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Etam (ETAM)
Name of two Libyan localities. 1. City of southern Judah, near 'En-Rimnūn, transferred by Judah to Simeon (J Par. 4, 23); today Tell Ejām, about 10 km south of… -
Etching (ACQUAFORTE)
(From the medieval name of nitric acid, aqua fortis). A print obtained by means of a copper plate in which the grooves that receive the ink are hollowed out by… -
Etchmiadzin (EĞMIADZIN)
Armenian patriarchal see. Etymologically it means "Descent of the Only-Begotten," a name owed to the legend of a vision attributed to St. Gregory the… -
Etei
ETEI: v. HITTIII. -
Eteria
ETERIA: v. ECERIA. -
Eternal Gospel (EVANGELO ETERNO)
Expression from Rev. 14:6, by which Joachim of Fiore meant the spiritual interpretation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, which was to mark the third age of the… -
Eternity (ETERNITÀ)
It is the proper measure of the divine nature, absolutely immutable in its simple fullness and in the totality of the presence of its own being: unlike time… -
Eterusians (ETERUSIANI)
ETERUSIANI: v. AEZIO. -
Etham (ETHAM)
The second stage or station of the Israelites on their journey toward the Promised Land (Ex. 13:20; Num. 33:6). The name is probably the Hebraized form of the… -
Ethan (ETHAN)
Three or four biblical figures. 1. Descendant of Zerah (Heb. Zerah), famous for his wisdom. In 1 Kings 4:31 (Heb. 5:11), to magnify Solomon's knowledge, he is… -
Ethelbert, King of Kent, Saint (ETELBERTO, RE DEL KENT, SANTO)
The first Christian king in England, from 593 he had become head of the Confederation of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms that had formed on the island. His wife… -
Ethelred
ETHELRED: v. AELREDO. -
Ethelwold, Saint (ETELVOLDO, SANTO)
Bishop of Winchester, b. ca. 908, d. August 1, 984. First a monk at Glastonbury under St. Dunstan, ca. 954 by the will of King Edred he was made abbot of the… -
Ether (ETERE)
A real entity, extended, but lacking the most common qualities of sensible material entities, such as weight, impenetrability, etc., and filling the celestial… -
Ethics (ETICA)
From the Greek ἠθικός, moral, pertaining to conduct, to the character of man: it is the philosophical study of custom, of human conduct. SUMMARY: I. Object and… -
Ethiopia (ETIOPIA)
A state in the interior of northeastern Africa, embracing, together with the Ethiopian plateau proper, some of the neighboring regions, with an area estimable… -
Ethiopian Eunuch (EUNUCO ETIOPE)
Minister of Candace, queen of Ethiopia, converted and baptized by the deacon Philip (Acts 8:26-39). Whether this personage was a pagan, one of those… -
Ethiopian, Pontifical College (ETIOPICO, COLLEGIO PONTIFICIO)
ETIOPICO, COLLEGIO PONTIFICIO: V. COLLEGI ECCLESIASTICI. -
Ethnarch (ETNARCA)
Etymologically it means "head of a particular ethnic group." The term, extremely rare in the classical world (it occurs in Lucian, Macrobiol, 17), appears in… -
Ethnic (ETNICO)
A Greek term (ἐθνικός, Vulgate ethnicus or gentilis) with which Hellenistic Jews designated the pagan, a member of the "nations" that did not profess… -
Ethnic-Christians (ETNICO-CRISTIANI)
Name by which one customarily designates the non-Jews converted to Christianity in the apostolic age ("Ἕλληνες: Acts 14:1; 17:4, etc.; Rom. 1:16; 2:9 ff.; Gal.… -
Ethnographic Table (ETNOGRAFICA, TAVOLA)
A name derived from Gen. 10, because in the form of a grandiose genealogical tree, whose progenitors are the three sons of Noah, the principal peoples or… -
Ethnology (ETNOLOGIA)
It is the science that studies the cultural manifestations of primitive populations. SUMMARY: I. Ethnology and its task. - II. Ethnology united with history… -
Etimasia
From the Greek ἑτοιμασία = "preparation." The concept expressed in the verse: "iustitia et iudicium praeparatio sedis tuae" (Ps. 88, 15 and also 9, 8) has been… -
Etourneau, Thomas
Preacher and lecturer, b. in Nantes on 19 July 1853, d. at La Chapelle-Basse-Mer on 30 July 1908. A Dominican from 1875. A famous orator, he preached and gave… -
Etruria
ETRURIA: v. TOSCANA (conciliar region of). -
Etruscans, Religion of the (ETRUSCHI, RELIGIONE DEGLI)
The religion, and in particular the religious thought, of the Etruscan people - which flourished in central Italy during the 1st millennium B.C. - is… -
Ett, Kaspar
Musician, b. at Eresing in Bavaria on 5 Jan. 1788, d. at Munich on 16 May 1877. He studied at the Seminary of the Electorate of Munich and, from 1816 until his… -
Études
It is the principal journal published in France by the Fathers of the Society of Jesus. It was founded in 1856 by Frs. Ivan Gagarin, Giovanni Martinov, Carlo… -
Études Carmélitaines
Periodical of the Discalced Carmelite Fathers of France. Founded as a quarterly in February 1911 by Father Marie-Joseph du Sacré-Cœur, and directed by him… -
Études Franciscaines
Journal founded in 1899 and directed by the Capuchin Friars Minor of the province of Paris, with the collaboration of other writers. It publishes articles…