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Attiret, Jean Denis

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Painter, born at Dole, France, 31 July, 1702; died at Pekin, 8 December, 1768.

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Atticus

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Patriarch of Constantinople (406-425), born at Sebaste in Armenia; died 425.

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Attaliates, Michael

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Byzantine stateman and historian, probably a native of Attalia in Pamphylia.

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Attalia

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A titular metropolitan see of Pamphylia in Asia Minor.

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Attala, Saint

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Burgundian monk, companion of St. Columban in exile, co-founder and abbot of Bobbio, d. 627.

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Attainder

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An Act of Parliament for putting a man to death or for otherwise punishing him without trial in the usual form.

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Atonement, Doctrine of the

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In Catholic theology, the Atonement is the Satisfaction of Christ, whereby God and the world are reconciled or made to be at one.

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Atonement, Day of

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A most solemn fast, on which no food could be taken throughout the day, and servile works were forbidden.

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Atomism

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The system of those who hold that all bodies are composed of minute, indivisible particles of matter called atoms.

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Atom

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Primarily, the smallest particle of matter which can exist.

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Atkinson, Paul, of St. Francis

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One of the notable confessors of the English Church during the age which succeeded the persecution of blood.

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Atienza, Juan de

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Jointly with Father Jose de Acosta, directed the publication of catechisms and textbooks of Christian doctrine for the use of the Indians.

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Athos, Mount

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The mountain that the architect Dinocrates offered to turn into a statue of Alexander the Great with a city in one hand and in the other a perennially flowing spring.

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Athens, Modern Diocese of

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The majority of Catholics who live within the Diocese of Athens are foreigners, or of foreign descent.

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