En Clara Vox RedarquitVol. V, p. 226 «EN CLARA VOX REDARQUIT». – Hymn of praise for the season of Advent, by an unknown author; it appears in manuscripts from the 10th century. At dawn of the day…
En Ut Superba CriminumVol. V, p. 260 «EN UT SUPERBA CRIMINUM». — This is the hymn of Vespers for the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; its author is unknown. It was inserted into the Breviary…
Enacim (Hebrew 'Anāqīm)(ENACIM (EBR. 'ANĀQĪM))Vol. V, p. 222 ENACIM (Heb. 'Anāqīm).—Autochthonous Canaanite population, driven from the land by Joshua (Jos. 11:21). The expulsion of the sons of Enac from Hebron, Dabir…
Enamel(SMALTO)Vol. XI, p. 493 SMALTO. – In goldsmiths’ workshops, enamels have always, in every period, been extensively used for the decoration of objects. The glass paste, variously…
Encaustic(ENCAUSTO)Vol. V, p. 222 ENCAUSTIC PAINTING. — It is among the oldest known types of painting employing a developed technique; essentially, encaustic painting may be defined as that…
EncenieVol. V, p. 223 ENCENIE: v. DEDICAZIONE DEL TEMPIO.
Encephalitis(ENCEFALITE)Vol. V, p. 223 ENCEPHALITIS. — In the absolute sense, the term should indicate exclusively morbid processes of an inflammatory nature affecting the mass of the encephalon,…
Enchantment(INCANTESIMO)Vol. VI, p. 1010 INCANTESIMO: v. MAGIA.
Encina, Juan delVol. V, p. 226 ENCINA, JUAN del. — Spanish playwright, born in 1469 in Salamanca, died probably in 1529 in León. A student at Salamanca and subsequently in the service of the…
Encolpius(ENCOLPIO)Vol. V, p. 226 ENCOLPIO. — This term designated small cases containing relics of saints or other sacred objects, which the faithful used to wear suspended around the neck.…
Encratites (Ἐγκρατῆς, Ἐγκρατῆται, Ἐγκρατῆται)(ENCRATITI (ἘΓΚΑΤΕΙ͂Σ, ἘΓΚΑΤΗΤΑΊ, ἘΓΚΑΤΑΤΑΊ))Vol. V, p. 227 ENCRATITI (Ἐγκατεῖς, ἐγκατηταί, ἐγκαταταί). — The e. are the “continent” par excellence, heretics who represent an excessive tendency toward asceticism,…
Encyclicals(ENCICLICHE)Vol. V, p. 223 ENCICLICHE: v. LETTERE PONTIFICE. CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA. – In general, an e. may be defined as a clear and distinct presentation of everything pertaining to…
EncyclopédieVol. V, p. 227 ENCYCLOPÉDIE. — In the history of culture, this term, without further specification, usually designates the E. ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts…
Endeber, Apostolic Prefecture of(ENDEBER, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)Vol. V, p. 228 ENDEBER, APOSTOLIC PREFECTURE of. - Situated in the central-western part of Ethiopia, it was erected on 13 February 1940, with territory detached from the…
Endeleichio Severo, Saint(ENDELECHIO SEVERO, SANTO)Vol. V, p. 229 ENDELECHIO SEVERO, saint. – Author of a bucolic poem, De mortibus bonni, perhaps written toward the end of the 4th century by a Christian rhetorician in…
Endocrine, Glands(ENDOCRINE, GLANDOLE)Vol. V, p. 229 ENDOCRINE, GLANDS. — In contrast to the glands with external secretion, which elaborate ferments with biochemical activity (secreta) or eliminate materials…
Endogamy(ENDOGAMIA)Vol. V, p. 233 ENDOGAMIA: v. ESOGAMIA.
