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Acacia
A tree of the mimosa family, mimosa nilotica of Linnaeus or acacia arabica; it is the spina aegyptiaca of the ancients. Very widespread in Egypt and in the… -
Acacians (ACACIANI)
ACACIANI: v. ACACIO DI CESAREA. -
Acacius (Acathius Acacius), Saint, Martyr (ACACIO (ACATHIUS ACACIUS), SANTO, MARTIRE)
A soldier, probably a victim of the Diocletianic persecution. According to the Acts of his martyrdom, which are not authentic, A. was a centurion in… -
Acacius, Saint, Martyr (ACACIO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
Confessor of the faith under the emperor Decius (250-51); he is often confused with the bishop of the same name of Melitene, who took part in the Council of… -
Acacius, Bishop of Beroea (ACACIO, VESCOVO DI BEREA)
Born around 332, he devoted himself in his youth to the eremitical life in the surroundings of Antioch. Having distinguished himself in the opposition to the… -
Acacius, Bishop of Caesarea (ACACIO, VESCOVO DI CESAREA)
A disciple and then, from 340, the successor of Eusebius the historian in the see of Caesarea in Palestine. In the Arian controversy he was not on the side of… -
Acacius, Bishop of Melitene (ACACIO, VESCOVO DI MELITENE)
A good scholar, he appears as a lector at Melitene around 390. By the year 431 he is already bishop of that city and as such attends the ecumenical Council of… -
Acacius, Patriarch of Constantinople (ACACIO, PATRIARCA DI COSTANTINOPOLI)
From 471 to 489. When Basiliscus, usurper of the imperial throne, imposed on the bishops the signing of an encyclical letter of his in which he condemned the… -
Academicism (ACCADEMISMO)
This name, to which an element of negative criticism is not foreign, has been given to that way of understanding and teaching art which, favored by the… -
Academies (ACCADEMIE)
Schools and free associations of learned men with literary or scientific aims, considered as radiating centers of study. SUMMARY: I. The Greek A. - II. General… -
Acarie
ACARIE: v. MARGHERITA DEL S.MO SACRAMENTO; MARIA DELL'INCARNAZIONE. -
Acatalectic (ACATALESSIA)
From the Greek ἀκαταληψία (a priv. and καταλαμβάνειν, percipio, comprehendo), it is the impossibility of apprehending the true. In its substantive form the… -
Accademia del Cimento (CIMENTO, ACCADEMIA DEL)
A scientific society, founded in Florence on the initiative of Vincenzo Viviani among the disciples of Galileo, and inaugurated on 15 June 1657, under the… -
Accademia della Crusca (CRUSCA, ACCADEMIA DELLA)
It arose in 1582 and was humorously so named because the first five members, according to Rajna, unlike those of the Accademia fiorentina, considered… -
Acca Larentia (ACCA LARENZIA)
According to various ancient authors, but principally Macrobius, she was a woman who lived in the time of Ancus Marcius. The guardian of the temple of Hercules… -
Accaparramento (ACCAPARRA MENTO)
ACCAPARRA MENTO: v. INCETTA. -
Accaron (ACCARON)
The northernmost of the five Philistine cities (Josh. 13:3), famous for its sanctuary of Beelzebub (v.) (II Kings 1:2-16). It is commonly identified (after E.… -
Accent (ACCENTO)
Etymologically, accent comes from "ad cantus," as something pertaining to music. In fact, to accent a word tonically is equivalent to giving it a certain… -
Accepted (ACCETTO)
Apulian marble-worker of the 11th century. A pulpit in the cathedral of Canosa bears his name and that of the patron: «Per jussionem domini mei Guitberti… -
Accession (ACCESSIONE)
Accession can be defined as an original mode of acquiring property through the incorporation or addition to one's own thing of a good that was not part of it… -
