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Images, Cult of(IMMAGINI, CULTO DELLE)Vol. VI, p. 966 IMAGES, CULT OF. — It is the honor rendered to sacred images, that is, to painted or sculpted representations of Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, and the saints.…
Imagination(IMMAGINAZIONE)Vol. VI, p. 966 IMAGINATION. – It is usually taken as a synonym for fantasy (v.). In medieval Aristotelianism, Avicenna distinguished between them, attributing to i. the…
ImamVol. VI, p. 950 IMAM. - Arabic term, from the root 'mm (“to proceed 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-MarieVol. VI, p. 950 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 Ecole…
Imbecility, Imbeciles(IMBECILLITÀ, IMBECILLI)Vol. VI, p. 950 IMBECILLITÀ, IMBECILLI. — Imbeciles, or “biopathic frenast(h)enics (v.)”, are individuals in whom mental insufficiency, more or less severe but always less…
Imbonati, Carlo GiuseppeVol. VI, p. 951 IMBONATI, CARLO GIUSEPPE. - A 17th-century Cistercian hebraist, of whom few biographical details are known, born in Milan, lived for a long time in Rome, died…
ImbreviaturaVol. VI, p. 952 IMBREVIATURA. - In medieval terminology, it is the draft drawn up by the notary recording the act on a separate sheet and sometimes also on the verso of the…
Imbriani, VittorioVol. VI, p. 952 IMBRIANI, VITTORIO. — Writer, born in Naples on 27 October 1840, died at Pomigliano d'Arco on 1 January 1886. He was an art and literary critic, collector of…
Imitation of Christ (De Imitatione Christi)(IMITAZIONE DI CRISTO (DE IMITATIONE CHRISTI))Vol. VI, p. 952 IMITAZIONE DI CRISTO (De imitatione Christi). – A medieval ascetical work, one of the most sublime and most widely disseminated in the world. It consists of…
Immaculate Conception(IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE)Vol. VI, p. 960 IMMACOLATE CONCEPTION. – With these terms, Catholic doctrine is indicated, according to which «the Most Blessed Virgin, in the first instant of her conception,…
Immaculate Conception of the B(IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE DELLA B)Vol. VI, p. 966 IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE DELLA B. V. M. NELL'OLANCHIO. – Nullius prelature in Honduras, in Central America. It has an area of 33,634 sq. km, with 68,133…
Immanence(IMMANENZA)Vol. VI, p. 973 IMMANENZA. — Said of that which, in its operation, does not go outside itself or beyond itself, but remains within itself. SUMMARY: I. Ontological i. in…
Immanentism(IMMANENTISMO)Vol. VI, p. 970 IMMANENTISM. — A neologism that has enjoyed considerable success in modern and contemporary thought, both in philosophical discussions with the development of…
Immanuel The Roman (Manuello The Jew)(IMMANUEL ROMANO (MANUELLO GIUDEO))Vol. VI, p. 976 IMMANUEL ROMANO (MANUELLO GIUDEO). - Poet, b. in Roma ca. 1268-72; d. after 1328. He belonged to the circle of Jewish scholars and poets of Roma. For reasons…
Immaterial Property(PROPRIETÀ IMMATERIALE)Vol. X, p. 109 IMMATERIAL PROPERTY. — The problem concerning the classification of the so-called “rights over immaterial goods” has been seriously debated. Opposed to the…
Immemorial(IMMEMORABILE)Vol. VI, p. 977 IMMEMORABILE: v. CONSUETUDINE; TEMPO.
Immensa Caeli Conditor(IMMENSE CAELI CONDITOR)Vol. VI, p. 977 « IMMENSE CAELI CONDITOR ». – Hymn of Vespers on Monday, belonging to the Irish Anglo-Saxon group. The inspiration drawn from the second day of creation, with…
Immigration(IMMIGRAZIONE)Vol. VI, p. 977 IMMIGRAZIONE: v. EMIGRANTE, EMIGRAZIONE.
Immodesty(IMMODESTIA)Vol. VI, p. 977 IMMODESTIA: v. MODESTIA.
Immodesty(IMPUDICIZIA)Vol. VI, p. 1004 IMPUDICIZIA: v. LUSSURIA.
Immolations(IMMOLAZIONE)Vol. VI, p. 977 IMMOLAZIONE: v. MESSA; SACRIFICIO.
