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Ardbraccan

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Site of an ancient abbey, now a parish and village in the county Meath, Ireland.

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Ardagh

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An Irish diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Armagh, takes its name from a town in the parish and barony of same name in county Longford, province of Leinster.

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Arculf

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A Frankish Bishop of the latter part of the seventh century.

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Arcosolium

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Term applied by the primitive Christians to one form of the tombs that exist in the Roman catacombs.

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Archæology, The Commission of Sacred

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Founded in the middle of the nineteenth century for the purpose of promoting and directing excavations in the Roman Catacombs and on other sites of Christian antiquarian interest.

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Archpriest Controversy

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Arose in England on the appointment of George Blackwell as archpriest with jurisdiction over the secular clergy of England and Scotland, by the Holy See on 7 March, 1598.

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Archpriest

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Since the fourth century numerous dioceses had an archpriest, or head of the college of presbyters, who aided and represented the bishop in the discharge of his liturgical and religious duties.

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Archontics

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A Gnostic sect which existed in Palestine and Armenia about the middle of the fourth century.

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Archives, Ecclesiastical

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A collection of documents, records, and memorials, pertaining to the origin, foundation, growth, history, and constitutions of a diocese, parish, monastery, or religious community under the jurisdiction of the Church.

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Archinto, Filipo

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An Italian theologian and diplomatist. (1500-1558)

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Archimandrite

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In the Greek Rite the superior of a monastery or of several monasteries.

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Archiereus

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A Greek word for bishop, when considered as the culmination of the priesthood.

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Arches, The Court of

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Was held in the Church of St. Mary le Bow (Sancta Maria de Arcubus), in Cheapside, the chief and most ancient court and consistory of the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

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Archdiocese

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Not an ecclesiastical province, but only that diocese of the province which is the archbishop's own.

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Archdeacon, Richard

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An Irish Jesuit, whose name is sometimes given as Archdekin or Arsdekin. (1620-1693)

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Archdeacon

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The incumbent of an ecclesiastical office dating back to antiquity and up to the fifteenth century of great importance in diocesan administration, particularly in the West.

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Archconfraternity

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A confraternity empowered to aggregate or affiliate other confraternities of the same nature, and to impart to them its indulgences and privileges.

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Archbishop

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An archbishop or metropolitan, in the present sense of the term, is a bishop who governs a diocese strictly his own, while he presides at the same time over the bishops of a well-defined district composed of simple dioceses but not of provinces.

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Archange de Lyon

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A preacher of the Capuchin order whose name was Michael Desgranges. (1736-1822)

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Arch

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A structure composed of separate pieces, such as stone or bricks, having the shape of truncated wedges, arranged on a curved line so as to retain their position by mutual pressure.

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Arcanum

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An Encyclical Letter on Christian marriage, issued 10 February, 1880, by Leo XIII.

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