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Elinando
Cistercian, born ca. 1160 at Pronleroy (Oise), became a monk ca. 1185 among the Cistercians of Froidmont; died after 1229. In the diocese of Beauvais he is… -
Eliot, George
Pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans, English writer, b. at Arbury Farm (Warwickshire) on 22 Nov. 1819, d. at Chelsea on 22 Dec. 1880. After a strict religious… -
Elipandus (ELIPANDO)
Archbishop of Toledo, father of Spanish Adoptionism in the 8th century. According to the recent investigations of Rivera, E. was born in 717, and while still… -
Eliphaz
The most eloquent of Job's friends (Job 2:11), a native of Teman, a region whose tribe descended from Esau's grandson (Gen. 36:11), famous for wisdom (Jer.… -
Elisa (ELISA)
Firstborn of Javan (Gen. 10:4). The name returns in Ezek. 27:7: the "isles of E." carried on the purple trade with Tyre. Exegetes, agreed in seeing Greece in… -
Elisama (ELISAMA)
Name of various biblical figures. 1. A leader of the tribe of Ephraim (Num. 1:10; 2:18; 7:48; 10:22); the grandfather of Joshua (I Chr. 7:20). 2. Son of David… -
Elisaphan
1. Levite, son of Uzziel, head of the family of the Kohathites (Num. 3:30) at the time of the census of the people of Israel around Sinai. The descendants of… -
Eliseus (ELISEO)
Prophet, successor of Elijah (v.). He was the son of Shaphat, a native of Abel-meholah, southeast of Beth-shan (1 Kings 19:16). A wealthy landowner (1 Kings… -
Elisha (Elisheba) (ELISEO (ELISCE))
Armenian historian of the 5th century, author of homilies and commentaries, as well as of a History of the Wars of the Armenians (from 451 A.D.), written with… -
Elisheba (ELISCE)
ELISCE: v. ELISEO. -
Elisi, Fields (ELISI, CAMPI)
The place to which the ancient Greeks imagined certain favorites of the gods, of whom they were often descendants or relatives, were transported, body and… -
Eli, Tommaso
Dominican theologian and writer, b. in Naples ca. 1486, d. there ca. 1570. He was prior in the convent of St. Peter Martyr in Naples, then provincial of Naples… -
Eliu (ELIU)
An interlocutor of Job (Job 32-37), who speaks after the three friends Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar. To prove his innocence, Job calls for a proper trial in… -
Elizabeth (ELISABETTA)
Name of two biblical women. The etymology from the Hebrew Elíšéba is "God of the oath," "My oath is God." 1. E., wife of Aaron (v.), daughter of Amminadab, of… -
Elizabeth called Rosa (ELISABETTA DETTA ROSA)
12th-century mystic, perhaps the daughter of Rudolph, count of Crépy, and of Adele, countess of Bar-sur-Aube. Having entered the Benedictine monastery of… -
Elizabeth of Hungary (ELISABETTA D'UNGHERIA)
Dominican, daughter of Andrew III, King of Hungary (d. 1301), and of his first wife Fenenna of Poland (d. 1295), born in Budapest around 1295, died at Töss… -
Elizabeth of Reute, Blessed (ELISABETTA DI REUTE, BEATA)
Mystic, commonly called E. Bona, and "Betta the good," b. at Waldsee (Württemberg) on 25 Nov. 1386, d. at Reute near Waldsee on 25 Nov. 1420. At the age of 17… -
Elizabeth of Schönau, Saint (ELISABETTA DI SCHÖNAU, SANTA)
Benedictine nun and visionary, born probably into a noble family in 1129 in the Rhineland, perhaps at Bonn or in its vicinity, died in the monastery of Schönau… -
Elizabeth of the Holy Trinity, Venerable (ELISABETTA DELLA S.MA TRINITA, VENERABILE)
Discalced Carmelite mystic, in the world Marie Joséphine Elisabeth Catcz, b. 18 July 1880 in Avord (Cher), from 1901 a Carmelite in Dijon, where she died in… -
Elizabeth of Thuringia, Saint (ELISABETTA DI TURINGIA, SANTA)
Principal patroness of the Franciscan Third Order, and of Catholic charitable works. I. LIFE. - Born in 1207 to Andrew II of Hungary and Gertrude of… -
Elizabeth, Queen of England (ELISABETTA, REGINA D'INGHILTERRA)
B. at Greenwich on 7 Sept. 1533, d. at Richmond on 24 March 1603. Daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, she succeeded her half-sister Mary at a grave moment… -
Elizabeth, Queen of Portugal, Saint (ELISABETTA, REGINA DI PORTUGALLO, SANTA)
Daughter of Peter III of Aragon and of Constance, granddaughter of the emperor Frederick II, related by kinship to St. Elizabeth of Hungary, b. in 1271, d. at… -
Elizalde, Miguel de
Jesuit theologian and rigorist moralist. Born in 1616 at Echalar (Navarre), died on 18 November 1678 at San Sebastián. Professor of philosophy and theology at… -
