A Bull issued by Benedict XIV, 23 February, 1741, against secular pursuits on the part of the clergy.

A Bull of Pius IX (1846-78) which regulates anew the system of censures and reservations in the Catholic church.

A Bull issued by Clement XIII, 12 January, 1765, in defense of the Society of Jesus against the attacks made upon it.

The mark by which the Church of today is recognized as identical with the Church founded by Jesus Christ upon the Apostles.

A Bull issued 19 December, 1513, by Leo X, in defence of the Catholic doctrine concerning the immortality of the soul.

A Bull issued 23 May, 1724, by Innocent XIII, for the revival of ecclesiastical discipline in Spain.

The name of four different heretical bodies.

A Bull of Leo XIII issued 15 September, 1896, and containing the latest papal decision with regard to the validity of Anglican orders.

An association of secular priests who observe a simple rule embodying the common duties of their state, afford mutual assistance in the functions of the ministry, and keep themselves in the spirit of their holy vocation by spiritual conferences.

Article claims that Apostolic succession is found in the Catholic Church and not in others.

A metaphorical term, used, as happens in all languages, to express the abstract notion of authority by the concrete name of the place in which it is exercised.

A title given to the Kings of Hungary.

The letters of the Apostles to Christian communities or those in authority.

Christian writers of the first and second centuries who are known, or are considered, to have had personal relations with some of the Apostles, or to have been so influenced by them that their writings may be held as echoes of genuine Apostolic teaching.

A fourth-century pseudo-Apostolic collection, in eight books, of independent, though closely related, treatises on Christian discipline, worship, and doctrine, intended to serve as a manual of guidance for the clergy, and to some extent for the laity.

All the individual orthodox churches could, in a sense, be called Apostolic Churches, because they were in some more or less mediate connection with the Apostles.

A third-century pseudo-Apostolic collection of moral and hierarchical rules and instructions, compiled in the main from ancient Christian sources.

The former central board of finance in the papal administrative system, which at one time was of great importance in the government of the States of the Church, and in the administration of justice.

A pious association otherwise known as a league of prayer in union with the Heart of Jesus.

Apostolos (Apostle) means one who is sent forth, who is entrusted with a mission.

A formula containing in brief statements, or "articles," the fundamental tenets of Christian belief, and having for its authors, according to tradition, the Twelve Apostles.

Twelve holy Irishmen of the sixth century who went to study at the School of Clonard in Meath.

A set of thirteen spoons, usually silver, the handles of which are adorned with representations of Our Lord (the Master spoon) and the twelve Apostles.