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• Reading Abbey: Reading Abbey in Surrey, England, was founded by Henry I in ...
• Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist: In this article we shall consider: the fact of the Real ...
• Realism, Nominalism, Conceptualism: These terms are used to designate the theories that have been ...
• Reason: GENERAL MEANINGS Both in ordinary life and in philosophical ...
• Reason, Age of: The name given to that period of human life at which persons ...
• Recanati and Loreto: DIOCESE OF RECANATI AND LORETO (RECINETENSIS) Province of ...
• Rechab and the Rechabites: Rechab was the father of Jonadab who in 2 Kings 10:15-28 , ...
• Recollection: Recollection, as understood in respect to the spiritual life, ...
• Reconciliation, Sacrament of: Penance is a sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ in ...
• Rector: (From the Latin regere , to rule). Priests who preside ...
• Rector Potens, Verax Deus: The daily hymn for Sext in the Roman Breviary finds its ...
• Recusants, English: The first statute in which the term "Popish Recusants" is used ...
• Red Sea: (Hebrew Yâm-Sûph; Septuagint ‘e ...
• Redeemer, Feast of the Most Holy: The feast is found only in the special calendar of some ...
• Redeemer, Knights of the: A secular community founded in 1608 by the Duke of Mentone, ...
• Redemption: The restoration of man from the bondage of sin to the ...
• Redemption in the Old Testament: Redemption means either strictly deliverance by payment of a ...
• Redemptions, Penitential: Penitential redemptions are the substitution of exercises ...
• Redemptoristines: The cradle of the Redemptoristines is Scala, not far from ...
• Redemptorists: (CONGREGATION OF THE MOST HOLY REDEEMER) A society of ...
• Redford, Sebastion: Born 27 April, 1701; died 2 January, 1763. Educated at St. ...
• Redi, Francesco: Italian poet, b. at Arezzo, 18 February, 1626; d. at Pisa 1 ...
• Reding, Augustine: Prince-Abbot of Einsiedeln and theological writer, born at ...
• Reductions of Paraguay: The Jesuit Reductions of Paraguay, one of the most singular ...
• Referendarii: The papal office of the referendarii (from refero , to ...
• Reform of a Religious Order: Reform of a Religious Order, in the true sense of the word, is ...
• Reformation, The: The usual term for the religious movement which made its ...
• Reformed Churches: The name given to Protestant bodies which adopted the tenets ...
• Refuge, Cities of: Towns which according to the Jewish law enjoyed the right of ...
• Refuge, Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the: The Institute of Our Lady of Charity was founded (1641) by [St. ...
• Regale, Droit de: ( jus regaliœ, jus regale, jus deportus; German ...
• Regalia: According to the usage current in the British Isles the term ...
• Regeneration: (Latin regeneratio ; Greek anagennesis and paliggenesia ...
• Regensburg: DIOCESE OF RATISBON (RATISBONENSIS), also called REGENSBURG. ...
• Regesta, Papal: Papal Regesta are the copies, generally entered in special ...
• Reggio dell' Emilia: DIOCESE OF REGGIO DELL' EMILIA (REGINENSIS) Suffragan of ...
• Reggio di Calabria: ARCHDIOCESE OF REGGIO DI CALABRIA (RHEGIENSIS). Archdiocese ...
• Regina: DIOCESE OF REGINA (REGINENSIS) A newly created (4 March, ...
• Regina Coeli: The opening words of the Eastertide anthem of the Blessed ...
• Reginald of Piperno: Dominican, theologian, companion of St. Thomas Aquinas, b. at ...
• Regino of Prüm: Date of birth unknown; d. at Trier in 915. According to the ...
• Regionarii: The name given in later antiquity and the early Middle Ages to ...
• Regis, John Francis, Saint: Born 31 January, 1597, in the village of Fontcouverte ...
• Registers, Parochial: One having the cure of souls is commanded by Divine precept ...
• Regnault, Henri Victor: Chemist and physicist, b. at Aachen, 21 July, 1810; d. in ...
• Regulæ Juris: ("Rules of Law") General rules or principles serving chiefly ...
• Regulars: ( Latin regula, rule). The observance of the Rule of St. ...
• Reichenau: Reichenau, called Augia Dives in medieval Latin ...
• Reichensperger, August: Politician and author, born at Coblenz, 22 March, 1808; died at ...
• Reichensperger, Peter: Jurist and parliamentarian, b. at Coblenz, 28 May, 1810; d. at ...
• Reifenstein: A former Cistercian abbey in Eichsfeld, founded on 1 August, ...
• Reiffenstuel, Johann Georg: In religion A NACLETUS Theologian and canonist; b. at ...
• Reims: ARCHDIOCESE OF REIMS (RHEMENSIS) The Archdiocese of Reims ...
• Reims, Synods of: The first synod said to have been held at Reims by ...
• Reinmar of Hagenau: A German minnesinger of the twelfth century, surnamed in the ...
• Reisach, Carl von: Born at Roth, Bavaria, 7 July, 1800; died in the Redemptorist ...
• Reisch, Gregor: Born at Balingen in Wurtemberg, about 1467; died at Freiburg, ...
• Relationship: (CARNAL AND SPIRITUAL) The theologians understand by ...
