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Images, Cult of (IMMAGINI, CULTO DELLE)
It is the honor rendered to sacred images, that is, to the painted or sculpted representations of Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary and the saints. The same honor… -
Imagination (IMMAGINAZIONE)
It is usually taken as a synonym for fantasy (v.). In medieval Aristotelianism Avicenna distinguished them, assigning to the i. the function of elaborating the… -
Imam
An Arabic term, from the root 'mm ("to direct oneself toward a place," "to march at the head"), meaning "guide," antistes. In Islam, it designates: 1) the one… -
Imbart de La Tour, Pierre-Gilbert-Jean-Marie
French historian, b. 22 Aug. 1860 at Valenton (Seine-et-Oise), d. 18 Dec. 1925 in Paris. A pupil of the École normale supérieure and of Fustel de Coulanges, he… -
Imbecility, Imbeciles (IMBECILLITÀ, IMBECILLI)
Imbeciles or "biopathic frenasthenics (v.)" are individuals in whom mental insufficiency, more or less severe but always less than that of idiots (v.), is due… -
Imbonati, Carlo Giuseppe
A Cistercian Hebraist of the 17th century, about whom little biographical information survives; born in Milan, he lived for a long time in Rome, and died in… -
Imbreviatura
In medieval terminology, it is the draft act drawn up by the rogatory notary on a separate sheet and sometimes also on the verso of the parchment itself… -
Imbriani, Vittorio
Writer, b. in Naples on 27 Oct. 1840, d. at Pomigliano d'Arco on 1 Jan. 1886. He was an art and literary critic, a collector of popular songs and tales, a… -
Imitation of Christ (De Imitatione Christi) (IMITAZIONE DI CRISTO (DE IMITATIONE CHRISTI))
A medieval ascetical work, one of the most sublime and most widely diffused in the world. It consists of four books or treatises: Book I, Admonitiones ad… -
Immaculate Conception (IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE)
By these terms is indicated the Catholic doctrine according to which "the most Blessed Virgin, in the first instant of her conception, by a singular grace and… -
Immaculate Conception of the B (IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE DELLA B)
Prelature nullius in Honduras in Central America. It has an area of 33,634 sq km with 68,133 inhabitants; it has 5 parishes with 10 regular priests (1949). The… -
Immanence (IMMANENZA)
It is said of that which in its operation does not go out from itself or outside itself, but remains within itself. SUMMARY: I. Ontological i. in classical… -
Immanentism (IMMANENTISMO)
A neologism that has been very successful in modern and contemporary thought, both in philosophical discussions with the development of transcendental idealism… -
Immanuel the Roman (Manuello the Jew) (IMMANUEL ROMANO (MANUELLO GIUDEO))
Poet, b. in Rome ca. 1268-72; d. after 1328. He belonged to the circle of Jewish scholars and poets of Rome. For reasons that are little known he left Rome and… -
Immaterial Property (PROPRIETÀ IMMATERIALE)
The problem concerning the classification of so-called "rights over immaterial goods" has been seriously debated. Against the thesis that ranks such rights in… -
Immemorial (IMMEMORABILE)
IMMEMORABILE: v. CONSUETUDINE; TEMPO. -
Immensa Caeli Conditor (IMMENSE CAELI CONDITOR)
Hymn of Vespers on Monday, belonging to the Irish-Anglo-Saxon group. The inspiration from the second day of creation, with the division of the earth from the… -
Immigration (IMMIGRAZIONE)
IMMIGRAZIONE: v. EMIGRANTE, EMIGRAZIONE. -
Immodesty (IMMODESTIA)
IMMODESTIA: v. MODESTIA. -
Immodesty (IMPUDICIZIA)
IMPUDICIZIA: v. LUSSURIA. -
Immolations (IMMOLAZIONE)
IMMOLAZIONE: v. MESSA; SACRIFICIO. -
Immortal Dei (IMMORTALE DEI)
It is one of the great encyclicals of Leo XIII (19 Nov. 1885), in which, taking up again the principles of Gregory XVI (encyclical Mirari vos) and Pius IX… -
