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Tabasco - Diocese in the Republic of Mexico, suffragan of the Archbishopric of Yucatán. |
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Tabæ - Titular see in Caria, suffragan of Stauropolis. |
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Tabbora - A titular see in Africa Proconsularis, suffragan of Carthage. |
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Tabernacle - Old Testament precursor to the Temple. |
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Tabernacle - Vessel holding the Blessed Sacrament. |
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Tabernacle Societies - The Association of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and of work for poor churches was founded at Brussels in 1848 by Anne de Meeûs. |
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Tabor, Mount - Distinguished among the mountains of Palestine for its picturesque site, its graceful outline, the remarkable vegetation which covers its sides of calcareous rock, and the splendour of the view from its summit. |
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Tacana Indians - The collective designation for a group of tribes constituting the Tacanan linguistic stock in different dialects, occupying the upper valleys of the Beni and Madre de Dios Rivers, on the eastern slope of the Andes, Department of Beni, north-western Bolivia. |
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Tacapæ - Titular see of Tripolitana in northern Africa. |
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Taché, Alexandre-Antonin - First Archbishop of St. Boniface, Manitoba, missionary, prelate, statesman, and writer of Western Canada. (1823-1894) |
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Taché, Etienne-Pascal - Statesman, b. at St. Thomas (Montmagny, Province of Quebec), 5 Sept., 1795, son of Charles, and Geneviève Michon; d. 30 July, 1865. |
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Tadama - A titular see in Mauretania Cæsariensis. |
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Taenarum - A titular see in Greece, suffragan of Corinth. |
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Taensa Indians - A Muskhogean tribe living when first known on the west bank of the Mississippi, within the present limits of Tensas parish, Louisiana. |
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Tait Indians - A collective term for those members of the Cowichan tribe, occupying the Lower Fraser River, Yale District, British Columbia (Canada), between Nicomen and Yale. |
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Takkali - The hybrid name by which the Carrier Indians of the northern interior of British Columbia were originally made known by the fur traders. |
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Talbot, James - Fourth son of George Talbot and brother of the fourteenth Earl of Shrewsbury. Chiefly known for having been the last priest to be indicted in the public courts for saying Mass. (1726-1790) |
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Talbot, Peter - Archbishop of Dublin, 1669-1680; b. at Malahide, Dublin, in 1620. |
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Tallis, Thomas - Focusing especially on his contributions to Catholic liturgics and hymnody, even after the English Reformation. |
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Talmud - A post-Biblical substantive formation of Pi'el ("to teach"), and originally signified "doctrine" or "study". |
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Talon, Jean - First intendant in exercise of New France. |
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Talon, Nicolas - French Jesuit, historian, and ascetical writer. (1605-1691) |
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Talon, Pierre - A French-Canadian explorer, born at Quebec, 1676. |
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Tamanac Indians - A tribe of Cariban linguistic stock occupying the territory about the Cuchivero River, a tributary of the lower Orinoco, Venezuela. |
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Tamassus - A titular see in Cyprus, suffragan of Salamis. |
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Tamaulipas - Diocese in the Mexican Republic, suffragan of Linares. |
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Tametsi - The first word of Chapter 1, Session 24, of the Council of Trent. |
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Tanagra - A titular see in Hellas, suffragan of Corinth. |
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Tancred - Prince of Antioch, born about 1072; died at Antioch, 12 Dec., 1112. |
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Tanis - A titular see, suffragan of Pelusium in Augustamnica Prima, capital of the fourteenth district of Lower Egypt. |
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Tanner, Adam - Controversialist, born at Innsbruck in 1571; died at Unken, 25 May, 1632. |
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Tanner, Conrad - Abbot of Einsiedeln, born at Arth in the Canton of Schwyz, 28 Dec., 1752; died 7 April, 1825. |
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Tanner, Edmund - Bishop of Cork and Cloyne, Ireland, 1574-1579; born about 1526; died 1579. |