Acci
Today Guadix, in the province of Granada (Spain), a very ancient city, formerly a Roman colony. From the earliest years of the 4th century it was an episcopal… -
Accia (Acci)
Ancient bishopric on the island of Corsica, located in the canton of La Porta, arrondissement of Bastia. This ancient diocese, of which the ruins of the… -
Acciaiuoli, Angelo
Cardinal, b. in Florence on 15 April 1340, d. in Pisa on 31 May 1408 or 12 June 1409. On 3 Dec. 1375 he was appointed by Gregory XI bishop of Rapolla, in the… -
Acciaiuoli, Donato
Scholar and orator of the age of Lorenzo de' Medici, b. in Florence in 1429, d. in Milan in 1478. He studied philosophy and rhetoric under distinguished… -
Acciaiuoli, Filippo
Cardinal, b. in Rome on 12 March 1700, d. in Ancona in July 1766. In 1724 he was appointed vice-legate at Ravenna and remained in that office for four years.… -
Acciaiuoli, Niccolò
Cardinal, b. in Florence in 1630, d. in Rome in 1719. He studied in the seminary and in the Roman College and took his degree in law. During the pontificate of… -
Acciaiuoli, Zanobi
Prefect of the Vatican Library, b. in Florence on 25 May 1461, d. in Rome in 1519 or 1520. Having returned to Florence at the age of 16, after the exile… -
Acciapaccio, Niccolò
Cardinal, b. at Sorrento, d. at Rome on 3 April 1447. He was a counsellor of Joanna II of Naples. On 17 Sept. 1410 he was elected by Gregory XII bishop of… -
Accident (ACCIDENTE)
Etymologically a. (from Lat. accidere = to happen; Gk. συμβεβηκός) is that which can be said of something but not necessarily (logical sense); it is that which… -
Acclamation (ACCLAMAZIONE)
It is the clamor that rises from a moved multitude (shouting and singing are proper to a soul in a state of emotion, which needs to give vent to its inner… -
Accolti, Benedetto
Cardinal Archbishop of Ravenna. Born in Florence on 29 Oct. 1497, died there on 21 Sept. 1549. A learned humanist, he pursued a brilliant ecclesiastical… -
Accolti, Bernardo
Poet, better known by the nickname of the Unique Aretine, b. at Arezzo on 11 Sept. 1458 and d. at Rome on 1 March 1535. He formed close ties with the courts of… -
Accolti, Francesco
Called l'Aretino, brother of Benedetto, born in Arezzo around 1416-1418, died in Siena in 1484 or shortly thereafter. He taught law in Ferrara from 1448 to… -
Accolti, Michele
Jesuit missionary, b. at Conversano (Bari) on 29 Jan. 1807, d. at San Francisco on 7 Nov. 1878. Having entered the Society in Rome in 1832, in 1843 he was… -
Accolti, Pietro
Son of Benedetto and brother of Bernardo, b. in Florence in 1455; he was a lecturer in canon law at Pisa; then, having entered the ecclesiastical career, he… -
Accommodatizio, Senso (ACCOMODATIZIO, SENSO)
ACCOMODATIZIO, SENSO : v. ERMENEUTICA BIBLICA. -
Accomplice in Shameful Sin (COMPLICE IN PECCATO TURPE)
He who consciously and voluntarily participates with others in the commission of a grave and external sin against the sixth precept of the Decalogue. In canon… -
Accoramboni, Giuseppe
Cardinal, born at Preci in 1672, died at Frascati in 1747. A pupil of the celebrated Luca Palma the Younger, he immersed himself in the juridical sciences… -
Accoramboni, Vittoria
Of noble family, born in Gubbio in 1557, she soon moved to Rome, where in 1563 she was married to Francesco Peretti, nephew of Cardinal Felice Peretti, who… -
Accordo
ACCORDO (per commettere un reato): v. COOPERAZIONE. -
Accorso da Reggio
Jurist of the 13th century. He taught canon law first at Reggio Emilia, then perhaps at Bologna, where he died in 1280. Several Casus on the Decretals (Basel… -
