Dogmatic Theology
Teologia Dogmatica · 46 articles · Principal contributors · All subjectsSacraments, Grace, Virtues and Gifts (Sacramenti, Grazia, Virtù e Doni)
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Acolytate (ACCOLITATO)
ACOLYTATE. - From ἀκολουθέω, to follow, to serve, it is a minor order, created in the Latin Church to relieve deacons of some of their… -
Anglican Ordinations (ANGLICANE, ORDINAZIONI)
ANGLICAN ORDINATIONS. - 1. Background. - The question concerning the validity of Anglican ordinations, that is, whether ministers ordained… -
Atonement (ESPIAZIONE)
ATONEMENT. - The act by which (either by the sinner himself or by others in his stead) the offense and the wrong done to the divinity by… -
Bannesianism (BANNESIANESIMO)
BANNESIANISM. - It is the school of theological thought that traces back to Bañez (v.), characterized in general by a rigorous adherence to… -
Baptism (BATTESIMO)
BAPTISM. - One of the seven Sacraments instituted by Jesus Christ, the first that can be received and that allows one to receive all the… -
Baptism of Dissidents (BATTESIMO DEI DISSIDENTI)
BAPTISM OF DISSIDENTS. - By dissidents are meant here those who belong either to the separated Eastern Churches or to the communions or… -
Confession (CONFESSIONE)
CONFESSION. - By C. is sometimes understood the sacrament of Penance itself, which is therefore commonly also called the sacrament of C.… -
Confirmation (CRESIMA)
CRESIMA. It is the term commonly used in Italy to indicate the sacrament of Confirmation. SUMMARY: I. Dogmatic theology of C. - II. Moral… -
Congruism (CONGRUISMO)
CONGRUISM. - The name of this theological system derives from St. Augustine, who in Book I of De diversis quaestionibus ad Simplicianum,… -
Conversion (CONVERSIONE)
CONVERSION. - A term derived from the Latin convertere (to turn, to turn back), which in theological language generally means the return of… -
Deacon and Archdeacon (DIACONO E ARCIDIACONO)
DEACON AND ARCHDEACON. - Etymologically derived from διάκονος (servant), it is today the second of the Major Orders (v. SACRED ORDER). In… -
Divine Consortium (CONSORZIO DIVINO)
DIVINE CONSORTIUM. - This is a theological expression, derived from Sacred Scripture (2 Pt. 1:4), which signifies that mysterious divine… -
Epiclesis (EPICLESI)
EPICLESIS. - According to its etymology, the word e. (in Greek: ἐπίκλησις, from ἐπι-καλῶ, I call upon) means "invocation, prayer";… -
Eucharist (EUCARISTIA)
EUCHARIST. - It is the prolongation of the Incarnation (Leo XIII, encyclical Mirae caritatis, 18 May 1902). Just as the Word of God made… -
Eucharistic Accidents (ACCIDENTI EUCARISTICI)
EUCHARISTIC ACCIDENTS. - These are the appearances of bread and wine which, remaining unchanged after transubstantiation (v.), constitute… -
Eucharistic Communion (COMUNIONE EUCARISTICA)
EUCHARISTIC COMMUNION. - It is the real participation, under the external appearances of bread and wine, in the sacrificial banquet, in… -
Eucharistic Miracles (MIRACOLI EUCARISTICI)
EUCHARISTIC MIRACLES. - The Eucharist, although it implies Transubstantiation, the presence "per modum substantiae" of the Body and Blood… -
Extreme Unction (Holy Oil) (ESTREMA UNZIONE (OLIO SANTO))
EXTREME UNCTION (HOLY OIL). - It is the Sacrament instituted by Jesus Christ for the spiritual and bodily relief of the faithful who are… -
Faith (FEDE)
FAITH. - In the technical sense it is the adherence of the intellect, under the influence of Grace, to a Truth revealed by God, not by… -
Gifts Of The Holy Spirit (DONI DELLO SPIRITO SANTO)
GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. - Supernatural habits, which perfect the infused virtues and dispose our faculties to obey the divine motions… -
Grace (GRAZIA)
GRACE. - It derives from the Greek root χvarphi (cf. Latin gratus), which carries the sense of enjoyment and delight and gave rise to the… -
Hope (SPERANZA)
HOPE. - The original meaning of the term Ἀπίς is desire; to hope is to tend toward an object that appears to us as a good. Hope, considered… -
Impediments (IMPEDIMENTI)
IMPEDIMENTS. - From the Latin impedimentum (the verb impedio expresses the action by which the feet are entangled), i. means in general and… -