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Tanner, Matthias - Taught humanities, philosophy, theology, and Scripture, was made rector of the imperial university, and guided for six years the Bohemian province of his order. |
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Tantum Ergo - The opening words of the penultimate stanza of the Vesper hymn of Corpus Christi. |
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Tanucci, Bernardo - Marchese, Italian statesman, born at Stia in Tuscany, of poor family, in 1698 died at Naples, 29 April, 1793. |
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Taoism - Religion derived from the philosophical doctrines of Lao-tze. |
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Taos Pueblo - Town of the Pueblo group, inhabited by Indians speaking the Tigua language of Shoshonean linguistic stock. |
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Tapestry - A fabric in which the two processes of weaving and embroidering are combined. |
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Tapis, Esteban - Entered the Franciscan Order at Gerona, 27 Jan., 1778, and joined the missionary College of San Fernando, Mexico, in 1786. |
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Taranto - Diocese in southern Italy, on a bay in the Gulf of Taranto. |
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Tarapacá - Situated in Chile, bounded on the north by the canon of the Camarones and on the south by the Loa River. |
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Tarasius, Saint - Layman who became Patriarch of Constantinople by acclamation, called for the Second Ecumenical Council of Nicaea, champion of Church unity and of the veneration of the holy ikons. Died 806. |
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Tarazona - The Diocese of Tarazona comprises the Spanish provinces of Saragossa, Soria, Navarre, and Logroño. |
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Tarbes - The Diocese of Tarbes comprises the Department of the Hautes-Pyrenees (ancient territory of Bigorre). |
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Tarentaise - Comprises the arrondissement of Moutiers in the Department of Savoie; it is also sometimes called the Diocese of Moutiers en Tarentaise, and is suffragan of Chambéry. |
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Targum - The distinctive designation of the Aramaic translations or paraphrases of the Old Testament. |
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Tarisel, Pierre - Master-mason to the king, b. about 1442; d. in August, 1510. |
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Tarnow - Diocese in western Galicia, Austria. |
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Tarragona - Its suffragans are Barcelona, Lérida, Gerona, Urgel, Vich, Tortosa, and Solsona. |
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Tarsicius, Saint - Was carrying the Blessed Sacrament on his person, and refused to surrender it when beset by a pagan mob. Martyr of the third or early fourth century. |
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Tarsus - A metropolitan see of Cilicia Prima. |
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Tartini, Giuseppe - Provides biography and background on his becoming a musician against his parents' wishes. Includes noted works and evaluation of his technical and theoretical brilliance. |
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Tassach, Saint - Irish saint, born in the first decade of the fifth century; died about 497. |
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Tassin, René-Prosper - French historian, belonging to the Benedictine Congregation of Saint-Maur. (1697-1777) |
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Tatian - A second-century apologist about whose antecedents and early history nothing can be affirmed with certainty except that he was born in Assyria and that he was trained in Greek philosophy. |
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Taubaté - Diocese in Brazil, South America, established on 29 April, 1908, as a suffragan of Sãn Paulo. |
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Tauler, John - Article on the life and teachings of this 14th-century German Dominican mystic and author. |
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Taunton, Ethelred - Writer, born at Rugeley, Staffordshire, England, 17 Oct., 1857; died in London, 9 May, 1907. |
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Tavistock Abbey - Located on the Tavy River in Devonshire, England, founded for Benedictine monks in 961. |
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Tavium - A titular see in Galatia Prima, suffragan of Ancyra. |
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Taxa Innocentiana - A Decree issued by Innocent XI, 1 Oct., 1678, regulating the fees that may be demanded or accepted by episcopal chancery offices for various acts, instruments, or writings. |
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Taxster, John de - Sometimes erroneously called Taxter or Taxston. A thirteenth-century chronicler, of whose life nothing is known except that he was professed as a Benedictine at Bury St. Edmund's 20 Nov., 1244. |
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Te Deum, The - An abbreviated title commonly given a hymn in rhythmical prose, of which the opening words, Te Deum Laudamus, formed its earliest known title. |
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Tehuantepec - Diocese in the Republic of Mexico, suffragan of Oaxaca. |