Accra, Apostolic Prefecture of (ACCRA, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
This prefecture, which takes its name from the capital city, was detached from the vicariate of the Gold Coast (Africa) in Dec. 1943. It comprises almost the… -
Accursi, Michelangelo
Also called Michele, conspirator, b. in Rome in 1802. A curial official of the Innocentian tribunal of the Segnatura di giustizia, he was a Carbonaro and after… -
Accursio, Francesco
Glossator, b. at Bagnolo Fiorentino in 1184, d. at Florence in 1263. Of humble origin, he studied at Bologna, where his teachers were Azzone and Iacopo… -
Accurti, Tommaso
Priest and bibliographer, b. at Porto San Giorgio (Ascoli Piceno), 11 Nov. 1862, d. at Rome, 20 Jan. 1946. He devoted himself in particular to the study of… -
Accusa
In its most proper meaning it is the act by which someone is brought before the competent judge so that he may answer for a specific crime and receive its just… -
Accusations Against Christians (ACCUSE CONTRO I CRISTIANI)
These are the insults and calumnies hurled by the Jews and the pagans against the followers of the religion of Jesus Christ in the first three centuries, which… -
Aceldama
ACELDAMA: v. HACELDAMA. -
Acemeti (ACÈMETI)
That is, the "sleepless ones" (ἀκούμητοι): ascetics so called because, divided into various shifts, they alternated uninterruptedly in the recitation of the… -
Acephali (ACEFALI)
I. HERESY. - Name given to those Monophysites who refused to accept the formula of faith promulgated by the emperor Zeno in the year 482 with the Henotikon.… -
Acerenza and Matera, Archdiocese of (ACERENZA E MATERA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
A. rises on the ruins of Acheruntia, called "celsa" by Horace (Carm., III, 4, 13-16). Because of its position on the border between Apulia Daunia and Lucania… -
Acerno
ACERNO: v. SALERNO. -
Acerra
The ancients designate two instruments of sacrifice by this name: a small box for incense (ascula turaria; turalis) that was used in sacrifices to the gods… -
Acerra, Diocese of (ACERRA, DIOCESI DI)
In the Campanian region, in the province of Naples, suffragan of the same. It occupies the territory situated between Naples and Caserta, with an area of 140… -
Aceti, Serafino
ACETI, SERAFINO: v. SERAFINO da FERMO. -
Acevedo, Alonso de
Spanish poet (16th-17th century). Of this writer, whom Cervantes recalls as famous, we know only that he was a canon of Plasencia and stayed for a long time in… -
Achab (ACHAB)
King of Israel from 875 to 853 B.C. His story is told in 1 Kings 16:29-22:40. He inherited from his father Omri a prosperous and feared kingdom. The close… -
Achad
ACHAD: v. ACCAD. -
Achaea, Province of the Hellenic Peninsula (ACAIA, PROVINCIA DELLA PENISOLA ELLENICA)
ACAIA, Provincia della penisola Ellenica: v. GRECIA. -
Achaemenids (ACHEMENIDI)
Persian dynasty (founded by Achaimenes) of the tribe of the Pasargadae, which in the 7th century B.C. moved from its first capital Pasargadae into Susiana… -
Achaicus (ACAICO)
A Christian of Corinth, one of the first converted by St. Paul in Achaia. The Roman name, perpetuated in the family of L. Mummius, the conqueror of Corinth… -
Achan
Son of Charmi, of the tribe of Judah (Heb. 'Akān "afflicting" [?]; Septuagint 'Aẓāp; cf. the name ākran in Num. 1:13; 2:27). Taking part in the conquest of… -
Achard (Achardus), Blessed (ACARDO (ACHARDUS), BEATO)
Abbot of St. Victor, then bishop of Avranches. A descendant of a noble Norman family that had settled in England in the retinue of William the Conqueror on the… -
Achard of Saint-Victor (ACHARDO DI SAN VITTORE)
ACHARDO di SAN VITTORE: v. ACARDO (ACHARDUS). -
Achaz (ACHAZ)
