Volume E in the Catholic Encyclopedia

Eadmer - Precentor of Canterbury and historian, born 1064 (?); died 1124 (?). Brought up at Christ ...
Eanbald I - The first Archbishop of York by that name (not to be confused with Eanbald II ). Date of birth ...
Eanbald II - Date of birth unknown; died 810 or 812. He received his education in the famous School of York ...
East Indies, Patriarchate of the - In consequence of an agreement between the Holy See and the Portuguese Government in 1886, ...
Easter - The English term, according to the Ven. Bede (De temporum ratione, I, v), relates to Estre, a ...
Easter Controversy - Ecclesiastical history preserves the memory of three distinct phases of the dispute regarding ...
Eastern Churches - I. DEFINITION OF AN EASTERN CHURCH An accident of political development has made it possible to ...
Eastern Schism - From the time of Diotrephes ( 3 John 1:9-10 ) there have been continual schisms, of which the ...
Easterwine - (Or Eosterwini). Abbot of Wearmouth, was the nephew of St. Benedict Biscop ; born 650, died ...
Easton, Adam - Cardinal, born at Easton in Norfolk; died at Rome, 15 September (according to others, 20 ...
Eata, Saint - Second Bishop of Hexham ; date of birth unknown; died 26 October, 686. Whether this ...
Ebbo - (EBO) Archbishop of Reims, b. towards the end of the eighth century; d. 20 March, 851. Though ...
Ebendorfer, Thomas - German chronicler, professor, and statesman, b. 12 August, 1385, at Haselbach, in Upper Austria ...
Eberhard of Ratisbon - (Or Salzburg; also called Eberhardus Altahensis). A German chronicler who flourished about the ...
Eberhard, Matthias - Bishop of Trier, b. 15 Nov., 1815, at Trier (Germany), d. there 30 May, 1876. After ...
Ebermann, Veit - (Or Ebermann). Theologian and controversialist, born 25 May, 1597, at Rendweisdorff, in ...
Ebionites - By this name were designated one or more early Christian sects infected with Judaistic errors. ...
Ebner - The name of two German mystics, whom historical research has shown to have been in no wise ...
Ecclesiastes - (Septuagint èkklesiastés , in St. Jerome also C ONCIONATOR, "Preacher"). ...
Ecclesiastical Addresses - It is from Italy that we derive rules as to what is fitting and customary in the matter of ...
Ecclesiastical Architecture - The best definition of architecture that has ever been given is likewise the shortest. It is "the ...
Ecclesiastical Archives - Ecclesiastical archives may be described as a collection of documents, records, muniments, and ...
Ecclesiastical Art - Before speaking in detail of the developments of Christian art from the beginning down to the ...
Ecclesiastical Buildings - This term comprehends all constructions erected for the celebration of liturgical acts, whatever ...
Ecclesiastical Forum - That the Church of Christ has judicial and coercive power is plain from the constitution given ...
Ecclesiasticus - (Abbrev. Ecclus.; also known as the Book of Sirach.) The longest of the deuterocanonical books ...
Eccleston, Samuel - Fifth Archbishop of Baltimore, U.S.A. born near Chestertown, Maryland, 27 June, 1801; died at ...
Eccleston, Thomas of - Thirteenth-century Friar Minor and chronicler, dates of birth and death unknown. He styles ...
Echard, Jacques - Historian of the Dominicans, born at Rouen, France, 22 September, 1644; died at Paris, 15 ...
Echave, Baltasar de - Painter, born at Zumaya, Guipuzcoa, Spain, in the latter part of the sixteenth century; died in ...
Echinus - A titular see of Thessaly, Greece. Echinus, ( Echinos , also Echinous ) was situated on the ...
Echter von Mespelbrunn, Julius - Prince- Bishop of Würzburg, b. 18 March, 1545, in the Castle of Mespelbrunn, Spessart ...
Echternach, Abbey of - (Also EPTERNACH, Latin EPTERNACENSIS). A Benedictine monastery in the town of that name, in ...
Eck, Johann - Theologian and principal adversary of Luther, b. 15 Nov., 1486, at Eck in Swabia; d. 10 Feb., ...
Eckart, Anselm - Missionary, born at Bingen, Germany, 4 August, 1721; died at the College of Polstok, Polish ...
Eckebert - (Ekbert, Egbert) Abbot of Schönau, born in the early part of the twelfth century of a ...
