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Elizabeth - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
(' God is an oath ' -- Exodus 6:23 ). Zachary's wife and John the Baptist's mother; was 'of the daughters of Aaron ' ( Luke 1:5 ), and, at the same time,...
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Hope - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
Hope, in its widest acceptation, is described as the desire of something together with the expectation of obtaining it. The Scholastics say that it is a...
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Magi - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
(Plural of Latin magus ; Greek magoi ). The 'wise men from the East' who came to adore Jesus in Bethlehem ( Matthew 2 ). Rationalists regard the Gospel account...
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Christmas - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
ORIGIN OF THE WORD The word for Christmas in late Old English is Cristes Maesse , the Mass of Christ, first found in 1038, and Cristes-messe , in 1131. In...
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Desert (in the Bible) - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
The Hebrew words translated in the Douay Version of the Bible by 'desert' or 'wilderness', and usually rendered by the Vulgate desertum , 'solitude', or...
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Salvation - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
(Greek soteria ; Hebrew yeshu'ah ). Salvation has in Scriptural language the general meaning of liberation from straitened circumstances or from other evils,...
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Jerusalem (Before A.D. 71) - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
This article treats of the 'City of God', the political and religious centre of the People of Israel, with its destruction by the Romans after it had become...
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Woman - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
Of late years the position of woman in human society has given rise to a discussion which, as part of social unrest, is known under the name of the 'woman...
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Lying - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
Lying, as defined by St. Thomas Aquinas , is a statement at variance with the mind . This definition is more accurate than most others which are current. Thus...
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Prophecy, Prophet, and Prophetess - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
I. IN THE OLD TESTAMENT A. Introduction Yahweh had forbidden Israel all kinds of oracles in vogue among the pagans. If, for a time, he consented to reply by...
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Faith - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
I. THE MEANING OF THE WORD ( Pistis , fides). In the Old Testament , the Hebrew means essentially steadfastness , cf. Exod., xvii, 12, where it is used to...
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Anger - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
The desire of vengeance. Its ethical rating depends upon the quality of the vengeance and the quantity of the passion. When these are in conformity with the...
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Decree - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
( Latin decretum , from decerno , I judge). In a general sense, an order or law made by a superior authority for the direction of others. In ecclesiastical use...
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Gentiles - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
( Hebrew Gôyîm ; Greek ethne, ethnikoi , Hellenes ; Vulgate Gentes, Gentiles, Graeci ). A word of Latin origin and usually employed in the plural. In the...
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Mind - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
(Greek nous ; Latin mens , German Geist , Seele ; French ame esprit ). The word mind has been used in a variety of meanings in English, and we find a similar...
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Moses - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
Hebrew liberator, leader, lawgiver, prophet, and historian, lived in the thirteenth and early part of the twelfth century, B. C. NAME Moshéh (M. T.), Mouses ,...
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Angels - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
(Latin angelus ; Greek aggelos ; from the Hebrew for 'one going' or 'one sent'; messenger). The word is used in Hebrew to denote indifferently either a divine...
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War - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
War, in its juridical sense, is a contention carried on by force of arms between sovereign states, or communities having in this regard the right of states....
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Good - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
'Good' is one of those primary ideas which cannot be strictly defined. In order to fix its philosophical significance we may begin by observing that the word...
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Temple - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
The Latin form, templum , from which the English temple is derived, originally signified an uncovered area marked off by boundaries; especially the place...
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Jehovah (Yahweh) - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
The proper name of God in the Old Testament ; hence the Jews called it the name by excellence, the great name, the only name, the glorious and terrible name,...
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Nature - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
Etymologically (Latin natura from nasci , to be born, like the corresponding Greek physis from phyein , to bring forth) has reference to the production of...
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Esau - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
( ‘sw , hairy). The eldest son of Isaac and Rebecca, the twin-brother of Jacob. The struggle of the two brothers, when still within Rebecca's womb, was...
