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Eça de Queiroz, José Maria de
Portuguese novelist, b. in Povoa de Varzim on 25 Nov. 1845, d. at Torigi on 16 Aug. 1900. A keen observer, whose intellectual experience was greatly enriched… -
Écaté
Minor divinity of Greek religion; according to some, of Carian origin. Homer does not know her; Hesiod calls her daughter of the Titan Perses and of Asteria… -
Ecbatana ('Eubáttena') (EGBÁTANE ('ΕΥ̓ΒΆΤΤΕΝΑ'))
Two cities of Media, one of which was the capital of northern Media (Media Atropatene), while the other, further south, was the capital of Greater Media. The… -
Ecce Homo
Words spoken by Pilate (John 19:5), presenting Jesus to the people after the flagellation. I. ARCH OF THE ECCE HOMO. - This is the name given in Jerusalem… -
Ecce Iam Noctis Tenuatur Umbra
A hymn of Lauds for the Sundays after Pentecost, of unknown authorship, it is found in manuscripts of the 10th century. The author exhorted the faithful to… -
Ecclesia
Illustrated monthly review (Vatican City). Promoted by the information office established to seek news of prisoners of war and to connect them with their… -
Ecclesia Ex Gentibus, Ex Circumcisione (ECCLESIA EX GENTIBUS, EX CIRCUM-CISIONE)
ECCLESIA EX GENTIBUS, EX CIRCUM-CISIONE : v. CHIESA. -
Ecclesiastes (ECCLESIASTE)
Fourth of the didactic books of the Old Testament, in 12 chapters, "a philosophical masterpiece of satire, irony, good sense and, whatever it may seem and… -
Ecclesiastical (ECCLESIASTICO)
The most remarkable of the wisdom books of the Old Testament, for the number and diversity of its teachings; it may well be called a fairly complete treatise… -
Ecclesiastical Architecture (ARCHITETTURA ECCLESIASTICA)
1. GENERALITÀ. - Buildings for ecclesiastical use respond first of all to the requirements of worship (v. CHIESA); then to the needs relating to the education… -
Ecclesiastical Assistant (ASSISTENTE ECCLESIASTICO)
He is the priest deputed by the legitimate ecclesiastical Authority to the Associations of Catholic Action, with the task of: a) representing that Authority… -
Ecclesiastical Assistant (The) (ASSISTENTE (L') ECCLESIASTICO)
Monthly magazine published by the College of Central Ecclesiastical Assistants of Italian Catholic Action. It began publication in 1931, with the aim of giving… -
Ecclesiastical Authorities, Crimes Against (AUTORITÀ ECCLESIASTICHE, DELITTI CONTRO LE)
Under this title the CIC (cann. 2331-40) contemplates a category of criminal acts which, being directed at impeding or disturbing the normal exercise of… -
Ecclesiastical Authority (AUTORITÀ ECCLESIASTICA)
AUTORITÀ ECCLESIASTICA: v. CHIESA; GERARCHIA ECCLESIASTICA; PAPA. -
Ecclesiastical Benefice (BENEFICIO ECCLESIASTICO)
In the CIC the ecclesiastical benefice is defined as: "a juridical entity constituted or erected in perpetuity by ecclesiastical authority, composed of a… -
Ecclesiastical Burial (SEPOLTURA ECCLESIASTICA)
Ecclesiastical burial consists of the following three elements: the removal of the body in order to associate it with the church conducting the funeral, the… -
Ecclesiastical Canons (CANONI ECCLESIASTICI)
CANONI ECCLESIASTICI: v. COSTITUZIONE APOSTOLICA. -
Ecclesiastical Circumscriptions (CIRCOSCRIZIONI ECCLESIASTICHE)
Almost from the very beginnings of the Church, out of the necessity of dividing the work, the competence of bishops, presbyters, and deacons is found to be… -
Ecclesiastical College of Turin (CONVITTO ECCLESIASTICO DI TORINO)
A formative institution for the clergy of Turin and the Subalpine region, where young priests (enrollment is obligatory for those of the archdiocese), before… -
Ecclesiastical Colleges (COLLEGI ECCLESIASTICI)
Institutions located in Rome and willed by the Roman pontiffs, where young men of various nationalities, aspiring to the priesthood, are sent by their bishops… -