Eckhart, Johann Georg von - (Called Eccard before he was ennobled) German historian, b. at Duingen in the principality of ...
Eckhart, Meister - ( Also spelled Eckard, Eccard. Meister means "the Master"). Dominican preacher, theologian ...
Eckhel, Joseph Hilarius - German numismatist, b. 13 January, 1737, at Enzesfeld near Pottenstein, in Lower Austria, where ...
Eclecticism - (Greek ek, legein ; Latin eligere , to select) A philosophical term meaning either a ...
Economics - S CIENCE OF P OLITICAL E CONOMY (E CONOMICS ). I. DEFINITIONS Political economy (Greek, ...
Ecstasy - Supernatural ecstasy may be defined as a state which, while it lasts, includes two elements: ...
Ecuador - R EPUBLIC OF E CUADOR (L A R EPÚBLICA DEL E CUADOR ). An independent state of ...
Ecumenical Councils - This subject will be treated under the following heads: Definition Classification ...
Ecumenism - The Catholic Church is by far the largest, the most widespread, and the most ancient of ...
Edda - A title applied to two different collections of old Norse literature, the poetical or "Elder Edda" ...
Edelinck - The family name of four engravers. Gerard Edelinck Born in Antwerp c. 1640; died in ...
Eden, Garden of - ( paradeisos , Paradisus ). The name popularly given in Christian tradition to the ...
Edesius and Frumentius - Tyrian Greeks of the fourth century, probably brothers, who introduced Christianity into ...
Edessa - A titular archiepiscopal see in that part of Mesopotamia formerly known as Osrhoene. The name ...
Edgeworth, Henry Essex - Better known as L' ABBÉ E DGEWORTH DE F IRMONT Confessor of Louis XVI, and ...
Edinburgh - Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, though not its largest city, derives its name from the time ...
Editions of the Bible - In the present article we understand by editions of the Bible the printed reproductions of its ...
Edmund Arrowsmith, Venerable - English martyr, born in 1585 at Haddock; executed at Lancaster, 23 August, 1628. He is of great ...
Edmund Campion, Saint - English Jesuit and martyr ; he was the son and namesake of a Catholic bookseller, and was born ...
Edmund Rich, Saint - Archbishop of Canterbury, England, born 20 November, c. 1180, at Abingdon, six miles from ...
Edmund the Martyr, Saint - King of East Anglia, born about 840; died at Hoxne, Suffolk, 20 November, 870. The earliest and ...
Edmund, Congregation of Saint - Founded in 1843, by Jean-Baptiste Muard, at Pontigny, France, for the work of popular missions. ...
Education - IN GENERAL In the broadest sense, education includes all those experiences by which intelligence ...
Education of the Blind - Although the education of the blind as a class dates back no further than the year 1784, ...
Education of the Deaf - Education essentially includes the process of encouraging, strengthening, and guiding the ...
Educational Association, The Catholic - The Catholic Educational Association is a voluntary organization composed of Catholic educators ...
Edward III - King of England (1312-77), eldest son of Edward II and Isabella, daughter of Philip IV of ...
Edward Powell, Blessed - With Blessed Thomas Abel there suffered Edward Powell, priest and martyr, b. in Wales about ...
Edward the Confessor, Saint - King of England, born in 1003; died 5 January, 1066. He was the son of Ethelred II and Emma, ...
Edward the Martyr, Saint - King of England, son to Edgar the Peaceful, and uncle to St. Edward the Confessor ; b. about ...
Edwin, Saint - (Æduini.) The first Christian King of Northumbria, born about 585, son of Ælla, ...
Edwy - (Or Eadwig.) King of the English, eldest son of Edmund and St. Aelfgifu, born about 940; died ...
Egan, Boetius - Archbishop of Tuam, born near Tuam, Ireland, 1734; died near Tuam, 1798. He belonged to a ...
Egan, Michael - First bishop of Philadelphia, U.S.A. b. in Ireland, most probably in Galway, in 1761; d. at ...
Egbert - (ECGBERHT or ECGBRYHT) Frequently though incorrectly called "First King of England ", died ...
Egbert, Archbishop of Trier - Died 8 or 9 December, 993. He belonged to the family of the Counts of Holland. His parents, ...
Egbert, Archbishop of York - Archbishop of York, England, son of Eata, brother of the Northumbrian King Eadbert and cousin ...
