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Eadmer
Precentor of Canterbury and historian.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05224a.htm
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Eanbald I
The first Archbishop of York by that name.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05224b.htm
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Eanbald II
Date of birth unknown; died 810 or 812.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05224c.htm
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East Indies, Patriarchate of the
In consequence of an agreement between the Holy See and the Portuguese Government in 1886.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07758a.htm
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Easter
Includes information on the feast and customs.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05224d.htm
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Easter Controversy
The dispute regarding the proper time of observing Easter.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05228a.htm
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Eastern Churches
Eastern Churches depended originally on the Eastern Empire at Constantinople.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05230a.htm
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Easterwine
Abbot of Wearmouth, nephew of St. Benedict Biscop; born 650, died 7 March, 686.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05240a.htm
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Easton, Adam
Cardinal, born at Easton in Norfolk; died at Rome, 15 September (according to others, 20 October), 1397.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05240b.htm
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Eata, Saint
Second Bishop of Hexham; date of birth unknown; died 26 October, 686.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05240c.htm
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Ebbo
Archbishop of Reims, b. towards the end of the eighth century; d. 20 March, 851.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05241a.htm
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Ebendorfer, Thomas
German chronicler, professor, and statesman, b. 12 August, 1385, at Haselbach, in Upper Austria; d. at Vienna, 8 Jan., 1464.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05241b.htm
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Eberhard of Ratisbon
A German chronicler about the beginning of the fourteenth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05242b.htm
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Eberhard, Matthias
Bishop of Trier, b. 15 Nov., 1815, at Trier (Germany), d. there 30 May, 1876.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05242a.htm
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Ebermann, Veit
Theologian and controversialist, born 25 May, 1597, at Rendweisdorff, in Bavaria; died 8 April, 1675.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05516a.htm
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Ebionites
Name designating one or more early Christian sects.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05242c.htm
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Ebner
The name of two German mystics.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05244a.htm
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Ecclesiastes
The name given to the book of Holy Scripture which usually follows the Proverbs; the Hebrew Qoheleth probably has the same meaning.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05244b.htm
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Ecclesiastical Architecture
All ecclesiastical architecture may be said to have been evolved from two distinct germ-cells, the oblong and the circular chamber.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05257a.htm
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Ecclesiastical Archives
A collection of documents, records, and memorials, pertaining to the origin, foundation, growth, history, and constitutions of a diocese, parish, monastery, or religious community under the jurisdiction of the Church.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01696a.htm
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Ecclesiastical Art
Article explores the origin, history, and types.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05248a.htm
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Ecclesiastical Buildings
This term comprehends all constructions erected for the celebration of liturgical acts, whatever be the name given to them, church, chapel, oratory, and basilica.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03041a.htm
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Ecclesiastical Forum
Ecclesiastical jurisdiction is distinguished into that of the internal and external forum.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06153b.htm
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Ecclesiasticus
The longest of the deuterocanonical books of the Bible, and the last of the Sapiential writings in the Vulgate of the Old Testament.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05263a.htm
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Eccleston, Samuel
Fifth Archbishop of Baltimore, U.S.A. (1801-1851)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05269a.htm
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Eccleston, Thomas of
Thirteenth-century Friar Minor and chronicler.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05269b.htm
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Echard, Jacques
Historian of the Dominicans, born at Rouen, France, 22 September, 1644; died at Paris, 15 March, 1724.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05270a.htm
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Echave, Baltasar de
Painter, born at Zumaya, Guipuzcoa, Spain, in the latter part of the sixteenth century; died in Mexico about the middle of the seventeenth.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05270b.htm
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Echinus
A titular see of Thessaly, Greece.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05270c.htm
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Echter von Mespelbrunn, Julius
Prince-Bishop of Würzburg, b. 18 March, 1545, in the Castle of Mespelbrunn, Spessart (Bavaria); d. 13 Sept., 1617, at Würzburg.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05271a.htm
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Echternach, Abbey of
A Benedictine monastery in the town of that name, in the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg and the Diocese of Trier.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05270d.htm
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Eck, Johann
Theologian and principal adversary of Luther, b. 15 Nov., 1486, at Eck in Swabia; d. 10 Feb., 1543, at Ingolstadt.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05271b.htm
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Eckart, Anselm
Missionary, born at Bingen, Germany, 4 August, 1721; died at the College of Polstok, Polish Russia, 29 June, 1809.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05273a.htm
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Eckebert
Abbot of Schönau, born in the early part of the twelfth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05273b.htm
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Eckhart, Johann Georg von
German historian, b. at Duingen in the principality of Kalenberg, 7 Sept., 1664; d. at Würzburg, 9 Feb., 1730.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05273c.htm
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Eckhart, Meister
