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Retord, Pierre-André Vol. X, p. 482
RETORD, PIERRE-ANDRÉ. - B. on 19 May 1803 at Renaison (Loire) and d. on 23 Oct. 1858. Ordained priest on 31 May 1828, after three years of ministry at Lyons he…
Retributive Penalties (PENE VENDICATIVE) Vol. IX, p. 675
VINDICTIVE PENALTIES. — These are the canonical penalties (v. PENA) that directly aim at punishing the guilty party and restoring the violated order. They are…
Retroactivity of the Law (RETROATTIVITÀ DELLA LEGGE) Vol. X, p. 482
RETROACTIVITY OF THE LAW. — The CIC adopted the principle of the non-retroactivity of the law, establishing that leges respiciunt futura, non praeterita, nisi…
Retté, Adolphe Vol. X, p. 484
RETTÉ, ADOLPHE. - French poet, born in Paris in 1863, died at Beaune on 8 Dec. 1930. He belonged to the first Symbolist group, together with Jean Moréas and…
Retz, Cardinal de (RETZ, CARDINALE DI) Vol. X, p. 485
RETZ, CARDINAL. — Jean-François Paul de Gondi, born at Montmirail on 20 September 1613, died at Paris on 24 August 1679; the Duchy of R. (or Rais) had been…
Reuben (RUBEN) Vol. X, p. 845
RUBEN. — Firstborn of Giacobbe and Lia, his first wife (Gen. 29:32). At his birth, his mother exclaimed: « God has seen my affliction », and the name R. is…
Reubeni, David (DAVID REUBENI) Vol. IV, p. 736
DAVID REUBENI. - That is, “D., descendant of Ruben.” A strange figure of an Eastern Jew, whose place of origin and many details of his eventful life are…
Reuchlin, Johannes, called Capnion (REUCHLIN, JOHANNES, DETTO CAPNION) Vol. X, p. 486
REUCHLIN, JOHANNES, called CAPNION. — German humanist, b. at Pforzheim on 22 February 1455, d. at Bad Leibenzell on 30 June 1522. He initiated the study of…
Reumont, Alfred von Vol. X, p. 486
REUMONT, ALFRED von. — Prussian historian and diplomat, b. 15 Aug. 1808 in Aquisgrana, d. there on 27 Apr. 1887. A Catholic, he studied at the Universities of…
Reunion (Saint-Denis), Diocese of (RÉUNION (SAINT-DENIS), DIOCESI DI) Vol. X, p. 486
RÉUNION (SAINT-DENIS), DIOCESE of - The diocese of R. lished his Tavole cronologiche e sincroni della storia fiorentina (Florence 1841; supplementary volume,…
Reus, Johann Baptist Vol. X, p. 487
REUS, JOHANN BAPTIST. – Mystic, born on 10 July 1868 at Pottenstein, in the diocese of Bamberg, into a peasant family; died at São Leopoldo on 21 July 1947. He…
Reusch, Franz Heinrich Vol. X, p. 487
REUSCH, FRANZ HEINRICH. – Catholic exegete who passed over to the sect of the “Old Catholics,” born at Brilon in Westphalia on 4 December 1825, died at Bonn on…
Reuss, Francesco Saverio Vol. X, p. 487
REUSS, FRANCESCO SAVERIO. – Redemptorist, poet, b. at Bergheim (Strasbourg) on 9 November 1842, d. at Rome on 13 February 1924. His Latin poems were awarded…
Reuter, Johann Vol. X, p. 487
REUTER, JOHANN. - Jesuit, moral theologian, b. at Lussemburgo on 13 Oct. 1680, d. at Treviri on 21 Jan. 1761. He taught successively literature, philosophy,…
Revelation (RIVELAZIONE) Vol. X, p. 595
RIVELAZIONE. — The term R., from the Latin recelare, literally “to uncover,” means the manifestation of an occult reality or truth. In this sense it was also…
Revenue (RENDITA) Vol. X, p. 458
RENDITA.—In common usage, it is equivalent to reddito (v.), with the additional pronounced character of gratuitousness, certainty, or constancy in amount,…
Review of Christian Archaeology (RIVISTA DI ARCHEOLOGIA CRISTIANA) Vol. X, p. 602
RIVISTA DI ARCHEOLOGIA CRISTIANA. - When the Nuovo bulletino di archeologia cristiana ceased publication in 1922, the Pontifical Commission for Sacred…
Review of Church History in Italy (RIVISTA DI STORIA DELLA CHIESA IN ITALIA) Vol. X, p. 603