Egbert, Saint - A Northumbrian monk, born of noble parentage c. 639; d. 729. In his youth he went for the sake ...
Egfrid - (Also known as ECFRID, ECHGFRID, EGFERD). King of Northumbria, b. 650; d. 685. He ascended the ...
Eginhard - (Less correctly EGINHARD), historian, born c. 770 in the district watered by the River Main in the ...
Egloffstein, Frederick W. von - Born at Aldorf, near Nuremberg, Bavaria, 18 May, 1824; died in New York, 1885. He served in the ...
Egmont, Lamoral, Count of - Born at the Château de La Hamaide, in Hainault, 18 Nov., 1522; beheaded at Brussels, 5 ...
Egoism - ( Latin ego, I, self), the designation given to those ethical systems which hold self-love to ...
Eguiara y Eguren, Juan José - Born in Mexico towards the close of the seventeenth century; died 29 January, 1763. He received ...
Egwin, Saint - Third Bishop of Worcester ; date of birth unknown; d. (according to Mabillon ) 20 December, ...
Egypt - This subject will be treated under the following main divisions: I. General Description; II. ...
Egyptian Church Ordinance - The Egyptian Church Ordinance is an early Christian collection of thirty-one canons regulating ...
Eichendorff, Josef Karl Benedikt - JOSEF KARL BENEDIKT, FREIHERR VON EICHENDORFF. "The last champion of romanticism", b. 10 March, ...
Eichstätt - DIOCESE OF EICHSTÄTT (EYSTADIUM) [EYSTETTENSIS or AYSTETTENSIS] The Diocese of ...
Eimhin, Saint - Abbot and Bishop of Ros-mic-Truin ( Ireland ), probably in the sixth century. He came of the ...
Einhard - (Less correctly EGINHARD), historian, born c. 770 in the district watered by the River Main in the ...
Einsiedeln, Abbey of - A Benedictine monastery in the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland, dedicated to Our Lady of the ...
Eisengrein, Martin - A learned Catholic theologian and polemical writer, born of Protestant parents at Stuttgart, 28 ...
Eithene, Saint - Styled "daughter of Baite", with her sister Sodelbia; commemorated in the Irish calendars under ...
Eithne, Saint - St. Eithne, styled "of the golden hair", is commemorated in the Irish martyrologies under the 11th ...
Ekkehard - Name of five monks of the (Swiss) Abbey of St. Gall from the tenth to the thirteenth century. ...
Ekkehard of Aura - (URAUGIENSIS) Benedictine monk and chronicler, b. about 1050; d. after 1125. Very little is ...
El Cid - (Rodrigo, or Ruy, Diaz, Count of Bivar). The great popular hero of the chivalrous age of ...
El Greco - One of the most remarkable Spanish artists, b. in Crete, between 1545 and 1550; d. at Toledo, 7 ...
Elaea - A titular see of Asia Minor. Elaea, said to have been founded by Menestheus, was situated at a ...
Elba - Elba, the largest island of the Tuscan Archipelago, is today a part of the Italian province of ...
Elbel, Benjamin - A first-class authority in moral theology , b. at Friedberg, Bavaria, in 1690; d. at ...
Elcesaites - (Or H ELKESAITES ). A sect of Gnostic Ebionites, whose religion was a wild medley of ...
Elder, George - Educator, b. 11 August, 1793, in Kentucky, U.S.A.; d. 28 Sept., 1838, at Bardstown. His parents, ...
Elder, William Henry - Third Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi, U.S.A. and second Archbishop of Cincinnati, b. in ...
Eleazar - ( Hebrew al‘wr , God's help). 1. Eleazar, son of Aaron Elizabeth, daughter of Aminadab ...
Elect - Denotes in general one chosen or taken by preference from among two or more; as a theological ...
Election - ( Latin electio , from eligere , to choose from) This subject will be treated under the ...
Election, Papal - For current procedures regarding the election of the pope, see Pope John Paul II's 1996 Apostolic ...
Eleutherius, Pope Saint - Pope (c. 174-189). The Liber Pontificalis says that he was a native of Nicopolis, Greece. From ...
Eleutherius, Saint - ( French ELEUTHERE). Bishop of Tournai at the beginning of the sixth century. Historically ...
Eleutheropolis - A titular see in Palaestina Prima. The former name of this city seems to have been Beth Gabra, ...
Elevation, The - What we now know as par excellence the Elevation of the Mass is a rite of comparatively ...
