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Myrrh (MIRRA)
A kind of fragrant gum. It exudes spontaneously or through incisions, in liquid form, from a plant of the genus baltamodendron that grows in Arabia. Modern… -
Mysore, Diocese of (MYSORE, DIOCESI DI)
Suffragan of Pondicherry and entrusted to the Society for Foreign Missions of Paris. The first missionaries of the region were the Dominicans around the middle… -
Mysteries of Andania (ANDANIA, MISTERI DI)
The existence of mysteries that were celebrated in Andania, a small city of northern Messenia, is attested by various passages of Pausanias and by a long and… -
Mysteries (Τὰ Μυστήρια) (MISTERI (ΤᾺ ΜΥΣΤΉΡΙΑ))
From the Greek μύειν = to close (the eyes or the mouth), whence μυεῖν = to initiate (into secret cults) and μύστης = initiate. M. is the name, always written… -
Mystery (MISTERO)
In current Catholic teaching, a mystery is a truth revealed by God, which the human intellect cannot discover by its own powers alone, and which, even once… -
Mystical Body (CORPO MISTICO)
The doctrine of the Mystical Body constitutes one of the central points, if not indeed the central point, of Christianity. It is found sketched in the… -
Mystic Chest (CISTA MISTICA)
A container of woven wicker in the shape of a cylindrical box, with a lid. Originally it was not a cult object; only in Demosthenes and Theocritus is the word… -
Mystici Corporis
Opening words of the encyclical of Pius XII, dated 29 June 1943 (AAS, 36 [1943], pp. 193-248), in which the doctrine of the Mystical Body is set forth. The… -
Mysticism (MISTICA)
A name that today generally designates either the state of mind of one who immerses himself in spiritual reality through religious contemplation (often called… -
Mysticism (MISTICISMO)
With this name, derived from "mystic," a word proper to the mysteries (v.), are designated those philosophical-religious currents which place the knowledge of… -
Myth and Mythology (MITO E MITOLOGIA)
The myth (Gk. μύθος from the verb μύθειο "I speak, converse, narrate") is the narration of deeds of the divine, heroic, and human world, not excluding the…