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- Ibagué: (IBAGUENSIS) Suffragan of Bogotá, in the Republic of ...
- Ibar, Saint: A pre- Patrician Irish saint, who laboured in the present ...
- Ibarra: (IBARRENSIS) Diocese in Southern Ecuador, suffragan of ...
- Ibas: (Syriac IHIBA or HIBA, i.e. DONATUS) Elected Bishop of ...
- Iberville, Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d': Founder of the colony of Louisiana, b. at Villemarie, ...
- Ibora: A titular see in the Province of Helenopont, suffragan of ...
- Iceland: The island called Iceland, which, though really a part of ...
- Ichthys (Fish), Symbolism of the: Among the symbols employed by the primitive Christians, that of ...
- Iconium: A titular see of Lycaonia. Xenophon (Anab., I, ii, 19) says ...
- Iconoclasm: Iconoclasm ( Eikonoklasmos , "Image-breaking") is the name of ...
- Iconography, Christian: The science of the description, history, and interpretation ...
- Iconostasis: (Gr. eikonostasion, eidonostasis , picture screen, from ...
- Idaho: (Probably from an Arapahoe Indian word, "Gem of the Mountains"), ...
- Idatius of Lemica: ( Also IDATIUS; LEMICA is more correctly LIMICA.) A ...
- Idea: (Latin idea, forma, species; Greek idea , eidos , from ...
- Idealism: In discussing this term and its meaning, reference must be had ...
- Ideas, Association of: (1) A principle in psychology to account for the succession ...
- Idioms, Communication of: ("Communication of Idioms"). A technical expression in the ...
- Idiota: (RAYMUNDUS JORDANUS) The nom de plume of an ancient, ...
- Idolatry: (Greek eidololatria .) Idolatry etymologically denotes ...
- Idumea: The country inhabited by the descendants of Edom. The word ...
- Iglesias de la Casa, José: A Spanish of the coterie gathered about Meléndez, ...
- Iglesias, Diocese of: (ECCLESIENSIS) A suffragan of Cagliari in Sardinia. The ...
- Ignacio de Azevedo, Blessed: Born at Oporto, Portugal, 1528; died near Palma, one of the ...
- Ignatius Loyola, Saint: Youngest son of Don Beltrán Yañez de Oñez y ...
- Ignatius of Antioch, Saint: Also called Theophorus ( ho Theophoros ); born in Syria, ...
- Ignatius of Constantinople, Saint: Born about 799; died 23 October, 877; son of Emperor Michael I ...
- Igneus, Blessed Peter: (Peter Aldobrandini.) An Italian monk of the Benedictine ...
- Ignorance: ( Latin in , not, and gnarus , knowing) Ignorance is ...
- IHS: A monogram of the name of Jesus Christ . From the third ...
- Ildephonsus, Saint: Archbishop of Toledo; died 23 January, 667. He was born of a ...
- Illegitimacy: As generally defined, and as understood in this article, ...
- Illinois: One of the United States of America , bounded on the north by ...
- Illinois Indians: (Illinois, through the French, from Illini-wek, i.e., men ; ...
- Illtyd, Saint: (Or ILTUTUS.) Flourished in the latter part of the fifth and ...
- Illuminated Manuscripts: I. ORIGIN A large number of manuscripts are covered with ...
- Illuminati: The name assumed by the members of a secret society founded by ...
- Illuminati: (Alumbrados.) The name assumed by some false mystics who ...
- Illuminative Way: The word state is used in various senses by theologians and ...
- Illyria: A district of the Balkan Peninsula, which has varied in extent ...
- Iltutus, Saint: (Or ILTUTUS.) Flourished in the latter part of the fifth and ...
- Images, Veneration of: I. IMAGES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT The First Commandment would ...
- Imagination: ITS NATURE Imagination is the faculty of representing to ...
- Imbonati, Carlo Giuseppe: Cistercian of the Reform of St. Bernard, orientalist, ...
- Imhof, Maximus von: German physicist, born 26 July, 1758, at Rissbach, in Bavaria ...
- Imitation of Christ: A work of spiritual devotion, also sometimes called the ...
- Immaculate Conception: The doctrine In the Constitution Ineffabilis Deus of 8 ...
- Immaculate Conception, Congregation of the: I. Congregation of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady (The ...
- Immanence: ( Latin in manere , to remain in) Immanence is the ...
