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Ophel
The southeastern hill of Jerusalem. The name, from the root 'áphal = "to swell," properly "protuberance," "prominence" (Deut. 28:27; I Sam. 54:61), came to… -
Ophir
Region reached by Solomon's fleet (1 Kings 9:28; 10:22), which King Jehoshaphat attempted to renew (ibid. 22:49) — with its base at the port of Ezion-geber… -
Ophites (OFITI)
Name of a group of Gnostics, which derives from the prominence they gave to the serpent in the account of paradise. These Gnostics were originally either Jews… -
Opicino de Canistris
Priest, draftsman and miniaturist of talent, b. at Lomello (Pavia) on 24 Dec. 1296, d. after 1334. In 1323 he became curate at S. Maria di Copella in Pavia.… -
Opinion (OPINIONE)
An assertion to which assent is given, but without absolute certainty and without there being evidence (v.) of its truth. Parmenides identifies opinion (δόξα)… -
Opi, Opalia, Opiconsivia
Ops, an ancient Roman goddess, is often identified in literary testimonies with the Greek Rhea and thus appears as the wife of Saturn (Kronos). Originally… -
Opium (OPPIO)
OPPIO: v. STUPEFACENTI. -
Oppido Mamertina, Diocese of (OPPIDO MAMERTINA, DIOCESI DI)
Diocese and city in the province of Reggio Calabria, in a delightful position on the north-western spurs of the Aspromonte; a short distance from the sea, amid… -
Oppizzoni, Carlo (OPPIZZONI CARLO)
Cardinal, b. in Milan on 15 April 1769, d. in Bologna on 13 April 1855. After completing his studies in his native city and being ordained a priest, he devoted… -
Opposition of Third (OPPOSIZIONE DI TERZO)
It is one of the means of impugnment against a judgment (v.), and precisely the one granted to a person who, being a stranger to the trial, might be harmed by… -
O Prima Virgo Prodita
Hymn of Vespers for the feast of the Assumption, composed by the Jesuit Father V. Genovesi, for the new office of the Assumption, imposed by Pius XII on the… -
Optatus of Milevi in Numidia (Optatus Miletianus), Saint (OTTATO DI MILEVI IN NUMIDIA (OPTATUS MILETIANUS), SANTO)
Bishop of this city, in the 4th century, known for his polemical work against the Donatist Parmenian. The exact title of this work has not come down to us… -
Optics (OTTICA)
This name originally denoted that part of physics which deals with the modes of luminous phenomena. By light is meant a something which, coming — directly or… -
Optimism (OTTIMISMO)
In the narrower philosophical sense the term refers, at the beginning of the 18th century, to the doctrine of Leibniz (v.) which holds the existing world, and… -
Optina Pustyn'
Russian monastery near Kozelsk, in the province of Kaluga. Its origins are uncertain and date back to the 14th-15th century. During the 18th century it… -
Opus Decusque Regium Reliqueras
Hymn of Lauds in the Office of St. Elizabeth, queen of Portugal (July 8), written by Urban VIII, who had canonized her in 1625. The hymn is entirely a prayer…