Dominican preacher, theologian and mystic, born about 1260 at Hochheim, near Gotha; died in 1327 at Cologne.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05274a.htm
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Eckhel, Joseph Hilarius
German numismatist. (1737-1798)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05274b.htm
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Eclecticism
A philosophical term meaning either a tendency of mind in a thinker to conciliate the different views or positions taken in regard to problems, or a system in philosophy which seeks the solution of its fundamental problems by selecting and uniting wh
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05276a.htm
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Ecstasy
Offers details of false views.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05277a.htm
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Ecuador
An independent state of South America, bounded on the north by Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the south by Peru, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05278a.htm
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Ecumenical Councils
Councils are legally convened assemblies of ecclesiastical dignitaries and theological experts for the purpose of discussing and regulating matters of church doctrine and discipline.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04423f.htm
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Ecumenism - Union of Christendom
Includes the Catholic Church together with the many other religious communions which have either directly or indirectly, separated from it.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15132a.htm
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Edda
A title applied to two different collections of old Norse literature, the poetical or "Elder Edda" and the prose or "Younger Edda".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05280a.htm
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Edelinck
The family name of four engravers.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05281a.htm
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Edesius and Frumentius
Tyrian Greeks of the fourth century, probably brothers, who introduced Christianity into Abyssinia; the latter a saint and first Bishop of Axum, styled the Apostle of Abyssinia, d. about 383.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05281b.htm
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Edessa
A titular archiepiscopal see in that part of Mesopotamia formerly known as Osrhoene.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05282a.htm
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Edgeworth, Henry Essex
Confessor of Louis XVI, and vicar-general of the Diocese of Paris at the height of the French Revolution. (1745-1807)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05283a.htm
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Edinburgh
Derives its name from the time (about A.D. 620) when the fortress of Edwin's burgh was raised on a lofty spur of the Pentland Hills, overlooking the Firth of Forth, and established the Anglian dominion in the northern part of the Northumbrian Kingdom
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05284a.htm
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Editions of the Bible
Includes Hebrew and Greek editions.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05286a.htm
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Edmund Arrowsmith, Saint
English martyr, born in 1585 at Haddock; executed at Lancaster, 23 August, 1628.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05293b.htm
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Edmund Campion, Saint
English Jesuit and martyr.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05293c.htm
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Edmund Rich, Saint
Archbishop of Canterbury, England, born 20 November, c. 1180, at Abingdon, six miles from Oxford; died 16 November, 1240.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05294a.htm
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Edmund the Martyr, Saint
King of East Anglia, born about 840; died at Hoxne, Suffolk, 20 November, 870.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05295a.htm
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Edmund, Congregation of Saint
Founded in 1843, by Jean-Baptiste Muard, at Pontigny, France, for the work of popular missions.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05293a.htm
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Education
In the broadest sense, education includes all those experiences by which intelligence is developed, knowledge acquired, and character formed. In a narrower sense, it is the work done by certain agencies and institutions, the home and the school, for
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05295b.htm
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Education of the Blind
Includes statistics and history.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05306a.htm
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Education of the Deaf
History, aids, and alphabets are discussed.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05315a.htm
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Educational Association, The Catholic
A voluntary organization composed of Catholic educators and other persons who have an interest in the welfare of Catholic education in the United States.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05305a.htm
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Edward III
King of England (1312-77).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05321a.htm
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Edward Jones, Blessed
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08500a.htm
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Edward Olcorne, Blessed
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11237a.htm
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Edward Powell, Blessed
English priest and martyr. (1478-1540)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14659c.htm
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Edward Stransham, Blessed
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14313b.htm
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Edward the Confessor, Saint
King of England, born in 1003; died 5 January, 1066.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05322a.htm
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Edward the Martyr, Saint
King of England, son to Edgar the Peaceful, and uncle to St. Edward the Confessor; b. about 962; d. 18 March, 979.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05323a.htm
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Edward Waterson, Blessed
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15566a.htm
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Edwin, Saint
The first Christian King of Northumbria, born about 585.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05323b.htm
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Edwy
King of the English, eldest son of Edmund and St. Aelfgifu, born about 940; died 959.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05324a.htm
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Egan, Boetius
Archbishop of Tuam, born near Tuam, Ireland, 1734; died near Tuam, 1798.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05324b.htm
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Egan, Michael
First bishop of Philadelphia, U.S.A., b. in Ireland, most probably in Galway, in 1761; d. at Philadelphia, 22 July, 1814.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05324c.htm