RIVISTA DI STORIA DELLA CHIESA IN ITALIA. — It was founded in January 1947; it has been published regularly in four-monthly issues, with the aim of…
Review of History and Bibliography of the Scolopi (RASSEGNA DI STORIA E BIBLIOGRAFIA SCOLOPICA) Vol. X, p. 321
RASSEGNA DI STORIA E BIBLIOGRAFIA SCOLOPICA. — Journal published under the direction of Fr. Leodegario Picanyol, general archivist of the Order of the Piarist…
Review of Italian Ecclesiastical Law (RIVISTA DI DIRITTO ECCLESIASTICO ITALIANO) Vol. X, p. 603
RIVISTA DI DIRITTO ECCLESIASTICO ITALIANO. – Founded in 1890 by the lawyer Serafino Giustiniani at the beginning of a new historical phase in relations between…
Review of Morals and Law (RASSEGNA DI MORALE E DIRITTO) Vol. X, p. 321
RASSEGNA DI MORALE E DIRITTO — Quarterly periodical, established in Rome in 1935 under the direction of Msgr. Silvio Romani, with the cooperation of the…
Review of Neoscholastic Philosophy (RIVISTA DI FILOSOFIA NEOSCOLASTICA) Vol. X, p. 603
RIVISTA DI FILOSOFIA NEOSCOLASTICA. - It appeared in January 1909, under the editorship of p. Agostino Gemelli and Giulio Canella (who withdrew from the…
Review of Readings (RIVISTA DI LETTURE) Vol. X, p. 603
RIVISTA DI LETTURE. - A monthly periodical founded in Milan in 1904 under the title Bollettino delle biblioteche cattoliche through the efforts of Fr. G.…
Review of Religion Vol. X, p. 487
REVIEW OF RELIGION. - A four-monthly periodical published by Columbia University, in New York City, beginning in 1936–37. Through the collaboration of many…
Review of the Italian Clergy (RIVISTA DEL CLERO ITALIANO) Vol. X, p. 602
RIVISTA DEL CLERO ITALIANO. — Monthly periodical founded in Milan in 1920 under the direction of Fr. A. Gemelli and Msgr. F. Olgiati and L. Vigna. Addressed…
Review of the Young (RIVISTA DEI GIOVANI) Vol. X, p. 602
RIVISTA DEI GIOVANI. — Monthly periodical founded in 1920 and directed by the Salesian Antonio Cojazzi, published by SEI (Soc. Ed. Internazionale) in Turin. It…
Revista Eclesiástica Brasileira (REVISTA ECLESIASTICA BRASILEIRA) Vol. X, p. 488
REVISTA ECLESIASTICA BRASILEIRA. — Among the theological journals of Latin America that have emerged in recent times—such as Christus (Mexico), Ciencia y Fe…
Reviviscence of Merits (REVIVISCENZA DEI MERITI) Vol. X, p. 488
REVIVISCENZA DEI MERITI. – Merit is the right to eternal reward (beatific vision), acquired through good works performed in a state of Grace (v. MERITO…
Reviviscence of the Sacraments (REVIVISCENZA DEI SACRAMENTI) Vol. X, p. 488
REVIVISCENCE OF THE SACRAMENTS. — In modern theology, a Sacrament which, although validly received, has not produced Grace because of a moral indisposition…
Revocation (REVOCAZIONE) Vol. X, p. 491
REVOCAZIONE. — In the law of the Church, the term has a single meaning and refers exclusively to an act performed by the competent legislative or…
Revolution (RIVOLUZIONE) Vol. X, p. 604
RIVOLUZIONE. — Great uncertainty still surrounds the exact definition of the term. The revolutionary event is so complex in its causes and in the elements…
Revue Apologétique Vol. X, p. 492
REVUE APOLOGÉTIQUE. - A monthly periodical founded in Paris in 1905 by the Sulpician Jean Guibert, director of the Seminary of the city’s Catholic Institute,…
Revue Augustinienne Vol. X, p. 492
REVUE AUGUSTINIENNE. – Monthly journal of the Augustinians of the Assumption, published in Paris from 15 March 1902 to 15 December 1910, in 2 annual volumes.…
Revue Biblique Vol. X, p. 492
REVUE BIBLIQUE. — A quarterly journal, founded in Paris in 1893 through the work of the Dominican Fr. Lagrange (v.), and published under the direction of the…
Revue Bénédictine Vol. X, p. 492
