Roman Curia & Papal Household

Curia Romana - Corpo Diplomatico - Commissioni Pontificie - Cappella E Famiglia Pontificie - Uffici E Amministrazioni Palatine - Ordini Equestri - Tribunali · 5 articles · Principal contributors · All subjects

Relations between Church and States (Relazioni tra Chiesa e Stati)

Apocrisiary (APOCRISARIO) Vol. I, p. 973
APOCRISIARY. - From the Greek ἀποκρίνο, "I answer," Latin responsalis, but also apocrisarius and apocrisarius, in the late empire it was an…
Apostolic Internuncio (INTERNUNZIO APOSTOLICO) Vol. VII, p. 82
APOSTOLIC INTERNUNCIO. - The term internuntius is used in the briefs of Leo X to designate an envoy who exercises the office of ambassador…
Apostolic Nunciature (NUNZIATURA APOSTOLICA) Vol. VIII, p. 1181
APOSTOLIC NUNCIATURE. - The right of legation (v.) active and passive, that is, to send and receive diplomatic representatives, derives to…
Apostolic Nuncio (NUNZIO APOSTOLICO) Vol. VIII, p. 1182
APOSTOLIC NUNCIO. - According to the modern concept, he is a titular archbishop who is sent by the Pontiff as his representative, with a…
Ecclesiastical Tribunals (TRIBUNALI ECCLESIASTICI) Vol. XII, p. 326
ECCLESIASTICAL TRIBUNALS. - These are the organs to which is normally entrusted the exercise of jurisdictional power in the strict sense,…