Catholic Encyclopedia - E
- Eadmer:
Precentor of
- Eanbald I:
The first
- Eanbald II:
Date of birth unknown; died 810 or 812. He received his
- East Indies, Patriarchate of the: In consequence of an agreement between the
- Easter:
The English term, according to the Ven.
- Easter Controversy:
Ecclesiastical history preserves the
- Eastern Churches: I. DEFINITION OF AN EASTERN CHURCH
An
- Eastern Schism:
From the time ...
- Easterwine:
(Or Eosterwini).
Abbot of Wearmouth, was the nephew of
- Easton, Adam:
Cardinal, born at Easton in Norfolk; died at Rome, 15 September (according to ...
- Eata, Saint:
Second Bishop ...
- Ebbo:
(EBO)
Archbishop of Reims, b. towards the end of the eighth ...
- Ebendorfer, Thomas:
German chronicler, professor, and statesman, b. 12 August, 1385, at Haselbach, in ...
- Eberhard of Ratisbon:
(Or Salzburg; also called Eberhardus Altahensis).
A German ...
- Eberhard, Matthias:
Bishop of Trier, b. 15 Nov., 1815, at
- Ebermann, Veit:
(Or Ebermann).
Theologian and controversialist, born 25 May, ...
- Ebionites:
By this name were designated one or more early
- Ebner:
The name of two German mystics, whom historical research has shown to have been ...
- Ecclesiastes: (Septuagint èkklesiastés , in
- Ecclesiastical Addresses:
It is from
- Ecclesiastical Architecture:
The best definition of architecture that has ever been given is likewise the ...
- Ecclesiastical Archives:
Ecclesiastical archives may be described as a collection of documents, records, ...
- Ecclesiastical Art:
Before speaking in detail of the developments of
- Ecclesiastical Buildings:
This term comprehends all constructions erected for the celebration of liturgical ...
- Ecclesiastical Forum:
That the Church of Christ has ...
- Ecclesiasticus:
(Abbrev. Ecclus.; also known as the Book of Sirach.)
The ...
- Eccleston, Samuel:
Fifth
- Eccleston, Thomas of:
Thirteenth-century
- Echard, Jacques:
Historian of the Dominicans, born at Rouen, France, 22 September, 1644; died at ...
- Echave, Baltasar de:
Painter, born at Zumaya, Guipuzcoa, Spain, in the latter part of the sixteenth ...
- Echinus:
A titular see of Thessaly, Greece. Echinus, ( Echinos , also Echinous ) was ...
- Echter von Mespelbrunn, Julius:
Prince- Bishop ...
- Echternach, Abbey of:
(Also EPTERNACH, Latin EPTERNACENSIS).
A Benedictine ...
- Eck, Johann:
Theologian and principal adversary of Luther, b. 15 Nov., 1486, at Eck in ...
- Eckart, Anselm:
Missionary, born at Bingen, Germany, 4 August, 1721; died at the
- Eckebert:
(Ekbert, Egbert)
Abbot of Schönau, born in the early ...
- Eckhart, Johann Georg von:
(Called Eccard before he was ennobled)
German historian, b. ...
- Eckhart, Meister:
( Also spelled Eckard, Eccard. Meister means "the Master").
- Eckhel, Joseph Hilarius:
German numismatist, b. 13 January, 1737, at Enzesfeld near Pottenstein, in Lower ...
- Eclecticism:
(Greek ek, legein ; Latin eligere , to select)
A ...
- Economics:
S CIENCE OF P OLITICAL E CONOMY (E CONOMICS ).
I. ...
- Ecstasy:
Supernatural ...
- Ecuador:
R EPUBLIC OF E CUADOR (L A R EPÚBLICA DEL E CUADOR ).
- Ecumenical Councils:
This subject
- Ecumenism:
The Catholic ...
- Edda:
A title applied to two different
- Edelinck:
The family ...
- Eden, Garden of:
( paradeisos , Paradisus ).
The name popularly given in ...
- Edesius and Frumentius:
Tyrian Greeks of the fourth century, probably brothers, who introduced
- Edessa:
A titular archiepiscopal see in that part of Mesopotamia formerly known as ...
- Edgeworth, Henry Essex:
Better known as L' ABBÉ E DGEWORTH DE F IRMONT
- Edinburgh:
Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, though not its largest city, derives its name ...
- Editions of the Bible:
In the present article we understand by editions of the
- Edmund Arrowsmith, Venerable:
English martyr, born in 1585 at Haddock; executed at Lancaster, 23 August, 1628. He ...