Elkasaites (ELKASAITI)
ELKASAITI: v. ELCESAITI. -
Elne
A city in France in the eastern Pyrenees, an episcopal see from the 6th century to 1601. It is the ancient "Illiberia," named from the river of the same name… -
Elohim (ĒLÖHIM (VOLGATA DEUS))
Generic Hebrew name for the God of Israel, used like Ēl (v.), of which it is a synonym and the plural form (F. Zorell), with the h interpolated as in 'Amāhāth.… -
El Paso, Diocese of (EL PASO, DIOCESI DI)
Diocese = city in the state of Texas, United States of America, suffragan of Santa Fe. It comprises the counties of El P., Brewster, Culberson, Hudspeth, Jeff… -
Elphin, Diocese of (ELPHIN, DIOCESI DI)
In Ireland; it comprises the counties of Roscommon and part of those of Sligo and Galway. The episcopal see is in Sligo; it is a suffragan of Tuam. The diocese… -
Elpidio Rustico
Poet of the 6th century, belonging to the family of the Rustici, in Italy. He wrote a Carmen de Christi beneficiis and 24 Tristichs under the title: Historiae… -
Elpis, Sbris
ELPIS, SBRIS: V. SOPHIA, PISTIS, ELPHIS and ACAPE, saints. -
El Salvador (SALVADOR, EL)
The smallest (34,126 sq km) of the Central American republics and the only one that faces only the Pacific. (Int. Alinari) SALUZZO, MARCHESES OF. - Monument to… -
Elsevier (Elzevier) (ELZEVIER (ELSEVIER))
A family of printers and booksellers active between 1583 and 1712 in the houses of Leiden, Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht and Copenhagen. The most important are… -
Elsheimer, Adam
Painter and engraver, b. in Frankfurt am Main in 1576, d. in Rome on 11 Dec. 1610 and buried in the church of S. Lorenzo in Lucina. Philipp Uffenbach was his… -
Eltz, Jakob
Archbishop and prince, b. at Trier in 1510, d. there on 4 June 1581. Appointed archbishop of Trier in 1567, he was the first German prince diligent in applying… -
Elul (ELÜL)
Sixth month (counting from nīšān) of the Hebrew calendar, of 29 days (Aug.-Sept.). The name derives from the Assyrian ulūlu. The modern Arabic names in… -
Eluro, Timothy (ELURO, TIMOTEO)
ELURO, TIMOTHY: V. TIMOTEO ELURO. -
Elvenich, Peter Joseph
Hermesian theologian, b. at Embken (Rhenish Prussia) on 29 Jan. 1796, d. at Breslau on 16 June 1886. A disciple of Hermes at Bonn, he taught his errors from… -
Elvidius (ELVIDIO)
Heretic of the 4th century. Nothing is known of his life, except that he was a mediocre and ignorant man and a disciple of the Arian bishop of Milan… -
Elvira, Council of (ELVIRA, CONCILIO DI)
The first council of Spain and perhaps the first of the national councils in general, held toward the end of the 3rd or the beginning of the 4th century.… -
Elzeario of Ariano, Saint (ELZEARIO DI ARIANO, SANTO)
E. de Sabran, baron of Ansoulis and count of Ariano (Benevento), Franciscan tertiary, born ca. 1285 at St.-Jean de Robians in Provence. Educated and instructed… -
Emanatism (EMANATISMO)
Philosophical and religious doctrine that conceives the world as an emanation, derivation or development of God. E. is usually intimately connected with… -
Emancipation, Act of (EMANCIPAZIONE, ATTO DI)
It concerns the repeal of the laws that in Great Britain and Ireland placed Catholics in a state of legal and political inferiority with respect to… -
Eman (EMAN)
1. One (Vulg. Heman) of the 4 sages inferior to Solomon. He was the son, like Chalcol and Darda, of Mahol (metathesis for Hamul: 1 Chron. 2:5), in 1 Kings 4:31… -
Emanuele of Domodossola (EMANUELE DA DOMODOSSOLA)
Capuchin, apologetic writer, in the world Carlo Prinsecco, b. on an uncertain date, d. 20 April 1802. He belonged to the Roman Capuchin province and for a long… -
Emanuele of Jesus Mary (EMANUELE DI GESÙ MARIA)
Discalced Carmelite theologian and preacher, in the world Michele d'Ambrogio, b. in Saponara-Villafranca (Messina) on 1 Nov. 1621, d. in Naples on 17 Sept.… -
Emanuele Romano
EMANUELE ROMANO: v. IMMANUEL ROMANO. -
Emath (EMATH)
1. A very ancient city of Syria, connected with the ports of Aradus (Arvad) and Simyra (Gen. 18:8), mentioned in the list of Thutmose III and occupied by the… -
Embalmation (IMBALSAMAZIONE)
The ancient Christians generally used two types of e.; the first, inexpensive, consisted in placing a layer of quicklime either directly on the bottom of the… -
Embellishment (ABBELLIMENTO)
Abbellimenti, ornaments or musical embellishments (which the French call agréments, broderies, the Germans Verzierungen, Manieren, Ornamente, the English… -
