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Commune, Martyrs of the Paris

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Article on the priests who were killed in Paris in May 1871.

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Common Sense, Philosophy of

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The term common sense designates (1) a special faculty, the sensus communis of the Aristotelean and Scholastic philosophy; (2) the sum of original principles found in all normal minds; (3) the ability to judge and reason in accordance with those principles (recta ratio, good sense).

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Common Life, Brethren of the

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A community founded by Geert De Groote, born at Deventer in Gelderland in 1340; died 1384.

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Commodus

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Roman Emperor, born 161; died at Rome, 31 December, 192.

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Commodianus

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A Christian poet, the date of whose birth is uncertain, but generally placed at about the middle of the third century.

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Commissions, Ecclesiastical

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Bodies of ecclesiastics juridically established and to whom are committed certain specified functions or charges.

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Commissary Apostolic

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One who has received power from a Legitimate superior authority to pass judgment in a certain cause or to take information concerning it.

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Commissariat of the Holy Land

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In the Order of Friars Minor the territory or district assigned to a commissary, whose duty it is to collect alms for the maintenance of the Holy Places in Palestine committed to the care of the Friars Minor; also, in a more restricted sense, the convent where the aforesaid commissary resides.

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Commines, Philippe de

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French historian and statesman, b. in Flanders probably before 1447; d. at the Château d'Argenton, France, about 1511.

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Commentaries on the Bible

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Includes: I. Jewish Commentaries; II. Patristic; III. Medieval; IV. Modern Catholic; and V. Non-Catholic.

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Commendone, Giovanni Francesco

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Cardinal and Papal Nuncio, born at Venice, 17 March, 1523; died at Padua, 26 Dec., 1584.

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Commendatory Abbot

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An ecclesiastic, or sometimes a layman, who holds an abbey in commendam.

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Commemoration (in Liturgy)

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The recital of a part of the Office or Mass assigned to a certain feast or day when the whole cannot be said.

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Commandments of the Church

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Article includes: I. the nature of the Commandments of the Church in general; II. the history of the Commandments of the Church; and III. their classification.

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Commandments of God (The Ten Commandments)

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The fundamental obligations of religion and morality and embodying the revealed expression of the Creator's will in relation to man's whole duty to God and to his fellow-creatures.

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Comgall, Saint

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Founder and abbot of the monastery of Bangor, d. 597 or 602.

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Combefis, François

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Patrologist, b. November, 1605, at Marmande in Guyenne; d. at Paris, 23 March, 1679.

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Comayagua

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The Diocese of Comayagua, suffragan to Guatemala, includes the entire Republic of Honduras in Central America.

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Column

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Architectural term for a supporting pillar.

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Columbus, Diocese of

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This portion of the State belonged originally to the Diocese of Cincinnati, and was recommended to Rome for erection as a see by the Fathers of the Second Plenary Council, of Baltimore, held in 1866.

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