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Euthymius the Great, Saint (EUTIMIO IL GRANDE, SANTO)
Distinguished ascetic, b. at Melitene in Armenia in 377, d. in Palestine in 473. He owes his name to the fact that his parents, asking God for a son, were… -
Euthymius the Younger, Saint (EUTIMIO IL GIOVANE, SANTO)
Monk of Mount Athos, b. ca. 828, d. in 898. He founded the famous Peristerse monastery and had among his disciples St. John Kolobos and Basil, metropolitan of… -
Eutizio, Abbey of (EUTIZIO, ABBAZIA DI)
EUTIZIO, ABBAZIA di : v. NORCIA. -
Eutrapelia
EUTRAPELIA : v. DIVERTIMENTI. -
Eutropius, Saint (EUTROPIO, SANTO)
Born in Marseille to a noble family in the first half of the 5th century. He spent a rather dissolute youth, but after the death of his wife he was brought… -
Eutropius the Presbyter (EUTROPIO IL PRESBITERO)
Theologian, who lived in the 4th-5th centuries, of whom Gennadius speaks (De vir. ill., 49). He was probably Spanish and carried on his activity in the north… -
Eutyches (EUTICHE)
Born in 378, probably at Constantinople, he embraced the religious life as a young man in a monastery in the surrounding area, where he had as his teacher a… -
Eutyches and Eutychianism (EUTICHE E EUTICHIANESIMO)
L'VITA DI -
Eutyches, Saint, Martyr (EUTICHE, SANTO, MARTIRE)
EUTICHE, santo, martire: v. GENNARO and COMPANIONS, saints, martyrs. -
Eutychian, Pope, Saint (EUTICHIANO, PAPA, SANTO)
By the anonymous author of the Liber Pontificalis he is called a Tuscan, the son of a certain Marinus. It is not possible to establish exactly the… -
Eutychius (EUTICHIO)
Patriarca melkita di Alessandria, in arabo Sa'id b. Barric, n. al Cairo nell'877, m. nel 940. Scrisse gli annali dalla creazione fino al 938, nei quali, fra… -
Eutychius, Saint (EUTICHIO, SANTO)
Patriarch of Constantinople, b. ca. 512, d. April 22, 582. In 553 he was elected to the Byzantine see. He intervened immediately in the controversy over the… -
Eutychius, Saint, Martyr (EUTICHIO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
EUTICHIO, santo, martire: v. PLACIDO, EUTICHIO e consuoi, saints, martyrs. -
Eutychius, Saint, Martyr (EUTICHIO, SANTO, MARTIRE)
Unknown to the most ancient hagiographic documents, he is commemorated in the Hieronymian Martyrology on 2 July as buried in the cemetery of Callistus in Rome.… -
Eutychus (Εὐτύχος) (EUTICO ("ΕΥ̓ΑΥΤΌΣ"))
A young man raised from the dead by St. Paul at Troas (Acts 20:9-12). With the recklessness proper to his age (he is called first ναυτάς, v. 9, then παῖς, v.… -
Eutymian Schism (EUTIMIANI, SCISMA DEGLI)
EUTIMIANI, SCISMA degli: v. EUTIMIO I. -
Euzoius, Bishop of Antioch, formerly Deacon of Alexandria (EUZOIO, VESCOVO DI ANTIOCHIA, GIÀ DIACONO DI ALESSANDRIA)
He was one of the first followers of Arius, together with whom he was excommunicated and deposed in 320 by Alexander, bishop of Alexandria (Socrates, Hist.… -
Euzonius (EUZOIO)
Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine, where he had been a fellow student of St. Gregory Nazianzen at the school of a certain Thespele. The emperor Valens replaced… -
Evagrius (EVAGRIO)
Around 430 a certain E. published in Gaul, under the title Alteratio legis inter Simonum Iudaeum et Theophilum Christianum, a Judeo-Christian disputation… -
Evagrius Ponticus (EVAGRIO PONTICO)
Ecclesiastical writer, b. at Ibora in Pontus ca. 356, d. in 399. A leading figure among the theorists of spirituality in the ancient Church, he gathered up the… -
Evagrius Scholasticus (EVAGRIO SCOLASTICO)