Ember Days (Ieiunium Quattuor Temporum) (QUATTRO TEMPORA (ICIUNIUM QUATTUOR TEMPORUM))
The three days of fasting and penance (Wednesday, Friday and Saturday) at the beginning of each of the four seasons of the year, called by Leo I (d. 461) and… -
Embezzlement (APPROPRIAZIONE INDEBITA)
It is a crime against property, for which anyone is liable who, in order to procure for himself or others an unjust profit, misappropriates the money or… -
Embolismals (EMBOLISMALI)
This was the name given by the Greeks to the months to which intercalary days were added in order to make the lunar cycle coincide with the solar one (in… -
Embriachi (Embriaci)
A family of carvers in bone and ivory active in Venice between the 14th and 15th centuries. BALDASSARRE is the most celebrated, and to him is ascribed the… -
Embroidery (RICAMO)
Needlework on a pre-existing ground, clearly distinct from lace or needle-lace, whose ground is worked after the ornaments in order to hold them together. The… -
Embrun
Ancient diocese and archdiocese of France in the department of the Hautes-Alpes, on the right bank of the Durance. It is the ancient "Eburodunum," on the road… -
Embryology (EMBRIOLOGIA)
Considered in the strict sense, embryology should deal with the development of the organism until it is contained within the membranes of the egg and is not… -
Embryotomy (EMBRIOTOMIA)
Fetal mutilation, which aims at the completion of a delivery obstructed by the mutual disproportion between the diameters of the pelvis and the fetus or by the… -
Emerentiana, Saint, Martyr (EMERENZIANA, SANTA, MARTIRE)
The martyrdom of E. is briefly described at the beginning of the appendix added to the legendary Passio of St. Agnes (v.). The saint, presented as the… -
Emeric of Hungary, Saint (EMMERICO D'UNGHERIA, SANTO)
Son of St. Stephen, king of Hungary, and of Gisela, sister of St. Henry II, king of Germany. Born in the year 1007 at Stuhlweissenburg, he was educated by… -
Emerobaptists (EMEROBATTISTI)
A Jewish sect, so called because of the daily ablution practiced in it. Hegesippus, in Eusebius (Hist. eccl., IV, 22, 7), mentions the H. among the seven… -
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
American thinker and writer, b. in Boston on May 25, 1803 to a Puritan family, d. at Concord on Apr. 25, 1882. He studied at Harvard. He became a Unitarian… -
Emery, Jacques-André
Superior general of the Sulpicians, b. at Gex on 26 Aug. 1732, d. at Paris 28 Apr. 1811. Having entered the novitiate of St. Sulpice in Nov. 1757, he was… -
Emesa
City of Syria, later called Homs, birthplace of Alexander Severus and of Elagabalus. Christianity must have penetrated there from apostolic times. Mention is… -
Emidius, Saint, Martyr (EMIDIO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
Unknown in Christian antiquity; the first reports appear in the 11th century, in papal and imperial documents. Probably at the beginning of that century his… -
Emigrant, Emigration (EMIGRANTE, EMIGRAZIONE)
In its proper meaning it is the abandonment of the national territory by one or more members of the community, who move to another territory, with the… -
Emilia
I. GEOGRAPHY - A region of continental Italy, bounded by the Po, the Adriatic (122 km. of coast) and the Apennine ridge. In this broader and more general sense… -
Emiliana, Saint (EMILIANA, SANTA)
Aunt of St. Gregory the Great, she lived in sixth-century Rome and consecrated her virginity to God, together with her sisters Tarsilla and Gordiana. While… -
Emiliani, Girolamo, Saint (EMILIANI, GIROLAMO, SANTO)
EMILIANI, GIROLAMO, santo: v. GIROLAMO -
Emiliani-Giudici, Paolo
Man of letters, b. at Mussomeli (Caltanissetta) on 3 June 1812, d. at Ore (Hastings) on 14 Aug. 1872. A Dominican, he taught philosophy in the Order's Palermo… -
Emilian, Saint (EMILIANI, SANTO)
EMILIANI, santo. -
Emilian, Saint, Martyr (EMILIANO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
A servant of a pagan of Durostorum in Moesia, in July 362, during a festival organized by the vicar of Thrace, Capitolinus, he entered an unguarded temple… -
Emilia, Saint (EMILIA, SANTA)
EMILIA, santa: v. BASILIO e EMMELLA, saints. -
Émilie de Rodat, Saint (EMILIA MARIA GUGLIELMA DE RODAT, SANTA)
Foundress of the Sisters of the Holy Family, b. in the castle of Drouello (Rodez) on Sept. 6, 1787, d. at Villefranche on Feb. 19, 1852. From her earliest… -
