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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…