Carthusian monk. (1415-1484)

A feast in commemoration of the missionary work of the Twelve Apostles.

An act whereby in a particular case a lawful superior grants relaxation from an existing law.

A diriment impediment introduced by the Church to safeguard the sanctity of the Sacrament of Marriage.

Irish-born abbot and bishop, d. 700.

Oral dialectical duels, more or less formal and public, between champions of divergent religious beliefs.

Various meanings discussed.

A theological term used to express the custom which prevailed in the earliest ages of the Church, by which the knowledge of the more intimate mysteries of the Christian religion was carefully kept from the heathen and even from those who were undergoing instruction in the Faith.

A sect founded in the United States of America by Alexander Campbell.

This term is commonly applied to one who is learning any art or science from one distinguished by his accomplishments.

In the restricted sense, spirits indicate the various spiritual agents which, by their suggestions and movements, may influence the moral value of our acts.

A term applied to those religious congregations of men and women, the members of which go entirely unshod or wear sandals, with or without other covering for the feet.

Directorium simply means guide, but in the later Middle Ages it came to be specially applied to guides for the recitation of Office and Mass.

Personal guidance according to individual needs. Criticizes excesses at both ends of the spectrum: heavyhanded directors, and people who think that since they have the Holy Spirit they have no need of human help.

A sort of notebook, formed by the union of two tablets, placed one upon the other and united by rings or by a hinge.

The word diplomatics denotes in English the science of ancient official documents, more especially of those emanating from the chanceries of popes, kings, emperors, and other authorities possessing a recognized jurisdiction.

Antipope. (d. 530)

Fifth-century Bishop of Alexandria.

Bishop of Corinth about 170.

Elected towards the end of a wave of persecution. Dionysius opposed the errors of the Sabellians and Marcionites, and died in 268.

Article on the identity of the mysterious Pseudo-Areopagite, his writings, and their influence.

Also called Dionysius the Great. Bishop, d. 264 or 265.

According to his friend and fellow-student, Cassiodorus, though by birth a Scythian, he was in character a true Roman and thorough Catholic, most learned in both tongues i.e., Greek and Latin, and an accomplished scripturist.