- Edmund Campion, Saint:
English Jesuit and
- Edmund Rich, Saint:
Archbishop of Canterbury, England, born 20 November, c. 1180, at Abingdon, six ...
- Edmund the Martyr, Saint:
King of East Anglia, born about 840; died at Hoxne, Suffolk, 20 November, 870. The ...
- Edmund, Congregation of Saint:
Founded in 1843, by Jean-Baptiste Muard, at Pontigny, France, for the work of ...
- Education: IN GENERAL
In the broadest sense,
- Education of the Blind:
Although the
- Education of the Deaf:
Education ...
- Educational Association, The Catholic:
The Catholic ...
- Edward III:
King of England (1312-77), eldest son of Edward II and Isabella, daughter of
- Edward Powell, Blessed:
With Blessed Thomas
- Edward the Confessor, Saint:
King of England, born in 1003; died 5 January, 1066. He was the son of Ethelred ...
- Edward the Martyr, Saint:
King of England, son to Edgar the Peaceful, and uncle to St. Edward the
- Edwin, Saint:
(Æduini.)
The first
- Edwy:
(Or Eadwig.)
King of the English, eldest son of Edmund and ...
- Egan, Boetius:
Archbishop of Tuam, born near Tuam, Ireland, 1734; died near Tuam, 1798. He ...
- Egan, Michael:
First bishop ...
- Egbert:
(ECGBERHT or ECGBRYHT)
Frequently though incorrectly called ...
- Egbert, Archbishop of Trier:
Died 8 or 9 December, 993. He belonged to the
- Egbert, Archbishop of York:
Archbishop of York, England, son of Eata, brother of the Northumbrian King ...
- Egbert, Saint:
A Northumbrian monk, born of noble parentage c. 639; d. 729. In his youth he went ...
- Egfrid:
(Also known as ECFRID, ECHGFRID, EGFERD).
King of ...
- Eginhard:
(Less correctly EGINHARD), historian, born c. 770 in the district watered by the ...
- Egloffstein, Frederick W. von:
Born at Aldorf, near Nuremberg, Bavaria, 18 May, 1824; died in New York, 1885. He ...
- Egmont, Lamoral, Count of:
Born at the Château de La Hamaide, in Hainault, 18 Nov., 1522; beheaded at ...
- Egoism:
( Latin ego, I, self), the designation given to those ethical systems which ...
- Eguiara y Eguren, Juan José:
Born in Mexico ...
- Egwin, Saint:
Third Bishop ...
- Egypt:
This subject
- Egyptian Church Ordinance:
The Egyptian Church Ordinance is an early
- Eichendorff, Josef Karl Benedikt:
JOSEF KARL BENEDIKT, FREIHERR VON EICHENDORFF.
"The last ...
- Eichstätt:
DIOCESE OF EICHSTÄTT (EYSTADIUM) [EYSTETTENSIS or AYSTETTENSIS]
- Eimhin, Saint:
Abbot and
- Einhard:
(Less correctly EGINHARD), historian, born c. 770 in the district watered by the ...
- Einsiedeln, Abbey of:
A Benedictine monastery in the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland, dedicated to Our ...
- Eisengrein, Martin:
A learned
- Eithene, Saint:
Styled "daughter of Baite", with her sister Sodelbia; commemorated in the Irish ...
- Eithne, Saint:
St. Eithne, styled "of the golden hair", is commemorated in the Irish martyrologies ...
- Ekkehard:
Name of five monks of the (Swiss)
- Ekkehard of Aura:
(URAUGIENSIS)
Benedictine
- El Cid:
(Rodrigo, or Ruy, Diaz, Count of Bivar).
The great popular ...
- El Greco:
One of the most remarkable Spanish artists, b. in Crete, between 1545 and 1550; d. ...
- Elaea:
A titular see of
- Elba:
Elba, the largest island of the Tuscan Archipelago, is today a part of the ...
- Elbel, Benjamin:
A first-class authority in moral theology , b. at Friedberg, Bavaria, in 1690; ...
- Elcesaites:
(Or H ELKESAITES ).
A sect of Gnostic Ebionites, whose ...
- Elder, George:
Educator, b. 11 August, 1793, in Kentucky, U.S.A.; d. 28 Sept., 1838, at ...
- Elder, William Henry:
Third Bishop ...
- Eleazar:
( Hebrew al‘wr , God's help).
1. Eleazar, son of Aaron
- Elect:
Denotes in general one chosen or taken by preference from among two or more; as a ...
- Election:
( Latin electio , from eligere , to choose from)
This ...
