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Châlons-sur-Marne: DIOCESE OF CHÂLONS-SUR-MARNE (CATALAUNENSIS) The ...
Chézy, Antoine-Léonard: A French Orientalist, born at Neuilly, 15 January, 1773; died ...
Chabanel, Noel: A Jesuit missionary among the Huron Indians, born in Southern ...
Chachapoyas: Diocese of Peru created by Pius VII in 1803, under the name ...
Chad, Saint: (Commonly known as ST. CHAD.) Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop ...
Chadwick, James: Second Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, born at Drogheda, ...
Chaignon, Pierre: Born at Saint-Pierre-la-Cour, Mayenne, France, 8 October, 1791, ...
Chair of Peter: Under this head will be treated: I. The annual Feast of the ...
Chalcedon: A titular see of Asia Minor. The city was founded 676 B. C. ...
Chalcedon, Council of: The Fourth Ecumenical Council, held in 451, from 8 October ...
Chaldean Christians: The name of former Nestorians now reunited with the Roman ...
Chalice: HISTORY The chalice occupies the first place among sacred ...
Challoner, Richard: Bishop of Debra, Vicar Apostolic of the London District, ...
Cham, Chamites: I. CHAM ( A.V. Ham). Son of Noah and progenitor of one of ...
Chambéry: ARCHDIOCESE OF CHAMBÉRY (CAMBERIENSIS). The ...
Chamberlain: (Latin camerarius ). The title of certain papal ...
Champlain, Samuel de: Founder of Quebec and Father of New France , born at Brouage, ...
Champney, Anthony: A controversialist, born in England c. 1569; died there c. ...
Champollion, Jean-François: (Called THE YOUNGER to distinguish him from his elder brother, ...
Champs, Etienne Agard de: A distinguished theologian and author, born at Bourges, 2 ...
Chanaan, Chanaanites: (Canaan, Canaanites). The Hebrew Kenaan , denoting a ...
Chanca, Diego Alvarez: A physician-in-ordinary to Ferdinand and Isabella of Castile ...
Chancel: The chancel is part of the choir near the altar of a church, ...
Chancery, Diocesan: That branch of administration which handles all written ...
Chanel, Peter-Louis-Marie, Saint: The print version of the C ATHOLIC E NCYCLOPEDIA contains ...
Changanacherry: VICARIATE APOSTOLIC OF CHANGANACHERRY (CHANGANACHERENSIS) ...
Chant, Gregorian: The name is often taken as synonymous with plain chant, ...
Chant, Plain: By plain chant we understand the church music of the early ...
Chantal, Saint Jane Frances de: Born at Dijon, France, 28 January, 1572; died at the ...
Chantelou, Claude: Patristic scholar, born in 1617, at Vion, in the present Diocese ...
Chantry: (Middle English chaunterie ; Old French chanterie , French ...
Chapeauville, Jean: A Belgian theologian and historian, b. at Liège, 5 ...
Chapel: ( Latin capella; French chapelle ). When St. Martin ...
Chapelle, Placide-Louis: Archbishop of New Orleans, U.S.A. b. at Runes Lozère, ...
Chaplain: (Latin capellanus , from capella , chapel ). The ...
Chaplets (Prayer Beads): Beads variously strung together, according to the kind, order, ...
Chaptal, Jean-Antoine: Comte de Chanteloup, technical chemist and statesman; b. ...
Chapter: The name Chapter ( Latin capitulum ), designating certain ...
Chapter and Conventual Mass: As a general rule, churches in which the Divine office is to be ...
Chapter House: A building attached to a monastery or cathedral in which the ...
Character: Quite distinct from the technical meaning which the term ...
Character, Sacramental: Character indicates a special effect produced by three of the ...
Charadrus: A titular see of Asia Minor. According to Strabo (XIV, 669) ...
Chardon, Jean-Baptiste: Indian missionary in Canada, and in the Louisian territory, ...
Chardon, Mathias: (His name in religion was Charles.) A learned French ...
Charette de la Contrie, Baron Athanase-Charles-Marie: Born at Nantes, 3 Sept., 1832; died at Basse-Motte ...
Chariopolis: A titular see of Thrace. Nothing is known about this city ...
Charismata: The Greek term charisma denotes any good gift that flows ...
Charitable Bequests, Civil Law Concerning: The word charity , as employed by the courts and used as ...