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Egbert
Frequently though incorrectly called "First King of England", died A.D. 839.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05325b.htm
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Egbert, Archbishop of Trier
Belonged to the family of the Counts of Holland. Died 8 or 9 December, 993.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05325c.htm
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Egbert, Archbishop of York
Son of Eata, brother of the Northumbrian King Eadbert and cousin of King Ceolwulf, to whom the Venerable Bede dedicated his history; date of birth unknown; d. 19 November, 766.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05326a.htm
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Egbert, Saint
Northumbrian monk. (639-729)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05325a.htm
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Egfrid
King of Northumbria, b. 650; d. 685.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05327a.htm
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Eginhard
Historian, born c. 770 in the district watered by the River Main in the eastern part of the Frankish Empire; d. 14 March, 840, at Seligenstadt.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05366b.htm
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Egloffstein, Frederick W. von
Born at Aldorf, near Nuremberg, Bavaria, 18 May, 1824; died in New York, 1885.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05327b.htm
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Egmont, Lamoral, Count of
Born at the Château de La Hamaide, in Hainault, 18 Nov., 1522; beheaded at Brussels, 5 June, 1568.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05327c.htm
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Egoism
The designation given to those ethical systems which hold self-love to be the source of all rational action and the determinant of moral conduct.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05328a.htm
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Eguiara y Eguren, Juan José
Mexican scholar. (d. 1763)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16037b.htm
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Egwin, Saint
Third Bishop of Worcester.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05329a.htm
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Egypt
Provides information on history, religion, and literature.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05329b.htm
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Egyptian Church Ordinance
An early Christian collection of thirty-one canons regulating ordinations, the liturgy, and other main features of church life.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05363a.htm
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Eichendorff, Josef Karl Benedikt
Poet. (1788-1857)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05363b.htm
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Eichstätt
Diocese in Bavaria, north of the Danube, and suffragan to Bamberg.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05364a.htm
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Eimhin, Saint
Abbot and Bishop of Ros-mic-Truin (Ireland), probably in the sixth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05366a.htm
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Einsiedeln, Abbey of
A Benedictine monastery in the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland, dedicated to Our Lady of the Hermits.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05367a.htm
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Eisengrein, Martin
Catholic theologian and polemical writer, born of Protestant parents at Stuttgart, 28 December, 1535; died at Ingolstadt, 4 May, 1578.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05368a.htm
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Eithene, Saint
Styled "daughter of Baite", with her sister Sodelbia, are commemorated in the Irish calendars under 20 March.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05369a.htm
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Eithne, Saint
Commemorated in the Irish martyrologies under the 11th of January.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05369b.htm
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Ekkehard
Name of five monks of the (Swiss) Abbey of St. Gall from the tenth to the thirteenth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05370a.htm
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Ekkehard of Aura
Benedictine monk and chronicler, b. about 1050; d. after 1125.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05371a.htm
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El Cid
Popular hero of the chivalrous age of Spain, born at Burgos c. 1040; died at Valencia, 1099. He was given the title of seid or cid (lord, chief) by the Moors and that of campeador (champion) by his admiring countrymen.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03769a.htm
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El Greco
Spanish artist. Born in Crete, between 1545 and 1550; died at Toledo, 7 April, 1614.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14628a.htm
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Elaea
A titular see of Asia Minor.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05371b.htm
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Elba
The largest island of the Tuscan Archipelago.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05371c.htm
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Elbel, Benjamin
Bavarian moral theologian. (1690-1756)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16037c.htm
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Elcesaites
A sect of Gnostic Ebionites.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05372a.htm
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Elder, George
Educator, b. 11 August, 1793, in Kentucky, U.S.A.; d. 28 Sept., 1838, at Bardstown.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05372b.htm
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Elder, William Henry
Third Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi, U.S.A., and second Archbishop of Cincinnati, b. in Baltimore, Maryland, 22 March, 1819; d. in Cincinnati, 31 Oct., 1904.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05373a.htm
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Eleazar
Includes information on three uses of this name.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05373b.htm
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Elect
Denotes in general one chosen or taken by preference from among two or more; as a theological term it is equivalent to "chosen as the object of mercy or Divine favour, as set apart for eternal life".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05374a.htm
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Election
In its broadest sense election means a choice among many persons, things, or sides to be taken. In the stricter juridical sense it means the choice of one person among many for a definite charge or function.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05374b.htm
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Eleutherius, Pope Saint
Pope (c. 174-189).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05378a.htm
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Eleutherius, Saint
Bishop of Tournai.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05379a.htm
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Eleutheropolis