- Election, Papal:
For current procedures regarding the
- Eleutherius, Pope Saint:
Pope (c. 174-189). The Liber Pontificalis says that he was a native of Nicopolis, ...
- Eleutherius, Saint:
( French ELEUTHERE).
Bishop of
- Eleutheropolis:
A titular see in Palaestina Prima. The former name of this city seems to have ...
- Elevation, The:
What we now know as par excellence the Elevation of the
- Elhuyar y de Suvisa, Fausto de:
A distinguished mineralogist and chemist, born at Logroño, Castile, 11 ...
- Eli: Heli the Judge and High ...
- Elias:
Elias (Hebrew ...
- Elias of Cortona:
Minister ...
- Elias of Jerusalem:
Died 518; one of the two
- Elie de Beaumont, Jean-Baptiste-Armand-Louis-Léonce:
Geologist, b. at
- Eligius, Saint:
( French Eloi).
Bishop of Noyon-Tournai, born at Chaptelat ...
- Elijah:
Elias (Hebrew ...
- Elined, Saint:
Virgin and martyr, flourished c. 490. According to
- Eliseus:
(E LISHA ; Hebrew ’lysh‘,
- Elishé:
A famous Armenian historian of the fifth century, place and date of birth ...
- Elisha:
(E LISHA ; Hebrew ’lysh‘,
- Eliud, Saint:
(Eliud.)
"Archbishop" of Llandaff, born at Eccluis Gunniau, ...
- Elizabeth:
(" God is an ...
- Elizabeth Ann Seton, Saint:
Foundress and first
- Elizabeth Associations:
( Elisabethenvereine .)
Charitable associations of women ...
- Elizabeth of Hungary, Saint:
Also called St.
- Elizabeth of Portugal, Saint:
Queen (sometimes known as the PEACEMAKER); born in 1271; died in 1336. She was ...
- Elizabeth of Reute, Saint:
Member of the Third Order of St. Francis, born 25 November, 1386, at Waldsee in ...
- Elizabeth of Schönau, Saint:
Born about 1129; d. 18 June, 1165.-Feast 18 June. She was born of an obscure ...
- Elizabeth, Sisters of Saint:
Generally styled "Grey
- Ellis, Philip Michael:
First Vicar ...
- Ellwangen Abbey:
The earliest Benedictine monastery established in the Duchy of Wurtemberg, ...
- Elohim:
See also GOD.
( Septuagint, theos ; Vulgate, Deus ). ...
- Elphege, Saint:
(Or ALPHEGE).
Born 954; died 1012; also called Godwine, ...
- Elphin:
D IOCESE OF E LPHIN (E LPHINIUM )
Suffragan of Tuam, ...
- Elusa:
A titular see of Palaestina Tertia, suffragan of Petra. This city is called ...
- Elvira, Council of:
Held early in the fourth century at Elliberis, or Illiberis, in Spain, a city now ...
- Ely:
ANCIENT DIOCESE OF ELY (ELIENSIS; ELIA OR ELYS).
Ancient
- Elzéar of Sabran:
Baron of Ansouis, Count of Ariano, born in the castle of Saint-Jean de Robians, ...
- Emanationism:
The doctrine that emanation (Latin emanare , "to flow from") is the mode by ...
- Emancipation, Ecclesiastical:
In ancient
- Ember Days:
Ember days (corruption from Lat. Quatuor Tempora , four times) are the days at ...
- Embolism:
(Greek: embolismos , from the verb, emballein , "to throw in")
- Embroidery: ECCLESIASTICAL EMBROIDERY
That in
- Emerentiana, Saint:
Virgin and martyr, d. at
- Emery, Jacques-André:
Superior of ...
- Emesa:
A titular see of
- Emigrant Aid Societies:
Records of the early immigration to the North American colonies are indefinite ...
- Emiliana and Trasilla, Saints:
Aunts of St. Gregory the Great, virgins in the sixth century, given in the Roman ...
- Emiliani, Saint Jerome:
Founder of the Order of Somascha; b. at Venice, 1481; d. at Somascha, 8 Feb., ...
- Emmanuel:
Emmanual ( Septuagint Emmanouel ; A.V.,
- Emmaus:
A titular see in Pa1æstina Prima, suffragan of Cæsarea. It is ...
- Emmeram, Saint:
Bishop of
- Emmeram, Saint, Abbey of:
A Benedictine monastery at
- Emmerich, Anne Catherine:
An Augustinian nun, stigmatic, and ecstatic, born 8 September, 1774, at ...
- Empiricism:
(Lat. empirismus, the standpoint of a system based on experience).
- Ems, Congress of:
The Congress of Ems was a meeting of the representatives of the German ...