King of Judah for 16 years, probably from 743 to 728, or from 741 to 726. Son of Jotham, he succeeded him at the age of 25. Since A. had not joined the… -
Acheiropoieta (ACHEROPITA)
Even antiquity believed that the simulacra of Pallas at Athens and Troy and that of Artemis at Ephesus had fallen from heaven, sent by Jupiter (Ἀναστέλ). Among… -
Achelis, Hans
Archaeologist and historian of early Christianity, b. at Hastedi, near Brenna, in 1865, d. at Leipzig in 1937. The son of a Protestant pastor, he was directed… -
Achery, Jean-Luc d' (Dacherius)
Learned editor of ancient ecclesiastical texts, b. at Saint-Quentin in 1609, a Benedictine of the Maurist congregation from 1632, d. 29 April 1685, in the… -
Achesio
Bishop of the Novatian community of Constantinople. He took part in the Council of Nicaea and accepted all its decisions. When Constantine then asked him why… -
Achiachar
ACHIACHAR (ACHIHAR): v. AHQAR. -
Achillas (ACHILLA)
Successor of Peter and predecessor of Alexander in the patriarchal see of Alexandria, which he held for a few months between 25 Nov. 311 and June 312. He had… -
Achilleo, Bishop of Spoleto (ACHILLEO, VESCOVO DI SPOLETO)
He was chosen by the imperial court of Ravenna in 419 to perform the paschal functions at Rome, which at that moment was without its bishop, since Boniface I… -
Achilleo, Saint, Martyr (ACHILLEO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
ACHILLEO, santo, martire: v. NEREO e ACHILLEO, saints, martyrs. -
Achilli, Giacinto
A Dominican from Viterbo, who during the Roman Republic (February-July 1849) became a propagator of Protestantism in Italy. Once the republic fell, he was… -
Achimelech (ACHIMELEK)
Son of Ahitub, high priest in the sanctuary of Nob (I Sam. 21-22). He is commonly identified with Ahijah (v.). In reality the two names 'Abitmelek (probably… -
AchiOr
Name of two biblical figures. 1. Supreme military commander of the Ammonites. To Holofernes, the Assyrian general, who was asking him for information about the… -
Achis (ACHIS)
Son of Maoch and king (séren) of Gath, one of the 5 Philistine satraps, a contemporary of David. David, after being saved at Nob by the high priest Achimelech… -
Achmim, Coptic Sanctuary (ACHIMIM, SANTUARIO COPTO)
ACHIMIM, santuario copto: v. AKHMIM. -
Achonry, Diocese of (ACHONRY, DIOCESI DI)
In Eire (Ireland). The name derives from the Gaelic Achadh Chonnaire, that is "field of Connaire". The origin of the diocese goes back to the first half of the… -
Achterfeldt, Johann Heinrich
German Catholic theologian, b. June 1, 1788 at Wesel, d. at Bonn on May 11, 1877. Ordained a priest in 1813, in 1826 he became professor of moral theology and… -
Achtermann, Theodor Wilhelm
Sculptor, b. in 1799 at Münster, d. in 1884 at Rome. A pupil of Fr. Tieck and of Rauch at the Berlin Academy, but resistant to the cold classicism and the… -
Acili, Hypogeum of the (ACILI, IPOGRO DEGLI)
ACILI, IPOGRO degli: v. PRISCILLA. -
Acilius Glabrio, Manius (ACILIO GLABRIONE, MANIO)
ACILIO GLABRIONE, MANIO: v. GLABRIONE ACILIO. -
Acindino
ACINDINO: v. AKINDYNOS GREGORIOS. -
Acireale, Diocese of (ACIREALE, DIOCESI DI)
City located in eastern Sicily, 16 km. from Catania. In its present location it dates back to the early 14th century, and was originally called Aci; it… -
Ackermann Choquet, Louise-Victorine
French poet, b. in Paris in 1813, d. in Nice in 1870. Her works, the principal ones among which are the Contes en vers (1855), Premières poésies (1873)… -
Ackermann, Leopold
Exegete, b. and d. in Vienna (17 Nov. 1771-8 Sept. 1831). Having entered (1790) the Canons Regular of St. Augustine, under the name Peter Fourier, at… -
A.C.L.I.