EndorVol. V, p. 233 ENDOR. - A city in the territory of the tribe of Issachar, but assigned to the tribe of Manasse (Ios. 17, 11). Sisara and Iabin “were defeated at the torrent…
Endres, Joseph AntonVol. V, p. 233 ENDRES, JOSEPH ANTON. – Philosopher, born in Untermeltingen (Germany) on 12 May 1863, died in Bidingen on 19 January 1924. A disciple of G. von Hertling and a…
Energy(ENERGIA)Vol. V, p. 234 ENERGIA. — In general, it signifies activity, action, power, strength. In its technical sense, the concept, specifically defined by science, appears only…
Engaddi (Hebrew 'En Gādhī', Fountain of the Goat)(ENGADDI (EBR. 'EN GĀDHI' FONTE DEL CAPRETTO »))Vol. V, p. 238 ENGADDI (Heb. ‘En gādhi’, “spring of the kid”). - City of the desert of Pharan (Ios. 15:62), surrounded by steep cliffs (I Sam. 24:3), almost midway along the…
Engel, LudwigVol. V, p. 238 ENGEL, LUDWIG. - Benedictine, renowned canonist and moral theologian, b. at Wagrein (Lower Austria) at the beginning of the 1600s, d. at Grillenberg on 22…
EngelbergVol. V, p. 238 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…
Engelbert I of Cologne, Saint(ENGELBERTO I DI COLONIA, SANTO)Vol. V, p. 239 ENGELBERTO I of COLONIA, saint. - Born about 1185. Son of Count E. of Berg, he studied at the cathedral school of Colonia. In the conflict for the imperial…
Engelbert of Admont(ENGELBERT D'ADMONT)Vol. V, p. 239 ENGELBERT D'ADMONT. — Benedictine, born c. 1250 at Steiermark in Stiria, died 12 May 1331. His family name was Pötsch. Abbot of Admont (1297–1327), he…
Engelhardt, ZephyrinVol. V, p. 239 ENGELHARDT, ZEPHYRIN. - Franciscan missionary, born at Bilshausen (Hanover), Germany, on 13 Nov. 1851; died at S. Barbara (California) on 27 Apr. 1934. Having…
Engels, FriedrichVol. V, p. 239 ENGELS, FRIEDRICH. — German socialist, b. in Barmen on 28 November 1820, and d. in London on 5 August 1895. Born into a prosperous family, he completed his…
EngeltalVol. V, p. 240 ENGELTAL. - An ancient Dominican convent in the diocese of Eichstätt (Bavaria). A group of beguines led by a certain Adelaide founded this convent around 1240;…
Engineer(INGEGNERE)Vol. VI, p. 1131 INGEGNERE. — The term i. is commonly derived from ingenium (in its late meaning of machine, especially a war machine), through the medieval form encegnerius,…
England(INGHILTERRA)Vol. VI, p. 1132 INGHILTERRA. – A region which, together with Scotland and Wales, constitutes the island of Great Britain, and a place-name used in a general sense as its…
English Oratory(ORATORIO INGLESE)Vol. IX, p. 147 ORATORIO INGLESE: V. NEWMAN, JOHN HENRY.
Engraving(INCISIONE)Vol. VI, p. 1021 INCISIONE. – Properly speaking, it is the art of engraving figures, ornaments, etc., on any surface. It may therefore be an end in itself, as in glyptics,…
Enlightened Despotism(DISPOTISMO ILLUMINATO)Vol. IV, p. 1008 DISPOTISMO ILLUMINATO: v. PATERNALISMO.
Enlightenment(ILLUMINISMO)Vol. VI, p. 946 ENLIGHTENMENT. – A movement of ideas that shaped culture and philosophy from the final decades of the seventeenth century to the end of the eighteenth, and…
EnlilVol. V, p. 240 ENLIL. – Second god of the Mesopotamian divine triad, composed of Anu, god of the sky, E., and Ea, god of the water. He was the principal god of the Sumerians,…
Ennen, LeonhardVol. V, p. 240 ENNEN, LEONHARD. – Priest and historian, born in Schleiden on 5 March 1820, died in Cologne on 14 June 1880. He was one of the founders of the Historisches…
Ennodius(ENNODIO)Vol. V, p. 240 ENNODIO. – He was born of a noble family, although it is not known with certainty whether in Milan, Pavia, or Acles, between 473 and 474. Having been orphaned…
Ennom, Sons of(ENNOM, FIGLI DI)Vol. V, p. 241 ENNOM, FIGLI di: v. GEHENNA.