- Emser, Hieronymus:
The most ardent literary opponent of Luther, born of a prominent
- Encina, Juan de la:
(JUAN DE LA ENZINA).
Spanish dramatic poet, called by ...
- Enciso, Diego Ximenez de:
Dramatic poet, b. in Andalusia, Spain, c. 1585; date of death unknown. All trace ...
- Enciso, Martín Fernández de:
Navigator and geographer, b. at Seville, Spain, c. 1470; d. probably about 1528 ...
- Encolpion:
(Greek egkolpion , that which is worn on the breast).
The ...
- Encratites:
[ ’Egkrateîs (Irenæus) ’Egkratetai (Clement of ...
- Encyclical:
( Latin Litterœ Encyclicœ )
According to its ...
- Encyclopedia:
An abridgment of human
- Encyclopedists:
(1) The writers of the eighteenth century who edited or contributed articles to ...
- Endlicher, Stephan Ladislaus:
Austrian botanist (botanical abbreviation, Endl. ), linguist, and historian, b. ...
- Endowment:
( German Stiftung , French fondation , Italian fondazione , Latin fundatio ...
- Energy, The Law of Conservation of:
Amongst the gravest objections raised by the progress of modern science against ...
- Engaddi:
( Septuagint usually ’Eggadí ; Hebrew ‘En Gédhi, ...
- Engel, Ludwig:
Canonist, b. at Castle Wagrein, Austria ; d. at Grillenberg, 22 April 1694. He ...
- Engelberg, Abbey of:
A Benedictine monastery in Switzerland, formerly in the
- Engelbert:
Abbot of the Benedictine monastery of
- Engelbert of Cologne, Saint:
Archbishop of that city (1216-1225); b. at Berg, about 1185; d. near Schwelm, 7 ...
- Engelbrechtsen, Cornelis:
(Also called ENGELBERTS and ENGELBRECHT, and now more usually spelt ...
- England (1066-1558):
This term England is here restricted to one constituent, the largest and most ...
- England (After 1558):
The Protestant Reformation is the great dividing line in the history of ...
- England (Before 1066): I. ANGLO-SAXON OCCUPATION OF BRITAIN
The word Anglo-Saxon is used as a ...
- England, John:
First Bishop ...
- Englefield, Sir Henry Charles, Bart.:
Antiquary and scientist, b. 1752; d. 21 March, 1822. He was the eldest son of Sir ...
- English College, The, in Rome: I. FOUNDATION
Some historians (e.g., Dodd, II, 168, following Polydore ...
- English Confessors and Martyrs (1534-1729):
Though the resistance of the English as a people to the Reformation compares very ...
- English Hierarchy, Reorganization of the:
On 29 September, 1850, by the Bull "Universalis Ecclesiae", Pius IX restored ...
- English Literature:
It is not unfitting to compare
- English Revolution of 1688:
James II, having reached ...
- Ennodius, Magnus Felix:
Rhetorician and bishop, b. probably at Arles, in Southern Gaul, in 474; d. at ...
- Enoch:
(Greek Enoch ...
- Enoch, Book of:
The antediluvian
- Ensingen, Ulrich:
(ULRICH ENSINGER)
Belonged to a
- Entablature:
A superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns in classic architecture. ...
- Enthronization:
(From Greek ’enthronízein , to place on a throne).
- Envy:
Jealousy is ...
- Eoghan, Saints:
(1) EOGHAN OF ARDSTRAW was a native of Leinster, and, after presiding over the
- Epée, Charles-Michel de l':
A philanthropic
- Epact:
(Greek épaktai hemérai; Latin dies adjecti ).
- Eparchy:
( eparchia ).
Originally the name of one of the divisions ...
- Eperies:
DIOCESE OF EPERIES (EPERIENSIS RUTHENORUM).
Diocese of the ...
- Ephesians, Epistle to the:
This article
- Ephesus:
A titular archiespiscopal see in
- Ephesus, Council of:
The third ecumenical council, held in 431.
THE OCCASION AND PREPARATION ...
- Ephesus, Robber Council of:
(L ATROCINIUM ).
The
- Ephesus, Seven Sleepers of:
The story is one of the many examples of the legend about a
- Ephod:
( Hebrew aphwd or aphd ; Greek ’ís, ’ephód, ...
- Ephraem, Saint:
(EPHREM, EPHRAIM).
Born at Nisibis, then under Roman rule, ...
- Ephraemi Rescriptus, Codex:
(Symbol C).
The last in the group of the four great uncial ...
- Ephraim of Antioch:
( Ephraimios ).
