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- Prémare, Joseph Henri Marie de: Joseph Henri Marie de Prémare, missionary and sinologist, ...
- Prémontré, Abbey of: Located about twelve miles west of Laon, Department of Aisne, ...
- Prüm: A former Benedictine abbey in Lorraine, now in the Diocese ...
- Prades, Jean-Martin de: A theologian, born about 1720 at Castelsarrasin ( Diocese of ...
- Prado, Jerome de: Exegete, b. at Baeza in Spain, 1547; d. at Rome, 13 Jan., ...
- Praelatus Nullius: (i.e. Dioceseos) A prelate who exercises quasi-episcopal ...
- Pragmatic Sanction: ( pragmatica sanctio , lex , jussio , also pragmatica ...
- Pragmatism: Pragmatism, as a tendency in philosophy, signifies the ...
- Prague: (PRAGENSIS). An archdiocese in Bohemia. From about the ...
- Prague, University of: The University of Prague was founded by Charles IV with the ...
- Praxeas: An early anti- Montanist, is known to us only by Tertullian's ...
- Praxedes and Pudentiana: Martyrs of an unknown era. The seventh-century itineraries to ...
- Pray Brethren: The exhortation (" Pray brethren that my sacrifice and yours ...
- Pray, George: Abbot, canon, librarian of the University library of Buda, and ...
- Prayer: (Greek euchesthai , Latin precari , French prier , to ...
- Prayer of Christ, Feast of the: This feast occurs on the Tuesday after Septuagesima (double ...
- Prayer of Quiet: The Prayer of Quiet is regarded by all writers on mystical ...
- Prayer, Lord's: Although the Latin term oratio dominica is of early date, the ...
- Prayer-Books: By "prayer-books" usage generally understands a collection of ...
- Prayers for the Dead: This subject will be treated under the following three heads: ...
- Preacher Apostolic: A dignitary of the pontifical household. As a regular function, ...
- Preachers, Order of: As the Order of the Friars Preachers is the principal part of ...
- Preadamites: The supposed inhabitants of the earth prior to Adam. Strictly ...
- Prebend: The right of a member of a chapter to his share in the ...
- Precaria: ( Preces , prayers ). A precaria is a contract granting ...
- Precedence: ( Latin præcedere , to go before another). ...
- Precentor: (Latin Præcentor , from præ , before- cantor ...
- Precept: ( Precept: From the Latin præceptum from ...
- Precious Blood: The blood of our Divine Saviour. Jesus, at the Last Supper, ...
- Precious Blood, Archconfraternity of the Most: Confraternities which made it their special object to venerate ...
- Precious Blood, Congregation of the Most: An association of secular priests living in community, whose ...
- Precious Blood, Congregations of the: I. BERNADINES OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD A congregation of nuns, no ...
- Precious Blood, Feast of the Most: For many dioceses there are two days to which the Office of ...
- Precipiano, Humbert-Guillaume de, Count: Born at Besançon, 1626; died at Brussels, 7 June, ...
- Preconization: (Latin præconizare , to publish, from præco , ...
- Predestinarianism: Predestinarianism is a heresy not unfrequently met with in the ...
- Predestination: Predestination ( Latin prœ , destinare ), taken in ...
- Preface: ( Latin Præfatio ). The first part of the ...
- Prefect Apostolic: ( Latin prœfectus, one put over or in charge of ...
- Prefecture Apostolic (Supplemental List): (SUPPLEMENTAL LIST) An account is here given of the ...
- Prelate: Real Prelate, the incumbent of a prelature, i.e., of an ...
- Premonstratensian Canons: (C ANONICI R EGULARES P RÆMONSTRATENSES ). ...
- Presbyterianism: Presbyterianism in a wide sense is the system of church ...
- Presbytery: The part of the church reserved for the higher clergy was ...
- Prescription: (Latin prœ , before, and scribere , to write, in ...
- Prescription in Civil Jurisprudence: Prescription "in some form and under some name" is said to have ...
- Presence of God: Doctrinal All solid devotion and devotional practices must be ...
- Presence, Real: In this article we shall consider: the fact of the Real ...
- Presentation Brothers: In the early part of the nineteenth century when the Penal Laws ...
- Presentation of Mary, Congregation of the: This congregation, devoted to the education of young girls, ...
- Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast of the: The Protoevangel of James, the Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew, the ...
- Presentation, Feast of the: Also called: Purification of the Blessed Virgin (Greek ...