A.C.L.I.: V. ASSOCIAZIONI CRISTIANE LAVORATORI ITALIANI. -
Acolius (ACOLIO)
Bishop of Thessalonica, he baptized the emperor Theodosius before the latter undertook the Gothic war (380); d. in 383. On the occasion of his death, St.… -
Acolouthia (Ἀκολουθία) (ACOLUTIA (ἈΚΟΛΟΥΘΊΑ))
Ordering, arrangement of prayers and ceremonies. Corresponding to the Latin ordo, ritus. In this way we find in the Byzantine liturgy a. for the recitation of… -
Acolytate (ACCOLITATO)
From ἀκολουθέω, to follow, to serve, it is a minor order, created in the Latin Church to relieve deacons of some of their functions; unknown, however, or at… -
Acominato, Michele
ACOMINATO, MICHELE: V. MICHELE ACOMINATO. -
Aconcio, Concio, Giacomo (ACONCIO (ACONCIO, CONCIO), GIACOMO)
Born at Ossana in the Trentino at the beginning of the 16th century, died in England; according to Cheynel he was still living in 1613. Because of his… -
Acosmism (ACOSMISMO)
This name was used (by Hegel) to designate Spinoza's philosophical system concerning the nature and origins of the universe, insofar as he denies its existence… -
Acosta (da Costa), Uriel
Jewish rationalist, b. in Oporto between 1580 and 1585, d. in Amsterdam in 1640. From a wealthy Marrano family, he studied philosophy and canon law at the… -
Acosta, José
Spanish Jesuit, writer and missiologist, b. at Medina del Campo in Sept. or Oct. 1540, d. at Salamanca on 15 Feb. 1600. Having entered the religious life at… -
Acoustics (ACUSTICA)
As a science it deals with all the qualities of sound in itself or in relation to certain places where the sounds themselves are heard. As regards the… -
Acquaderni, Giovanni
Founder and first president of the Società della Gioventù Cattolica Italiana (v.), born at Castel S. Pietro (Emilia) on 3 March 1838, died at Bologna on 16… -
Acquapendente, Diocese of (ACQUAPENDENTE, DIOCESI DI)
In Lazio, in the province of Viterbo, situated in the northeastern part of the region. It borders on Umbria and Tuscany, and has an area of 464 sq km with a… -
Acquaviva, Claudio
Fifth General of the Society of Jesus, b. at Atri on 4 Sept. 1543, from the family of the dukes of A. In 1567, at the age of 24, while he was a secret… -
Acquaviva, Diocese of (ACQUAVIVA, DIOCESI DI)
In the Roman synod of 465 and in those following down to 502 there appear respectively two bishops, Paul and Benignus, with the title of A. F. Ughelli wrote… -
Acquaviva, Francesco
Cardinal, b. in Naples in 1665, d. in Rome in 1725. In 1689 he was appointed by Innocent XI vice-legate to Ferrara and later inquisitor in Malta. Under… -
Acquaviva, Giulio
Cardinal, son of Giovanni Giacomo, tenth duke of Atri, brother of Cardinal Ottavio, of Orazio bishop and of Rodolfo Jesuit and martyr; b. in 1546, d. in Rome… -
Acquaviva, Marcello
Born in 1531 into a noble Neapolitan family, died at S. Ornero in the Abruzzi on 18 March 1617. He was created archbishop of Otranto by Sixtus V on 25 February… -
Acquaviva, Ottavio, Junior
Cardinal, b. in Naples in 1608, d. in Rome in 1674. Governor of Jesi (1638), Orvieto (1642) and Ancona (1643), he defended the latter two cities against the… -
Acquaviva, Ottavio, Senior