One of the defenders of the
- Epicureanism:
This term has two distinct, though cognate, meanings. In its popular sense, the ...
- Epiklesis:
Epiklesis ( ...
- Epimachus and Gordianus, Saints:
Martyrs, suffered under Julian the Apostate , 362, commemorated on 10 May. ...
- Epiphania:
A titular see in Cilicia Secunda, in
- Epiphanius:
Surnamed SCHOLASTICUS, or in modern terms, THE PHILOLOGIST, a translator of ...
- Epiphanius of Constantinople:
Died 535.
- Epiphanius of Salamis:
Born at Besanduk, near Eleutheropolis, in Judea, after 310; died in 403. While ...
- Epiphany:
Known also under the following names: (1) ta
- Episcopal Subsidies:
( Latin subsidia , tribute, pecuniary aid, subvention)
...
- Episcopalians:
The history of this religious organization divides itself naturally into two ...
- Epistemology:
( Epistéme , knowledge, science, and lógos , speech, thought, ...
- Epistle (in Scripture):
Lat. epistola ; Greek ’epistolé ; in Hebrew, at first only the ...
- Epping, Joseph:
German astronomer and Assyriologist, b. at Neuenkirchen near Rhine in ...
- Erasmus, Desiderius:
The most brilliant and most important leader of German humanism, b. at Rotterdam, ...
- Erastus and Erastianism:
The name "Erastianism" is often used in a somewhat loose sense as denoting an ...
- Erbermann, Veit:
(Or Ebermann).
Theologian and controversialist, born 25 May, ...
- Ercilla y Zúñiga, Alonso de:
Spanish soldier and poet, born in Madrid, 7 August, 1533; died in the same city, ...
- Erconwald, Saint:
Bishop of London, died about 690. He belonged to the princely
- Erdeswicke, Sampson:
Antiquarian, date of birth unknown; died 1603. He was born at Sandon in ...
- Erdington Abbey:
Erdington Abbey, situated in a suburb of Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, ...
- Erhard of Ratisbon, Saint:
Bishop of that city in the seventh century, probably identical with an
- Erie:
DIOCESE OF ERIE (ERIENSIS).
Established 1853; it embraces the ...
- Erin, The Twelve Apostles of:
By this designation are meant twelve holy Irishmen of the sixth century who went ...
- Eriugena, John Scotus:
An Irish teacher, theologian, philosopher, and poet, who lived in the ninth ...
- Ermland:
Ermland, or Ermeland (Varmiensis, Warmia), a district of East
- Ernakulam, Vicariate Apostolic of:
In May, 1887, the churches of Syrian Rite in
- Ernan, Saints:
Name of four Irish saints. O'Hanlon enumerates twenty-five saints bearing the ...
- Ernst of Hesse-Rheinfels:
Landgrave, b. 9 Dec., 1623, at Cassel; d. 12 May, 1693, at Cologne. He was the ...
- Ernulf:
Architect, b. at Beauvais, France, in 1040; d. 1124. He studied under
- Errington, William:
Priest, founder of Sedgley Park School, b. 17 July, 1716; d. 28 September, 1768. He ...
- Error:
Error, reduplicatively regarded, is in one way or another the product of ...
- Erskine, Charles:
Cardinal, b. at Rome, 13 Feb., 1739; d. at Paris, 20 March, 1811. He was the son ...
- Erthal, Franz Ludwig von:
Prince- Bishop ...
- Erthal, Friedrich Karl Joseph, Freiherr von:
Last Elector and
- Erwin of Steinbach:
One of the architects of the
- Erythrae:
A titular see in
- Erzerum (Theodosiopolis):
DIOCESE OF ERZERUM (ERZERUMIENSIS ARMENIORUM).
The native ...
- Esau:
( ‘sw , hairy).
The eldest son of
- Esch, Nicolaus van:
(ESCHIUS)
A famous mystical theologian, b. in Oisterwijk ...
- Eschatology:
That branch of systematic theology which deals with the doctrines of the last ...
- Escobar y Mendoza, Antonio:
Born at Valladolid in 1589; died there, 4 July, 1669. In his sixteenth year he ...
- Escobar, Marina de:
Mystic and foundress of a modified branch of the Brigittine Order b. at ...
- Escorial, The:
A remarkable building in
- Esdras:
(Or EZRA.)
I. ESDRAS THE MAN
- Esglis, Louis-Philippe Mariauchau d':
Eighth Bishop ...
- Eskil:
Archbishop of Lund, Skåne,
- Eskimo:
A littoral race occupying the entire Arctic coast and outlying islands of
- Esnambuc, Pierre Belain, Sieur d':
Captain in the French marine, b. 1565, at Allouville, near Yvetot ...