Ecclesiastical writer, b. at Epiphania in Syria in 536-37, d. at Antioch toward the end of the century. He practiced law (whence the epithet "Scholasticus") at… -
Evangeliary (EVANGELIARIO)
By E. (from evangeliarum [= ius], evangeliare or also evangelistarium) is meant the liturgical book that contains the passages of the Gospel to be read during… -
Evangelical Counsels (CONSIGLI EVANGELICI)
Invitations, contained in the Gospel, to stable forms of virtue in the renunciation of natural goods that hinder union with God. Among the norms of life given… -
Evangelicals (EVANGELICI)
Among Protestant authors, the early sects, such as the Lutheran, Calvinist, Anglican, etc., are designated by the collective name of "Evangelical Churches" to… -
Evangelism (EVANGELISMO)
It is a movement of Catholic reform of the first half of the 16th century. The name, however, is of recent origin and was coined by Pierre Imbert de la Tour to… -
Evangelist (EVANGELISTA)
A title, in the writings of the New Testament, of the preacher or propagator of the Gospel (v.). While the terms "Gospel" (εὐαγγέλιον) and "to evangelize"… -
Evangelisti, Luigi
Pontifical colonel, b. in Rome on 21 May 1821, d. there at the beginning of the following century. He began his military career on 1 May 1840 as a cadet in the… -
Evangelization of the Mesia (MESIA, EVANGELIZZAZIONE DELLA)
The name M., which appears only with the Roman conquest, did not have, in the course of the history of the Empire, a constant geographical value. Very roughly… -
Evansville, Diocese of (EVANSVILLE, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the United States of America, State of Indiana, created by Pope Pius XII with the apostolic constitution Ecclesiae Universalis of 21 Oct.… -
Evaristus, Pope, Saint (EVARISTO, PAPA, SANTO)
The reports concerning his pontificate are uncertain or false; he did, however, govern the Church between the end of the 1st and the beginning of the 2nd… -
Eve (EVA)
Progenitress of the human race. Eve was created so that man might have "a help meet for him" (Gen. 2:18-20). She was called Eve by Adam (v.) (Heb. Ḥawmāh) from… -
Eve, Blessed (EVA, BEATA)
Recluse of St. Martin of Liège, b. ca. 1205 at Liège, d. there ca. 1265. A confidante of St. Juliana of Cornillon, she shared her zeal for the institution of… -
Evei
EVEI: v. NEVEL. -
Evelpius (EVELPIO)
EVELPIO: v. CHERCHEL. -
EVENZIO E TEODULO, santi, martiri
EVENZIO E TEODULO, santi, martiri: v. ALESSANDRO, EVENZIO e TEODULO, santi, martiri. -
Evidence (EVIDENZA)
From e-videre (Gk. ἐνέργεια) it is, in a general sense, the clarity and manifestation of the true. The etymological meaning of the word leads to a more precise… -
Evil Complacency (COMPIACENZA CATTIVA)
COMPIACENZA CATTIVA: v. PECCATI INTERNI. -
Evil Eye (MALOCCHIO)
A superstitious popular belief suggested by instinctive impression or by chance unfortunate coincidences, by which it is held that certain individuals emanate… -
Evilmerodach (EVIL-MERODACH)
King of Babylon, son of Nebuchadnezzar, whom he succeeded on the throne in 561 B.C. He reigned only two years. The inscriptions are silent on the new king's… -
Evil Speech (DISCORSI CATTIVI)
DISCORSI CATTIVI: v. IMPUDICIZIA. -
Evocation (EVOCAZIONE)
From Lat. evocatio: a magical rite by means of which either a soul from the underworld or a deity from its seat is summoned. Evocation almost always has a… -
Evodius (EVODIO)
A friend of St. Augustine, he followed him to Rome and was present at the death of St. Monica (Augustine, Conf., IX, 12, 31; cf. IX, 8, 17); afterwards both… -
