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Myrrh (Heb. Môr; LXX Αὐωρία; Lat. Myrrha)(MIRRA (EBR. MÔR; SETTANTA ΑΥΏΡΙΑ, LAT. MYRRHA))Vol. VIII, p. 652 MYRRH (Heb. môr; Septuagint αυώρια, Lat. myrrha). — A kind of fragrant gum. It exudes spontaneously or through incisions, in liquid form, from a plant of the…
Mysore, Diocese of(MYSORE, DIOCESI DI)Vol. VIII, p. 937 MYSORE, DIOCESI. — Suffragan of Pondicherry and entrusted to the Society for the Foreign Missions of Paris. The first missionaries in the region were the…
Mysteries (Τὰ Μυστήρια)(MISTERI (ΤᾺ ΜΥΣΤΉΡΙΑ))Vol. VIII, p. 681 MISTERI (Τὰ μυστήρια). — From the Greek μύειν = to close (the eyes or mouth), hence μυεῖν = to initiate (into secret cults) and μύστης = initiated. M. is the…
Mysteries of Andania(ANDANIA, MISTERI DI)Vol. I, p. 723 ANDANIA, MISTERI di. – The existence of mysteries celebrated at Andania, a small city in northern Messenia, is attested by various passages of Pausanias and by…
Mystery(MISTERO)Vol. VIII, p. 682 MYSTERY. — In current Catholic teaching, a truth revealed by God is called a mystery, one that the human intellect cannot discover by its own powers alone and…
Mystic Chest(CISTA MISTICA)Vol. III, p. 1009 CISTA MISTICA. — A container of interwoven wicker in the shape of a cylindrical box, with a lid. Originally it was not a cultic object; only in Demosthenes and…
Mystical Body(CORPO MISTICO)Vol. IV, p. 346 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 in…
Mystici CorporisVol. VIII, p. 938 « MYSTICI CORPORIS ». – Initial words of the encyclical of Pius XII, dated 29 June 1943 (AAS, 36 [1943], pp. 193–248), in which the doctrine of the Mystical…
Mysticism(MISTICA)Vol. VIII, p. 684 MISTICA. – A term that today generally designates either the state of mind of one who immerses himself in spiritual reality through religious contemplation…
Mysticism(MISTICISMO)Vol. VIII, p. 688 MYSTICISM. — By this name, derived from «mistica», a term proper to the mysteries (v.), are designated those philosophical-religious currents which place the…
Myth and Mythology(MITO E MITOLOGIA)Vol. VIII, p. 691 MYTH AND MYTHOLOGY. – Myth (Gr. μύθος, from the verb μύθειο, “I speak, converse, narrate”) is the narration of events belonging to the divine, heroic, and…