- Immanuel: Emmanual ( Septuagint Emmanouel ; A.V., Immanuel ) ...
- Immortality: ( Latin, in, mortalis; German, Unsterblichkeit ) By ...
- Immunity: ( Latin immunitas ). Immunity means an exemption from a ...
- Imola: (Imolensis) Diocese ; suffragan of Bologna. The city is ...
- Imola, Innocenzo di Pietro Francucci da: Italian painter ; b. at Imola, c. 1494; d. at Bologna, c. ...
- Impanation: An heretical doctrine according to which Christ is in the ...
- Impediments, Canonical: I. GENERAL NOTION OF AN IMPEDIMENT The Latin word ...
- Imperative, Categorical: A term which originated in Immanuel Kant'sethics. It ...
- Imperfect Contrition: Attrition or Imperfect Contrition (Latin attero , "to wear ...
- Imposition of Hands: A symbolical ceremony by which one intends to communicate to ...
- Impostors: Under this heading we may notice a certain number of ...
- Improperia: The Improperia are the reproaches which in the liturgy of the ...
- In Cœna Domini: A papal Bull, so called from the feast on which it was ...
- In Commendam: A phrase used in canon law to designate a certain manner of ...
- In Partibus Infidelium: (Often shortened to in partibus , or abbreviated as i.p.i. ...
- In Petto: An Italian translation of the Latin in pectore , "in the ...
- Incardination and Excardination: (Latin cardo, a pivot, socket, or hinge--hence, incardinare, ...
- Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament, Order of the: Founded in the early part of the seventeenth century by Jeanne ...
- Incarnate Word, Sisters of Charity of the: This congregation, with simple vows, was founded by Rt. Rev. ...
- Incarnation, The: I. The Fact of the Incarnation(1) The Divine Person of Jesus ...
- Incense: ( Latin thus , Gr. thumiama ), an aromatic substance which ...
- Incest: (Latin in , not, and castus , chaste). Incest is sexual ...
- Inchbald, Elizabeth: Novelist, dramatist, and actress; b. at Staningfield, near Bury ...
- Incorporation of Church Property, Civil: Christianity at its very beginning, found the concept of the ...
- Index of Prohibited Books: The Index of Prohibited Books, or simply "Index", is used in a ...
- India: In popular language the name "India", in its widest extension, ...
- Indian Missions, Bureau of Catholic: An institution originated (1874) by J. Roosevelt Bailey, ...
- Indiana: Indiana, one of the United States of America , the nineteenth ...
- Indianapolis: (INDIANAOLITANA) Diocese ; suffragan of Cincinnati, ...
- Indians, American: GENERAL When Columbus landed on the island of San Salvador ...
- Indies, Patriarchate of the East: In consequence of an agreement between the Holy See and the ...
- Indifferentism, Religious: The term given, in general, to all those theories, which, for ...
- Individual, Individuality: (Latin individuum; German Einzeln; French individuel ) ...
- Individualism: A comprehensive and logical definition of this term is not ...
- Indo-China: Indo-China, the most easterly of the three great peninsulas of ...
- Induction: I. Induction and Deduction II. Scientific Induction III. ...
- Indulgences: The word indulgence ( Latin indulgentia , from indulgeo , ...
- Indulgences, Apostolic: The indulgences known as Apostolic or Apostolical are those ...
- Indult, Pontifical: ( Latin Indultum , found in Roman Law, bk. I, Cod. Theodos. 3, ...
- Ine, Saint: (Ini or Ina). King of West Saxons, d. 728. He was a son of ...
- Infallibility: In general , exemption or immunity from liability to error ...
- Infamy: ( Latin in , not, and fama , fame.) Infamy is loss of a ...
- Infanticide: Child-murder; the killing of an infant before or after birth. ...
- Infessura, Stefano: Born at Rome about 1435; died about 1500. He devoted himself ...
- Infidels: (Latin in , privative, and fidelis .) As in ...
- Infinity: (Latin infinitas; in, not, finis , the end, the ...
- Infralapsarians: ( Latin, infra lapsum , after the fall). The name given ...
- Ingen-Housz, Jan: Investigator of the physiology of plants, physicist, and ...
- Inghirami, Giovanni: Italian astronomer, b. at Volterra, Tuscany, 16 April, 1779; ...
- Ingleby, Venerable Francis: English martyr, born about 1551; suffered at York on Friday, 3 ...