- ESP:
( tele , far, and pathein , to experience)
A term ...
- Espejo, Antonio:
A Spanish explorer, whose fame rests upon a notable expedition which he ...
- Espen, Zeger Bernhard van:
(also called ESPENIUS)
A Belgian canonist, born at Louvain, ...
- Espence, Claude D':
(ESPENCÆUS)
A French theologian, born in 1511 at ...
- Espinel, Vincent:
Poet and novelist; born at Ronda (Malaga), Spain, 1544; died at Madrid, 1634. He ...
- Espinosa, Alonso De:
Spanish priest ...
- Espousals:
An Espousal is a
- Espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary:
(DESPONSATIO BEATÆ MARIÆ VIRGINIS)
A feast of ...
- Essence and Existence:
( Latin essentia, existentia )
Since they are ...
- Essenes:
One of three leading
- Est, Willem Hessels van:
(ESTIUS.)
A famous commentator on the Pauline epistles, born ...
- Establishment, The:
(Or ESTABLISHED CHURCH)
The union of
- Estaing, Comte d':
JEAN-BAPTISTE-CHARLES-HENRI-HECTOR, COMTE D'ESTAING (MARQUIS DE SAILLANS). ...
- Esther:
(From the Hebrew meaning star,
- Estiennot de la Serre, Claude:
Benedictine of the Congregation of Saint-Maur, b. at Varennes, France, 1639; d. at ...
- Eternity:
( aeternum , originally aeviternum, aionion, aeon -- long).
- Ethelbert:
Archbishop of York, England, date of birth uncertain; d. 8 Nov., 781 or 782. ...
- Ethelbert, Saint:
Date of birth unknown; d. 794; King of the East Angles, was, according to the ...
- Ethelbert, Saint:
King of Kent; b. 552; d. 24 February, 616; son of Eormenric, through whom he was ...
- Etheldreda, Saint:
Queen of Northumbria; born (probably) about 630; died at Ely, 23 June, 679. While ...
- Ethelwold, Saint:
St. Ethelwold,
- Etherianus, Hugh and Leo:
Brothers, Tuscans by birth, employed at the court of
- Ethethard:
(ÆTHELHEARD, ETHELREARD)
The fourteenth
- Ethics: I. Definition
Many writers regard
- Ethiopia:
The name of this region has been derived, through the Greek form, aithiopia , ...
- Etschmiadzin:
A famous Armenian monastery, since 1441 the ecclesiastical capital of the ...
- Euaria:
A titular see of Phoenicia Secunda or Libanensis, in Palestine. The true ...
- Eucarpia:
A titular see of Phrygia Salutaris in
- Eucharist, as a Sacrament:
Since Christ is present under the ...
- Eucharist, as a Sacrifice:
The word Mass ( missa ) ...
- Eucharist, Early Symbols of the:
Among the symbols employed by the Christians of the first ages in decorating ...
- Eucharist, Introduction to the:
See also EUCHARIST AS SACRIFICE , EUCHARIST AS SACRAMENT , and REAL PRESENCE . ...
- Eucharist, Real Presence of Christ in:
In this article we shall consider:
the fact of the Real ...
- Eucharistic Congresses:
Eucharistic ...
- Eucharistic Prayer:
This article
- Eucharius, Saint:
First Bishop ...
- Eucherius, Saint:
Bishop of Lyons, theologian, born in the latter half of the fourth century; died ...
- Euchologion:
The name of one of the chief Service-books of the Byzantine Church ; it ...
- Eudes, Blessed Jean:
French missionary and founder of the
- Eudists:
(Society of Jesus and Mary) ...
- Eudocia:
(E UDOKIA ).
Ælia Eudocia, sometimes wrongly called ...
- Eudoxias:
A titular see of Galatia Secunda in
- Eugendus, Saint:
(AUGENDUS; French OYAND, OYAN)
Fourth
- Eugene I, Saint, Pope:
Eugene I was elected 10 Aug., 654, and died at Rome, 2 June, 657. Because he would ...
- Eugene II, Pope:
Elected 6 June, 824; died 27 Aug., 827. On the death of Pascal I (Feb.-May, 824) ...
- Eugene III, Pope:
Bernardo Pignatelli, born in the neighbourhood of Pisa, elected 15 Feb., 1145; ...
- Eugene IV, Pope:
Gabriello Condulmaro, or Condulmerio, b. at Venice, 1388; elected 4 March, 1431; ...
- Eugenics:
Eugenics ...