Elhuyar y de Suvisa, Fausto de - A distinguished mineralogist and chemist, born at Logroño, Castile, 11 October, 1755; ...
Eli - Heli the Judge and High Priest Heli (Heb. ELI, Gr. HELI) was both judge and high-priest, whose ...
Elias - Elias (Hebrew 'Eliahu , "Yahveh is God "; also called Elijah). The loftiest and most ...
Elias of Cortona - Minister General of the Friars Minor , b., it is said, at Bevilia near Assisi, c. 1180; d. at ...
Elias of Jerusalem - Died 518; one of the two Catholic bishops (with Flavian of Antioch) who resisted the attempt of ...
Elie de Beaumont, Jean-Baptiste-Armand-Louis-Léonce - Geologist, b. at Canon (Dép. Calvados), near Caen, France, 25 Sept., 1798; d. at Canon, 21 ...
Eligius, Saint - ( French Eloi). Bishop of Noyon-Tournai, born at Chaptelat near Limoges, France, c. 590, of ...
Elijah - Elias (Hebrew 'Eliahu , "Yahveh is God "; also called Elijah). The loftiest and most ...
Elined, Saint - Virgin and martyr, flourished c. 490. According to Bishop Challoner (Britannia Saneta, London, ...
Eliseus - (E LISHA ; Hebrew ’lysh‘, God is salvation ). A Prophet of Israel. After ...
Elishé - A famous Armenian historian of the fifth century, place and date of birth unknown, d. 480. ...
Elisha - (E LISHA ; Hebrew ’lysh‘, God is salvation ). A Prophet of Israel. After ...
Eliud, Saint - (Eliud.) "Archbishop" of Llandaff, born at Eccluis Gunniau, near Tenby, Pembrokeshire; died at ...
Elizabeth - (" God is an oath " -- Exodus 6:23 ). Zachary's wife and John the Baptist's mother; was ...
Elizabeth Ann Seton, Saint - Foundress and first superior of the Sisters of Charity in the United States ; born in New York ...
Elizabeth Associations - ( Elisabethenvereine .) Charitable associations of women in Germany which aim for the ...
Elizabeth of Hungary, Saint - Also called St. Elizabeth of Thuringia, born in Hungary, probably at Pressburg, 1207; died at ...
Elizabeth of Portugal, Saint - Queen (sometimes known as the PEACEMAKER); born in 1271; died in 1336. She was named after her ...
Elizabeth of Reute, Saint - Member of the Third Order of St. Francis, born 25 November, 1386, at Waldsee in Swabia, of John ...
Elizabeth of Schönau, Saint - Born about 1129; d. 18 June, 1165.-Feast 18 June. She was born of an obscure family, entered the ...
Elizabeth, Sisters of Saint - Generally styled "Grey Nuns ". They sprang from an association of young ladies established by ...
Ellis, Philip Michael - First Vicar Apostolic of the Western District, England, subsequently Bishop of Segni, ...
Ellwangen Abbey - The earliest Benedictine monastery established in the Duchy of Wurtemberg, situated in the ...
Elohim - See also GOD. ( Septuagint, theos ; Vulgate, Deus ). Elohim is the common name for ...
Elphege, Saint - (Or ALPHEGE). Born 954; died 1012; also called Godwine, martyred Archbishop of Canterbury, ...
Elphin - D IOCESE OF E LPHIN (E LPHINIUM ) Suffragan of Tuam, Ireland, a see founded by St. ...
Elusa - A titular see of Palaestina Tertia, suffragan of Petra. This city is called Chellous in the ...
Elvira, Council of - Held early in the fourth century at Elliberis, or Illiberis, in Spain, a city now in ruins not far ...
Ely - ANCIENT DIOCESE OF ELY (ELIENSIS; ELIA OR ELYS). Ancient diocese in England. The earliest ...
Elzéar of Sabran - Baron of Ansouis, Count of Ariano, born in the castle of Saint-Jean de Robians, in Provence, ...
Emanationism - The doctrine that emanation (Latin emanare , "to flow from") is the mode by which all things ...
Emancipation, Ecclesiastical - In ancient Rome emancipation was a process of law by which a slave released from the ...
Ember Days - Ember days (corruption from Lat. Quatuor Tempora , four times) are the days at the beginning of ...
Embolism - (Greek: embolismos , from the verb, emballein , "to throw in") Embolism is an insertion, ...