- Ingolstadt, University of: The University of Ingolstadt (1472-1800), was founded by Louis ...
- Ingram, Venerable John: English martyr, born at Stoke Edith, Herefordshire, in 1565; ...
- Ingres, Jean-Auguste Dominique: French painter, b. at Montauban, 29 August, 1780; d. at Paris, ...
- Ingulf: Abbot of Croyland, Lincolnshire; d. there 17 December 1109. ...
- Ingworth, Richard of: (INGEWRTHE, INDEWURDE). Franciscan preacher who flourished ...
- Injustice: ( Latin in, privative, and jus, right). Injustice, in ...
- Innocent I, Pope: Date of birth unknown; died 12 March, 417. Before his elevation ...
- Innocent II, Pope: (Gregorio Papereschi) Elected 14 Feb., 1130; died 24 Sept., ...
- Innocent III, Pope: (Lotario de' Conti) One of the greatest popes of the ...
- Innocent IV, Pope: (Sinibaldo de' Fieschi) Count of Lavagna, born at Genoa, ...
- Innocent IX, Pope: (Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti) Born at Bologna, 22 July, ...
- Innocent V, Blessed Pope: (PETRUS A TARENTASIA) Born in Tarentaise, towards 1225; ...
- Innocent VI, Pope: (ETIENNE AUBERT) Born at Mont in the Diocese of Limoges ( ...
- Innocent VII, Pope: (Cosimo de' Migliorati) Born of humble parents at Sulmona, ...
- Innocent VIII, Pope: (Giovanni Battista Cibò) Born at Genoa, 1432; ...
- Innocent X, Pope: (Giambattista Pamfili) Born at Rome, 6 May, 1574; died ...
- Innocent XI, Pope: (Benedetto Odescalchi) Born at Como, 16 May, 1611; died at ...
- Innocent XII, Pope: (ANTONIO PIGNATELLI) Born at Spinazzolo near Naples, 13 ...
- Innocent XIII, Pope: (Michelangelo Dei Conti) Born at Rome, 13 May, 1655; died ...
- Innsbruck University: Innsbruck University, officially the ROYAL IMPERIAL LEOPOLD ...
- Inquisition: ( Latin inquirere , to look to). By this term is ...
- Inquisition, Canonical: Canonical Inquisition is either extra-judicial or judicial: the ...
- Insane, Asylums and Care for the: During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries hospital care ...
- Insanity: All writers on this subject confess their inability to frame a ...
- Inscriptions, Early Christian: Inscriptions of Christian origin form, as non-literary ...
- Inspiration of the Bible: The subject will be treated in this article under the four ...
- Installation: ( Latin installare , to put into a stall). This word, ...
- Instinct: DEFINITIONS In both popular and scientific literature the ...
- Institute of Mary: The official title of the second congregation founded by Mary ...
- Institute of Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart: In the autumn of 1888, there came to Baltimore, Maryland, a ...
- Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Irish: Founded by Frances Mary Teresa Ball , under the direction and ...
- Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools: NATURE AND OBJECT The Institute of the Brothers of the ...
- Institutes, Roman Historical: Collegiate bodies established at Rome by ecclesiastical or ...
- Institution, Canonical: (Latin institutio , from instituere , to establish) In ...
- Intellect: (Latin intelligere -- inter and legere -- to choose ...
- Intendencia Oriental y Llanos de San Martín: Vicariate Apostolic in the province of Saint Martin, ...
- Intention: ( Latin intendere, to stretch toward, to aim at) is an act of ...
- Intercession: To intercede is to go or come between two parties, to plead ...
- Intercession, Episcopal: The right to intercede for criminals, which was granted by ...
- Interdict: (Latin interdictum , from inter and dicere ). ...
- Interest (in Economics): Notion of interest Interest is a value exacted or promised over ...
- Interest (in Psychology): ( Latin interest; Fr. intérêt; Germ. ...
- Interims: ( Latin interim , meanwhile.) Interims are temporary ...
- Internuncio: ( Latin inter , between; nuntius , messenger.) The name ...
- Introduction, Biblical: A technical name which is usually applied to two distinct, but ...
- Introit: The Introit ( Introitus ) of the Mass is the fragment of a ...
- Intrusion: (Latin intrudere .) Intrusion is the act by which ...
- Intuition: Intuition (Latin intueri , to look into) is a psychological ...
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