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Acts, Human

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St. Thomas and the scholastics in general regard only the free and deliberate acts of the will as human.

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Acts, Canonical

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Derive their name from connection with ecclesiastical procedure.

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Acts of Roman Congregations

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A term used to designate the documents issued by the Roman Congregations.

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Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Baron Acton

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Biography of the historian best-known for his view of the corruption power causes.

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Acta Triadis Thaumaturgae

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The lives of St. Patrick, St. Brigid, and St. Columba; published at Louvain, in 1647, by John Colgan.

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Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae

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Abbreviated title of a celebrated work on the Irish saints by the Franciscan, John Colgan.

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Acta Sanctae Sedis

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A publication containing the principal public documents issued by the Pope, directly or through the Roman Congregations.

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Act of Settlement (Irish)

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1662 act passed by the Irish Parliament to bring in Protestant settlers in Munster, Leinster, and Ulster.

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Acrostic

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A poem the initial or final letters of whose verses form certain words or sentences.

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Acquapendente

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A diocese in Italy under the immediate jurisdiction of the Holy See, comprising seven towns of the Province of Rome.

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Acosta, Jose de

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Founded a number of colleges, among them those of Arequipa, Potose, Chuquisaca, Panama, and La Paz.

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Acosta, Joaquin

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Served in the Colombian army and in 1834 attempted a scientific survey of the country between Socorro and the Magdalena River.

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Acolyte

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A cleric promoted to the fourth and highest minor order in the Latin Church, ranking next to a subdeacon.

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