Immortal Dei(IMMORTALE DEI)Vol. VI, p. 977 « IMMORTALE DEI ». — This is one of the great encyclicals of Leone XIII (19 Nov. 1885), in which, taking up again the principles of Gregorio XVI (encyclical…
Immortality of the Human Soul(IMMORTALITÀ DELL'ANIMA UMANA)Vol. VI, p. 977 HUMAN SOUL, IMMORTALITY OF THE. - It is the property of the human soul to survive the death of the body. OUTLINE: I. Immortality in the history of religions. -…
Immutability of Dogma(IMMUTABILITÀ DEL DOGMA)Vol. VI, p. 988 IMMUTABILITÀ DEL DOGMA: v. DOGMA.
Immutability of God(IMMUTABILITÀ DI DIO)Vol. VI, p. 988 IMMUTABILITÀ DI DIO: v. ATTRIBUTI DIVINI.
Imola, Diocese of(IMOLA, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VI, p. 988 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…
Impanation(IMPANAZIONE)Vol. VI, p. 989 IMPANAZIONE : v. EUCARISTIA; TRANSUSTANZIAZIONE.
Impeccability of Jesus Christ(IMPECCABILITÀ DI GESÙ CRISTO)Vol. VI, p. 989 IMPECCABILITÀ di GESÙ CRISTO : v. PSICOLOGIA di GESÙ CRISTO.
Impediments(IMPEDIMENTI)Vol. VI, p. 989 IMPEDIMENTI. – From the Latin impedimentum (the verb impedio expresses the action by which the feet are entangled), i. generally and abstractly signifies…
Impenitent(IMPENITENTE)Vol. VI, p. 993 IMPENITENT. – From ecclesiastical Latin impenitent, i.e. the sinner who, directly or indirectly, through ignorance or culpable negligence, refuses to repent of…
Imperial Diets of Roncaglia(RONCAGLIA, DIETE IMPERIALI DI)Vol. X, p. 794 RONCAGLIA, IMPERIAL DIETS of. — A hamlet of Piacenza, at the border between that city, Lodi, and Pavia (Runcalea, from runcare), near the Lambro and the Po, at…
Imperial Style(IMPERO, STILE)Vol. VI, p. 993 EMPIRE STYLE. — Designation of the phase of the neoclassical style adopted and disseminated as the official aesthetic expression of the Napoleonic Empire;…
Imperial, FranciscoVol. VI, p. 993 IMPERIAL, FRANCISCO. - Spanish poet of Italian origin, b. in Genoa about 1360, d. between the first and second decades of the 15th century in Seville, where…
Imperialism(IMPERIALISMO)Vol. VI, p. 993 IMPERIALISMO. — The term imperialism designates a specific mode of action inspired by a precise theory: to speak of imperialism for the centuries preceding the…
Impotence(IMPOTENZA)Vol. VI, p. 998 IMPOTENZA. — I. (Latin impotentia) is the impossibility of doing something. Law and morality concern themselves with man’s i. in the sphere of his duties, that…
Imprecation(IMPRECAZIONE)Vol. VI, p. 1001 IMPRECAZIONE. – A wish for some material or spiritual evil, directed against oneself or against others. In pagan antiquity there was widespread abuse of…
Impression(IMPRESSIONE)Vol. VI, p. 1002 IMPRESSION. - The term acquires a technical meaning in those theories of knowledge that study the relation between the external world and sensory experience,…
Impressionism(IMPRESSIONISMO)Vol. VI, p. 1002 IMPRESSIONISM. — The term i. and the adjectives derived from it generally serve to designate a painting in patches, summary and rapid, intended to render the…
ImprimaturVol. VI, p. 1003 IMPRIMATUR. — “Let it be printed”: this is the formula by which the Ordinary of the place or the competent dicastery of the Roman Curia grants permission to…
Impropers(IMPROPERI)Vol. VI, p. 1004 IMPROPERI. – This is the name given to a series of lamentations in which the Lord reproaches the Jewish people for the ingratitude they have shown for his…
Impuberes(IMPUBERI)Vol. VI, p. 1004 IMPUBERI: v. ETÀ; FANCIULLEZZA.
Impulsivity(IMPULSIVITÀ)Vol. VI, p. 1004 IMPULSIVITY. — In ordinary language, this denotes the tendency to perform, under the pressure of a sudden conscious or subconscious ideational-affective state…
Impurity(IMPURITÀ)Vol. VI, p. 1004 IMPURITY. - From the Lat. impuritas, the state of being impure, it is one of the terms used to indicate the vice against purity (v.). In general, it consists…
Imputability(IMPUTABILITÀ)Vol. VI, p. 1005 IMPUTABILITÀ. – From the Latin noun imputabilitas and the verb imputare, that is, to reckon, ascribe, or attribute, it is the quality or property of an act or…