• Relatives, Duties of: The general precept of charity obliging us to love our ...
• Relativism: Any doctrine which denies, universally or in regard to some ...
• Relics: The word relics comes from the Latin reliquiae (the ...
• Religion: I. Derivation, Analysis, and Definition. II. Subjective ...
• Religion, Virtue of: Of the three proposed derivations of the word "religion", that ...
• Religions, Statistics of: I. DEFINITION This study concerns itself with religious bodies, ...
• Religious Life: I. GENERAL VIEW AND EVANGELICAL IDEA OF THE RELIGIOUS LIFE A. ...
• Religious Profession: HISTORICAL VIEW Profession may be considered either as a ...
• Reliquaries: It would follow of necessity from the data given in the ...
• Remesiana: A titular see in Dacia Mediterranea, suffragan of Sardica. ...
• Remigius of Auxerre: A Benedictine monk, b. about the middle of the ninth century; ...
• Remigius, Saint: Apostle of the Franks, Archbishop of Reims, b. at Cerny or ...
• Remiremont: Vosges, France, monastery and nunnery of the Rule of St. ...
• Remuzat, Ven. Anne-Madeleine: Born at Marseilles, 29 Nov., 1696; died 15 Feb., 1730. At nine ...
• Remy, Abbey of Saint: Founded at Reims before 590. Its early history is very ...
• Renaissance, The: The Renaissance may be considered in a general or a particular ...
• Renaudot, Eusebius: An apologetical writer and Orientalist, b. at Paris, 22 July, ...
• Renaudot, Théophraste: Born at Loudun, 1586; died at Paris, 25 October, 1653. Doctor ...
• Reni, Guido: Italian painter, b. at Calvenzano near Bologna, 4 Nov., 1575; ...
• Rennes: (RHEDONENSIS) Rennes includes the Department of Ille et ...
• Renty, Gaston Jean Baptiste de: Born 1611 at the castle of Beni, Diocese of Bayeux in ...
• Renunciation: ( Latin renuntiare ). A canonical term signifying the ...
• Reordinations: I. STATE OF THE QUESTION The Oratorian Jean Morin , in the ...

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• Reparation: Reparation is a theological concept closely connected with ...
• Repington, Philip: ( Also Repyngdon). Cardinal-priest of the title of SS. ...
• Repose, Altar of: (Sometimes called less properly sepulchre or tomb, more ...
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• Rerum Crerator Optime: The hymn for Matins of Wednesday in the Divine Office. It ...
• Rerum Deus Tenax Vigor: The daily hymn for None in the Roman Breviary, comprises ...
• Rerum Novarum: The opening words and the title of the Encyclical issued by ...
• Rescripts, Papal: ( Latin re-scribere , "to write back") Rescripts are ...
• Reservation: The restriction in certain cases by a superior of the ...
• Reserved Cases: A term used for sins whose absolution is not within the power ...
• Residence, Ecclesiastical: A remaining or abiding where one's duties lie or where one's ...
• Respicius, Tryphon, and Nympha: Martyrs whose feast is observed in the Latin Church on 10 ...
• Respighi, Lorenzo: Born at Cortemaggiore, Province of Piacenza, 7 October, 1824; ...
• Responsorium: Responsory, or Respond, a series of verses and responses, ...
• Restitution: Restitution has a special sense in moral theology. It signifies ...
• Resurrection of Jesus Christ: Resurrection is the rising again from the dead, the resumption ...
• Resurrection, General: Resurrection is the rising again from the dead, the resumption ...
• Rethel, Alfred: Born at Aachen, 1816; died at Düsseldorf, 1859. He ...
• Retreat of the Sacred Heart, Congregation of: (DAMES DE LA RETRAITE) Originally founded in 1678 under the ...
• Retreats: If we call a retreat a series of days passed in solitude and ...
• Retz, Cardinal de: ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS Born at the Château of Montmirail, ...
• Reuben: (REUBEN.) A proper name which designates in the Bible : (1) ...
• Reuchlin, Johannes: ( Græcized , Capnion). Celebrated German humanist, ...
• Reumont, Alfred von: Statesman and historian, b. at Aachen, 15 August, 1808; d. ...
• Reusens, Edmond: Archeologist and historian, b. at Wijneghem (Antwerp), 25 April, ...
• Reuss: Name of the two smallest states of the German Confederation, ...
• Revelation: I. MEANING OF REVELATION Revelation may be defined as the ...
• Revelation, Book of: Apocalypse, from the verb apokalypto , to reveal, is the ...
• Revelations, Private: There are two kinds of revelations: (1) universal revelations, ...
• Revocation: The act of recalling or annulling, the reversal of an act, the ...
• Revolution, English: James II, having reached the climax of his power after the ...
• Revolution, French: The last thirty years have given us a new version of the history ...
• Rex Gloriose Martyrum: Rex Gloriose Martyrum, the hymn at Lauds in the Common of ...
• Rex Sempiterne Cælitum: The Roman Breviary hymn for Matins of Sundays and weekdays ...
• Rey, Anthony: An educator and Mexican War chaplain, born at Lyons, 19 March, ...
• Reynolds, William: (RAINOLDS, RAYNOLDS, REGINALDUS) Born at Pinhorn near ...

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