Evolution (EVOLUZIONE)
Evolutionism (transformism, phylogeny, descent theory) is the scientific doctrine that affirms the natural derivation of higher organisms from lower ones.… -
Evolution of Dogma (EVOLUZIONE DEL DOGMA)
EVOLUZIONE del DOGMA: V. DOGMA. -
Évora, Archdiocese of (EVORA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
City of Portugal, capital of the province of Alemtejo, with 22,000 inhabitants. E. is the ancient Ebora Cerealis, reduced by Julius Caesar to a Roman… -
Évreux, Diocese of (EVREUX, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese of France, capital of the department of Eure, on the river Iton. It extends over 603,748 sq. km. with a population of 303,800 inhabitants, of… -
Ewald, Heinrich Georg August
Protestant Orientalist and exegete, b. at Göttingen on 16 Nov. 1803, d. there on 4 May 1875. At first (1822-24) he was a secondary-school teacher at… -
Exaltation of the Cross, Feast of the (ESALTAZIONE DELLA CROCE, FESTA DELLA)
ESALTAZIONE DELLA CROCE, FESTA della: v. CROCE. -
Examination of Conscience (ESAME DI COSCIENZA)
I. NATURE. - An ascetical exercise in which a man desirous of spiritual perfection, through reflection on his own actions, corrects their defects and raises… -
Examinations (ESAMI)
In its most common meaning it indicates the test to which a candidate is subjected in order to ascertain his culture or his suitability for a determined… -
Examiner (ESAMINATORE)
Among the various consultative bodies established by canon law in every episcopal curia for the purpose of assisting the Ordinary in the exercise of his… -
Exarch (ESARCA)
In classical antiquity, "e." meant the director of the chorus or the president of a college of priests. In the Eastern Empire the use of the word became… -
Exarchate of Italy (of Ravenna) (ESARCATO D'ITALIA (DI RAVENNA))
Once Italy had been restored to the Empire after the fall of the Kingdom of the Ostrogoths, its government was held by the Byzantine commander who had achieved… -
Ex Cathedra
EX CATHEDRA : V. INFALLIBILITÀ. -
Exception (ECCEZIONE)
The term e. has several meanings in procedural law. > (phot. Anderson) "ECCE HOMO" - Painting by a Flemish artist of the first half of the 17th century - Rome… -
Excerpta Bobiensia
This is the name given to the collection found in a manuscript from Bobbio (now cod. Ambros. G 58 sup., 10th/11th century) containing, besides Roman texts… -
Exchange (SCAMBIO)
A basic phenomenon of associated life and the specific object of economic science, which could even be defined as "the science of exchange": that is, of… -
Exclaustration and Secularization (ESCLAUSTRAZIONE E SECOLARIZZAZIONE)
I. EXCLAUSTRATION. - Temporary e. or s., sacculariatio ad tempus, as it was called before the CIC, is the permission granted to a religious, man or woman, by… -
Excommunication (SCOMUNICA)
In current canon law it is the censure (v.) by which a baptized person is excluded from the communion of the faithful. 1. HISTORICAL NOTES. - 1. The censure… -
Execution of Judgments (ESECUZIONE DELLE SENTENZE)
ESECUZIONE DELLE SENTENZE: v. SENTENZA. -
Execution on the Debtor's Property (ESECUZIONE SUI BENI DEL DEBITORE)
ESECUZIONE SUI BENI DEL DEBITORE: v. PRIVILEGI DEI CHIERICI. -
Exemplarism (ESEMPLARISMO)
Philosophical doctrine that attributes to an ideal world, existing in itself or in the divine mind, the function of exemplary causality, sometimes also… -
Exemption (ESENZIONE)