Indulgences (INDULGENZE)
INDULGENCES. - Indulgentia, indulgere, in its proper sense indicates condescension, and to condescend, in the various shades of the idea.… -
Iteration of the Sacraments (ITERAZIONE DEI SACRAMENTI)
ITERATION OF THE SACRAMENTS. - From Lat. iterare (to do a second time), it is the repeated conferral of the Sacraments, made to the same… -
Lapsi, Controversy of the (LAPSI, CONTROVERSIA DEI)
LAPSI, Controversy of the. - In the 3rd century those Christians who apostatized from the faith during the persecution of Decius (250) were… -
Lectureship (LETTORATO)
LECTURESHIP. - It is the second of the minor orders in the Latin Church, the only minor order in the Eastern Church, since the subdiaconate… -
Marriage (MATRIMONIO)
MARRIAGE. - Considered historically, it may be defined as the union of man and woman for the purpose of the propagation and education of… -
Mass (MESSA)
MASS. - It is the sacrifice of the New Law, in which, under the sacramental species, the same victim of Calvary, Jesus Christ, is offered,… -
Merit of Man (MERITO DELL'UOMO)
MERIT OF MAN. - Merit, theologically, is the good work which, performed by man under determinate conditions, is worthy of supernatural… -
Monogamy (MONOGAMIA)
MONOGAMY. - I. THEORIES AND RESEARCH ON ORIGINS. - The first to challenge the traditional thesis concerning the monogamous marital… -
Order and Ordination (ORDINE E ORDINAZIONE)
ORDER AND ORDINATION. - Order is the Sacrament, instituted by Jesus Christ, by which the ministers of Christian worship are constituted. I.… -
Original Sin (PECCATO ORIGINALE)
ORIGINAL SIN. - Privation of sanctifying grace, or lack of the friendship of God, in every man who is born, caused by Adam, through his… -
Penance (PENITENZA)
PENANCE. - Sacrament instituted by Jesus Christ, by which personal p. (paenitentia virtus) is linked with an ecclesiastical judgment to… -
Polyandry (POLIANDRIA)
POLYANDRY. - From the Greek πολύς = much and ἀνήρ = man, it is the simultaneous marital cohabitation of one woman with several men. I.… -
Preternatural Gifts (DONI PRETERNATURALI)
PRETERNATURAL GIFTS. - I. NOTION. - By this expression are usually meant the privileges that Adam and Eve received at the beginning, in the… -
Priesthood of the Faithful (SACERDOZIO DEI FEDELI)
PRIESTHOOD OF THE FAITHFUL. - It is the power to participate in the acts of Christian worship communicated to the faithful in Baptism. I.… -
Priest, Presbyterate (PRESBITERO, PRESBITERATO)
PRIEST, PRESBYTERATE. - Greek term (πρεσβύτερος: elder) by which the second degree (priest) of the hierarchy of Order (v.) is designated.… -
Regeneration (Theology) (RIGENERAZIONE (TEOLOGIA))
REGENERATION (THEOLOGY). - Principal positive effect of justification, brought about in Baptism (v. BAPTISM; MYSTERIES; ORPHIC MYSTERIES;… -
Reordination (RIORDINAZIONE)
REORDINATION. - A modern term denoting the practice that arose in certain periods, and only in certain circles, of repeating an Ordination… -
Reviviscence of the Sacraments (REVIVISCENZA DEI SACRAMENTI)
REVIVAL OF THE SACRAMENTS. - In modern theology, a Sacrament which, although validly received, did not produce Grace because of a moral… -
Sacramental Character (CARATTERE SACRAMENTALE)
SACRAMENTAL CHARACTER. - A spiritual, indelible mark imprinted on the soul by certain Sacraments. I. THE DOCTRINE OF THE COUNCIL OF TRENT.… -
Sacraments (SACRAMENTI)
SACRAMENTS. - In the New Testament they are sensible signs productive of Grace, instituted by Jesus Christ. The word sacramentum (which… -
Subdeacon (SUDDIACONO)
SUBDEACON. - It is the first, in ascending order, of the sacred and major Orders. The term s. (Gk. ὑποδιάκονος: subminister) indicates the… -
Supernatural Gifts And Original Justice (DONI SOPRANNATURALI E GIUSTIZIA ORIGINALE)
SUPERNATURAL GIFTS AND ORIGINAL JUSTICE. - I. NOTIONS. - All Catholic theologians admit that the state of original justice, that is, the… -
Transubstantiation (TRANSUSTANZIAZIONE)
TRANSUBSTANTIATION. - Etymologically (Lat. trans = beyond, substantia = substance) it indicates the passage of one substance into another.…