Emily, Diocese of (EMILY, DIOCESI DI)
EMILY, DIOCESI di: v. CASHEL E EMILY, ARCIDIO- CESI di. -
Eminescu, Mihai (EMINESCU, MIRAI)
The greatest Romanian poet, b. at Ipotești (Botoșani) on 15 Jan. 1850, d. at Bucharest on 15 June 1889. At sixteen he published verses in the journal Familia… -
Emma (Hemma) of Gurk, Saint (EMMA (HEMMA) DI GURK, SANTA)
Born in the second half of the 10th century, of a noble family, died at Gurk on 29 June 1945. After the death of her husband William (1016), count of… -
Emmanuel (EMANUELE)
Symbolic name (from a customary expression of good wishes: Ex. 3:12; Josh. 1:5, etc.) of the child foretold by Isaiah (7:14) as the "son of the Virgin", to… -
Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (EMANUELE FILIBERTO, DUCA DI SAVOIA)
B. at Chambéry on 19 Oct. 1528, d. at Turin on 30 Aug. 1580. After the death of his elder brothers, he abandoned the ecclesiastical career for which he had… -
Emmaus
1. A city famous in the history of the Maccabees (1 Macc. 3:40; 4:3; 9:50), capital of a toparchy in 47 B.C. (Fl. Josephus, Bell. Jud., III, 5), reduced to… -
Emmeram, Saint (EMMERANO, SANTO)
Missionary bishop in Bavaria or at the court of the Bavarian dukes in the 7th century or at the beginning of the 8th. His biographer Aribo, bishop of Freising… -
Emmerick, Anna Katharina
Mystic, b. September 8, 1774 at Fiamale near Coesfeld (Westphalia), d. February 9, 1824 at Dülmen. Daughter of poor but deeply religious peasants, who raised… -
Emorroissa
Early Christian funerary art depicted the healing of the H. narrated by the three Synoptics (Mt. 9:20-22; Mk. 5:25-34; Lk. 7:43-48), either at the moment when… -
Emotion (EMOZIONE)
I. PSYCHOLOGY. - It is the reaction to a sensation, or image, that comes to disturb our organic or psychic equilibrium, a reaction constituted, as a single… -
Emotional or Passional States (STATI EMOTIVI O PASSIONALI)
STATI EMOTIVI O PASSIONALI : V. EMOZIONE; PASSIONE. -
Empedocles of Agrigento (EMPEDOCLE DI AGRICENTO (ἘΜΠΕΔΟΚΛΗ͂Σ, EMPEDOCLES))
A complex figure of physician, naturalist, philosopher and politician, about whom legend and history are not easily separable, he lived between c. 490-430 B.C.… -
Empedocles of Agrigento (EMPEDOCLE DI AGRIGENTO)
E. [depicted] by Luca Signorelli in the chapel of B. Bozio in the cathedral of Orvieto (1502-1504). between the physical interpretation and the mystical… -
Emphyteusis (ENFITEUSI)
I. CONCEPT. - Emphyteusis (from the Greek ἐκράτευσις = planting) is a real right over an immovable property (usually rural) by which one has, in perpetuity or… -
Empire of the East (ORIENTE, IMPERO D')
I. ROMAN EMPIRE OF THE EAST. - The Byzantine Empire, which historically has always been called and ought to be called the Roman Empire of the East, had a… -
Empiricism (EMPIRISMO)
It is the valuing of the facts of common experience. Against the abstractions of pure speculation, this recourse to the concreteness of experience often… -
Empoli, Jacopo Chimenti detto L'
Painter b. at Empoli ca. 1554, d. at Florence on 30 Sept. 1640, a pupil of Maso di S. Friano, a mannerist in the orbit of Cecchino Salviati; E. remained… -
Emser, Hieronymus
Theologian and polemicist, b. at Weidenstetten near Ulm on 28 March 1478, d. at Dresden on 8 Nov. 1527. Magister artium (1499), a priest before 1502, he… -
Ems, Punctuation of (EMS, PUNTAZIONE DI)
This is the name given to the declaration made by the Rhenish episcopate on the occasion of the erection of the apostolic nunciature of Munich. In this city… -
Emulation (EMULAZIONE)
Psychologically it is the feeling that drives one to equal and even to surpass others in the possession of a good or of a personal quality (wealth, praise… -
Enacims (ENACIM)
An indigenous Canaanite population, driven out of the country by Joshua (Josh. 11:21). The expulsion of the sons of Anak from Hebron, Dabir (Kiriath Sepher)… -
Enamel (SMALTO)
In goldsmiths' workshops, enamels have always had, in every era, a notable application for the decoration of objects. The vitreous paste, colored in various… -
'Enānišo'
'ENĀNIŠO': v. 'ANĀNIŠO. -
Encaustic (ENCAUSTO)
It is among the oldest known types of painting with an advanced technique; substantially, that painting can be defined as encaustic which uses wax as its… -
Encenie
ENCENIE: v. DEDICAZIONE DEL TEMPIO. -
Encephalitis (ENCEFALITE)