In canon law the term e. from its rudimentary etymological meaning (ex emere: to take away, to free from...) has come to denote the liberation of a person… -
Exequatur and Placet (EXEQUATUR E PLACET)
A form of control exercised by jurisdictionalist States over the acts of the Church, which consisted in the necessity of prior examination and authorization by… -
Exequies (ESEQUIE,)
The very ancient tradition of aiding the souls of the dead with special prayers has been uninterruptedly upheld by the Church and observed almost instinctively… -
Existence (ESISTENZA)
It is the act, the fact, or the reason by virtue of which one can say that something "is there," and it answers the question "whether it is" (whether it has… -
Existentialism (ESISTENZIALISMO)
It represents the last and most energetic form of reaction against idealism, which took its programmatic name from the Danish thinker Søren Kierkegaard… -
Ex Libris
A mark consisting of a small sheet generally applied to the pastedown of the front cover of a book, indicating its owner by means of a name or a symbolic… -
Ex More Docti Mystico
Hymn of Matins in Lent, probably composed by St. Gregory the Great. Lent is the time of fasting, already practiced by Moses, by Elijah and by Christ. The first… -
Exodus (Ἐξοδος 'Exit') (ESODO (ἘΞΟΔΌΣ « USCITA »))
Second book of the Pentateuch (v.), so called by the Septuagint because of the subject matter of its first part; in Hebrew, from its opening words, semoth… -
Exogamy (ESOGAMIA)
The term e. (exogamy), introduced into sociology by Mc Lennan, means that rule, common to all peoples, by which a wife must be chosen outside that group with… -
Exorcism (ESORCISMO)
I. AMONG PRIMITIVE PEOPLES. - A lustratory rite by which, using formulas, gestures and objects, and the invocation of a being endowed with supernatural power… -
Exorcist, Exorcism (ESORCISTA, ESORCISTATO)
An exorcist, in the current practice of the Latin Church, is one who has received the minor Order (v. ORDER) of the exorcistate, which confers the power to… -
Expenses (SPESE)
In theological-juridical terminology, the term expensae (s.) is customarily used to indicate the apportionment of certain financial charges. The subject in… -
Experience (ESPERIENZA)
From experior (I test, I attempt), it is, in a generic sense, every perception of contents and data of consciousness (v.), hence every modification and… -
Experimental Psychology (PSICOLOGIA SPERIMENTALE)
The use of the experimental method in psychology, that is, the carrying out of observations in a systematic way, under well-determined conditions in order to… -
Expiatory Victims of the Blessed Sacrament (VITTIME ESPIATRICI DI GESÙ SACRAMENTATO)
Founded in Naples on 16 July 1878 by Sister Maria Cristina Brando of the Immaculate Conception (b. in Naples on 3 May 1856, d. there on 26 Jan. 1906).Its… -
Expositio Bissexti (EXPOSITIO BISEXTI)
EXPOSITIO BISEXTI: v. COMPUTUS DE PASCHA. -
Exposition of the Most Holy Sacrament (ESPOSIZIONE DEL S.MO SACRAMENTO)
Rite by which the consecrated Host is exposed for the adoration of the faithful, either uncovered in the monstrance or enclosed in the pyx. The origin of the… -
Expressionism (ESPRESSIONISMO)
This name designates an artistic movement which in the field of painting acquired a definiteness of orientations and programmatic manifestations at the… -
Extension (ESTENSIONE)
ESTENSIONE: v. CONTINUO; SPAZIO. -
Extispicina (EXTSPICINA)
EXTSPICINA: v. ARUSPICINA. -
Extortion (ESTORSIONE)