Charity and Charities: In its widest and highest sense, charity includes love of God ...
Charity, Congregation of the Brothers of: Founded in Belgium early in the present century: the rule and ...
Charity, Sisters of, (St. John, New Brunswick): Founded in 1854 by Bishop, subsequently Archbishop, Connolly. ...
Charity, Sisters of, of Jesus and Mary: A congregation founded in 1803 by Canon Triest, who was known as ...
Charity, Sisters of, of Our Lady Mother of Mercy: A congregation founded in Holland in 1832 by the Rev. John ...
Charity, Sisters of, of Providence: The community of Sisters of xxyyyk.htm">Providence, or, more ...
Charity, Sisters of, of St. Elizabeth: (Mother-house at Convent Station, near Morristown, New Jersey). ...
Charity, Sisters of, of St. Louis: This congregation was founded at Vannes in Brittany, in 1803, ...
Charity, Sisters of, of St. Paul: These sisters who now add " OF C HARTRES " to their title to ...
Charity, Sisters of, of St. Vincent de Paul: A congregation of women with simple vows, founded in 1633 ...
Charity, Sisters of, of St. Vincent de Paul (New York): (Motherhouse at Mt. St. Vincent-on Hudson, New York; not to be ...
Charity, Sisters of, of the Blessed Virgin Mary: A congregation begun by five young women in Dublin, Ireland, ...
Charity, Theological Virtue of: The third and greatest of the Divine virtues enumerated by ...
Charity, Theological Virtue of: The third and greatest of the Divine virtues enumerated by ...
Charlemagne: (French for Carolus Magnus , or Carlus Magnus ("Charles ...

Charlemagne and Church Music: Charlemagne's interest in church music and solicitude for its ...
Charles Borromeo, Saint: St. Charles Borromeo -- Archbishop of Milan, Cardinal-Priest ...
Charles Martel: Born about 688; died at Quierzy on the Oise, 21 October, 741. He ...
Charles V, Emperor: (CHARLES I, KING OF SPAIN). Born at Ghent, 1500; died at ...
Charleston: The Diocese of Charleston (Carolopolitana) now comprises the ...
Charlevoix, François-Xavier: Historian, b. at St-Quentin, France, 24 October, 1682, d. at La ...
Charlottetown: DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTETOWN (CAROLINAPOLITANA) Includes all ...
Charpentier, François-Philippe: French engraver, inventor, and mechanician, b. at Blois, ...
Charron, Pierre: Moralist, b. in Paris, 1541; d. there 6 Nov., 1603. He studied ...
Charterhouse: From the fact that St. Bruno founded the first house of his ...
Chartier, Alain: A French poet, born about 1390, at Bayeux, died between 1430 ...
Chartres: Comprises the department of Eure-et-Loir. Dismembered by the ...
Chartreuse, La Grande: The mother-house of the Carthusian Order lies in a high valley ...
Chartulary: ( Cartularium , Chartularium , also called Pancarta and ...
Chastel, Guigues du: (Guigo de Castro). Fifth prior of the Grande Chartreuse, ...
Chastellain, Georges: (Or Chastelain), a Burgundian chronicler, born in the County ...
Chastellain, Pierre: Missionary among the Huron Indians, born at Senlis, France, ...
Chastity: In this article chastity is considered as a virtue ; its ...
Chasuble: Called in Latin casula planeta or pænula , and in ...
Chateaubriand, François-René: French writer, b. at Saint-Malo, Brittany, 4 September, 1768; ...
Chatham: DIOCESE OF CHATHAM (CHATHAMENSIS) The Diocese of Chatham ...
Chaucer, Geoffrey: English poet, born in London between 1340 and 1345; died ...
Chaumonot, Pierre-Joseph: Jesuit missionary in New York and Canada, Born near ...
Chauncy, Maurice: Prior of the English Carthusians at Bruges, date of birth ...
Chauveau, Pierre-Joseph-Octave: Canadian statesman, born at Quebec, 30 May, 1820; died at ...
Chelm and Belz: (CHELMENSIS ET BELTHIENSIS RUTENORUM). A diocese of the ...
Cheminais de Montaigu, Timoléon: A pulpit orator, born at Paris, 3 January, 1652; entered the ...
Cherokee Indians: The largest and most important tribe of Iroquoian stock of the ...