Cardinal b. in Naples in 1560, d. there in 1612. Summoned to Rome by Sixtus V, he was appointed, in 1589, vice-legate of the Patrimony. Majordomo of Gregory… -
Acquaviva, Rodolfo, Blessed (ACQUAVIVA, RODOLFO, BEATO)
Jesuit missionary and martyr, b. at Atri on 2 Oct. 1550, son of the duke of Atri Giangirolamo, nephew of Claudio Acquaviva, fifth general of the Society of… -
Acquaviva, Troiano
Cardinal, b. in Naples on 24 Jan. 1696, d. in Rome on 24 March 1747. Appointed by Clement XI vice-legate of Bologna and by Innocent XIII governor of Ancona, he… -
Acquedotti, Vitale
Monk of the Camaldolese monastery of S. Apollinare in Classe. He left a manuscript work entitled De antiquitate Classitanae Urbis atque aedificatione Templi… -
Acqui, Diocese of (ACQUI, DIOCESI DI)
City in Piedmont, on the Bormida, a tributary of the Po, in the upper Monferrato. It is the ancient Aquae Statiellae, a center of the Ligurian Statielli… -
Acquoy, Johannes Gerhardus Rijk
Dutch church historian, b. in Amsterdam on 3 Jan. 1829, d. in Leiden on 15 Dec. 1896. A doctor of theology at the University of Leiden in 1857 with a… -
Acra (ACRA)
A citadel built by order of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, king of Syria, in the interior of Jerusalem, around 168 B.C., to station a security garrison there. Its… -
Acrabatane
ACRABATANE: v. ACRABBIM. -
Acre (ACCHO)
ACCHO: v. TOLEMAIDE. -
Acri, Francesco
Philosopher, b. in Catanzaro on 19 March 1834, d. in Bologna on 21 Nov. 1913. He is commonly recognized as the most conspicuous representative in Italy of… -
Acri, Saint John of (ACRI, SAN GIOVANNI D')
ACRI, SAN GIOVANNI d': v. SAN GIOVANNI d'ACRI. -
Acropolita, Constantine (ACROPOLITA, COSTANTINO)
ACROPOLITA, COSTANTINO: v. COSTANTINO ACROPOLITA. -
Acropolita, George (ACROPOLITA, GIORGIO)
ACROPOLITA, GIORGIO: v. GIORGIO ACROPOLITA. -
Acrostic (ACROSTICO)
It is a figured poetic composition in which the initial or final letters (in the latter case it is more properly called telestich) of the verses, read… -
Acta Apostolicae Sedis
Official bulletin (Commentarium officiale) of the Holy See, drawn up by the Secretariat of State, printed by the Vatican Typography and published by the… -
Acta Archelai
Account of two disputations held by Archelaus, bishop of Carchar in Mesopotamia, against Mani, in the time of the emperor Probus. Composed in Syriac, only a… -
Acta Facientes
ACTA FACIENTES: v. LAPSI. -
Act and Potency (ATTO E POTENZA)
The doctrine of a. and p., with the principles and applications deriving from it, constitutes the characteristic and the foundation of Aristotle's metaphysics.… -
Acta Proconsularia
ACTA PROCONSULARIA: v. CIPRIANO. -
Acta Sanctae Sedis
Monthly periodical, begun in Rome in 1865 by the priest Pietro Avanzini, who was also its first director, under the title Acta SANCTAE SEDIS - Title page with… -
Acta Sanctorum
ACTA SANCTORUM: v. BOLLANDISTI. -
Action (AZIONE)
In Roman law, this word (Latin actio) originally served to indicate any act performed in a trial; later, under the formulary procedure, it was used as a… -
Action Française
A political-social movement, which arose in France in 1899, on the initiative of Henry Vaugeois. Charles Maurras became its principal theorist, following in… -
