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Conscience, Hendrik

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Flemish novelist, b. at Antwerp, 3 December, 1812; d. at Brussels, 10 September, 1883.

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Conscience

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The individual, as in him customary rules acquire ethical character by the recognition of distinct principles and ideals, all tending to a final unity or goal, which for the mere evolutionist is left very indeterminate, but for the Christian has adequate definition in a perfect possession of God by knowledge and love, without the contingency of further lapses from duty.

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Consanguinity (in Canon Law)

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The term here means, within certain limitations defined by the law of nature, the positive law of God, or the supreme authority of State or Church, the blood-relationship (cognatio naturalis), or the natural bond between persons descended from the same stock.

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Conry, Florence

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Archbishop of Tuam, patriot, theologian and founder of the Irish (Franciscan) College of St. Anthony at Louvain, born in Galway, 1560; died at Madrid, 18 Nov., 1629.

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Conradin of Bornada

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Dominican preacher, b. in the latter part of the fourteenth century; d. at Bologna, 1 November, 1429.

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Conrad of Utrecht

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Bishop; born in Swabia at an unknown date; killed at Utrecht, 14 April, 1099.

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Conrad of Urach

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Cardinal-Bishop of Porto and Santa Rufina; born about 1180; d. 1227.

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Conrad of Saxony

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Friar Minor and ascetical writer, date and place of birth uncertain; d. at Bologna in 1279.

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Conrad of Piacenza, Saint

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Married man, penitent, Third Order Franciscan hermit, d. 1351.

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Conrad of Offida, Blessed

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Italian Franciscan, trusted by Brother Leo, on good terms with the Spiritual Franciscans, founded the Celestines but returned to the main branch of the Franciscans when a later pope suppressed the Celestines. Bl. Conrad died 12 December, 1306.

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Conrad of Marburg

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Confessor of Saint Elizabeth of Thuringia and papal inquisitor, b. at or near Marburg, Germany, in the second half of the twelfth century; d. 30 July, 1233.

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Conrad of Leonberg

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A Cistercian monk and Humanist, b. at Leonberg in Swabia in 1460; d. at Engenthal near Basle after 1520.

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Conrad of Hochstadt

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Archbishop of Cologne and Imperial Elector (1238-1261), date of birth unknown; d. 28 September, 1261.

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Connolly, John

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Second Bishop of New York, U.S.A., b. at Slane, Co. Meath, Ireland, 1750; d. New York, 6 February, 1825.

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Conimbricenses

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The name by which Jesuits of the University of Coimbra in Portugal were known.

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Congruism

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The term by which theologians denote a theory according to which the efficacy of efficacious grace is due, at least in part, to the fact that the grace is given in circumstances favourable to its operation, i. e. "congruous" in that sense.

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Congrua

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A canonical term to designate the lowest sum proper for the yearly income of a cleric.

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Congresses, Catholic

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Includes information on the history and types of congresses held.

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Congregationalism

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The successful establishment of the New England colonies was an event of the utmost importance in the development of Congregationalism, a term preferred by the American Puritans to Independency and gradually adopted by their coreligionists in Great Britain.

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