 June, 1665.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04792b.htm

Diemoth
An old German word for the present "Demuth", the English "humility", was the name of a pious recluse at the monastery of Wessobrunn in Upper Bavaria, b. about 1060 of a noble Bavarian or Swabian family; d. 30 March, probably in 1130.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04785c.htm

De Rossi, Giovanni Battista
Christian archaeologist, best known for his work in connection with the Roman catacombs. (1822-1894)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04739c.htm

Diocese
The territory or churches subject to the jurisdiction of a bishop.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05001a.htm

Desservants
The name of a class of French parish priests.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04756a.htm

Durandus, William
Canonist and writer. (1237-1296)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05207a.htm

Diaconicum
In the Greek Church, the liturgical book specifying the functions of the deacon.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04769b.htm

Diekamp, Wilhelm
Historian, b. at Geldern, 13 May, 1854; d. at Rome, 25 Dec., 1885.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04785b.htm

Digby, Sir Everard
Born 16 May, 1578, died 30 Jan., 1606. Succeeded in his fourteenth year to large properties in the Counties of Lincoln, Leicester, and Rutland.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04792a.htm

Desains, Paul-Quentin
Physicist, b. at St-Quentin, France, 12 July, 1817; d. at Paris, 3 May, 1885.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04743b.htm

Dies Irae
Name by which the sequence in requiem Masses is commonly known.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04787a.htm

Divine Savior, Society of the
Founded at Rome, 8 Dec., 1881, by Johann Baptist Jordan (b. 1848 at Gartweil im Breisgau), elected superior general as Father Francis Mary of the Cross.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05053b.htm

Diocesan Chancery
That branch of administration which handles all written documents used in the official government of a diocese.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04798c.htm

Denifle, Heinrich Seuse
Paleographer and historian. (1844-1905)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04719a.htm

Divine Providence, Sisters of
Includes several orders by this name.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05052b.htm

Divine Charity, Daughters of
Founded at Vienna, 21 November, 1868, by Franziska Lechner (d. 1894) on the Rule of St. Augustine, and approved by the Holy See in 1884 and definitively confirmed 22 July, 1891.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05052f.htm

Diodorus of Tarsus
Date of birth uncertain; d. about A.D. 392. He was of noble family, probably of Antioch. St. Basil calls him a "nursling" of Silvanus, Bishop of Tarsus, but whether this discipleship was at Antioch or at Tarsus is not known.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05008a.htm

Dioclea
A titular see of Phyrgia in Asia Minor.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05007a.htm

Deutinger, Martin
Philosopher and religious writer, b. in Langenpreising, Bavaria, 24 March, 1815; d. at Pfäfers, Switzerland, 9 Sept., 1864.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04761c.htm

Diognetus, Epistle to
An apology for Christianity cited by no ancient or medieval writer, and came from a single manuscript which perished in the siege of Strasburg (1870).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05008b.htm

Dillon, Arthur-Richard
A French prelate, b. at St-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris, 1721; d. in Lond