In modern criminal law, this is the name given to the crime of a person who, by means of violence or threat, compelling someone to do or to omit something… -
Extrapyramidal System (EXTRAPIRAMIDALE, SISTEMA)
EXTRAPIRAMIDALE, SISTEMA: v. NERVOSO, SISTEMA. -
Extraterritoriality (EXTRATERRITORIALITÀ)
EXTRATERRITORIALITÀ: v. IMMUNITÀ DIPLOMATICHE. -
Extravagantes, Johannes (EXTRAVAGANTES, IOANNES)
EXTRAVAGANTES, IOANNES: v. CORPUS IURIS CANONICI. -
Extreme Unction (Holy Oil) (ESTREMA UNZIONE (OLIO SANTO))
It is the Sacrament instituted by Jesus Christ for the spiritual and bodily relief of the faithful who are gravely ill. SUMMARY: I. General overview. - II.… -
Exultet
It is the Easter praeconium, the solemn Lucernarium proper to the night of Easter; in substance it is the solemn offering of the paschal candle (v.) inserted… -
Exultet Orbis Gaudiis
Hymn of Vespers on the feasts of the Apostles, by an unknown author. Heaven and earth are called to celebrate the praises of these first followers of Jesus.… -
Ex Voto
EX VOTO : V. VOTO. -
Eyb, Albrecht von
German writer, b. near Ansbach on 24 Aug. 1420 and d. at Eichstätt on 24 July 1475. After studying at the University of Padua he was successively canon at… -
Eymard, Pierre-Julien, Blessed (EYMARD, PIERRE-JULIEN, BEATO)
Born at La Mure d'Isère (Grenoble) on 4 February 1811, died there on 1 August 1868. Having overcome family obstacles, he entered the Seminary of Grenoble in… -
Eymerich, Nicolás
Dominican inquisitor and writer, b. at Gerona (Spain) around 1320, d. there on 4 January 1399. He became a religious in his homeland on 4 August 1334, and in… -
Eymieu, Antonin
Jesuit, lecturer and psychologist, b. at Chamaret (Drôme) on 21 Nov. 1861, d. at Marseille on 9 Oct. 1933. The best fruit of his profound studies of… -
Ezechias (EZECHIA)
1. King of Judah (Heb. Ḥizqijjāh [6], Gk. 'Eẕnīz, Akkadian Ḥazaqijau) from c. 718 to 689 B.C. Succeeding his father Ahaz at the age of twenty-five, he at first… -
Ezechiel (EZECHIELE)
Third of the great writing prophets, who lived among the exiles of Babylon in the troubled period in which the new Israel was being prepared. SUMMARY: I. Time… -
Eznik
Called Kolpatzi, or of Kolb, an Armenian writer of the 5th century, who took part in the translation of the Bible and wrote an Adversus haereses, in 4 vols.… -
Ezra (Esdras) (EZR (ESDRAS))
Armenian Katholikos (639-51), who under the emperor Heraclius, when the latter had definitively vanquished Khosrow Parviz (628) and extended the frontiers of… -
Ezra, Fourth Book of (ESDRA, IV LIBRO DI)
One of the most important apocrypha of the Old Testament. A true jewel of Jewish apocalyptic literature, it enjoyed very wide diffusion, and was inserted as an… -
Ezrahite (EZRAHITA)
EZRAHITA: V. ETHAN. -
Ezra, Third Book of (ESDRA, III LIBRO DI)
An apocryphal book, whose material is found almost entirely in the canonical books: II Par. 35, 1-36, 21 = ch. 1; Estd. 1, 1-12 = 2, 1-14; Estd. 4, 7-24 = 2… -
Ezzolied (Anagengge) (EZZOLIED (ANEGENGE))
A song in Old German (c. 1060) on Christ and the redemption of the world, composed by Ezzo, canon of the cathedral of Bamberg. Together with the Memento mori… -
Foundlings (ESPOSTI)
They are the children of an unknown father and of a mother who does not consent to being named, entrusted to the care of the community (State and province) in… -
Helena (Flavia Iulia Helena Augusta), Saint (ELENA (FLAVIA IULIO HELENA AUGUSTA), SANTA)
I. LIFE. - Mother of the emperor Constantine, venerated as a saint in the Latin Church (18 Aug.) and in the Greek Church (21 May). She seems to have been of…