Chersonesus: (1) A titular see of Crete. The city stood on a little ...
Cherubim: Angelic beings or symbolic representations thereof, mentioned ...
Cherubini, Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore: Composer, born in Florence, 14 September, 1760; died at ...
Chester: ANCIENT DIOCESE OF CHESTER (CESRENSIS). Located in England. ...
Cheverus, Jean-Louis Lefebvre de: First Bishop of Boston, U.S.A., Bishop of Montauban ; ...
Chevreul, Michel-Eugène: Chemist, physicist, and philosopher, b. at Angers, France, ...
Cheyenne: DIOCESE OF CHEYENNE (CHEYENNENSIS) The Diocese of Cheyenne, ...
Chi-Rho (Labarum): Labarum is the name by which the military standard adopted by ...
Chiabrera, Gabriello: A poet, born at Savona, Italy, 8 June, 1552, died there 1638. ...
Chiapas: The Diocese of Chiapas comprises almost the entire state of that ...
Chiavari: (CLAVARIUM); DIOCESE OF CHIAVARI (CLAVARENSIS) Suffragan of ...
Chibchas: (Or MUYSCAS). Next to the Quichuas of Peru and the ...
Chicago, Archdiocese of: (Chicagiensis). Diocese created 28 November, 1842; raised to ...
Chichele, Henry: (Or Chicheley) Archbishop of Canterbury, b. at Higham ...
Chichester: Ancient Catholic Diocese of Chichester (Cicestrensis), in ...
Chicoutimi: Diocese created, 28 May, 1878, a part of the civil and ...
Chieregati, Francesco: (C HIEREGATO ) Papal nuncio, b. at Vicenza, 1479; d. at ...
Chieti: ARCHDIOCESE OF CHIETI (THEATENSIS) Archdiocese with the ...
Chihuahua: The Diocese of Chihuahua, in the north of Mexico, comprises ...
Chilapa: Diocese in Mexico, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mexico, ...
Children of Mary: The Sodality of Children of Mary Immaculate owes its origin to ...
Children of Mary of the Sacred Heart, The: A Sodality of the Blessed Virgin, founded by the Venerable ...
Chile: (Also written C HILI ). A comparatively narrow strip of ...
Chimalpain, Domingo (San Anton y Muñon): A Mexican Indian of the second half of the sixteenth and the ...
China: The Chinese Empire, the largest political division of Eastern ...
China, History of: The question of the origin of the Chinese has been discussed by ...
China, Martyrs in: The first Christian martyrs in China appear to have been the ...
China, The Church in: Ancient Christians The introduction of Christianity into ...
Chinooks: An aboriginal tribe of the extreme northwest of the United ...
Chioggia (Chiozza): DIOCESE OF CHIOGGIA (CLODIENSIS). Chioggia is a sea-coast ...
Chios: (Greek Chios , Italian Scio , Turkish, Sakiz Adassi ). ...
Chippewa Indians: The largest and most important tribe north of Mexico, numbering ...
Chiusi-Pienza: DIOCESE OF CHIUSI-PIENZA (CLUSINENSIS ET PIENTINENSIS) ...
Chivalry: Chivalry (derived through the French cheval from the Latin ...
Choctaw Indians: An important tribe or confederacy of Muskogean stock formerly ...

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Choir: There is much ambiguity about the terms choir and ...
Choir: A body of singers entrusted with the musical parts of the Church ...
Choiseul du Plessis-Praslin, Gilbert: French bishop, b. 1613; d. at Paris, 31 December, 1689. He was ...
Choiseul, Etienne-François, Duc de: French statesman, b. 28 June, 1719; d. in Paris 8 May, 1785. ...
Cholonec, Pierre: A biographer and French missionary among the Canadian Indians, ...
Chorepiscopi: (Greek Chorepiskopoi = rural bishops.) A name originally ...
Choron, Alexandre-Etienne: A French musician and teacher of music, b. at Caen, 21 October, ...
Chrism: A mixture of oil of olives and balsam, blessed by a bishop ...
Chrismal, Chrismatory: Formerly used to designate the sheath, or cloth-covering ( ...
Chrismarium: (1) A place in a church set apart for the administration of ...
Christ, Agony of: (From agonia , a struggle; particularly, in profane ...
Christ, Character of: The surpassing eminence of the character of Jesus has been ...
