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11Order of Preachers — Order of Preachers † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Order of Preachers As the Order of the Friars Preachers is the principal part of the entire Order of St. Dominic, we shall include under this title the two other parts of the order: the… …
12False Decretals — • A name given to certain apocryphal papal letters contained in a collection of canon laws composed about the middle of the ninth century by an author who uses the pseudonym of Isidore Mercator, in the opening preface to the collection Catholic… …
13Decretal — Decretals (Epistolae decretales) is the name that is given in Canon law to those letters of the pope which formulate decisions in ecclesiastical law.[1] They are generally given in answer to consultations, but are sometimes due to the initiative… …
14Papal Decretals — Papal Decretals † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Papal Decretals I. DEFINITION AND EARLY HISTORY (1) In the wide sense of the term decretalis (i.e. epistola decretalis) signifies a pontifical letter containing a decretum, or pontifical… …
15Decretals, Papal — • In the wide sense the term decretalis signifies a pontifical letter containing a decretum, or pontifical decision. In a narrower sense it denotes a decision on a matter of discipline. In the strictest sense of the word, it means a rescript, an… …
16Mit brennender Sorge — (German: With burning anxiety/concern/care ) is a Catholic Church encyclical of Pope Pius XI, published on 10 March 1937 (but bearing a date of Passion Sunday, 14 March).[1] Written in German, not the usual Latin, it was read from the pulpits of… …
17Mystery — • This term signifies in general that which is unknowable, or valuable knowledge that is kept secret Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Mystery Mystery …
18brief — I. a. 1. Short, concise, succinct, compendious, laconic, curt. 2. Short, transitory, fleeting, transient, temporary, short lived, ephemeral. II. n. 1. Epitome, compendium, summary, synopsis, syllabus, abstract, breviary, abridgment, conspectus. 2 …
19Napoleon Bonaparte — Napoleon I (Bonaparte) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Napoleon I (Bonaparte) Emperor of the French, second son of Charles Marie Bonaparte and Maria Lætitia Ramolino, b. at Ajaccio, in Corsica, 15 August, 1769; d. on the Island of St.… …
20Pope Benedict XVI — Benedict XVI Benedict XVI during a general audience in 2010 …