Immortality of the Human Soul (IMMORTALITÀ DELL'ANIMA UMANA)
It is the property of the human soul to survive the death of the body. SUMMARY: I. Immortality in the history of religions. - II. Immortality in the history of… -
Immunity, in Biological Sense (IMMUNITÀ, IN SENSO BIOLOGICO)
IMMUNITY, in the biological sense: v. MICROBIOLOGIA. -
Immutability of Dogma (IMMUTABILITÀ DEL DOGMA)
IMMUTABILITÀ DEL DOGMA: v. DOGMA. -
Immutability of God (IMMUTABILITÀ DI DIO)
IMMUTABILITÀ DI DIO: v. ATTRIBUTI DIVINI. -
Imola, Diocese of (IMOLA, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the province of Bologna. It has a population of 144,450 inhabitants, of whom 144,226 are Catholics; it has 132 parishes with 193 diocesan… -
Impanation (IMPANAZIONE)
IMPANAZIONE : v. EUCARISTIA; TRANSUSTANZIAZIONE. -
Impeccability of Jesus Christ (IMPECCABILITÀ DI GESÙ CRISTO)
IMPECCABILITÀ di GESÙ CRISTO : v. PSICOLOGIA di GESÙ CRISTO. -
Impediments (IMPEDIMENTI)
From the Latin impedimentum (the verb impedio expresses the action by which the feet are entangled), i. means in general and in the abstract everything by… -
Impenitent (IMPENITENTE)
From the eccl. Lat. impenitens, i.e. the sinner is called impenitent who, directly or indirectly, through culpable ignorance or negligence, refuses to repent… -
Imperial Diets of Roncaglia (RONCAGLIA, DIETE IMPERIALI DI)
A fraction of Piacenza, on the border between it, Lodi and Pavia (Runcalea, from runcare), near the Lambro and the Po, at the crossing of the land and river… -
Imperial, Francisco
Spanish poet of Italian origin, b. in Genoa around 1360, d. between the first and second decade of the 15th century in Seville, where his father, a jeweler… -
Imperialism (IMPERIALISMO)
The name imperialism should be given to a specific mode of action inspired by a precise theory: to speak of imperialism for the centuries before the 19th is… -
Imperial Rescripts (RESCRITTI IMPERIALI)
RESCRITTI IMPERIALI : v. EDITTO, II. E. imperiale. -
Imperial Style (IMPERO, STILE)
Designation of the phase of Neoclassical style adopted and diffused as the official aesthetic expression of the Napoleonic Empire: current usage, however… -
Impotence (IMPOTENZA)
I. (Latin impotentia) is the impossibility of doing something. Law and morality deal with the i. of man in the field of his duties, that is, with his… -
Imprecation (IMPRECAZIONE)
A wish for some evil, material or spiritual, directed against oneself or against others. In pagan antiquity there was much abuse of imprecation, especially… -
Impression (IMPRESSIONE)
The term acquires a technical meaning in those theories of knowledge that study the relationship between the external world and sensory experience, starting… -
Impressionism (IMPRESSIONISMO)
The term I. and the adjectives derived from it generally serve to indicate a painting in patches, summary, rapid, intended to render the momentary aspect or… -
Imprimatur
"Let it be printed": this is the formula by which the local Ordinary or the competent dicastery of the Roman Curia grants permission to print a book, a leaflet… -
Impropers (IMPROPERI)
This is the name given to a series of reproaches that the Lord addresses to the Jewish people for the ingratitude shown toward his benefits. The concepts… -
Impuberes (IMPUBERI)
IMPUBERI: v. ETÀ; FANCIULLEZZA. -
Impulsivity (IMPULSIVITÀ)
In common language it indicates the tendency to perform, under the pressure of a sudden conscious or subconscious ideational-affective psychic state, sudden… -
Impurity (IMPURITÀ)
From Latin impuritas, the state of being impure, it is one of the terms used to indicate the vice against purity (v.). In general it consists in mixture with a… -
Imputability (IMPUTABILITÀ)
From the Latin noun imputabilitas and the verb imputare, that is, to charge to an account, to ascribe, to attribute, it is the quality or property of an act or…