Christ, Chronology of the Life of: In the following paragraphs we shall endeavour to establish the ...
Christ, Early Historical Documents on: The historical documents referring to Christ's life and work ...
Christ, Genealogy of: It is granted on all sides that the Biblical genealogy of ...
Christ, Holy Name of: In this article, we shall consider the two words which compose ...
Christ, Jesus: Origin of the Name of Jesus In this article, we shall consider ...
Christ, Knowledge of: " Knowledge of Jesus Christ," as used in this article, does ...
Christ, Order of the Knights of: A military order which sprang out of the famous Order of the ...
Christ, Temptation of: In the Catholic translation of the Bible , the word ...
Christ, Virgin Birth of: The dogma which teaches that the Blessed Mother of Jesus ...
Christchurch: DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH (CHRISTOPOLITANA) (Its centre being ...
Christendom: In its wider sense this term is used to describe the part of the ...
Christendom, Union of: The Catholic Church is by far the largest, the most ...
Christian: First Bishop of Prussia, d. 1245. Before becoming a ...
Christian Archæology: Christian archaeology is that branch of the science of ...
Christian Art: " Christian art" is a term which, while it always applies to ...
Christian Brothers: NATURE AND OBJECT The Institute of the Brothers of the ...
Christian Brothers of Ireland: An institute founded at Waterford, Ireland, in 1802, by Edmund ...
Christian Charity, Sisters of: Also called DAUGHTERS OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, an institute ...
Christian Doctrine, Confraternity of: An association established at Rome in 1562 for the purpose of ...
Christian Instruction, Brothers of: A congregation founded in 1817 at Saint-Brieuc, ...
Christian Knowledge, Society for Promoting: The greatest and most important society within the Church of ...
Christian Retreat, Congregation of: There are two branches of this congregation, the Fathers of ...
Christianity: In the following article an account is given of Christianity as ...
Christina Alexandra: Queen of Sweden, child of Gustavus Adolphhus II of Sweden, ...
Christine de Pisan: A French poetess and historiographer, born at Venice, 1363; ...
Christine of Stommeln, Blessed: Born at Stommeln near Cologne, in 1242; died 6 November, 1312. ...
Christmas: ORIGIN OF THE WORD The word for Christmas in late Old English ...
Christology: Christology is that part of theology which deals with Our ...
Christopher Numar of Forli: Minister general of the Friars Minor and cardinal, date of ...
Christopher, Pope: (Reigned 903-904). Some hold that Christopher, once ...
Christopher, Saint: (Greek christos , Christ, pherein , to bear. Latin ...
Chrodegang, Saint: (Called also CHRODEGAND, GODEGRAND, GUNDIGRAN, RATGANG, RODIGANG ...
Chromatius, Saint: Bishop of Aquileia, died about 406-407. He was probably born ...
Chronicle of Eusebius: Consists of two parts: the first was probably called by ...
Chronicles (Paralipomenon), Books of: ( Paraleipomenon ; Libri Paralipomenon ). Two books of ...
Chronicon Paschale: (P ASCHAL C HRONICLE ). The name ordinarily given to a ...
Chronology, Biblical: Biblical chronology deals with the dates of the various ...
Chronology, General: CHRISTIAN ERA PRE-CHRISTIAN CHRONOLOGY REGNAL YEARS ...
Chrysanthus and Daria, Saints: Roman martyrs, buried on the Via Salaria Nova, and whose ...
Chrysogonus, Saint: Martyr, suffered at Aquileia, probably during the persecution ...
Chrysopolis: A titular see of Roman Arabia, not to be confounded with ...
Chrysostom, Saint John: ( Chrysostomos , "golden-mouthed" so called on account of his ...
Chur: (Anciently C URIA R HÆTORUM, in Italian C OIRA, ...
Church and State: The Church and the State are both perfect societies, that ...
Church Maintenance: The proper support of church edifices and church institutions, ...
Church, The: The term church (Anglo-Saxon, cirice, circe ; Modern ...
Churching of Women: A blessing given by the Church to mothers after recovery ...
Chusai: The Arachite, i.e. the native of Archi, a place south of the ...
Chysoloras, Manuel: First teacher of Greek in Italy, born at Constantinople about ...
Chytri: A titular see of Cyprus. The Greek see of similar title was ...

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