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• 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 ...

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• 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 ...
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• Institution, Canonical: (Latin institutio , from instituere , to establish) In ...
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• Intendencia Oriental y Llanos de San Martín: Vicariate Apostolic in the province of Saint Martin, ...
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• Intercession: To intercede is to go or come between two parties, to plead ...
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• 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 ...
• Inventory of Church Property: By inventory ( Latin inventarium ) is meant a descriptive list ...
• Investiture, Canonical: ( Latin investitura , from investire , to clothe.) ...
• Investitures, Conflict of: ( German Investiturstreit .) The terminus technicus for ...
• Invincible Armada, The: The Spanish Armada, also called the Invincible Armada ( infra ...
• Invitatorium: The Invitatorium, as the word implies, is the invitation ...

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