REVUE BÉNÉDICTINE. — Periodical begun in 1884 by the abbey of Maredsous (Belgium), under the somewhat ascetic title Messager des fidèles, with the aim of…
Revue Catholique of Institutions and of Canon Law (REVUE CATHOLIQUE DES INSTITUTIONS ET DU DROIT) Vol. X, p. 492
REVUE CATHOLIQUE DES INSTITUTIONS ET DU DROIT. – A periodical initially issued monthly and later twice a month, founded by the Jesuit J. Sambin (1820–92) and…
Revue d'Histoire et de Littérature Religieuses Vol. X, p. 494
REVUE D'HISTOIRE ET DE LITTÉRATURE RELIGIEUSES. — Founded in Paris in 1896, with the assiduous collaboration of the Modernist A. Loisy, its principal objective…
Revue des Sciences Philosophiques et Théologiques Vol. X, p. 493
REVUE DES SCIENCES PHILOSOPHIQUES ET THÉOLOGIQUES. – Periodical founded in 1907 by a group of French Dominicans, professors at the Faculty of Philosophy and…
Revue Internationale des Sociétés Secrètes Vol. X, p. 494
REVUE INTERNATIONALE DES SOCIÉTÉS SECRÈTES. — Monthly journal founded in Paris in 1912, with the aim of clarifying the activity of secret societies…
Revue Mabillon Vol. X, p. 494
REVUE MABILLON. - A quarterly review, named after the Maurist Jean Mabillon, founded in 1905 and directed by J.-M. Besse (v.) of the abbey of S. Martino at…
Revue Neo-Scholastic (REVUE NÉO-SCOLASTIQUE) Vol. X, p. 494
REVUE NÉO-SCOLASTIQUE. – A quarterly journal, founded in Louvain in 1894 by the future Cardinal Desiré Mercier and published by the “Louvain Philosophical…
Revue of Asceticism and of Mysticism (REVUE D'ASCÉTIQUE ET DE MYSTIQUE) Vol. X, p. 492
REVUE D'ASCÉTIQUE ET DE MYSTIQUE. – Bimonthly journal, founded in Toulouse in 1920 by Fr. J. de Guibert, with the aim of studying spirituality scientifically…
Revue of Ecclesiastical History (REVUE D'HISTOIRE ECCLÉSIASTIQUE) Vol. X, p. 493
REVUE D'HISTOIRE ECCLÉSIASTIQUE. – Journal published by the Catholic University of Louvain, founded in 1900 by A. Cauchie and P. Ladeuze, with the aim of…
Revue of Historical Questions (REVUE DES QUESTIONS HISTORIQUES) Vol. X, p. 493
REVUE DES QUESTIONS HISTORIQUES. — Periodical founded in Paris in 1866 through the efforts of the marquis G. du Fresne de Beaucourt, with the aim of promoting…
Revue of Oriental Christianity (REVUE DE L'ORIENT CHRÉTIEN) Vol. X, p. 492
REVUE DE L'ORIENT CHRÉTIEN. – A scholarly journal covering questions concerning the Christian East, which began in Paris in 1896 as a quarterly “Supplement” to…
Revue of Philosophy (REVUE DE PHILOSOPHIE) Vol. X, p. 492
REVUE DE PHILOSOPHIE. – Periodical founded in Paris by the Marist Father E. Peillaube, to promote philosophical studies rooted in the philosophy of St.…
Revue of Readings (REVUE DES LECTURES) Vol. X, p. 493
REVUE DES LECTURES. - A monthly periodical, begun in 1908 by the abbé Luigi Bethléem (1861-1940), as a publication accompanying his activity as a moral…
Revue of Religions (REVUE DES RELIGIONS) Vol. X, p. 493
REVUE DES RELIGIONS. – Periodical founded at Amiens and published in Paris by the priest Z. Peisson, as a Catholic contribution to the study of mythology and…
Revue of Religious Sciences (REVUE DES SCIENCES RELIGIEUSES) Vol. X, p. 493
REVUE DES SCIENCES RELIGIEUSES. – Quarterly periodical published and for the most part written by the professors of the Faculty of Theology of Strasbourg,…
Revue of Scientific Questions (REVUE DES QUESTIONS SCIENTIFIQUES) Vol. X, p. 493
REVUE DES QUESTIONS SCIENTIFIQUES. – Quarterly journal, established at Lovanio in 1877 under the auspices of the «Société scientifique de Bruxelles», founded…
Revue of the History of Missions (REVUE D'HISTOIRE DES MISSIONS) Vol. X, p. 493
