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• Te Deum, The: An abbreviated title commonly given both to the original Latin ...
• Te Lucis Ante Terminum: The hymn at Compline in the Roman Breviary. The authorship ...
• Tebaldeo, Antonio: Italian poet, born at Ferrara, in 1463; died in 1537. His ...
• Tegernsee: Called Tegrinseo in 817, Tegernsee in 754. A celebrated ...
• Tehuantepec: (Tehuantepecensis) Diocese in the Republic of Mexico, ...
• Teilo, Saint: (Eliud.) "Archbishop" of Llandaff, born at Eccluis Gunniau, ...
• Tekakwitha, Blessed Kateri: (Also known as Catherine Tegakwitha/Takwita.) Known as the ...
• Teleology: (From Greek telos , end, and logos , science). ...
• Telepathy: ( tele , far, and pathein , to experience) A term ...
• Telese: (TELESINENSIS) Telese, a small town in the Province of ...
• Telesio, Bernardino: Italian humanist and philosopher born of a noble family at ...
• Telesphorus of Cosenza: (THEOPHORUS, THEOLOPHORUS). A name assumed by one of the ...
• Telesphorus, Pope Saint: (Lived about 125-136.) St. Telesphorus was the seventh ...
• Tell el-Amarna Tablets, The: The Tell el-Amarna Tablets are a collection of some 350 clay ...
• Tellier, Michel Le: Born 19 April, 1603; died at Paris, 30 Oct., 1685. He was ...
• Telmessus: Titular see in Lycia, suffragan of Myra. Telmessus (or ...
• Temiskaming: The Vicariate Apostolic of Temiskaming, suffragan of Ottawa, ...
• Temnus: A titular see in Asia, a suffragan of Ephesus. Temnus was a ...
• Tempel, Wilhelm: (ERNEST LEBERECHT) German astronomer, b. 4 December, 1821, ...
• Temperance: (Latin temperare , to mingle in due proportions; to ...
• Temperance Movements: EUROPE Reasons for a temperance movement exist to a greater or ...
• Templars, The Knights: The Knights Templars were the earliest founders of the military ...
• Temple: The Latin form, templum , from which the English temple is ...
• Temple of Jerusalem: The word "temple" is derived from the Latin templum , ...
• Temple, Sisters of the: The Sisters of the Temple (whose full title is S ISTERS OF THE ...
• Temptation: ( Latin tentare , to try or test). Temptation is here ...
• Temptation of Christ: In the Catholic translation of the Bible , the word ...
• Ten Commandments, The: Called also simply THE COMMANDMENTS, COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, or THE ...
• Ten Thousand Martyrs, The: On two days is a group of ten thousand martyrs mentioned in ...
• Tencin, Pierre-Guérin de: French statesman and cardinal, b. at Grenoble, 22 August, ...
• Tenebræ: Tenebræ is the name given to the service of Matins and ...
• Tenebrae Hearse: The Tenebræ Hearse is the triangular candlestick used ...
• Tenedos: A titular see, suffragan of Rhodes in the Cyclades. The ...
• Teneriffe: DIOCESE OF TENERIFFE (TENERIFENSIS). Suffragan of Seville, ...
• Teniers, David: The name of two eminent Flemish landscape painters ; the ...
• Tennessee: The State of Tennessee lies between 35° and 36°30' N. ...
• Tenney, William Jewett: An author, editor, born at Newport, Rhode Island, 1814; died at ...
• Tentyris: (TENTYRA) Seat of a titular suffragan see of Ptolemais in ...
• Tenure, Ecclesiastical: I. In the feudal system an ecclesiastical fief followed all ...
• Teos: Titular see ; suffragan of Ephesus in Asia Minor. A city of ...
• Tepic: DIOCESE OF TEPIC (TEPICENSIS) A diocese of the Mexican ...
• Tepl: A Premonstratensian abbey in the western part of Bohemia, ...
• Teramo: Diocese in southern Italy. In the past the city was injured by ...
• Terce: The origin of Terce, like that of Sext and None, to which it ...
• Terenuthis: Titular see, suffragan of Antinoë in Thebais Prima. Le ...
• Teresa of Avila, Saint: Teresa Sanchez Cepeda Davila y Ahumada Born at Avila, Old ...
• Teresa of Lisieux, Saint: (Sister Teresa of the Child Jesus) Carmelite of Lisieux, ...
• Teresian Martyrs of Compiègne, The Sixteen Blessed: Guillotined at the Place du Trône Renversé (now ...
• Terill, Anthony: English theologian, b. at Canford, Dorsetshire, in 1623; d. at ...
• Termessus: A titular see, suffragan of Perge in Pamphylia Secunda. This ...
• Termoli: (THERMULARUM) Located on the Italian coast of the Adriatic, ...
• Ternan, Saint: Bishop of the Picts, flourished in the sixth century. Much ...
• Terracina, Sezze, and Piperno: (TERRACINENSIS, SETINENSIS ET PRIVERNENSIS) Located in the ...
• Terrasson, André: A French preacher, born at Lyons in 1669; died at Paris, 25 ...
• Terrestrial Paradise: ( paradeisos , Paradisus ). The name popularly given in ...
• Terrien, Jean-Baptiste: Dogmatic theologian, born at St-Laurent-des-Autels, ...
• Tertiaries: (From the Latin tertiarius , the relative adjective of ...
• Tertullian: (Q UINTUS S EPTIMIUS F LORENS T ERTULLIANUS ). ...
• Teruel: (TUROLENSIS) A suffragan of Saragossa, comprises the civil ...
• Test-Oath, Missouri: In January, 1865, there assembled in St. Louis, Missouri, a ...
• Testament, New: I. Name ; II. Description ; III. Origin ; IV. Transmission of ...
• Testament, Old: I. NAME The word "testament", Hebrew berîth , Greek ...
• Testem Benevolentiae: An Apostolic Letter of Leo XIII addressed to Cardinal ...
• Tetzel, Johann: First public antagonist of Luther, b. at Pirna in Meissen, ...
• Teuchira: A titular see in Libyan Pentapolis. Teuchira ( Teucheira ) ...
• Teutonic Order: A medieval military order modelled on the Hospitallers of St. ...
• Tewdrig: (THEODORIC) A Welsh saint, son of King Ceithfalt of Morganwg ...
• Texas: S TATE OF T EXAS . The name, Texas, is probably derived ...
• Textual Criticism: The object of textual criticism is to restore as nearly as ...

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