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Oban, Diocese of (OBAN, DIOCESI DI)
OBAN, DIOCESI di: v. ARGYLL E ISOLE, DIOCESI di. -
Obededom ("Servant of [the God] Edom") (OBEDEDOM (« SERVITORE DEL [DIO] EDOM »))
A Philistine native of Gath (v.), living in the vicinity of Jerusalem and perhaps a "bodyguard" of David (II Sam. 15:18). He must have been a righteous and… -
Obed (OBED)
Name of several figures of the Old Testament. 1. Son of Boaz and Naomi and grandfather of David (Ruth 4:17, 21, 22; 1 Chron. 2:12). - 2. One of the "mighty… -
Obedience (OBBEDIENZA)
A moral virtue, annexed to justice, which regulates the relations of subjects with authority and makes the will ready to carry out the command of a superior… -
Obedientiary Power (POTENZA OBBEDIENZIALE)
POTENZA OBBEDIENZIALE: V. SOPRANNA-TURALE, ORDINE. -
Oberammergau
Village in the Bavarian Alps, in the archdiocese of Munich, famous for its sacred performances of the Passion of Our Lord ("Passionsspiele"), which originated… -
Obicini, Tommaso
Franciscan Palestinian scholar and Arabist, b. at Noni, diocese of Novara, and therefore called Thomas of Novara, d. in Rome on 7 Nov. 1632. Guardian of Aleppo… -
Obituary (OBITUARIO)
A register for para-liturgical use, very widespread in the Middle Ages and perpetuated down to the present day, containing the date of death, the name and the… -
Object (OGGETTO)
From ob-icere (ob-iectum, Gk. ἀντι-κλίμενον) it is that which stands opposite, which is placed before. It therefore implies, etymologically, a relation of… -
Objectivism (OGGETTIVISMO)
A tendency or orientation, common to philosophical systems that are otherwise different, according to which knowledge does not grasp merely phenomena or… -
Oblate, Ceremonies of the (OBLATE, CERIMONIE DELLE)
OBLATE, CERIMONIE delle: v. OFFERTORIO. -
Oblates and Oblate Sisters (OBLATI E OBLATE)
This was the name given to children consecrated to God in a monastery by their own parents, and to those adults who in the late Middle Ages offered themselves… -
Oblates and Oblate Sisters, Congregations of (OBLATI E OBLATE, CONGREGAZIONI DI)
Religious institutes of men and women, with or without religious vows. Still in existence there are: I. OBLATES OF STS. AMBROSE AND CHARLES. - Founded by St.… -
Oblationaries of Saint Ambrose (OBLAZIONARI DI SANT'AMBROGIO)
This is also the name given to the 10 men and 10 women, elderly and secular, who make up the « Schola S. Ambrosii veglonum (vecchioni) et veglonissarum… -
Oblations (OBLAZIONI)
A generic term, liturgical and juridical, used ab antiquo to indicate the spontaneous offerings made by the faithful in church and outside of church… -
Obligation (OBBLIGAZIONE)
O. in its very Latin etymology means, in the active sense, the act of binding or obligating, in the passive sense the feeling of being bound or obligated, or… -
Obrecht (Hobrecht), Jacob
Flemish musician, b. at Utrecht around 1430, d. at Mantua in 1505. He was first a singer at the court of Ercole d'Este in Ferrara; he then moved to Utrecht… -
Obregón, Bernardino
Founder of the Congregation of the Minim Brothers, b. near Burgos on 20 May 1540, d. in Madrid on 6 Aug. 1599. Left an orphan at a very early age, after the… -
Obreptio
OBREPTIO : v. BESCRITTI. -
Obrogation (OBROGAZIONE)
Obrogation (ob-rogare, that is, contra rogare) is a change to an already existing law made in such a way that, a part having been added, another part is taken… -
Obsequial (OBSEQUIALE)
OBSEQUIALE : v. RITUALE. -
Obsession (OSSESSIONE)
OSSESSIONE: v. DEMONIACHE, MANIFESTAZIONI; SPIRITISMO. -
Obsessive Psychosis (PSICOSI OSSESSIVA)
In the most modern classifications it is included in the group of the psychoneuroses; it takes its name from the typical symptomatic complex: compulsive or…