- Presentation, Order of the: An Order founded at Cork, Ireland, by Nano (Honoria) Nagle ...
- Presentation, Religious Congregations of the: (1) Daughters of the Presentation , founded in 1627 by ...
- Presentation, Right of: Out of gratitude for the foundation or endowment of churches ...
- Prester John: Name of a legendary Eastern priest and king. FIRST STAGE ...
- Preston, Thomas: ( Alias R OGER W IDDRINGTON ). Benedictine, d. in the ...
- Preston, Thomas Scott: The Vicar-General of New York, prothonotary Apostolic, ...
- Presumption: (Latin praesumere , "to take before", "to take for ...
- Presumption: (IN CANON LAW) A term signifying a reasonable conjecture ...
- Pretorium: This name is derived from the Latin prætorium, in ...
- Pride: Pride is the excessive love of one's own excellence. It is ...
- Priene: A titular see of Asia Minor, suffragan of Ephesus. The ...
- Priest: This word (etymologically "elder", from presbyteros , ...
- Priest, Assistant: The assistant priest ( presbyter assistens , anciently ...
- Priest, High: The high-priest in the Old Testament is called by various ...
- Priesthood: The word priest (Germ. Priester ; Fr. prêtre ; ...
- Priestly Perseverance, Association of: A sacerdotal association founded in 1868 at Vienna, and at ...
- Priests' Communion League: An association of priests established at Rome on 20 July, ...
- Priests' Eucharistic League: I. Object The Priests' Eucharistic League (Confraternitas ...
- Priests, Confraternities of: Three confraternities of priests -- the Apostolic Union, ...
- Primacy: (Latin primatus, primus , first). The supreme episcopal ...
- Primadicci, James: (Or Primadizzi.) Born at Bologna; died in the same city in ...
- Primate: (Lat. primas, from primus, "first"). In the Western ...
- Prime: I. THE NAME The name Prime ( prima hora ) belongs with those ...
- Primer, The: The common English name for a book of devotions which from the ...
- Primicerius: (Etymologically primus in cera , sc. in tabula cerata , ...
- Primus and Felician, Saints: Suffered martyrdom about 304 in the Diocletian persecution. ...
- Prince Albert, Diocese of: A suffragan see of St. Boniface, Manitoba, in the Province of ...
- Prior: A monastic superior. In the Rule of St. Benedict the term ...
- Prioress: (Priorissa, Praeposita). A superioress in a monastic ...
- Priory: A monastery whose superior is a prior. The Dominicans, ...
- Prisca, Saint: She was a martyr of the Roman Church, whose dates are ...
- Priscianus: Latin grammarian, born at Caesarea (Mauretania) , taught at ...
- Priscilla and Aquila: ( Or Prisca.) Jewish tentmakers, who left Rome (Aquila ...
- Priscillianism: This heresy originated in Spain in the fourth century and was ...
- Prisons: I. IN ANCIENT TIMES Many jurisconsults and Scriptural ...
- Prisons, Ecclesiastical: It is plain from many decrees in the "Corpus Juris Canonici" ...
- Privilege: ( Latin, privilegium , like priva lex ) Privilege is a ...
- Privileged Altar: An altar is said to be privileged when, in addition to the ...
- Privileges, Ecclesiastical: Ecclesiastical privileges are exceptions to the Law made in ...
- Proba, Faltonia: A Christian poetess of the fourth century. The name Faltonia ...
- Probabilism: Probabilism is the moral system which holds that, when there ...
- Probus, Marcus Aurelius: Roman Emperor, 276-82, raised to the throne by the army in Syria ...
- Probus, Tarachus, and Andronicus, Saints: Martyrs of the Diocletian persecution (about 304). The ...
- Processional Cross: A processional cross is simply a crucifix which is carried at ...
- Processional, Roman: Strictly speaking it might be said that the Processional has no ...
- Processions: Processions, an element in all ceremonial, are to be found, as ...
- Processus and Martinian, Saints: The dates of these martyrs are unknown. The "Martyrologium ...
- Proclus, Saint: Patriarch of Constantinople. Saint Proclus died in 446 or ...
- Proconnesus: (PRŒCONNESUS) A titular see in Hellespont. ...
- Procopius of Caesarea: Byzantine historian, b. in the latter years of the fifth ...
- Procter, Adelaide Anne: Poetess and philanthropist, b. in London, England, 30 October, ...
- Procurator: A person who manages the affairs of another by virtue of a ...
- Profession, Religious: HISTORICAL VIEW Profession may be considered either as a ...
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