Embroidery - ECCLESIASTICAL EMBROIDERY That in Christian worship embroidery was used from early times to ...
Emerentiana, Saint - Virgin and martyr, d. at Rome in the third century. The old Itineraries to the graves of the ...
Emery, Jacques-André - Superior of the Society of St-Sulpice during the French Revolution , b. 26 Aug., 1732, at Gex; ...
Emesa - A titular see of Phœnicia Secunda, suffragan of Damascus, and the seat of two Uniat ...
Emigrant Aid Societies - Records of the early immigration to the North American colonies are indefinite and ...
Emiliana and Trasilla, Saints - Aunts of St. Gregory the Great, virgins in the sixth century, given in the Roman Martyrology, ...
Emiliani, Saint Jerome - Founder of the Order of Somascha; b. at Venice, 1481; d. at Somascha, 8 Feb., 1537; feast, 20 ...
Emmanuel - Emmanual ( Septuagint Emmanouel ; A.V., Immanuel ) signifies " God with us" ( Matthew 1:23 ), ...
Emmaus - A titular see in Pa1æstina Prima, suffragan of Cæsarea. It is mentioned for the ...
Emmeram, Saint - Bishop of Poitiers and missionary to Bavaria, b. at Poitiers in the first half of the seventh ...
Emmeram, Saint, Abbey of - A Benedictine monastery at Ratisbon (Regensburg), named after its traditional founder, the ...
Emmerich, Anne Catherine - An Augustinian nun, stigmatic, and ecstatic, born 8 September, 1774, at Flamsche, near ...
Empiricism - (Lat. empirismus, the standpoint of a system based on experience). Primarily, and in its ...
Ems, Congress of - The Congress of Ems was a meeting of the representatives of the German Archbishops Friedrich ...
Emser, Hieronymus - The most ardent literary opponent of Luther, born of a prominent family at Ulm, 20 March, 1477; ...
Encina, Juan de la - (JUAN DE LA ENZINA). Spanish dramatic poet, called by Ticknor the father of the Spanish ...
Enciso, Diego Ximenez de - Dramatic poet, b. in Andalusia, Spain, c. 1585; date of death unknown. All trace of him is lost ...
Enciso, Martín Fernández de - Navigator and geographer, b. at Seville, Spain, c. 1470; d. probably about 1528 at Seville. It ...
Encolpion - (Greek egkolpion , that which is worn on the breast). The name given in early Christian ...
Encratites - [ ’Egkrateîs (Irenæus) ’Egkratetai (Clement of Alexandria, ...
Encyclical - ( Latin Litterœ Encyclicœ ) According to its etymology, an encyclical (from the ...
Encyclopedia - An abridgment of human knowledge in general or a considerable department thereof, treated from a ...
Encyclopedists - (1) The writers of the eighteenth century who edited or contributed articles to the ...
Endlicher, Stephan Ladislaus - Austrian botanist (botanical abbreviation, Endl. ), linguist, and historian, b. at Pressburg, ...
Endowment - ( German Stiftung , French fondation , Italian fondazione , Latin fundatio ) An ...
Energy, The Law of Conservation of - Amongst the gravest objections raised by the progress of modern science against Theism, the ...
Engaddi - ( Septuagint usually ’Eggadí ; Hebrew ‘En Gédhi, "Fountain of the ...
Engel, Ludwig - Canonist, b. at Castle Wagrein, Austria ; d. at Grillenberg, 22 April 1694. He became a ...
Engelberg, Abbey of - A Benedictine monastery in Switzerland, formerly in the Diocese of Constance, but now in that ...
Engelbert - Abbot of the Benedictine monastery of Admont in Styria, b. of noble parents at Volkersdorf ...
Engelbert of Cologne, Saint - Archbishop of that city (1216-1225); b. at Berg, about 1185; d. near Schwelm, 7 November, 1225. ...
Engelbrechtsen, Cornelis - (Also called ENGELBERTS and ENGELBRECHT, and now more usually spelt ENGELBRECHTSZ). Dutch ...
England (1066-1558) - This term England is here restricted to one constituent, the largest and most populous, of the ...
England (After 1558) - The Protestant Reformation is the great dividing line in the history of England, as of Europe ...
England (Before 1066) - I. ANGLO-SAXON OCCUPATION OF BRITAIN The word Anglo-Saxon is used as a collective name for ...
England, John - First Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.; b. 23 September, 1786, in Cork, Ireland ...
