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• Bonaventure, Saint (BONAVENTURA, SANTO) Vol. II, p. 1057
  BONAVENTURE, Saint. - Doctor of the Church. SUMMARY: I. Life. - II. The writings. - III. The doctrine of the Seraphic Doctor. - IV.…
• Consubstantial (CONSOSTANZIALE) Vol. IV, p. 252
  CONSUBSTANTIAL. - It is the translation of the Greek term ὁμοούσιος (= of the same essence), which became the watchword of orthodoxy…
• Erkenwald Of Rochester (ERNOLFO DI ROCHESTER) Vol. V, p. 324
  ERKENWALD OF ROCHESTER. - Benedictine bishop and writer, b. at Beauvais ca. 1040, d. at Rochester on 15 March 1124. A disciple of Lanfranc…
• Eusebius Brunone (EUSEBIO BRUNONE) Vol. V, p. 517
  EUSEBIUS BRUNONE. - Vescovo e teologo francese, n. all'inizio del sec. xi, m. a Angers nel 1081. Successo nella cattedra andegavense a…
• Future-Possible (FUTURO-FUTURIBILE) Vol. V, p. 1095
  FUTURE-POSSIBLE. - The future is what is contained virtually in its own cause and denotes order or tendency to be realized by it. The…
• Holiness (SANTITÀ) Vol. X, p. 1106
  HOLINESS. - Separation from the profane, considered in God or in creatures. As an attribute of God, it is the divine essence itself insofar…
• Holiness Of The Church (SANTITÀ DELLA CHIESA) Vol. X, p. 1107
  HOLINESS OF THE CHURCH. - One of the properties of the Church, from which all the others in a certain way derive. The holiness of the…
• Intercession (INTERCESSIONE) Vol. VII, p. 72
  INTERCESSION. - In the theological sense it means the intervention of a creature with God to obtain from him favors on behalf of another…
• Members of the Church (MEMBRI DELLA CHIESA) Vol. VIII, p. 400
  MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH. - They are wayfaring men, gathered into the visible spiritual society founded by Jesus Christ for the attainment of…
• Monogenism (MONOGENISMO) Vol. VIII, p. 783
  MONOGENISM. - By m. is meant the unity of the human race, inasmuch as it originates from a first man, Adam. I. THEOLOGY. - Holy Scripture,…
• Natural Theology (Theodicy) (TEOLOGIA NATURALE (TEODICEA)) Vol. XI, p. 1185
  NATURAL THEOLOGY (THEODICY). - It is the knowledge that man can have of the existence and nature of God (v.) by means of reason (v.). It is…
• Necessity of the Church (NECESSITÀ DELLA CHIESA) Vol. VIII, p. 1016
  NECESSITY OF THE CHURCH. - According to Catholic doctrine it is necessary to belong to the Church in order to attain eternal life. In…
• Polygenism (POLIGENISMO) Vol. IX, p. 1004
  POLYGENISM. - From the Greek πολός = many and γένος = origin, it is the hypothesis that derives present-day mankind from several initial…
• Preambles Of The Faith (Prawambula Fidei) (PREAMBOLI DELLA FEDE (PRAWAMBULA FIDEI)) Vol. IX, p. 1131
  PREAMBLES OF THE FAITH (Prawambula Fidei). - This expression designates the truths that must and can be known by reason before, through…
• Predestination (PREDESTINAZIONE) Vol. IX, p. 1136
  PREDESTINATION. - It is the design conceived by God to lead the rational creature to the supernatural end, which is eternal life. I. THE…
• Resurrection and Reviviscence (RISURREZIONE E REVIVISCENZA) Vol. X, p. 578
  RESURRECTION AND REVIVISCENCE. - Resurrection, that is, the return to full life of an organism that is certainly dead, has at all times…
• Revelation (RIVELAZIONE) Vol. X, p. 595
  REVELATION. - The term R., from the Latin revelare, literally "to uncover," means the manifestation of a hidden reality or truth. In this…
• Son of God (FIGLIO DI DIO) Vol. V, p. 772
  «SON OF GOD». - This term, in current usage, can designate every creature insofar as it is produced by God and watched over by his…
• Supernatural Adoption (ADOZIONE SOPRANNATURALE) Vol. I, p. 217
  SUPERNATURAL ADOPTION. - Among the hagiographers of the New Testament only St. Paul uses the juridical term a. (υἱοθεσία), raising its…
• Theodoric of Nyem (TEODORICO DI NYEM) Vol. XI, p. 1162
  THEODORIC OF NYEM. - German conciliarist canonist, b. around 1340 at Brakel in Westphalia, d. at Maastricht on 22 March 1418. From 1370 a…
• Theological Conclusion (CONCLUSIONE TEOLOGICA) Vol. IV, p. 126
  THEOLOGICAL CONCLUSION. - A phrase used to indicate the deduction made from two premises, one of which is of faith, the other of reason.…
• Theology (TEOLOGIA) Vol. XI, p. 1179
  THEOLOGY. - Science of divinity in itself and in its relations with creatures. I. HISTORY OF THE TERM. - Transcription of the Greek term…
• Traducianism (TRADUCIANISMO) Vol. XII, p. 279
  TRADUCIANISM. - Theory according to which the souls of men (except that of Adam and Eve) are transmitted to children by their parents. This…
• Unbelievers (INFEDELI) Vol. VI, p. 1118
  UNBELIEVERS. - This name designates adults without Baptism. From the theological point of view, the problem of their salvation is…
• Unity of the Church (UNITÀ DELLA CHIESA) Vol. XII, p. 535
  UNITY OF THE CHURCH. - The Church is one, that is, undivided in herself and distinct from every other society. Therefore unity is an…
• Wadding, Lukas Vol. XII, p. 1022
  WADDING, LUKAS. - Franciscan historian and theologian, b. at Waterford in Ireland on 16 Oct. 1588, d. at Rome on 18 Nov. 1657. He completed…