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Teilo, Saint - Archbishop of Llandaff, born at Eccluis Gunniau, near Tenby, Pembrokeshire; died at Llandilo Vawr, Carmarthenshire, probably in or before 560. |
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Teleology - From Greek telos, end, and logos, science. |
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Telepathy - A term introduced by F.W.H. Myers in 1882 to denote "the ability of one mind to impress or to be impressed by another mind otherwise than through the recognized channels of sense". |
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Telese - A small town in the Province of Benevento, Southern Italy. |
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Telesio, Bernardino - Short article on the life and teachings of this 16th-century scholar, by William Turner. |
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Tell el-Amarna Tablets, The - A collection of some 350 clay tablets found in 1887 amid the ruins of the ancient Egyptian city of Akhetaton. |
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Téllez, Gabriel - Spanish priest and poet, better known by his pseudonym of Tirso de Molina. (1571-1648) |
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Telmessus - Titular see in Lycia, suffragan of Myra. |
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Temiskaming - The Vicariate Apostolic of Temiskaming, suffragan of Ottawa, Canada. |
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Temnus - A titular see in Asia, a suffragan of Ephesus. |
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Temple - The Latin form, templum, from which the English temple is derived, originally signified an uncovered area marked off by boundaries; especially the place marked off by the augurs to be excepted from all profane uses. |
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Temple of Jerusalem - In the Bible the sanctuary of Jerusalem bears the Hebrew name of Bet Yehovah (house of Jehovah). |
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Temptation - An incitement to sin whether by persuasion or by the offer of some good or pleasure. |
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Temptation of Christ - Christ endured temptation only from without, inasmuch as His human nature was free from all concupiscence. |
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Tenebræ - The name given to the service of Matins and Lauds belonging to the last three days of Holy Week. |
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Tenedos - A titular see, suffragan of Rhodes in the Cyclades. |
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Teneriffe - Suffragan of Seville, formerly called Nivariensis from Nivaria, the ancient name of the island. |
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Teniers, David - The name of two eminent Flemish landscape painters; the elder, born at Antwerp in 1582; died there in 1649; the younger; born at Antwerp in 1610; died at Brussels in 1694. |
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Tennessee - Includes geography, history, and demographics. |
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Tenney, William Jewett - An author, editor, born at Newport, Rhode Island, 1814; died at Newark, New Jersey, 20 Sept., 1883. |
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Tentyris - Seat of a titular suffragan see of Ptolemais in Thebaid Secunda. |
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Tenure, Ecclesiastical - System of feudal tenure was not always restricted to lands, as church revenues and tithes were often farmed out to secular persons as a species of ecclesiastical fief. |
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Teos - Titular see; suffragan of Ephesus in Asia Minor. |
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Tepic - A diocese of the Mexican Republic, suffragan of the Archbishopric of Guadalajara. |
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Tepl - A Premonstratensian abbey in the western part of Bohemia. |
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Teramo - Diocese in southern Italy. |
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Terce - Essay on the office of Terce, the earliest of the "little hours" in the day. |
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Terenuthis - Titular see, suffragan of Antinoë in Thebais Prima. |
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Termessus - A titular see, suffragan of Perge in Pamphylia Secunda. |
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Termoli - Located on the Italian coast of the Adriatic, having a small harbour near the mouth of the Petraglione. |
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Ternan, Saint - Brief biography of this sixth-century bishop of the Picts. |
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Terrasson, André - A French preacher, born at Lyons in 1669; died at Paris, 25 April, 1723. |
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Terrestrial Paradise - The name popularly given in Christian tradition to the scriptural Garden of Eden. |
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Tertiaries - Known as "Third Orders", those persons who live according to the Third Rule of religious orders, either outside of a monastery in the world, or in a religious community. |