Englefield, Sir Henry Charles, Bart. - Antiquary and scientist, b. 1752; d. 21 March, 1822. He was the eldest son of Sir Henry ...
English College, The, in Rome - I. FOUNDATION Some historians (e.g., Dodd, II, 168, following Polydore Vergil, Harpsfield, ...
English Confessors and Martyrs (1534-1729) - Though the resistance of the English as a people to the Reformation compares very badly with the ...
English Hierarchy, Reorganization of the - On 29 September, 1850, by the Bull "Universalis Ecclesiae", Pius IX restored the Catholic ...
English Literature - It is not unfitting to compare English Literature to a great tree whose far spreading and ever ...
English Revolution of 1688 - James II, having reached the climax of his power after the successful suppression of Monmouth's ...
Ennodius, Magnus Felix - Rhetorician and bishop, b. probably at Arles, in Southern Gaul, in 474; d. at Pavia, Italy, 17 ...
Enoch - (Greek Enoch ). The name of the son of Cain ( Genesis 4:17, 18 ), of a nephew of Abraham ...
Enoch, Book of - The antediluvian patriarch Henoch according to Genesis "walked with God and was seen no more, ...
Ensingen, Ulrich - (ULRICH ENSINGER) Belonged to a family of architects who came from Einsingen near Ulm, ...
Entablature - A superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns in classic architecture. It is divided ...
Enthronization - (From Greek ’enthronízein , to place on a throne). This word has been employed ...
Envy - Jealousy is here taken to be synonymous with envy. It is defined to be a sorrow which one ...
Eoghan, Saints - (1) EOGHAN OF ARDSTRAW was a native of Leinster, and, after presiding over the Abbey of ...
Epée, Charles-Michel de l' - A philanthropic priest and inventor of the sign alphabet for the instruction of the deaf and ...
Epact - (Greek épaktai hemérai; Latin dies adjecti ). The surplus days of the ...
Eparchy - ( eparchia ). Originally the name of one of the divisions of the Roman Empire. Diocletian ...
Eperies - DIOCESE OF EPERIES (EPERIENSIS RUTHENORUM). Diocese of the Greek Ruthenian Rite, suffragan to ...
Ephesians, Epistle to the - This article will be treated under the following heads: I. Analysis of the Epistle; II. ...
Ephesus - A titular archiespiscopal see in Asia Minor, said to have been founded in the eleventh century ...
Ephesus, Council of - The third ecumenical council, held in 431. THE OCCASION AND PREPARATION FOR THE COUNCIL The ...
Ephesus, Robber Council of - (L ATROCINIUM ). The Acts of the first session of this synod were read at the Council of ...
Ephesus, Seven Sleepers of - The story is one of the many examples of the legend about a man who falls asleep and years after ...
Ephod - ( Hebrew aphwd or aphd ; Greek ’ís, ’ephód, ...
Ephraem, Saint - (EPHREM, EPHRAIM). Born at Nisibis, then under Roman rule, early in the fourth century; died ...
Ephraemi Rescriptus, Codex - (Symbol C). The last in the group of the four great uncial manuscripts of the Greek Bible, ...
Ephraim of Antioch - ( Ephraimios ). One of the defenders of the Faith of Chalcedon (451) against the ...
Epicureanism - This term has two distinct, though cognate, meanings. In its popular sense, the word stands for a ...
Epiklesis - Epiklesis ( Latin invocatio ) is the name of a prayer that occurs in all Eastern liturgies ...
Epimachus and Gordianus, Saints - Martyrs, suffered under Julian the Apostate , 362, commemorated on 10 May. Gordianus was a judge ...
Epiphania - A titular see in Cilicia Secunda, in Asia Minor, suffragan of Anazarbus. This city is ...
Epiphanius - Surnamed SCHOLASTICUS, or in modern terms, THE PHILOLOGIST, a translator of various Greek works in ...
Epiphanius of Constantinople - Died 535. Epiphanius succeeded John II (518-20) as Patriarch of Constantinople. It was the time ...
Epiphanius of Salamis - Born at Besanduk, near Eleutheropolis, in Judea, after 310; died in 403. While very young he ...
Epiphany - Known also under the following names: (1) ta epiphania , or he epiphanios , sc. hemera ...
Episcopal Subsidies - ( Latin subsidia , tribute, pecuniary aid, subvention) Since the faithful are obliged to ...
