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Protection of Young Women, International Catholic Association of Works for the(PROTEZIONE DELLA GIOVANE, ASSOCIAZIONE CATTOLICA INTERNAZIONALE DELLE OPERE per la)Vol. X, p. 129 PROTECTION OF YOUNG WOMEN, INTERNATIONAL CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION OF WORKS FOR THE. — The Association carries out work not of redemption but of preservation on…
Protectionism(PROTEZIONISMO)Vol. X, p. 130 PROTEZIONISMO. — Protectionism forms part of that artificial system of expedients and manoeuvres which constitutes economic policy. I. PROTECTIONISM AND FREE…
Protectorate(PROTETTORATO)Vol. X, p. 125 PROTECTORATE. - I. NATURE AND ORIGIN. - The religious or missionary protectorate consists in an agreement by which Christian powers protect Christians or…
Proterius, Saint(PROTERIO, SANTO)Vol. X, p. 116 PROTERIO, saint. - Unknown to the Latin Martyrologies, he is commemorated by the Greeks on 28 February. He was elected patriarch of Alexandria after the…
Protestant Confessions of Faith(CONFESSIONI DI FEDE PROTESTANTI)Vol. IV, p. 157 CONFESSIONI DI FEDE PROTESTANTI. — Formulas or summaries in which the various Protestant churches officially set forth their principal religious doctrines.…
Protestant Diets(DIETE PROTESTANTI)Vol. IV, p. 916 PROTESTANT DIETS. – Assemblies of religious-political representatives of the States of Germany, of the primates of the Kingdom of Hungary, and of emissaries…
Protestant Ecumenism(ECUMENISMO PROTESTANTE)Vol. V, p. 65 PROTESTANT ECUMENISM. - I. TENDENCIES. - The pseudo-Reformation of the sixteenth century gave rise among Protestants to two divergent and opposed tendencies…
Protestant Missionary Societies(SOCIETÀ MISSIONARIE PROTESTANTI)Vol. XI, p. 523 SOCIETÀ MISSIONARIE PROTESTANTI: V. PROTESTANTESIMO.
Protestant Missions(MISSIONI PROTESTANTI)Vol. VIII, p. 679 MISSIONI PROTESTANTI: V. PROTESTANTESIMO.
Protestant Reformation(RIFORMA PROTESTANTE)Vol. X, p. 534 RIFORMA PROTESTANTE: V. PROTESTANTESIMO.
Protestantism(PROTESTANTESIMO)Vol. X, p. 116 PROTESTANTISM. - The term "Protestantism" enters history on 19 April 1529, when the Diet of Speyer confirmed the decree of the Diet of Worms against Luther and…
Prothesis(PROTESI)Vol. X, p. 116 PROTESI. – Like “diaconicon,” this term is used to designate, in Byzantine architecture or architecture derived from it, one of the two minor apses flanking…
Prothyron(PROTIRO)Vol. X, p. 131 PROTIRO. - A small structure attached to the entrance of a church building, a quadriportico, or a portico is called a p.; in its simplest form it consists of a…
Proto-Canonical Books(PROTOCANONICI, LIBRI)Vol. X, p. 131 PROTOCANONICI, LIBRI: v. BIBBIA.
Protocol(PROTOCOLLO)Vol. X, p. 131 PROTOCOLLO: v. DOCUMENTO.
Protoevangelium(PROTOEVANGELO)Vol. X, p. 131 PROTOEVANGELIUM. - This term is commonly used to designate Gen. 3,15, because it contains the "first good news" of salvation for humanity after the fall (phot.…
Protus and Hyacinth, Saints, Martyrs(PROTO E GIACINTO, SANTI, MARTIRI)Vol. X, p. 132 PROTO AND HYACINTH, saints, martyrs. — They are already recorded in the Depositio Martyrum on 11 September, buried in the cemetery of Bassilla on the old Via…
Proudhon, Pierre-JosephVol. X, p. 133 PROUDHON, PIERRE-JOSEPH. — French political thinker and economist, b. at Besançon on 15 January 1809, d. at Paris on 19 December 1864. Of humble origin, he had…
Proust, MarcelVol. X, p. 134 PROUST, MARCEL. — Writer, born in Paris on 10 July 1871, died there on 18 November 1922. His life may be summed up in his assiduous visits to the most elegant…
Provencher, Joseph-NorbertVol. X, p. 135 PROVENCHER, JOSEPH-NORBERT. - Missionary bishop, b. 12 Feb. 1787 at Nicolet, in Lower Canada, d. at St-Boniface on 7 June 1853. Ordained priest on 21 Dec.…
Provençal, Language and Literature(PROVENZALE, LINGUA E LETTERATURA)Vol. X, p. 135 PROVENÇAL LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. – Strictly speaking, there is no p. language today, but only a system of dialects of southern France, distinguished from…
Proverbs, Book of(PROVERBI, LIBRO DEI)Vol. X, p. 138 PROVERBI, LIBRO dei. — The third (after Job and the Psalms) of the didactic books of the Old Testament, and the first of the “sapiential” books. Ecclesiasticus…
Providence(PREVIDENZA)Vol. IX, p. 1187 PREVIDENZA : V. ASSICURAZIONE; PREVENZIONE; RISPARMIO.
