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Ex CathedraVol. V, p. 564 EX CATHEDRA : V. INFALLIBILITÀ.
Ex LibrisVol. V, p. 566 EX LIBRIS. - A mark consisting of a small label generally affixed to the endpaper of the front board of a book and indicating, by means of a name or a symbolic…
Ex More Docti MysticoVol. V, p. 566 «EX MORE DOCTI MYSTICO». – Hymn of Matins during Lent, probably composed by St. Gregorio Magno. Lent is the time of fasting, already practised by Moses, by…
Examination of Conscience(ESAME DI COSCIENZA)Vol. V, p. 334 EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE. — I. NATURE. — An ascetical exercise by which a person desirous of spiritual perfection, through reflection on his own actions,…
Examinations (from Latin Examen, Gr. Ἐξάγω, Exigo)(ESAMI (DAL LATINO EXAMEN, GR. ἘΞΆΓΩ, ESIGO))Vol. V, p. 337 EXAMINATIONS (from the Latin examen, Greek ἐξάγω, esigo). — In its most common meaning, this denotes the test to which a candidate is subjected in order to…
Examiner(ESAMINATORE)Vol. V, p. 338 EXAMINER. — Among the various consultative bodies established by canon law in every episcopal curia for the purpose of assisting the Ordinary in the exercise…
Exarch(ESARCA)Vol. V, p. 339 ESARCA. — In classical antiquity, the term e. referred to the director of the choir or the president of a college of priests. In the Eastern Empire, the use of…
Exarchate of Italy (of Ravenna)(ESARCATO D'ITALIA (DI RAVENNA))Vol. V, p. 339 EXARCHATE OF ITALY (OF RAVENNA). — Once Italy had been restored to the Empire after the fall of the Ostrogothic Kingdom, its government was entrusted to the…
Exception(ECCEZIONE)Vol. V, p. 45 ECCEZIONE. - There are several meanings of the term e. in procedural law. (phot. Anderna) « ECCE HOMO » - Painting by a Flemish artist of the first half of the…
Excerpta BobiensiaVol. V, p. 564 EXCERPTA BOBIENSIA. - This is the name given to the collection found in a manuscript from Bobbio (present cod. Ambros. G 58 sup. tenth/eleventh century),…
Exchange(SCAMBIO)Vol. XI, p. 30 SCAMBIO. – A fundamental phenomenon of associated life and the specific object of economic science, which might also be defined as the “science of exchange,”…
Exclaustration and Secularization(ESCLAUSTRAZIONE E SECOLARIZZAZIONE)Vol. V, p. 347 ESCLAUSTRAZIONE E SECOLARIZZAZIONE. - I. E. - Temporary e. or s., sacculariatio ad tempus, as it was called before the CIC, is the permission granted to a…
Excommunication(SCOMUNICA)Vol. XI, p. 102 EXCOMMUNICATION. — 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.…
Execution of Judgments(ESECUZIONE DELLE SENTENZE)Vol. V, p. 355 ESECUZIONE DELLE SENTENZE: v. SENTENZA.
Execution on the Debtor's Property(ESECUZIONE SUI BENI DEL DEBITORE)Vol. V, p. 355 ESECUZIONE SUI BENI DEL DEBITORE: v. PRIVILEGI DEI CHIERICI.