A titular see in Palaestina Prima.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05380a.htm
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Elevation, The
The Elevation of the Mass is a rite of comparatively recent introduction.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05380b.htm
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Elhuyar y de Suvisa, Fausto de
Mineralogist and chemist. (1755-1833)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05381a.htm
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Eli
Heli was both judge and high-priest, whose history is related in I Kings.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07204b.htm
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Elias
Old Testament prophet.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05381b.htm
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Elias of Cortona
Minister General of the Friars Minor, b., it is said, at Bevilia near Assisi, c. 1180; d. at Cortona, 22 April, 1253.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05382a.htm
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Elias of Jerusalem
Died 518; one of the two Catholic bishops (with Flavian of Antioch) who resisted the attempt of the Emperor Anastasius I (491-518) to abolish the Council of Chalcedon (451).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05385a.htm
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Elie de Beaumont, Jean-Baptiste-Armand-Louis-Léonce
Geologist, b. at Canon (Dép. Calvados), near Caen, France, 25 Sept., 1798; d. at Canon, 21 Sept., 1874.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05385b.htm
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Eligius, Saint
French bishop. (590-660)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05386a.htm
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Elined, Saint
Fifth-century virgin and martyr.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05386b.htm
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Eliseus
A Prophet of Israel.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05386c.htm
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Elishé
Armenian historian of the fifth century, place and date of birth unknown, d. 480.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05387a.htm
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Eliud, Saint
Archbishop of Llandaff, born at Eccluis Gunniau, near Tenby, Pembrokeshire; died at Llandilo Vawr, Carmarthenshire, probably in or before 560.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14473b.htm
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Elizabeth
Mother of St. John the Baptist.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05387b.htm
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Elizabeth Ann Seton, Saint
Foundress of the Sisters of Charity. (1774-1821)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13739a.htm
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Elizabeth Associations
Charitable associations of women in Germany which aim for the love of Christ to minister to the bodily and spiritual sufferings of the sick poor and of neglected children.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05388b.htm
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Elizabeth of Hungary, Saint
Also called St. Elizabeth of Thuringia, born in Hungary, probably at Pressburg, 1207; died at Marburg, Hesse, 17 November, 1231.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05389a.htm
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Elizabeth of Portugal, Saint
Queen of Portugal. (1271-1336)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05391a.htm
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Elizabeth of Reute, Saint
Third-order Franciscan. (1386-1420)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05391b.htm
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Elizabeth of Schönau, Saint
Twelfth-century Benedictine writer.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05392a.htm
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Elizabeth, Sisters of Saint
From an association established by Dorothea Klara Wolff, in connection with the sisters, Mathilde and Maria Merkert, and Franziska Werner, 1842, in Nelsse (Prussia), to tend in their own homes, without compensation, helpless sick persons who could no
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05388a.htm
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Ellis, Philip Michael
First Vicar Apostolic of the Western District, England, subsequently Bishop of Segni, Italy, b. in 1652; d. 16 Nov., 1726.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05392b.htm
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Ellwangen Abbey
The earliest Benedictine monastery established in the Duchy of Wurtemberg, situated in the Diocese of Augsburg about thirty miles north-east of the town of Stuttgart.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05392c.htm
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Elohim
The common name for God.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05393a.htm
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Elphege, Saint
Martyred Archbishop of Canterbury. (954-1012)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05394a.htm
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Elphin
Suffragan of Tuam, Ireland, a see founded by St. Patrick.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05394b.htm
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Elusa
A titular see of Palaestina Tertia, suffragan of Petra.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05395a.htm
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Elvira, Council of
Held early in the fourth century at Elliberis, or Illiberis, in Spain, a city now in ruins not far from Granada.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05395b.htm
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Ely
Ancient diocese in England.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05396a.htm
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Elzéar of Sabran
Baron of Ansouis, Count of Ariano, born in the castle of Saint-Jean de Robians, in Provence, 1285; died at Paris, 27 September, 1323.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05397a.htm
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Emanationism
The doctrine that emanation (Lat. emanare, "to flow from") is the mode by which all things are derived from the First Reality, or Principle.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05397b.htm
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Emancipation, Ecclesiastical
In ancient Rome emancipation was a process of law by which a slave released from the control of his master, or a son liberated from the authority of his father (patria potestas), was declared legally independent. The earliest ecclesiastical employmen
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05399a.htm
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Ember Days
The days at the beginning of the seasons ordered by the Church as days of fast and abstinence.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05399b.htm
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Embolism
An insertion, addition, interpretation. The word has two specific uses in the language of the Church; in the prayer and in the calendar.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05399c.htm
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Embroidery
In Christian worship embroidery was used from early times to ornament vestments.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05400a.htm
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Emerentiana, Saint
Virgin and martyr, d. at Rome in the third century.