In an absolute sense, the term should indicate exclusively the morbid processes of an inflammatory nature that affect the mass of the encephalon, whether in… -
Enchantment (INCANTESIMO)
INCANTESIMO: v. MAGIA. -
Encina, Juan del
Spanish playwright, b. in 1469 at Salamanca, d. probably in 1529 at León. A student at Salamanca and later in the service of the Duke of Alba, in 1489 he was… -
En Clara Vox Redarquit
Hymn of Lauds in Advent, by an unknown author; it appears in manuscripts of the 10th century. At the dawn of the newborn day a clear voice warns us to drive… -
Encolpius (ENCOLPIO)
This term designated small cases enclosing relics of saints, or other sacred objects, which the faithful used to wear hanging from the neck. «Crucem cum… -
Encratites (Ἐγκρατῆς, Ἐγκρατῆται, Ἐγκρατῆται) (ENCRATITI (ἘΓΚΑΤΕΙ͂Σ, ἘΓΚΑΤΗΤΑΊ, ἘΓΚΑΤΑΤΑΊ))
The E. are the "continent" ones par excellence, heretics who represent an excessive tendency toward asceticism, forbidding the use of meat, wine and marriage… -
Encyclicals (ENCICLICHE)
ENCICLICHE: v. LETTERE PONTIFICE. -
Encyclopédie
In the history of culture, this term is customarily used to designate, without further specification, the E. ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et… -
Endeber, Apostolic Prefecture of (ENDEBER, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
Situated in the central-western part of Ethiopia, it was erected on 13 February 1940, with territory detached from the apostolic vicariate of Gimm (v.), that… -
Endeleichio Severo, Saint (ENDELECHIO SEVERO, SANTO)
Author of a bucolic poem: De mortibus bonni, perhaps written toward the end of the 4th century by a Christian rhetorician in Aquitaine. The text in PL 19, 797… -
Endocrine, Glands (ENDOCRINE, GLANDOLE)
In contrast to the glands of external secretion, which elaborate ferments with biochemical activity (secreta) or eliminate materials that are unusable or… -
Endogamy (ENDOGAMIA)
ENDOGAMIA: v. ESOGAMIA. -
Endor
A city in the territory of the tribe of Issachar, but given to the tribe of Manasseh (Josh. 17:11). Sisera and Jabin "were defeated at the torrent Kishon near… -
Endres, Joseph Anton
Philosopher, b. at Untermeltingen (Germany) on 12 May 1863, d. at Bidingen on 19 Jan. 1924. A disciple of G. von Hertling, a priest in 1887, from 1890 he was… -
Eneas (ENEA)
A paralytic miraculously healed by Peter at Lydda, according to Acts 9:33 ff. The name (Aineas), which is also found in Flavius Josephus (Antiq. Iud., XIV, 10… -
Energy (ENERGIA)
In general it means activity, action, power, force. In its technical meaning, the concept, specifically defined by science, appears only recently. Aristotle in… -
Engaddi (ENGADDI)
A city of the desert of Paran (Josh. 15:62), surrounded by steep cliffs (1 Sam. 24:3), almost halfway along the western shore of the Dead Sea. Its ancient name… -
Engelberg
Benedictine abbey founded in 1120 in the upper valley of the Aa of the same name, at the foot of the Titlis in the canton of Obwalden (Switzerland) by Baron… -
Engelbert I of Cologne, Saint (ENGELBERTO I DI COLONIA, SANTO)
B. c. 1185. Son of Count E. of Berg, he studied at the cathedral school of Cologne. In the conflict for the imperial throne between Otto IV and Philip of… -
Engelbert of Admont (ENGELBERT D'ADMONT)
Benedictine, born ca. 1250 in Steiermark in Styria, died 12 May 1331. His family name was Pötsch. Abbot of Admont (1297-1327), he resigned the office in the… -
Engelhardt, Zephyrin
Franciscan missionary, born at Bilshausen (Hanover) in Germany on 13 Nov. 1851, died at Santa Barbara (California) on 27 Apr. 1934. Having emigrated in 1852… -
Engel, Ludwig
Benedictine, renowned canonist and moral theologian, b. at Wagrein (Lower Austria) at the beginning of the 1600s, d. at Grillenberg on 22 April 1674. He was… -
Engels, Friedrich
German socialist, b. at Barmen on 28 Nov. 1820, and d. in London on 5 Aug. 1895. Of a well-to-do family, he completed his studies at the lyceum of his native… -
Engeltal
Ancient Dominican monastery in the diocese of Eichstätt (Bavaria). A group of Beguines led by a certain Adelaide founded this monastery around 1240; it was… -
Engineer (INGEGNERE)
The word "engineer" is commonly derived from the term ingenium (in its late meaning of machine, especially a war machine), through the medieval form… -
England (INGHILTERRA)
A region which, together with Scotland and Wales, constitutes the Island of Great Britain, and a toponym used in a generic sense as a synonym for it. Here we… -