Episcopalians - The history of this religious organization divides itself naturally into two portions: the period ...
Epistemology - ( Epistéme , knowledge, science, and lógos , speech, thought, discourse). ...
Epistle (in Scripture) - Lat. epistola ; Greek ’epistolé ; in Hebrew, at first only the general term ...
Epping, Joseph - German astronomer and Assyriologist, b. at Neuenkirchen near Rhine in Westphalia, 1 Dec., 1835; ...
Erasmus, Desiderius - The most brilliant and most important leader of German humanism, b. at Rotterdam, Holland, 28 ...
Erastus and Erastianism - The name "Erastianism" is often used in a somewhat loose sense as denoting an undue subservience ...
Erbermann, Veit - (Or Ebermann). Theologian and controversialist, born 25 May, 1597, at Rendweisdorff, in ...
Ercilla y Zúñiga, Alonso de - Spanish soldier and poet, born in Madrid, 7 August, 1533; died in the same city, 29 November, ...
Erconwald, Saint - Bishop of London, died about 690. He belonged to the princely family of the East Anglian Offa, ...
Erdeswicke, Sampson - Antiquarian, date of birth unknown; died 1603. He was born at Sandon in Staffordshire, his ...
Erdington Abbey - Erdington Abbey, situated in a suburb of Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, belongs to the ...
Erhard of Ratisbon, Saint - Bishop of that city in the seventh century, probably identical with an Abbot Erhard of ...
Erie - DIOCESE OF ERIE (ERIENSIS). Established 1853; it embraces the thirteen counties of ...
Erin, The Twelve Apostles of - By this designation are meant twelve holy Irishmen of the sixth century who went to study at the ...
Eriugena, John Scotus - An Irish teacher, theologian, philosopher, and poet, who lived in the ninth century. NAME ...
Ermland - Ermland, or Ermeland (Varmiensis, Warmia), a district of East Prussia and an exempt bishopric. ...
Ernakulam, Vicariate Apostolic of - In May, 1887, the churches of Syrian Rite in Malabar were separated from those of the Latin ...
Ernan, Saints - Name of four Irish saints. O'Hanlon enumerates twenty-five saints bearing the name Ernan, ...
Ernst of Hesse-Rheinfels - Landgrave, b. 9 Dec., 1623, at Cassel; d. 12 May, 1693, at Cologne. He was the sixth son of ...
Ernulf - Architect, b. at Beauvais, France, in 1040; d. 1124. He studied under Lanfranc at the monastery ...
Errington, William - Priest, founder of Sedgley Park School, b. 17 July, 1716; d. 28 September, 1768. He was son of ...
Error - Error, reduplicatively regarded, is in one way or another the product of ignorance. But besides ...
Erskine, Charles - Cardinal, b. at Rome, 13 Feb., 1739; d. at Paris, 20 March, 1811. He was the son of Colin ...
Erthal, Franz Ludwig von - Prince- Bishop of Würzburg and Bamberg, b. at Lohr on the Main, 16 September, 1730; d. at ...
Erthal, Friedrich Karl Joseph, Freiherr von - Last Elector and Archbishop of Mainz, b. 3 Jan., 1719, at Mainz ; d. 25 July, 1802, at ...
Erwin of Steinbach - One of the architects of the Strasburg cathedral, date of birth unknown; d. at Strasburg, 17 ...
Erythrae - A titular see in Asia Minor. According to legend the city was founded by colonists from Crete. ...
Erzerum (Theodosiopolis) - DIOCESE OF ERZERUM (ERZERUMIENSIS ARMENIORUM). The native name, Garin (Gr. Karenitis ; ...
Esau - ( ‘sw , hairy). The eldest son of Isaac and Rebecca, the twin-brother of Jacob. The ...
Esch, Nicolaus van - (ESCHIUS) A famous mystical theologian, b. in Oisterwijk near Hertogenbosch (Boisle-Duc), ...
Eschatology - That branch of systematic theology which deals with the doctrines of the last things ( ta ...
Escobar y Mendoza, Antonio - Born at Valladolid in 1589; died there, 4 July, 1669. In his sixteenth year he entered the ...
Escobar, Marina de - Mystic and foundress of a modified branch of the Brigittine Order b. at Valladolid, Spain, 8 ...
Escorial, The - A remarkable building in Spain situated on the south-eastern slope of the Sierra Guadarrama about ...