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Emery, Jacques-André
Superior of the Society of St-Sulpice during the French Revolution, b. 26 Aug., 1732, at Gex; d. at Paris, 28 April, 1811.
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Emesa
A titular see of Phœnicia Secunda, suffragan of Damascus, and the seat of two Uniat archdioceses, Greek Melchite and Syrian.
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Emigrant Aid Societies
Details of several organizations, the earliest being the Charitable Irish Society of Boston, Massachusetts, founded 17 March, 1737.
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Emiliana and Trasilla, Saints
Aunts of St. Gregory the Great, virgins in the sixth century.
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Emiliani, Saint Jerome
Founder of the Order of Somascha; b. at Venice, 1481; d. at Somascha, 8 Feb., 1537; feast, 20 July.
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Emmanuel
Signifies "God with us" (Matthew 1:23), and is the name of the child predicted in Isaias 7:14: "Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel".
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Emmaus
A titular see in Pa1æstina Prima, suffragan of Cæsarea.
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Emmeram, Saint
Bishop of Poitiers and missionary to Bavaria, b. at Poitiers in the first half of the seventh century; martyred at Ascheim (Bavaria) towards the end of the same century.
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Emmeram, Saint, Abbey of
A Benedictine monastery at Ratisbon (Regensburg), named after its traditional founder, the patron saint of the city.
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Emmerich, Anne Catherine
An Augustinian nun, stigmatic, and ecstatic, born 8 September, 1774, at Flamsche, near Coesfeld, in the Diocese of Munster, Westphalia, Germany; died at Dulmen, 9 February, 1824.
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Empiricism
Primarily, and in its psychological application, the term signifies the theory that the phenomena of consciousness are simply the product of sensuous experience, i.e. of sensations variously associated and arranged.
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Ems, Congress of
A meeting of the representatives of the German Archbishops Friedrich Karl von Erthal of Mainz, Maximilian Franz of Cologne, Clemens Wenceslaus of Trier, and Hieronymus von Colloredo of Salzburg, at the little town of Bad-Ems, near Coblenz, in August,
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Emser, Hieronymus
The most ardent literary opponent of Luther, born of a prominent family at Ulm, 20 March, 1477; died 8 Nov., 1527 at Dresden.
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Encina, Juan de la
Spanish dramatic poet, called by Ticknor the father of the Spanish secular drama; b. in the village of Encina near Salamanca, 7 Aug., 1468; d. in Salamanca, 1534.
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Enciso, Diego Ximenez de
Dramatic poet, b. in Andalusia, Spain, c. 1585; date of death unknown.
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Enciso, Martín Fernández de
Navigator and geographer, b. at Seville, Spain, c. 1470; d. probably about 1528 at Seville.
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Encolpion
The name given in early Christian times to a species of reliquary worn round the neck, in which were enclosed relics.
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Encratites
Literally, "abstainers" or "persons who practised continency", because they refrained from the use of wine, animal food, and marriage.
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Encyclical
According to its etymology, an encyclical is nothing more than a circular letter. In modern times, usage has confined the term almost exclusively to certain papal documents which differ in their technical form from the ordinary style of either Bulls
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Encyclopedia
An abridgment of human knowledge in general or a considerable department thereof, treated from a uniform point of view or in a systematized summary.
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Encyclopedists
The writers of the eighteenth century who edited or contributed articles to the "Encyclopédie".
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Endlicher, Stephan Ladislaus
Austrian botanist, linguist, and historian, b. at Pressburg, Hungary, 24 June, 1804; d. at Vienna, 28 March, 1849.
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Endowment
A property, fund, or revenue permanently appropriated for the support of any person, institution, or object, as a student, professorship, school, hospital.
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Energy, The Law of Conservation of
Includes the history and philosophy.
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Engaddi
The name of a warm spring near the center of the west shore of the Dead Sea, and also of a town situated in the same place.
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