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Heaven - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
This subject will be treated under seven headings: I. Name and Place of Heaven; II. Existence of Heaven; III. Supernatural Character of Heaven and the Beatific...
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Time - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
The problem of time is one of the most difficult and most keenly debated in the field of natural philosophy. To arrive at a satisfactory orientation in regard...
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God - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
Etymology of the Word 'God' Discusses the root-meaning of the name 'God', which is derived from Gothic and Sanskrit roots. Existence of God Formal dogmatic...
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Throne - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
(Latin thronus, cathedra, sedes episcopalis ), the seat the bishop uses when not engaged at the altar. If the altar stands near the entrance to the choir,...
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Justice - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
Justice is here taken in its ordinary and proper sense to signify the most important of the cardinal virtues. It is a moral quality or habit which perfects the...
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Grace - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
Actual Grace Explains the concept of actual grace, which is defined in the article as 'a supernatural help of God for salutary acts granted in consideration of...
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Honour - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
Honour may be defined as the deferential recognition by word or sign of another's worth or station. Thus I show honour to another by giving him his title if he...
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Jonathan - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
(Hebrew, ' Yahweh hath given', cf. Theodore; Septuagint 'Ionáthan .) Name of several persons mentioned in the Old Testament. Among these may be mentioned the...
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Glory - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
This word has many shades of meaning which lexicographers are somewhat puzzled to differentiate sharply. As our interest in it here centres around its ethical...
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Apostles - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
Under this title it may be sufficient to supply brief and essential information, I. on the name 'Apostle'; II. on its various meanings; III. on the origin of...
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Egypt - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
This subject will be treated under the following main divisions: I. General Description; II. Ancient Egyptian History; III. Ancient Egyptian Religion; IV....
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Solomon - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
Our sources for the study of the life, reign, and character of Solomon are 1 Kings 1-9 ; and 2 Chronicles 1-9 . Solomon (Heb. 'peaceful'), also called...
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Will - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
(Latin voluntas, Greek boúlesis, 'willing' German Wille, French volonté ). This article treats of will in its psychological aspect. Will and Knowledge Will and...
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Soul - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
(Greek psyche ; Latin anima ; French ame ; German Seele ). The question of the reality of the soul and its distinction from the body is among the most...
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Persia - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
The history, religion, and civilization of Persia are offshoots from those of Media. Both Medes and Persians are Aryans; the Aryans who settled in the southern...
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Sanctuary - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
A consecrated place giving protection to those fleeing from justice or persecution ; or, the privilege of taking refuge in such consecrated place. The right of...
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Person - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
The Latin word persona was originally used to denote the mask worn by an actor. From this it was applied to the role he assumed, and, finally, to any character...
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Witness - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
One who is present, bears testimony, furnishes evidence or proof. Witnesses are employed in various ecclesiastical matters, as in civil, in proof of a...
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Sabaoth - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
(In Hebrew, plural form of 'host' or 'army'). The word is used almost exclusively in conjunction with the Divine name as a title of majesty: 'the Lord of...
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Life - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
(Greek zoe ; Latin vita ; French La vie , German Das Leben ; vital principle; Greek psyche ; Latin anima , vis vitalis , German leberzskraft ). The enigma of...
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Man - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
(Anglo-Saxon man =a person, human being; supposed root man =to think; German, Mann , Mensch ). I. THE NATURE OF MAN According to the common definition of the...
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Truth - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
Truth (Anglo-Saxon tréow, tryw, truth, preservation of a compact, from a Teutonic base Trau, to believe ) is a relation which holds (1) between the knower and...
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Family - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
A term derived from the Latin, famulus , servant, and familia , household servants, or the household (cf. Oscan famel , servant). In the classical Roman period...
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Nathan - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
Nathan (God-given), the name of several Israelites mentioned in the Old Testament. (1) Nathan, successor of Samuel and prophet in the times of David and...
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Israelites - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
The word designates the descendants of the Patriarch Jacob, or Israel. It corresponds to the Hebrew appellation 'children of Israel', a name by which --...
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