Ecclesiastical Computation (COMPUTO ECCLESIASTICO)
È definito dagli scrittori: « notizia del corso della luna e delle calende, o scienza di determinare il tempo secondo il corso della luna e del sole ». It… -
Ecclesiastical Contention (CONTENZIOSO ECCLESIASTICO (IL))
Review, fortnightly at first, then monthly, of doctrine and jurisprudence in ecclesiastical matters and charitable works. It was founded in 1900 in Genoa… -
Ecclesiastical Garment (ABITO ECCLESIASTICO)
The garment ordinarily worn by the secular and regular clergy; to be distinguished from liturgical vestments (v.), which ministers of worship put on during… -
Ecclesiastical Hierarchy (GERARCHIA ECCLESIASTICA)
It is the aggregate of persons who participate in the power of the Church. Hierarchy is a Greek word (ἰερὰ ἀρχή) meaning sacred principality. The power… -
Ecclesiastical Immunity (IMMUNITÀ ECCLESIASTICA)
Ecclesiastical immunity is a privilege of a universal character, which exempts ecclesiastical persons and things and sacred places from certain burdens and… -
Ecclesiastical Journal of Rome, The (GIORNALE ECCLESIASTICO DI ROMA, IL)
A Roman religious periodical begun on July 2, 1785; printed by Giovanni Zempel at S. Lucia della Tinta, it came out on Saturdays in 4 pages. It had an annual… -
Ecclesiastical Judge (GIUDICE ECCLESIASTICO)
In a very broad sense, an ecclesiastical judge could be said to be anyone who exercises in the name of the Church the power of judging that belongs to it in… -
Ecclesiastical Letters (LETTERE ECCLESIASTICHE)
They are public documents by reason of their destination and of the authority from which they emanate, whose purpose is to attest a decree issued by the… -
Ecclesiastical Literature Bulletin (BULLETIN DE LITTERATURE ECCLESIASTIQUE)
Published by the Catholic Institute of Toulouse, from 1899 in place of the Bulletin of the same Institute (founded in 1880), with notable studies relating to… -
Ecclesiastical Monitor, Il (MONITORE ECCLESIASTICO, IL)
A journal of canon and ecclesiastical law, the oldest in the field, founded at Maratea (Potenza) in 1876 by the priest Casimiro Gennari (later Cardinal) with… -
Ecclesiastical Office (UFFICIO ECCLESIASTICO)
It is, in general, any stable task carried out for a spiritual purpose, such as the spiritual director of seminaries, the confessor of monasteries, the… -
Ecclesiastical Patrimony (PATRIMONIO ECCLESIASTICO)
It is the complex of ecclesiastical goods (v.). I. THE CHURCH'S RIGHT TO PROPERTY. - The Church pursues a spiritual end, but since its members and its… -
Ecclesiastical Prohibition (VETITUM ECCLESIAE)
This expression, according to the proper meaning of the words, would indicate any prohibition made by the Church to the faithful; but in canonical language it… -
Ecclesiastical Property (BENI ECCLESIASTICI)
This is the name given to temporal goods (whether corporeal, such as movable and immovable property, or incorporeal, such as rights, actions, obligations… -
Ecclesiastical Province (PROVINCIA ECCLESIASTICA)
It is the union of several dioceses - called, in this case, comprovincial or suffragan - into a single territorial circumscription, headed by an archbishop or… -
Ecclesiastical See (ASSE ECCLESIASTICO)
ASSE ECCLESIASTICO: v. BENI ECCLESIASTICI; ITALIA (condizione giuridica della chiesa in). -
Ecclesiastical Studies (ESTUDIOS ECLESIÁSTICOS)
Journal that appeared in Madrid in 1922, still ongoing through the work of the philosophical and theological colleges of the Society of Jesus in Spain… -
Ecclesiastical Superior (SUPERIORE ECCLESIASTICO)
He is the superior of autonomous or sui iuris missions, which represent the first stage of ecclesiastical organization in the missions. Examples of these… -
Ecclesiastical Taxes (IMPOSTE ECCLESIASTICHE)
IMPOSTE ECCLESIASTICHE: v. TASSE ECCLESIASTICHE. -
Ecclesiastical Treasury (CASSA ECCLESIASTICA)