Action Populaire
Publishing enterprise founded in Reims (1903) by the Jesuit Henri Leroy for the purpose of publishing and distributing short, inexpensive pamphlets intended to… -
Actistetes (ACTISTÈTI)
This was the name given to the members of a Monophysite sect closely related to Julianism or Aphthartodocetism (v. AFTARTODOCETI). The A. ('Ακτιστήται, or… -
Active and Passive Voice (VOCE ATTIVA E PASSIVA)
Legal term indicating the right belonging to the members of a society to cast their own vote on questions concerning the society itself and above all the right… -
Active Life (ATTIVA, VITA)
ATTIVA, VITA: v. CONTEMPLATIVA, VITA. -
Activism (ATTIVISMO)
Active school, a., activity of the child, school of work are terms of which modern pedagogy makes very frequent use. By them is meant to indicate all that… -
Activities of Jesus Christ (ATTIVITÀ DI GESÙ CRISTO)
ATTIVITÀ DI GESÙ CRISTO: v. PSICOLOGIA DI GESÙ CRISTO. -
Acton, Carlo
Cardinal, b. in Naples on 6 March 1803, d. there on 23 June 1847. Son of Giovanni Acton, minister of Ferdinand IV of Naples, he was educated in England, where… -
Acton, John
English canonist, from 1329 canon of Lincoln, d. 1350. A pupil of John Stratford, who was later archbishop of Canterbury, he was considered by Maitland to be… -
Acton, John Emerich Edward, Lord Aldenham
English politician and historian, b. in Naples on 10 Jan. 1834, d. at Tegernsee (Bavaria) on 19 June 1902. Having converted to Catholicism through the work of… -
Actor (ATTORE)
In procedural law, this term (from Lat. actor) designates the person who brings others before a court, that is, the party who first files a judicial claim. The… -
Acts of Administration (AMMINISTRAZIONE, ATTI DI)
Those juridical acts whose object is the preservation of patrimony (or of a patrimonial asset), its fructification and the improvement of its productive… -
Acts of the Apostles (APOSTOLI, ATTI DEGLI)
APOSTOLI, ATTI DEGLI: V. ATTI DEGLI APOSTOLI. -
Acts of the Apostles (ATTI DEGLI APOSTOLI)
Book of the New Testament, placed after the Gospels, which presents itself as the continuation of the Gospel of Luke. SUMMARY: I. The subject. - II. The… -
Acts of the Martyrs (ATTI DEI MARTIRI)
I. ACTS OF THE GREEK AND LATIN MARTYRS. - Under the name of acts of the martyrs (acta martyrum) we include all that abundant literary production whose subject… -
Actual Grace (ATTUALE, GRAZIA)
ATTUALE, GRAZIA: v. GRAZIA. -
Actualism (ATTUALISMO)
It is the form of idealism (v.) that Giovanni Gentile proposed and that, more than the other forms, spread in Italy. It is first of all an idealism and derives… -
Actual Sin (ATTUALE, PECCATO)
ATTUALE, PECCATO: v. PECCATO. -
Actuarial Writing (ATTUARIA, SCRITTURA)
ATTUARIA, SCRITTURA: V. CAPITALE, SCRITTURA. -
Acuña, Cristóbal de
Jesuit missionary and explorer. Born at Burgos around 1597, he entered the novitiate of Villagarcía in 1612. In 1620 he passed to the vice-province of Chile… -
Acuzio, Saint, Martyr (ACUZIO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
ACUZIO, santo, martire: v. GENNARO e CONSOCI, santi, martiri.