- Eugenius I:
Archbishop of Toledo, successor in 636 of Justus in that see ; d. 647. Like his ...
- Eugenius II (the Younger):
Archbishop of Toledo from 647 to 13 Nov., 657, the date of his death. He was the ...
- Eugenius of Carthage, Saint:
Unanimously elected
- Eulalia of Barcelona, Saint:
A Spanish
- Eulogia:
(Greek
- Eulogius of Alexandria, Saint:
Patriarch of that see from 580 to 607. He was a successful combatant of the ...
- Eulogius of Cordova, Saint:
Spanish martyr ...
- Eumenia:
A titular see of Phrygia Pacatiana in
- Eunan, Saint:
(Or Eunan).
Abbot of Iona, born at Drumhome, County Donegal, ...
- Eunomianism:
A phase of extreme
- Euphemius of Constantinople:
Euphemius of
- Euphrasia, Saint:
Virgin, b. in 380; d. after 410. She was the daughter of Antigonus, a senator of ...
- Euphrosyne, Saint:
Died about 470. Her story belongs to that group of legends which relate how
- Euroea:
A titular see of Epirus Vetus in Greece, suffragan of Nicopolis.
- Europe: NAME
The conception of
- Europus:
A titular see in Provincis Euphratensis, suffragan of Hierapolis. The former ...
- Eusebius Bruno:
Bishop of Angers, b. in the early part of the eleventh century; d. at Angers, 29 ...
- Eusebius of Alexandria:
Ecclesiastical writer and author of a number of homilies well known in the sixth ...
- Eusebius of Cæsarea:
Eusebius Pamphili,
- Eusebius of Dorylæum:
Eusebius,
- Eusebius of Laodicea:
An Alexandrian deacon who had some fame as a
- Eusebius of Nicomedia:
Bishop, place and date of birth unknown; d. 341. He was a pupil at
- Eusebius, Chronicle of:
Consists of two parts: the first was probably called by Eusebius the ...
- Eusebius, Saint:
Bishop of Vercelli, b. in
- Eusebius, Saint:
Bishop of
- Eusebius, Saint:
A presbyter at
- Eusebius, Saint, Pope:
Successor of Marcellus, 309 or 310. His reign was short. The Liberian Catalogue ...
- Eustace, John Chetwode:
Antiquary, b. in Ireland, c. 1762; d. at Naples, Italy, 1 Aug., 1815. His
- Eustace, Maurice:
Eldest son of Sir John ...
- Eustace, Saint:
Date of birth unknown; died 29 March, 625. He was second
- Eustachius and Companions, Saints:
Martyrs under the Emperor Hadrian, in the year 188. Feast in the West, 20 ...
- Eustachius, Bartolomeo:
A distinguished anatomist of the Renaissance period — "one of the ...
- Eustathius of Sebaste:
Born about 300; died about 377. He was one of the chief founders of
- Eustathius, Saint:
Bishop of Antioch, b. at Side in Pamphylia, c. 270; d. in exile at
- Eustochium Julia, Saint:
Virgin, born at
- Euthalius:
( )
A deacon of
- Euthanasia:
(From Greek eu , well, and thanatos , death), easy, painless death. This is ...
- Euthymius, Saint:
(Styled THE GREAT).
- Eutropius of Valencia:
A Spanish
- Eutyches:
An heresiarch of the fifth century, who has given his name to an opinion to which ...
- Eutychianism:
Eutychianism ...
- Eutychianus, Saint, Pope:
He succeeded Pope Felix I a few days after the latter's death, and governed the ...
- Eutychius:
Melchite
- Eutychius I:
Patriarch of Constantinople, b. about 512, in Phrygia; d.
- Evagrius:
Ecclesiastical historian and last of the continuators of Eusebius of Caesarea, b. ...
- Evagrius:
Born about 345, in Ibora, a small town on the shores of the Black Sea; died 399. ...
- Evangeliaria:
Liturgical books containing those portions of the Gospels which are read during ...
- Evangelical Alliance, The:
An association of Protestants belonging to various denominations founded in ...
- Evangelical Church:
(IN PRUSSIA)
The sixteenth-century Reformers accused the ...
- Evangelical Counsels:
( Or COUNSELS OF PERFECTION).
- Evangelist:
In the New Testament ...
- Evaristus, Pope Saint:
Date of birth unknown; died about 107. In the Liberian Catalogue his name is given ...
- Eve:
( Hebrew hawwah ).
The name of the first woman, the wife ...
- Eve of a Feast:
(Or VIGIL; Latin Vigilia ; Greek pannychis ).