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Tertullian - Ecclesiastical writer in the second and third centuries. |
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Teruel - A suffragan of Saragossa. |
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Testament, New - Jesus Christ uses the words "new testament" as meaning the alliance established by Himself between God and the world, and this is called "new" as opposed to that of which Moses was the mediator. |
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Testament, Old - The Apostle St. Paul declares himself (II Cor., iii, 6) a minister "of the new testament", and calls (iii, 14) the covenant entered into on Mount Sinai "the old testament". |
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Testem Benevolentiae - An Apostolic Letter of Leo XIII addressed to Cardinal Gibbons, 22 January, 1899. |
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Test-Oath, Missouri - The terms of the oath required the affiant to deny, not only that he had ever been in armed hostility to the United States, or to the lawful authorities thereof, but that he had ever "by act or word", manifested his adherence to the cause of the enemies of the United States. |
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Teuchira - A titular see in Libyan Pentapolis. |
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Teutonic Order - A medieval military order modeled on the Hospitallers of St. John. |
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Texas - Includes geography, history, demographic, and government information. |
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Thabraca - A titular see of Numidia near the sea, between the Armua and the Tusca. |
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Thacia Montana - A titular see in Africa Proconsularis, suffragan of Carthage. |
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Thagora - Titular see in Numidia, mentioned by the "Rabula Peutingeriana", which calls it Thacora. |
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Thalberg, Sigismond - Life, musical highlights, comparisons with Liszt, and comments on his better and worse works. |
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Thanksgiving Before and After Meals - The word grace, which, as applied to prayer over food, always in pre-Elizabethan English took the plural form graces, means nothing but thanksgiving. |
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Thanksgiving Day - The custom originated in 1621, when Governor Bradford of the Plymouth colony appointed a day for public praise and prayer after the first harvest. |
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Thapsus - Titular see in Macedonia. |
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Thasos - A titular see in Macedonia, suffragan of Thessalonica. |
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Thænæ - A titular see in Africa Byzacena. |
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Theatines - A religious order of men, founded by Gaetano dei Conti di Tiene, Paolo Consiglieri, Bonifacio da Colle, and Giovanni Pietro Carafa, afterwards Pope Paul IV. |
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Theatre, The - All forms of the drama were banned by the Fathers of both East and West indiscriminately and in terms of the severest reprobation. |
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Thebaid - The valley of the Nile, under Roman domination, was divided into four provinces: Lower and Upper Egypt, Lower and Upper Thebaid. |
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Thebes - A metropolitan titular see of Achaia Secunda. |
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Thebes - Titular see of Thebais Secunda, suffragan of Ptolemais, and the seat of a Coptic Catholic diocese. |
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Thecla, Saint - Short biography of the eighth-century Benedictine abbess of Kitzingen and Ochsenfurt. |
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Thecla, Saints - The most famous of several saints named Thecla is Thecla of Iconium. Other saints of this name include a martyr from Gaza, an African martyr, one or two Roman martyrs, one who is purely legendary (Boniface and Thecla), and one St. Thecla of whom almost nothing is known. |
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Theft - The secret taking of another's property against the reasonable will of that other. |
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Themiscyra - A titular see, suffragan of Amasea in the Hellespont. |
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Themisonium - A titular see in Phrygia Pacatiana, suffragan of Laodicea. |
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Thennesus - A titular suffragan see of Pelusium in Augustamnica Prima. |
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Theobald - Archbishop of Canterbury. (d. 1161) |
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Theobald, Saint - Hermit, joined the Camaldolese late in life, died in 1066. |
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Theocracy - A form of civil government in which God Himself is recognized as the head. |
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Theodicy - Term was introduced into philosophy by Leibniz. |
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Theodore of Amasea, Saint - Soldier saint, martyred in 306. After refusing a court order to sacrifice to the gods, St. Theodore was released for a time of reflection--and burnt a pagan temple. |