REVUE D'HISTOIRE DES MISSIONS. - In 1924 the Jesuit Fr Giovanni Battista Piolet founded the association of the «Amis des Missions» and, as its organ, the R.…
Revue of the History of Religions (REVUE DE L'HISTOIRE DES RELIGIONS) Vol. X, p. 492
REVUE DE L'HISTOIRE DES RELIGIONS. — Founded in Paris by M. Vernes in 1880 and subsequently directed by J. Reville, and now by R. Dussaud together with E.…
Revue of the History of the Church in France (REVUE D'HISTOIRE DE L'ÉGLISE DE FRANCE) Vol. X, p. 493
REVUE D'HISTOIRE DE L'ÉGLISE DE FRANCE. - A quarterly journal of historical criticism on problems connected with the development of religious thought and the…
Revue of the Young (REVUE DES JEUNES) Vol. X, p. 492
REVUE DES JEUNES. – An organ of information and action for French Catholic thought, directed by the Dominicans. It was founded at Kain (Belgium) in 1909 by Fr.…
Revue Thomiste Vol. X, p. 494
REVUE THOMISTE. – A doctrinal journal of Thomist theology and philosophy, founded in Paris in 1893 through the work of the Dominican Fr. Tommaso Coconnier. Its…
Rex Gloriosae Martyrum (REX GLORIOSE MARTYRUM) Vol. X, p. 494
« REX GLORIOSE MARTYRUM. — Hymn of Lauds in the Common of several martyrs outside the Easter season; by an unknown author, belonging to the ancient Irish…
Rex Sempiterne Caelitum Vol. X, p. 494
« REX SEMPITERNE CAELITUM. — Hymn of Matins during the Easter season, by an unknown author of the fifth century, clearly imitating Ambrosian hymnody. The…
Reyes, Apostolic Vicariate of (REYES, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI) Vol. X, p. 494
REYES, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE. — It is situated in Bolivia and was erected on 1 September 1942 with territory detached from the Apostolic Vicariate of Beni. It is…
Reykjavik Vol. X, p. 494
REYKJAVIK. – Capital of Iceland; its name means “bay of smoke,” on account of the hot springs whose dense vapours often obscure the atmosphere. In a…
Reymont, Władysław Stanisław (REYMONT, WLADYSLAW STANISLAW) Vol. X, p. 495
REYMONT, WLADYSLAW STANISLAW. — Polish writer, born at Kobiele Wielkie on 7 May 1867, died at Warsaw on 5 December 1925. Nobel Prize in 1924. He had a restless…
Rezayeh of the Chaldeans (= Urmia) (REZAYEH DEI CALDEI (= URMIA)) Vol. X, p. 495
REZAYEH dei CALDEI (= Urmia). — The episcopal see dates back to the 3rd century. The city was the seat of a Chaldean Catholic bishop from 1560 to 1647. The…
Rezzara, Niccolò Vol. X, p. 496
REZZARA, NICCOLÒ. — Catholic organizer, born at Chiuppano (Vicenza) in 1848, died at Bergamo on 6 February 1915. At Vicenza he taught in secondary schools from…
Réginald Antonin Vol. X, p. 390
RÉGINALD ANTONIN. - Dominican theologian and polemicist, b. at Albi in 1606, d. at Tolosa on 12 Apr. 1676; in the world Antoine Ravaille. He entered religious…
Réginald da Piperno (RÉGINALDO DA PIPERNO) Vol. X, p. 390
RÉGINALDO da PIPERNO. - Dominican theologian, born at Piperno (Frosinone), died at Anagni in 1290. A religious at Naples, he studied at Rome, where he met St…
Réginald of Saint-Gilles, Blessed (RÉGINALDO DI SAINT-GILLES, BEATO) Vol. X, p. 390
RÉGINALDO di SAINT-GILLES, blessed. – Born at St-Gilles in 1183, died on 1 February 1220. In 1206 he was already a professor of canon law in Paris. After…
Rémuzat, Anne-Madeleine, Venerable (RÉMUZAT, ANNE-MADELEINE, VENERABILE) Vol. X, p. 454
RÉMUZAT, ANNE-MADELEINE, venerable. - Visitandine promoter of the devotion to the Sacred Heart, b. at Marseille in 1696, d. there on 15 Feb. 1730. She entered…
Réville, Jean Vol. X, p. 487
RÉVILLE, JEAN. – French Protestant theologian, born on 6 November 1854 in Rotterdam, died on 5 May 1908 in Paris. Son of Albert R., a Protestant pastor and…