Exemplarism(ESEMPLARISMO)Vol. V, p. 355 ESEMPLARISMO. – Philosophical doctrine that attributes to an ideal world, existing in itself or in the divine mind, the function of exemplary causality, and at…
Exemption(ESENZIONE)Vol. V, p. 356 EXEMPTION. - In canon law the term e., from its rudimentary etymological meaning (ex emere: to remove, to free from...), has come to denote the freeing of a…
Exequatur and Placet(EXEQUATUR E PLACET)Vol. V, p. 565 EXEQUATUR and PLACET. — A form of control exercised by jurisdictionalist States over acts of the Church, consisting in the requirement of prior examination and…
Exequies(ESEQUIE,)Vol. V, p. 358 ESEQUIE—The most ancient tradition of assisting the souls of the dead with particular prayers has been uninterruptedly upheld by the Church and observed almost…
Existence(ESISTENZA)Vol. V, p. 367 EXISTENCE. — It is the act, fact, or reason by which it can be said that something “is,” and it answers the question “whether it is” (whether it has been or…
Existentialism(ESISTENZIALISMO)Vol. V, p. 367 EXISTENTIALISM. — It represents the latest and most vigorous form of reaction against idealism, which took its name and program from the Danish thinker Sören…
Exodus (Ἐξοδος 'Exit')(ESODO (ἘΞΟΔΌΣ « USCITA »))Vol. V, p. 370 EXODUS (ἐξοδός “departure”).—The second book of the Pentateuch (v.), so called by the Septuagint from the subject of its first part; in Hebrew, from its…
Exogamy(ESOGAMIA)Vol. V, p. 371 ESOGAMIA. — The term e., introduced into sociology by Mc Lennan, signifies that rule, common to all peoples, according to which the wife must be chosen outside…
Exorcism(ESORCISMO)Vol. V, p. 372 EXORCISM. — I. AMONG PRIMITIVE PEOPLES. — A lustratory rite whereby evil spiritual influences are driven away through the use of formulas, gestures, and…
Exorcist, Exorcism(ESORCISTA, ESORCISTATO)Vol. V, p. 373 EXORCIST, EXORCISTATE. – An exorcist, in the current practice of the Latin Church, is one who has received the Minor Order (v. ORDINE) of the exorcistate,…
Expenses(SPESE)Vol. XI, p. 670 SPESE. — Under the name expensae (s.), the division of specific financial burdens is usually indicated in theological-juridical terminology. The subject…
Experience(ESPERIENZA)Vol. V, p. 374 EXPERIENCE. — From experior (I experience, I attempt), in the generic sense it is every perception of contents and data of consciousness (v.), and hence every…
Experimental Psychology(PSICOLOGIA SPERIMENTALE)Vol. X, p. 162 EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. — The use of the experimental method in psychology—that is, making observations systematically, under precisely determined conditions…
Expiatory Victims of the Blessed Sacrament(VITTIME ESPIATRICI DI GESÙ SACRAMENTATO)Vol. XII, p. 968 VITTIME ESPIATRICI DI GESÙ SACRAMENTATO. — Founded in Naples on 16 July 1878 by Sister Maria Cristina Brando dell'Immacolata (born in Naples on 3 May 1856,…
Expositio Bissexti(EXPOSITIO BISEXTI)Vol. V, p. 566 EXPOSITIO BISEXTI: v. COMPUTUS DE PASCHA.
Exposition of the Most Holy Sacrament(ESPOSIZIONE DEL S.MO SACRAMENTO)Vol. V, p. 383 EXPOSITION OF THE MOST HOLY SACRAMENT. - Rite by which the consecrated Host is exposed for the adoration of the faithful, either uncovered in the monstrance or…
Expressionism(ESPRESSIONISMO)Vol. V, p. 384 EXPRESSIONISM. — This name designates an artistic movement which, in the field of painting, acquired definite orientations and programmatic manifestations in…
Extension(ESTENSIONE)Vol. V, p. 391 ESTENSIONE: v. CONTINUO; SPAZIO.
Extispicina(EXTSPICINA)Vol. V, p. 566 EXTSPICINA: v. ARUSPICINA.
Extortion(ESTORSIONE)Vol. V, p. 402 ESTORSIONE (EXTORTION). - In modern criminal law, this is the term given to the crime committed by anyone who, by means of violence or threats, compelling…
Extrapyramidal System(EXTRAPIRAMIDALE, SISTEMA)Vol. V, p. 566 EXTRAPIRAMIDALE, SISTEMA: v. NERVOSO, SISTEMA.
Extraterritoriality(EXTRATERRITORIALITÀ)Vol. V, p. 566 EXTRATERRITORIALITÀ: v. IMMUNITÀ DIPLOMATICHE.
Extravagantes, Johannes(EXTRAVAGANTES, IOANNES)Vol. V, p. 566 EXTRAVAGANTES, IOANNES: v. CORPUS IURIS CANONICI.
Extreme Unction (Holy Oil)(ESTREMA UNZIONE (OLIO SANTO))Vol. V, p. 403 ESTREMA UNZIONE (OLIO SANTO) It is the Sacrament instituted by Jesus Christ for the spiritual and corporal relief of the faithful who are gravely ill.…
ExultetVol. V, p. 566 «EXULTET». - È il precenio pasquale, il solenne Lucernarium proprio alla notte di Pasqua; in sostanza è l'offerta solenne del cero pasquale (v.) inserita nella…
Exultet Orbis GaudiisVol. V, p. 567 « EXULTET ORBIS GAUDIIS ». – Hymn of Vespers for the feasts of the Apostles, by an unknown author. Heaven and earth are called upon to celebrate the praises of…