CASSA ECCLESIASTICA : v. FONDO PER IL CULTO. -
Ecclesiastical Tribunals (TRIBUNALI ECCLESIASTICI)
These are the organs to which is normally entrusted the exercise of jurisdictional power in the strict sense, that is, of the judicial function, belonging to… -
Ecclesiastical Tributes (TRIBUTI ECCLESIASTICI)
TRIBUTI ECCLESIASTICI : V. TASSE ECCLESIASTICHE. -
Echos d'Orient
A monthly review begun by the Augustinians of the Assumption in 1807 as a continuation of the Echos de Notre-Dame de France. The authoritative review set out… -
Echter, Julius
Bishop, b. at Mespelbrunn (Spessart) on 28 March 1545, d. at Würzburg on 13 Sept. 1617. He studied in Paris, Angers, Pavia and elsewhere; having obtained a… -
Eckart
ECKART: v. ECCARDO. -
Eckhart (Eckehart, Aychardus) (ECCARDO (ECKEHART, AYCHARDUS))
Dominican scholastic and mystical preacher, b. at Hochheim near Gotha ca. 1260, d. between 22 Feb. 1327 and 27 March 1329. A descendant of the nobles of… -
Eckhart the Younger (ECCARDO IL GIOVANE)
Dominican preacher and mystical writer, whose life and works are still shrouded in darkness. A disciple of Meister Eckhart, he illustrated the convent of… -
Eck, Johann
Theologian and anti-Lutheran polemicist, b. at Egg, in Swabia, on 15 November 1486, d. at Ingolstadt on 10 February 1543. His surname was Maier, but he is… -
Eckstein, Ferdinand von
Politician and writer, b. in Altona (Hamburg) in September 1790, d. in Paris on 25 November 1861. Finding himself in Rome in 1809, he was deeply moved by the… -
Eclecticism (ECLETTISMO)
From ἐκλέγω (I choose). It is, in general, every philosophical and scientific approach that selects, from various and opposing systems, diverse doctrines… -
Ecloga Isaurica (Eklogē tōn Nómōn) (ECLOGA ISAURICA (ἘΚΛΟΓῊ ΤΩ͂Ν ΝΌΜΩΝ))
A compilation, carried out with material drawn chiefly from the four parts of the Corpus iuris civilis (v.), by order of the emperor Leo III the Isaurian and… -
École Biblique (ECOLE BIBLIQUE)
The first Catholic center for scientific biblical studies, founded by the Dominican M.-J. Lagrange in Jerusalem in 1890, at the suggestion of Leo XIII to Fr.… -
Economate of Ecclesiastical Dicasteries (ECONOMATO DEI DICASTERI ECCLESIASTICI)
It was instituted by Pius X (circular of the Secretariat of State, 3 April 1909) as the General E. of the d. and was administered by a Commission, chosen by… -
Economic Policy (POLITICA ECONOMICA)
It represents perhaps the most important sector today, and the most sought-after task of practical politics; its purpose is to give a coordinated direction to… -
Economic Systems (SISTEMI ECONOMICI)
The totality of the economic activities of individuals and the action of political authority, which tends to coordinate individual ends with social ones. In… -
Economic Value (VALORE ECONOMICO)
Economic value, in its most general meaning, is the importance of things insofar as they answer to the needs of men. It is therefore a subjective valuation… -
Economy (ECONOMIA)
Right and prudent administration of goods. Etymologically (from the Greek οἰκονομία; οἶκος = house; νέμειν = to administer) economia would mean administration… -
Ecstasy (ESTASI)
A psychological state of man "outside himself" (ἔκστασις, from ἐξίστημι). The term can apply either in a good sense or in a bad sense, to the state of spirit… -
Ecuador
I. GEOGRAPHY. - The smallest of the Andean states, so called because it is crossed by the Equator. Its area, after the long dispute with Peru, which concerned… -
Ecumenical (ECUMENICO)
From the Greek γῆ οἰκουμένη ("inhabited earth"), and it means "universal." The title of "ecumenical patriarch" was given to himself by the Byzantine patriarch… -
Ecumenism, Theory of (ECUMENISMO, TEORIA DELL')
A word derived from "ecumenical," that is, universal, which is used in modern times to indicate every kind of religious activity that is not limited to the…