English Oratory (ORATORIO INGLESE)
ORATORIO INGLESE: V. NEWMAN, JOHN HENRY. -
Engraving (INCISIONE)
It is properly the art of incising figures, ornaments, etc., on any surface. It can therefore be an end in itself, as in glyptics, inlay, and niello work, and… -
Enlightened Despotism (DISPOTISMO ILLUMINATO)
DISPOTISMO ILLUMINATO: v. PATERNALISMO. -
Enlightenment (ILLUMINISMO)
A movement of ideas that shaped culture and philosophy from the last decades of the 17th century to the end of the 18th century and from which a particular… -
Enlil
Second god of the Mesopotamian divine triad, composed of Anu, god of the sky, of E., and of Ea, god of water. He was the principal god of the Sumerians, in the… -
Ennen, Leonhard
Priest and historian, b. at Schleiden on 5 March 1820, d. at Cologne on 14 June 1880. He was one of the founders of the Historisches Verein für den… -
Ennodius (ENNODIO)
Born into a noble family, it is not known with certainty whether at Milan, Pavia or Acles, between 473 and 474. Left an orphan at a tender age, he was taken in… -
Ennom, Sons of (ENNOM, FIGLI DI)
ENNOM, FIGLI di: v. GEHENNA. -
Ennon (AENNON)
Locality where St. John the Baptist exercised his ministry for the last time, before being imprisoned; situated near Salim (ἐγγύς τοῦ Σαλίᾳ), it abounded in… -
Enoch
ENOCH: v. HENOCH. -
Enoch, Book of (HENOCH, LIBRO DI)
Name of three different apocrypha (v.), having as their protagonist the patriarch H., distinguished according to the languages that have handed them down in… -
Enos (ENOS)
A very ancient patriarch. In Gen. 4:26 - the Yahwistic document according to the critics - the genealogy of E., son of Seth, is outlined with the usual formula… -
Enotic (ENOTICO (ἘΝΩΤΙΚΌΝ))
Name of the decree issued in the year 482 by the emperor Zeno, to put an end to the controversies between Catholics and Monophysites. On 25 Oct. 451 the… -
Enricians (ENRICIANI)
ENRICIANI: v. ENRICO DI LOSANNA. -
Enríquez, Henry (ENRIQUEZ, ENRICO)
Cardinal, Neapolitan nobleman of the princes of Squinzano, b. at Campi (Lecce) on 30 Sept. 1701, d. at Ravenna on 25 Apr. 1756. In his youth he embraced the… -
Enrollment (INGROSSAZIONE)
It is the right by which, through compensation in land and money, during the communal age, a private individual could rectify the boundaries of his property… -
Enselmini, Helen, Blessed (ENSELMINI, ELENA, BEATA)
Poor Clare, b. in 1208 in Padua to the noble E. family, d. at the Arcella near Padua on 4 November 1242. At the age of 12 she was received into the monastery… -
Entelechy (ENTELECHEIA)
From ἐντελές, "perfect, complete, finished": ἐν "in," "τῶος" "end," ἔχει "I have." A central concept in Aristotle, in which it means the final perfection of… -
Entertainment Authority (ENTE DELLO SPETTACOLO)
The E. dello s. (a name adopted since 1946) comprises the Catholic Cinematographic Center (C.C.C.), Theater Center (C.C.T.) and Radio Center (C.C.R.). I. THE… -
Enthymeme (ENTIMEMA)
ENTIMEMA: v. SILLOGISMO. -
Entrepreneur (IMPRENDITORE)
«An entrepreneur is one who professionally carries on an organized economic activity for the purpose of the production or exchange of goods or services» (Civil… -
Entropy (ENTROPIA)
ENTROPIA: v. TERMOLOGIA. -
Enuma Elish (ENUMA ELIS)
Title of the greatest religious and mythological poem of the Babylonians and Assyrians, thus named from its first two words, which mean "when on high"; modern… -
En Ut Superba Criminum
It is the hymn of Vespers for the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; its author is unknown. It was inserted into the Breviary when the feast was not yet… -
Envy (INVIDIA)
I. NOTION. - Envy (from the Latin invidia) is one of the seven capital sins that originate from the concupiscence kindled in human nature because of original… -
Enzymes (ENZIMI)
The name e., which means "in yeast," from the Greek ἐν Ῥυμῇ, was proposed by Kühne in 1878. Together with vitamins and hormones, enzymes constitute the… -
Eon (EVO)
From the Greek αἰών (for the form: Latin aevium) it indicates time, the duration of something, so that according to the varying conception of being there are… -
Eos
For the Greeks she was the personification of dawn. She dwelt in the Ocean or in the unknown and distant East. She is represented as she rises from the Ocean… -
Epact (EPATTA)