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Theodore of Gaza - A fifteenth-century Greek Humanist and translator of Aristotle. |
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Theodore of Studium, Saint - Biography of this monk, priest, and abbot. He was a champion of the independence of the Church, and of the veneration of icons. St. Theodore died in 826. |
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Theodoret - Bishop of Cyrus and theologian, born at Antioch in Syria about 393; died about 457. |
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Theodorus Lector - A lector attached to the Church of St. Sophia of Constantinople in the early part of the sixth century. |
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Theodosius Florentini - Born at Münster, in the Grisons, Switzerland, 23 May, 1808; died at Heiden, in Appenzell, 15 Feb., 1865. |
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Theodosius I - Roman Emperor (also known as Flavius Theodosius), born in Spain, about 346; died at Milan, 17 January, 395. |
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Theodulf - Bishop of Orléans, a writer skilled in poetic forms and a learned theologian, born in Spain about 760; died at Angers, France, 18 December, 821. |
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Theology, Dogmatic - That part of theology which treats of the theoretical truths of faith concerning God and His works. |
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Theology, Moral - Limited to those doctrines which discuss the relations of man and his free actions to God and his supernatural end, and propose the means instituted by God for the attainment of that end. |
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Theology, Mystical - Mysticism and mystical prayer or contemplation considered from a Catholic perspective, along with a bibliography of famous Christian mystics. |
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Theonas - Bishop of Alexandria from about 283 to 301. |
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Theophanes, Saint - He and his wife both entered monastic life. He signed the decrees of Nicaea II. |
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Theophilanthropists - A deistic sect formed in France during the latter part of the French Revolution. |
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Theosophy - A term used in general to designate the knowledge of God supposed to be obtained by the direct intuition of the Divine essence. |
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Thermopylae - A titular see and suffragan of Athens in Achaia Prima. |
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Thibaut de Champagne - Thibaut IV, count of Champagne and King of Navarre, and French poet. (1201-1253) |
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Thierry of Freburg - A philosopher and physician of the Middle Ages, and a member of the Order of Saint Dominic. |
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Thiers, Louis-Adolphe - French statesman and historian, first president of the Third French Republic. (1797-1877) |
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Thijm, Peter Paul Maria Alberdingk - President of the Association Tijd en Vlijt and of Constantius Buter, also a member of the Flemish Academy, and for a time, its president. |
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Third Orders - Lay members of religious orders, i.e. men and women who do not necessarily live in community and yet can claim to wear the habit and participate in the good works of some great order. |
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Thirty Years War - Though pre-eminently a German war, was also of great importance for the history of the whole of Europe. |
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Thmuis - A titular see in Augustamnica Prima, suffragan of Pelusium. |
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Thomas á Jesu - Discalced Carmelite, writer on mystical theology. (1564-1627) |
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Thomas a Kempis - Author of the "Imitation of Christ", born at Kempen in the Diocese of Cologne, in 1379 or 1380; died 25 July, 1471. |
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Thomas Aquinas, Saint - Lengthy article on the life, writings, and influence of this philosopher, theologian, and Doctor of the Church. Called the Angelic Doctor. Died in 1274. |
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Thomas Becket, Saint - Biography of this martyr, also known as St. Thomas of Canterbury, where he was archbishop and where he was murdered in 1170. |
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Thomas Belson, Blessed - Brief profile of the English martyr, who was executed with George Nicols and Richard Yaxley in 1589. |
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Thomas Christians, Saint - An ancient body of Christians on the east and west coasts of India, claiming spiritual descent from the Apostle St. Thomas. |
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Thomas Cottam, Blessed - A convert to Catholicism, entered the Jesuit novitiate, was ordained a priest. Imprisoned and tortured for a year and a half, he died a martyr in 1582. |
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