Enoch (Hebrew: Hānōkh)(HENOCH (EBR. HĀNŌHH))Vol. VI, p. 826 HENOCH (Heb. Hānōhh). - 1. Antediluvian patriarch, son of Iared. Of him, who according to Gen. 5, 23 reached the age of 365 years (the number of days in the…
Enoch, Book of(HENOCH, LIBRO DI)Vol. VI, p. 827 HENOCH, BOOK of. — Name of three different apocrypha (v.), whose protagonist is the patriarch H., distinguished according to the languages that transmitted…
Enos (Hebrew Enōš = « humanity », « man »)(ENOS (EBR. ENŌI = « UMANITÀ », « UOMO »))Vol. V, p. 241 ENOS (Heb. Enōi = “humanity,” “man”). — A most ancient patriarch. In Gen. 4, 26—Jahwist document according to critics—the genealogy of E., son of Seth, is…
Enotic(ENOTICO (ἘΝΩΤΙΚΌΝ))Vol. V, p. 241 ENOTICO (ἐνωτικόν) — Name of the decree issued in 482 by the emperor Zenon, in order to put an end to the controversies between Catholics and Monophysites. On…
Enricians(ENRICIANI)Vol. V, p. 242 ENRICIANI: v. ENRICO DI LOSANNA.
Enrollment(INGROSSAZIONE)Vol. VI, p. 1164 INGROSSAZIONE. – It is the right by which, through compensation in land and money, during the communal period, a private individual could rectify the…
Enríquez, Henry(ENRIQUEZ, ENRICO)Vol. V, p. 257 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…
Enselmini, Helen, Blessed(ENSELMINI, ELENA, BEATA)Vol. V, p. 257 ENSELMINI, ELENA, blessed. - Poor Clare, born in 1208 at Padova to the noble family of the E., died at l'Arcella near Padova on 4 Nov. 1242. At the age of 12…
Entelechy(ENTELECHEIA)Vol. V, p. 259 ENTELECHEIA. - From ἐντελές, “perfect, completed, finished”: ἐν “in,” “τῶος” “end,” ἔχει “I have.” A central concept in Aristotle, in whom it signifies the…
Entertainment Authority(ENTE DELLO SPETTACOLO)Vol. V, p. 257 ENTERTAINMENT AGENCY. — The E. of E. (the name adopted in 1946) comprises the Catholic Cinematographic (C.C.C.), Theatrical (C.C.T.), and Radio (C.C.R.)…
Enthymeme(ENTIMEMA)Vol. V, p. 260 ENTIMEMA: v. SILLOGISMO.
Entrepreneur(IMPRENDITORE)Vol. VI, p. 1001 IMPRENDITORE. — “An i. is one who professionally carries on an organized economic activity for the purpose of producing or exchanging goods or services” (Civil…
Entropy(ENTROPIA)Vol. V, p. 260 ENTROPIA: v. TERMOLOGIA.
Enuma Elish(ENUMA ELIS)Vol. V, p. 260 ENUMA ELIS. — Title of the principal religious and mythological poem of the Babylonians and Assyrians, so called from its first two words, which mean “when…
Envy(INVIDIA)Vol. VII, p. 105 ENVY. — I. NOTION. — Envy (from the Latin invidia) is one of the seven capital sins, which originate in the concupiscence aroused in human nature on account of…
Enzymes(ENZIMI)Vol. V, p. 260 ENZIMI. — The name e., meaning “in the yeast,” from the Greek ἐν Ῥυμῇ, was proposed by Kühne in 1878. Together with vitamins and hormones, e. constitute the…