From the Greek ἐπάγειν (to add), it is the number that indicates, from year to year and at a determined moment, the excess of days of the solar year over the… -
Epalle, Jean-Baptiste
Marist missionary, titular bishop of Sion and first vicar apostolic of Melanesia and Micronesia, b. at Roy (Loire) on 8 March 1808 and d. on 15 Dec. 1845. He… -
Epanagoge (Ἐπανάγωγή τοῦ Νόμου) (EPANAGOGE (ἘΠΑΝΑΓΩΓῊ ΤΟΥ͂ ΝΌΜΟΥ))
A compilation, probably of an official character, which is a reworking of the Procheiron, promulgated around the year 885, during the reigns of the Byzantine… -
Epaphras (Vulg. Epaphras) (EPAFRA (VOLG. EPAPHRAS))
Disciple and collaborator of Paul (Col. 1:7; 4:12; Philem. 23). That his name (Ἐπασρᾶς) is an abbreviated form of Epaphroditus (v.) seems certain; but the same… -
Epaphroditus (EPAFRODITO)
Disciple and collaborator of St. Paul, known only from the Letter to the Philippians, if he is considered, as is almost certain, a person distinct from… -
Epenetus (EPENETO)
A Christian mentioned in Rom. 16:5. The name (Ἐπέλωνος, "praiseworthy") was not borne, as far as is known, by any Jew, whereas it was fairly common in the… -
Eperjes of the Ruthenians, Diocese of (EPERJES DEI RUTENI, DIOCESI DI)
EPERJES dei RUTENI, DIOCESI di: v. PREŠOV, DIOCESE of. -
Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses
A quarterly periodical on topics of theology and canon law, published from 1924 in Louvain under the care of that Catholic University, by which it was… -
Ephesians, Epistle to the (EFESINI, EPISTOLA AGLI)
Letter of St. Paul, the first, in the Tridentine canon, of the group of the captivity. SUMMARY: I. Content. - II. Addressees. - III. Pauline authenticity. -… -
Ephesus ("Ephesos") (EFESO ("EPESOS"))
A city on the Ionian coast of Asia Minor, of Mycenaean origin as is attested by archaeological finds, situated almost at the mouth of the Cayster and provided… -
Ephod (EPHOD)
Among the sacred vestments of Aaron there appear (Ex. 28:4) the ῥόξειν ("breastpiece," Vulg. rationale), and the e. (Vulg. superhumerale). "They shall make the… -
Ephraim
1. Second-born son of Joseph and Aseneth (v.). Born in Egypt "before the year of famine came" (Gen. 41:50), he was given the name E. (a dual Hebrew form… -
Ephrata
Appellation of Bethlehem (v.), which after the time of el-'Amarna (15th century B.C.) was part of the territory of E. with Kiriath-jearim and Beth-gader and… -
Ephree (EPHREE)
Pharaoh of Egypt from 588 to 566 B.C., of the 26th dynasty (663-525), founded by Psammetichus I (son of Necho); he was the successor, if not the son, of… -
Ephrem
A town near the desert, where Jesus withdrew with his disciples after the miracle of the resurrection of Lazarus (Jn. 11:54). It is generally identified with… -
Ephrem, Saint (EFREM, SANTO)
Father of the Church, the most celebrated Syriac writer and one of the most distinguished doctors both for the abundance of his writings, predominantly poetic… -
Epichirema (EPICHEREMA)
EPICHEREMA: V. SILLOGISMO E SILLOGISTICA. -
Epiclesis (EPICLESI)
According to its etymology, the word e. (in Greek: ἐπίκλησις, from ἐπι-καλῶ, I call upon) means "invocation, prayer"; generically: "deprecatory formula". I.… -
Epic of Gilgamesh (GILGAMES, EPOPEA DI)
Alongside the Enūma eliš the Babylonians and Assyrians had another national poem, whose central figure was G. (Gišbil-ga-meš), the presumed very ancient king… -
Epictetus (EPITTÈTO)
Greek Stoic philosopher, b. ca. 50 A.D. at Hierapolis in Phrygia, d. at Nicopolis (Epirus) ca. 138. As a boy he was the slave of Epaphroditus, a freedman of… -
Epicurus (EPICURO)
I. LIFE. - Greek philosopher, founder of the school that took its name from him, b. of Athenian parents, on the 10th of Gamelion (Jan.-Feb.) of 342 B.C. on… -
Epidauro
A locality in Dalmatia known for the temple of Aesculapius (today Cavtat-Ragusavecchia). According to the Vita s. Hilarionis of St. Jerome (Pl. 23, 1, 50)… -
Epigenesis (EPIGENESI)
Biological theory (from the Greek ἐπὶ "upon" + γένεσις "generation"), according to which the organic differentiation of the new individual in generation takes… -
Epigonation (Ἐπιγωνάτιον, Ἐπιγόνᾰτον) (EPIGONATION (ἘΠΙΓΩΝΆΤΙΟΝ, ἘΠΙΓΌΝΑΤΟ))
It is a liturgical ornament of the Byzantine rite worn suspended from a ribbon at the height of the right knee. It has the shape of a rhombus and consists of a… -
Epigonus (Ἐπίγονος) (EPIGONO (ἘΠΊΓΟΝΟΣ))
