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al-Ghazali, Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad at-Tusi (al-ĠAZZĀLĪ, ABŪ HĀMID MUḤAMMAD IBN MUḤAMMAD AT-ṬŪSĪ)
One of the greatest philosophers, mystics and theologians of Arabic-speaking Islam, well known to Latin scholasticism and especially to St. Thomas under the… -
Glaber, Rodulf
GLABER, RODULF: v. RODOLFO il GLABRO. -
Glabrione Acilius (GLABRIONE ACILIO)
A member of a noble senatorial family, he was consul in 91 A.D. together with Trajan; he was put to death by Domitian in 95 after having been forced to fight a… -
Glacial Epoch (GLACIALE, EPOCA)
GLACIALE, EPOCA: v. STATIGRAFIA. -
Gladstone, William Ewart
English statesman, b. 29 Dec. 1809, d. 19 May 1898 at Hawarden. The son of a Scottish Presbyterian, he had from childhood a most vivid religious feeling… -
Glagolitic, Script (GLAGOLITICA, SCRITTURA)
A uncial alphabet, quite complicated, comprising 38 letters, composed by St. Cyril in the second half of the 9th century and used by him for the translation of… -
Glairé, Jean-Baptiste (GLAIRE, JEAN-BAPTISTE)
French Orientalist, b. at Bordeaux on 1 April 1798, d. at Issy (Seine) on 25 February 1879. In Paris G. studied theology at St. Sulpice and the Oriental… -
Glanvill (Glanvil), Joseph
Anglican pastor and philosopher, b. at Plymouth in 1630, d. at Bath in 1680. He was chaplain to Charles II. Having emerged from Cartesianism, G. accepted the… -
Glareanus (Enrico de Loris, Henricus Loritus Glareanus) (GLAREANO (ENRICO DE LORIS, HENRICUS LORITUS GLAREANUS))
Philosopher, mathematician, theologian, musician and poet, b. at Glarus (Switzerland) in 1488, d. at Fribourg on 28 March 1563. He studied at Cologne with G.… -
Glasgow, Archdiocese of (GLASGOW, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
Archdiocese and province in the south-west of Scotland; it currently comprises the city and county of Dumbarton. The archdiocese has an area of 250 sq. km.; it… -
Glass (VETRO)
The most remote examples of glassmaking with an artistic character date back, in the Mediterranean basin, to the eighteenth Egyptian dynasty of the Pharaohs… -
Glazing (INVETRIATURA)
INVETRIATURA: v. CERAMICA. -
Gleba
GLEBA: V. SERVI DELLA GLEBA. -
"Gloria in excelsis Deo" (Hymnus Angelicus) (GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO » (HYMNUS ANGELICUS))
A very ancient liturgical hymn found in various recensions: a Greek one in the codex of the Alexandrian Library (=A) and in the Apostolic Constitutions, VII 47… -
Gloria Patri
A formula of praise and glorification of all three Divine Persons, it is a simple development of the Trinitarian baptismal formula (Mt. 28:19). Its author… -
Glorious Poland (GENTIS POLONAE GLORIA)
Hymn of Vespers of St. John of Kenty, composed by an unknown author for the introduction into the Breviary of the feast of the Saint, canonized in 1767. It is… -
Gloss (GLOSSA)
Literal explanation of a term or a phrase, from the Greek γλῶσσα "tongue", hence also "dialect, idiom, manner or word that is ancient or rare" which, to be… -
Glossolalia
GLOSSOLALIA : v. CARISMI. -
Glottology (GLOTTOLOGIA)
GLOTTOLOGIA : v. LINGUISTICA. -
Gloves (GUANTI)
The introduction of gloves (chirothecae) into the liturgy is due to the desire to make episcopal attire ever more distinct and solemn. Amalarius, at the… -
Glubokovskij, Nikclaj Nikanorovič (GLUBOKOVSKIJ, NIKCLAJ NIKANOPOVIĆ)
Well-known Russian theologian, exegete and historian (1863-1937), recognized as an authority of the first rank among "Orthodox" theologians. A doctor of… -
Gluck, Christoph Willibald
Melodramatic composer, b. at Weidenwang near Erbach, in Bavaria, on 2 July 1714, d. at Vienna on 15 Nov. 1787. As a young man he was a member of the Schola… -
Gluttony (GOLA)
A capital sin consisting in the disordered appetite for food and drink. It is a vice opposed to the special virtues of abstinence and sobriety, which are… -
Plaster (in art) (GESSO (NELL'ARTE))
Chemically, gypsum is hydrated calcium sulfate, poorly soluble in water. This solubility increases, however, as the temperature rises. Its use in the…