The name given to the subscribers (practically the whole Scottish nation) of the two Covenants, the National Covenant of 1638 and the Solemn League and Covenant of 1643.

Born in Toledo, Spain, 25 July, 1512; died in Madrid, 27 Sept., 1577.

Abbot of the Benedictine monastery of Saint-Pierre at Solesmes and President of the French Congregation of Benedictines. (1817-1890)

The Diocese comprises the entire department of La Manche and is a suffragan of the Archbishopric of Rouen.

French sculptor, b. at Lyons, 9 January, 1658; d. at Paris, 1 May, 1733.

Benedictine of the Congregation of Saint-Maur, b. at Compiègne, France, 30 April, 1654; d. at the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, near Paris, 18 October, 1721.

French historian of music, b. at Bailleul, department of Nord, France, 19 April, 1805; d. at Lille, 10 January, 1876.

French painter, sculptor, etcher, engraver, and geometrician, born at Soucy, near Sens, 1500; died at Sens before 1593, probably in 1590.

Legislative, judicial, and executive power to be exercised over the church, without any interference on the part of civil society.

Archbishop of Canterbury, born in the parish of St. Martin's, Exeter, England, c. 1342; died at Maidstone, 31 July, 1396.

The word court, in the English Bible, corresponds to the Hebrew haçer enclosed space. Also, in the English Bible the word court is occasionally used to mean the retinue of a person of high rank and authority.

The term originated in the fourteenth century, though the art designated by it had been practiced for several centuries previous.

Denotes the period of Catholic revival from the pontificate of Pope Pius IV in 1560 to the close of the Thirty Years' War, 1648.

The difference between a precept and a counsel lies in this, that the precept is a matter of necessity while the counsel is left to the free choice of the person to whom it is proposed.

Article looking at the definition, place in church governance and short historical sketches of each council until Vatican I.

Born in New York, 1 March, 1832; died at Washington, D. C., 20 December, 1903.

A medieval French master-builder and son of a master-builder of the same name.

A suffragan diocese of Reggio.

French Jesuit, born 7 March, 1564, at Néronde in Forez; died 19 March, 1626, at Paris.

A titular see of Asia Minor.

A titular see of Asia Minor.

Patristic scholar and theologian, born December, 1629, at Nîmes; died 19 August, 1686.

Miniature-painter, born in Florence, Italy, 1759; died at Lodi, 5 January, 1535.