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• Apaches: A tribe of North American Indians belonging linguistically to ...
• Apameia: A titular metropolitan see of Syria, in the valley of the ...
• Aparisi y Guijarro, Antonio: Parliamentary orator, jurisconsult, Catholic controversialist, ...
• Apelles: Founder of a Gnostic sect ; died at an advanced age late in ...
• Aphian, Saint: St. Aphian (or Apian), an illustrious martyr, under the ...
• Aphraates: (Greek, Aphraates ; Syriac Aphrahat or Pharhad ). ...
• Apiarius of Sicca: A priest of the diocese of Sicca, in proconsular Africa. ...
• Apocalypse, Book of: Apocalypse, from the verb apokalypto , to reveal, is the ...
• Apocatastasis: (Greek, apokatastasis ; Latin, restitutio in pristinum ...
• Apocrisiarius: (Gr. apochrisis , an answer; cf. Lat. responsalis , from ...
• Apocrypha: Overview The scope of this article takes in those compositions ...
• Apodosis: (Greek apodosis , a giving back) A usage of the Greek ...
• Apollinarianism: A Christological theory, according to which Christ had a ...
• Apollinaris: One of the first great martyrs of the church. He was made ...
• Apollinaris (the Elder): A Christian grammarian of the fourth century, first at ...
• Apollinaris Claudius, Saint: A Christian apologist, Bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia in ...
• Apollinaris, Saint: The most illustrious of the Bishops of Valence, b. at Vienne, ...
• Apollonia, Saint: A holy virgin who suffered martyrdom in Alexandria during a ...
• Apollonius of Ephesus: Anti- Montanist Greek ecclesiastical writer, between 180 and ...
• Apologetics: A theological science which has for its purpose the ...
• Apolysis: (Greek, apolysis , dismissal) The dismissal blessing ...
• Apolytikion: A dismissal prayer or hymn said or sung at the end of the ...
• Apophthegmata Patrum: ( apo , from; phtheggomai , to cry out; pater , father) ...
• Aporti, Ferrante: An educator and theologian, born at San Martino dell'Argine, ...
• Apostasy: ( apo , from, and stasis , station, standing, or ...
• Apostle (in Liturgy): The name given by the Greek Church to the Epistle of the Divine ...
• Apostle Spoons: A set of thirteen spoons, usually silver, the handles of which ...
• Apostles of Erin, The Twelve: By this designation are meant twelve holy Irishmen of the ...
• Apostles' Creed: A formula containing in brief statements, or "articles," the ...
• Apostles, Acts of the: In the accepted order of the books of the New Testament the ...
• Apostles, Portraits of the: The earliest fresco representing Christ surrounded by the ...
• Apostles, The: Under this title it may be sufficient to supply brief and ...
• Apostleship of Prayer, The: A pious association otherwise known as a league of prayer in ...
• Apostolic Blessing: The solemn blessing ( urbi et orbi ) which, before 1870, the ...
• Apostolic Camera: The former central board of finance in the papal ...
• Apostolic Church-Ordinance: A third-century pseudo-Apostolic collection of moral and ...
• Apostolic Churches: The epithet Apostolic ( apostolikos ) occurs as far back as ...
• Apostolic College: This term designates The Twelve Apostles as the body of men ...
• Apostolic Constitutions: A fourth-century pseudo-Apostolic collection, in eight books, of ...
• Apostolic Executor: A cleric who puts into execution a papal rescript, ...
• Apostolic Expeditors: (Latin Expeditionarius literarum apostolicarum, Datariae ...
• Apostolic Fathers, The: Christian writers of the first and second centuries who are ...
• Apostolic Letters: ( Litterae apostolicae ). 1. The letters of the Apostles ...
• Apostolic Majesty: A title given to the Kings of Hungary, and used, since the time ...
• Apostolic See, The: ( Soles apostolica, cathedra apostolica ). This is a ...
• Apostolic Succession: Apostolicity as a note of the true Church being dealt with ...
• Apostolic Union of Secular Priests, The: An association of secular priests who observe a simple rule ...
• Apostolicæ Sedis Moderationi: A Bull of Pius IX (1846-78) which regulates anew the system ...
• Apostolicæ Servitutis: A Bull issued by Benedict XIV, 23 February, 1741, against ...
• Apostolicae Curae: Note: An English translation of Apostolicae Curae is available ...
• Apostolici: The name of four different heretical bodies. I. Heretics of ...
• Apostolici Ministerii: A Bull issued 23 May, 1724, by Innocent XIII, for the revival ...
• Apostolici Regiminis: A Bull issued 19 December, 1513, by Leo X, in defence of the ...
• Apostolicity: Apostolicity is the mark by which the Church of today is ...
• Apostolicum Pascendi Munus: A Bull issued by Clement XIII, 12 January, 1765, in defense ...
• Apotactics: (From Greek, apotassomai , to renounce). The adherents of ...
• Apotheosis: (Greek apotheosis , from, and theos , deify). ...
• Apparitions: This article will deal not with natural but with supernatural ...
• Apparitor: The official name given to an officer in ecclesiastical courts ...
• Appeal as from an abuse: ( Appel comme d'abus ) Appeal was originally a recourse to ...
• Appeals: The purpose of this article is to give a comprehensive view of ...
• Appetite: ( ad , to + petere , to seek) A tendency, an ...
• Approbation: Approbation is an act by which a bishop or other legitimate ...
• Appropriation: In general, consists in the attribution to a person or thing ...
• Apse: (Latin, apsis or absis , Ionic Greek, apsis , an ...
• Apse Chapel: A chapel radiating tangentially from one of the bays or ...
• Apsidiole: (Also written ABSIDIALE). A small or secondary apse, one of ...
• Apt, Council of: Held 14 May, 1365, in the cathedral of that city by the ...

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