Providence(PROVVIDENZA)Vol. X, p. 142 PROVIDENCE. – I. NOTION AND EXISTENCE. – In general, this indicates the divine governance of the world, insofar as the divine intelligence embraces the entire…
Providence, Diocese of(PROVIDENCE, DIOCESI DI)Vol. X, p. 141 PROVIDENCE, DIOCESE of. - City and diocese in the State of Rhode Island (U.S.A.), suffragan of Boston, today covering an area of 1,085 sq. miles, with a total…
Providentissimus DeusVol. X, p. 141 « PROVIDENTISSIMUS DEUS ». — Encyclical Letter of Leo XIII (18 Nov. 1893), intended to promote and regulate the study of Sacred Scripture (Acta Leonis XIII, 13…
Prudence(PRUDENZA)Vol. X, p. 147 PRUDENZA. - I. NATURE. - It was defined by Aristotle (Ethica, I, VI, ch. 5; Sum. Theol., 2ᵃ-2ᵃ, q. 47, a. 2, arg. Sed contra) as sound judgment concerning what…
Prudentius(PRUDENZIO)Vol. X, p. 149 PRUDENZIO. – Latin Christian poet (born in 348, died after 405). Of Saragossa and Calahorra, both of which claim to have given him birth, preference should be…
Prudentius of Troyes(PRUDENZIO DI TROYES)Vol. X, p. 150 PRUDENZIO of TROYES. - Theologian and writer of Spanish origin, d. at Troyes on 6 April 861, he changed his name from Galindo to P. and was educated in France,…
Prudenzani, Simone (Simone di Golino di Prudenzano)Vol. X, p. 149 PRUDENZANI, SIMONE (SIMONE di GOLINO di PRUDENZANO). — From Di Prodo (Orvieto), he took part in the public life of Orvieto from 1387 to about 1440. He is known…
Pruner, Johann EvangelistVol. X, p. 150 PRUNER, JOHANN EVANGELIST. — Moral theologian, born in Nuremberg on 25 February 1827, died in Eichstätt on 11 July 1907. Having completed his theological…
Przemyśl(PRZEMYSL)Vol. X, p. 152 PRZEMYSL: V. PREMISLIA.
Przemyśl Of The Latins, Diocese of(PREMISLIA (PRZEMYSL) DEI LATINI, DIOCESI DI)Vol. IX, p. 1157 PREMISLIA (Przemysl) OF THE LATINS, DIOCESE OF—Diocese of the Latin rite in Poland. Already in the 13th century there is record of an episcopatus Russiae…
Przemyśl Of The Ruthenians(PREMISLIA DEI RUTENI)Vol. IX, p. 1157 PREMISLIA dei RUTENI. - With the united titles of Sanok and Sambor (in Ukrainian Peremysl-Sanok i Sambor; in Polish Przemysl-Sanok-Sambor), a Ruthenian diocese…
Prümmer, DominikusVol. X, p. 150 PRÜMMER, DOMINIKUS. - Dominican moral theologian, b. at Kalterherberg on 3 Sept. 1866, d. at Fribourg (Switzerland) on 9 June 1931. A religious from 1884, he…
Prńsdoces, Saint, Martyr(PRŃSDOCE, SANTA, MARTIRE)Vol. X, p. 111 PRŃSDOCE, holy martyr: v. BERNICE, PRŃSDOCE E DOMININA, sante, martiri.