A heretic of the monarchian-modalist tendency, who carried on his activity shortly after 200 A.D., together with Noetus of Smyrna. He taught that if Christ is… -
Epigraphic Syllogisms (SILLOGI EPIGRAFICHE)
In the Roman world the East preceded the West in the collection of inscriptions; in Greece, in fact, sylloges were formed as early as the 3rd century B.C.… -
Epigraphy, Christian Latin and Greek (EPIGRAFIA CRISTIANA LATINA E GRECA)
Epigraphy may rightly be called the eye of (Int. Enc. Catt.) EPIGONATION - Pontifical Russian College of St. Teresa of the Child Jesus - Rome. archaeology. How… -
Epikeia (EPIKÉIA)
From ἐπαβέτα, that is, equity, benignity, moderation. The etymological meaning coincides with that of equity (v.). But the two terms correspond to two… -
Epilepsy (EPILESSIA)
I. MEDICINE. - An accessional disorder (ἐν-λαμβάνο = "I assail," "I strike"; morbus sacer) of consciousness accompanied by a neurovegetative discharge, with or… -
Epimachus and Gordian, Martyrs (EPIMACO E GORDIANO, MARTIRI)
EPIMACO e GORDIANO, martiri: v. GORDIAN and EPIMACUS, martyrs. -
Epimànica (Ἐπιμάνικα, Ἐπιμανία) (EPIMÀNICA (ἘΠΙΜΆΝΙΚΑ, ἘΠΙΜΑΝΊΙΚΑ))
They are simple cuffs that serve to fasten at the wrists the ends of the sleeves of the sticharion (alb): oversleeves that do not correspond, as some claim, to… -
Epimenides (EPIMÈNIDE)
Greek poet, who lived in the 6th century B.C. According to legend, he was born at Knossos, on the island of Crete, and was then summoned to Athens by Solon to… -
Epiphany (EPIFANIA)
The Greeks called "epiphany" the manifestation of a god in person or in a dream or by miracle, or his return after an absence. An epiphany of the divinity in… -
Epiphany of Pavia (EPIFANIO DI PAVIA)
Born in that city in 438 or 439, he entered the ecclesiastical career at a very young age and, after the death of Bishop Crispinus, was elected bishop of Pavia… -
Epiphany of Salamis (EPIFANIO DI SALAMINA)
Born after 310 in a small village near Eleutheropolis, in Palestine, perhaps of Jewish parents (v. Chronicle of Seer: PO 5, 301). He lived for several years… -
Epiphenomenon (EPIFENÒMENO)
From ἐπὶ χάρις φανύψενον "phenomenon" means an accessory or added phenomenon. In psychology this name designates a new phenomenon that presents itself on the… -
Episcopal Audience (EPISCOPALIS AUDIENTIA)
Term used in late Roman legal sources to designate the bishop's tribunal and the jurisdiction recognized to him to settle disputes brought before him. The… -
Episcopalism (EPISCOPALISMO)
This is the name given to that Protestant ecclesiastical regime in which the power to consecrate the new ministers of the Church and to perpetuate the sect is… -
Episcopal Mensa (MENSA VESCOVILE)
It is the complex of ecclesiastical goods destined for the support of the bishop (archbishops, primates, prelates nullius) and his household. The history of… -
Episcopal, Protestant Church (EPISCOPALE, CHIESA PROTESTANTE)
The Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States, not to be confused with the Methodist Episcopal Church, is the American branch of the Church of England… -
Episcopate (EPISCOPATO)
EPISCOPATO: v. VESCOVO. -
Episcopius (Bischop), Simon
Protestant theologian, b. in Amsterdam on 8 Jan. 1583, d. there on 4 Apr. 1643. A disciple of Gomarus at the University of Leiden, he was later a pupil of… -
Epistemology (EPISTEMOLOGIA)
Etymologically (ἐπιστήμη = science and λόγος = discourse), it means doctrine of science. In current usage, however, the meaning of the term is not yet… -
Epistle (EPISTOLA)
It is that passage from the Letters of the Apostles or from some other book of Sacred Scripture that the priest reads at Mass before the Gospel. The Church… -
Epistle of the Apostles (EPISTOLA APOSTOLORUM)
EPISTOLA APOSTOLORUM: v. APOSTOLI, Lettera degli A. -
Epistles I-II to the Thessalonians (TESSALONICESI, EPISTOLE I-II AI)
The first two letters written by St. Paul, in 50-51 A.D., from Corinth, a few months apart from each other. THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE THESSALONIANS. - 1.… -
Epistles of the Captivity (PRIGIONIA, EPISTOLE DELLA)
The Pauline letters to the Colossians (v.), Ephesians (v.), Philippians (v.) and to Philemon (v.), which presuppose Paul as a prisoner (Col. 4, 3. 10. 18; Eph.… -
Epistle to the Philippians (FILIPPESI, EPISTOLA AI)
One of the four captivity letters, addressed by St. Paul to the community of Philippi. SUMMARY: I. Character. - II. Analysis and content. - III. Occasion. -…