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'Onqēlos('ONQĒLÒS)Vol. IX, p. 114 'ONQĒLÒS : v. TABGUM.
O Nimis Felix Meriteque Celsi(O NIMIS FELIX MERITIQUE CELSI)Vol. IX, p. 109 « O NIMIS FELIX MERITIQUE CELSI ». — This is the third part of the hymn of the Office for the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, composed by Paolo…
O'Neill Family(O'NEILL, FAMIGLIA)Vol. IX, p. 107 O'NEILL, FAMILY. — Famous Irish family, descended from Niall, king of Ireland in the 5th century. To it belonged Muircheartach Mac Neill, who was perhaps the…
Onah(ONA)Vol. IX, p. 103 ONA. — Town in the diocese and province of Burgos (Spain), site of the monastery of S. Salvatore, founded in 1011 by the count of Castile and his wife Donna…
OnanVol. IX, p. 103 ONAN. – Second-born son of Judah, son of the patriarch Jacob, by his Canaanite wife, Sue. Since his brother Her had died without offspring, following his…
Ondo, Diocese of(ONDO, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 107 ONDO, DIOCESE of. - In the south-eastern part of Nigeria. The evangelization of the territory began in 1913 through the work of the Fathers of the Society for…
Onesimus(ONESIMO)Vol. IX, p. 108 ONESIMO. – A fugitive slave, probably Phrygian and from Colosse (Col. 4:9), on whose behalf St. Paul wrote the Epistle to Philemon (v.). The name O. (= Useful)…
Onesiphorus(ONESIFORO)Vol. IX, p. 108 ONESIFORO. — A figure of the Church of Ephesus, mentioned in II Tim. 1:16 ff. and 4:19 (the “house of O.”). From the context it appears that he was already…
OniaVol. IX, p. 108 ONIA. – Name of four Jewish high priests of the 3rd and 2nd centuries B.C. (Fl. Josephus, Antiq. Iud., XII–XIII; and Bell. Iud., VII). The first and the third…
Onitsha, Archdiocese of(ONITSHA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 109 ONITSHA, ARCHDIOCESE of. - In the south-central part of Nigeria. Missionaries of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, coming from Gabon (French Equatorial…
Onofri, VincenzoVol. IX, p. 109 ONOFRI, VINCENZO. — Bolognese sculptor, first recorded in 1493 for the payment for two statues of Blessed Alberto Magno and Raimondo di Peñafort in S. Domenico…
Onofrius, Saint(ONOFRIO, SANTO)Vol. IX, p. 109 ONOFRIO, saint. - Hermit of the Egyptian Thebaid, d. toward the end of the 4th century or at the beginning of the 5th (the date 375 is unfounded). His feast in…
Ontological Argument(ONTOLOGICO, ARGOMENTO)Vol. IX, p. 115 ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT. — O. a. is, in the history of philosophy, that form of demonstration which intends to deduce the existence of God from his very concept.…
Ontologism(ONTOLOGISMO)Vol. IX, p. 115 ONTOLOGISM. – A philosophical tendency, with varying meanings, characteristic above all of modern philosophy. I. NOTION AND HISTORY. — Many controversies have…
Ontology(ONTOLOGIA)Vol. IX, p. 114 ONTOLOGIA. – From ὄν and λόγος, the science of being; it is synonymous with metaphysics (v.) and seems to have been introduced for the first time by J.…
Onyx (Lat. Onyx)(ONICE (LAT. ONYX))Vol. IX, p. 109 ONICE (Latin onyx). — A term that in the Vulgate denotes both a perfume and a precious stone. In Ex. 30:34 it is the perfume of the odoriferous nail (blatta…