In the ...
- Evesham Abbey:
Founded by St. Egwin, third
- Evil:
Evil, in a large sense, may be described as the sum of the opposition, which ...
- Evin, Saint:
St. Abban of ...
- Evodius:
The first
- Evolution, Catholics and:
One of the most important questions for every educated
- Evolution, History and Scientific Foundation of:
The world of organisms comprises a great system of individual forms generally ...
- Evora:
Located in Portugal, raised to archiepiscopal rank in 1544, at which
- Evreux:
DIOCESE OF EVREUX (EBROICENSIS)
Diocese in the Department of ...
- Ewald, Saints:
(Or HEWALD)
Martyrs in Old
- Ewin, Saint:
St. Abban of ...
- Ewing, Thomas:
Jurist and statesman, b. in West Liberty,
- Ex Cathedra:
Literally "from the chair", a theological term which signifies authoritative ...
- Examination:
A process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification; an investigation, ...
- Examination of Conscience:
By this term is understood a review of one's past thoughts, words and actions for ...
- Examiners, Apostolic:
So called because appointed by the Apostolic See for service in Rome. In 1570 ...
- Examiners, Synodal:
So called because chosen in a diocesan synod. The Council of
- Exarch:
(Greek Exarchos ).
A title used in various senses both ...
- Excardination and Incardination:
(Latin cardo, a pivot, socket, or hinge--hence, incardinare, to hang on a ...
- Exclusion, Right of:
(Latin Jus Exclusivæ .
The alleged competence of the ...
- Excommunication:
This subject
- Executor, Apostolic:
A cleric who ...
- Exedra:
A semicircular stone or marble seat; a rectangular or semicircular recess; the ...
- Exegesis, Biblical:
Exegesis is the branch of theology which investigates and expresses the true ...
- Exemption:
Exemption is ...
- Exequatur:
(Synonymous with REGIUM PLACET)
Exequatur, as the Jansenist ...
- Exeter, Ancient Diocese of:
(EXONIA, ISCA DAMNONIORUM, CAER WISE, EXANCEASTER; EXONIENSIS).
- Exmew, Blessed William:
Carthusian monk ...
- Exodus ( See Pentateuch):
Pentateuch , ...
- Exorcism:
( See also DEMONOLOGY, DEMONIACS, EXORCIST, POSSESSION.)
- Exorcist:
( See also DEMONOLOGY, DEMONIACS, EXORCISM, POSSESSION.)
...
- Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary:
( Exspectatio Partus B.V.M. )
Celebrated on 18 December by ...
- Expectative:
(From the Latin expectare , to expect or wait for.)
An ...
- Expeditors, Apostolic:
(Latin Expeditionarius literarum apostolicarum, Datariae Apostolicae ...
- Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament:
Exposition is a manner of honouring the Holy Eucharist, by exposing It, with ...
- Extension:
(From Latin ex-tendere , to spread out.)
That material ...
- Extension Society, The Catholic Church: IN THE UNITED STATES
The first active agitation for a church
- Extra-Sensory Perception (ESP):
( tele , far, and pathein , to experience)
A term ...
- Extravagantes:
( Extra , outside; vagari , to wander.)
This word is ...
- Extreme Unction: A sacrament of the New
- Exul Hibernicus:
The name given to an Irish stranger on the Continent of
- Exultet:
The hymn in ...
- Exuperius, Saint:
(Also spelled Exsuperius).
Bishop of
- Eyb, Albrecht von:
One of the earliest German humanists, born in 1420 near Anabach in Franconia; ...
- Eyck, Hubert and Jan van:
Brothers, Flemish illuminators and painters, founders of the school of
- Eycken, Jean Baptiste van:
Painter, born at Brussels, Belgium, 16 September, 1809; died at Schaerbeek, 19 ...
- Eymard, Venerable Pierre-Julien:
Founder of the
- Eymeric, Nicolas:
Theologian and inquisitor, born at Gerona, in Catalonia, Spain, c. 1320; died ...
- Eyre, Thomas:
First president of Ushaw
- Eyston, Charles:
Antiquary, born 1667; died 5 November, 1721; he was a member of the ancient
- Ezechias:
Ezechias ...
- Ezekiel:
Ezekiel, whose name, Yehézq'el signifies "strong is
- Ezion-geber:
More properly Ezion-geber, a city of Idumea, situated on the northern extremity ...
- Eznik:
A writer of the fifth century, born at Golp, in the province of Taikh, a tributary ...
- Ezra:
(Or EZRA.)
I. ESDRAS THE MAN
- Ezzo:
A priest of ...
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