Esdras - (Or EZRA.) I. ESDRAS THE MAN Esdras is a famous priest and scribe connected with Israel's ...
Esglis, Louis-Philippe Mariauchau d' - Eighth Bishop of Quebec, Canada ; born Quebec, 24 April, 1710; died 7 June, 1788. After ...
Eskil - Archbishop of Lund, Skåne, Sweden ; b. about 1100; d. at Clairvaux, 6 (7?) Sept., 1181; ...
Eskimo - A littoral race occupying the entire Arctic coast and outlying islands of America from below Cook ...
Esnambuc, Pierre Belain, Sieur d' - Captain in the French marine, b. 1565, at Allouville, near Yvetot (Seine-Inferieure); d. at St. ...
ESP - ( tele , far, and pathein , to experience) A term introduced by F.W.H. Myers in 1882 to ...
Espejo, Antonio - A Spanish explorer, whose fame rests upon a notable expedition which he conducted into New ...
Espen, Zeger Bernhard van - (also called ESPENIUS) A Belgian canonist, born at Louvain, 9 July, 1646; died at ...
Espence, Claude D' - (ESPENCÆUS) A French theologian, born in 1511 at Châlons-sur-Marne; died 5 Oct., ...
Espinel, Vincent - Poet and novelist; born at Ronda (Malaga), Spain, 1544; died at Madrid, 1634. He studied at ...
Espinosa, Alonso De - Spanish priest and historian of the sixteenth century. Little is known of his early life. He is ...
Espousals - An Espousal is a contract of future marriage between a man and a woman, who are thereby ...
Espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary - (DESPONSATIO BEATÆ MARIÆ VIRGINIS) A feast of the Latin Church. It is certain ...
Essence and Existence - ( Latin essentia, existentia ) Since they are transcendentals, it is not possible to put ...
Essenes - One of three leading Jewish sects mentioned by Josephus as flourishing in the second century ...
Est, Willem Hessels van - (ESTIUS.) A famous commentator on the Pauline epistles, born at Gorcum, Holland, in 1542; ...
Establishment, The - (Or ESTABLISHED CHURCH) The union of Church and State setting up a definite and distinctive ...
Estaing, Comte d' - JEAN-BAPTISTE-CHARLES-HENRI-HECTOR, COMTE D'ESTAING (MARQUIS DE SAILLANS). A French admiral, ...
Esther - (From the Hebrew meaning star, happiness ); Queen of Persia and wife of Assuerus, who is ...
Estiennot de la Serre, Claude - Benedictine of the Congregation of Saint-Maur, b. at Varennes, France, 1639; d. at Rome, 1699. ...
Eternity - ( aeternum , originally aeviternum, aionion, aeon -- long). Eternity is defined by ...
Ethelbert - Archbishop of York, England, date of birth uncertain; d. 8 Nov., 781 or 782. The name also ...
Ethelbert, Saint - Date of birth unknown; d. 794; King of the East Angles, was, according to the "Speculum ...
Ethelbert, Saint - King of Kent; b. 552; d. 24 February, 616; son of Eormenric, through whom he was descended from ...
Etheldreda, Saint - Queen of Northumbria; born (probably) about 630; died at Ely, 23 June, 679. While still very young ...
Ethelwold, Saint - St. Ethelwold, Bishop of Winchester, was born there of good parentage in the early years of the ...
Etherianus, Hugh and Leo - Brothers, Tuscans by birth, employed at the court of Constantinople under the Emperor Manuel I ...
Ethethard - (ÆTHELHEARD, ETHELREARD) The fourteenth Archbishop of Canterbury, England, date of ...
Ethics - I. Definition Many writers regard ethics (Gr. ethike ) as any scientific treatment of the ...
Ethiopia - The name of this region has been derived, through the Greek form, aithiopia , from the two ...
Etschmiadzin - A famous Armenian monastery, since 1441 the ecclesiastical capital of the schismatic Armenians, ...
Euaria - A titular see of Phoenicia Secunda or Libanensis, in Palestine. The true name of this city ...
Eucarpia - A titular see of Phrygia Salutaris in Asia Minor. Eucarpia ( Eukarpia ), mentioned by Strabo ...
Eucharist, as a Sacrament - Since Christ is present under the appearances of bread and wine in a sacramental way, the ...
Eucharist, as a Sacrifice - The word Mass ( missa ) first established itself as the general designation for the ...
Eucharist, Early Symbols of the - Among the symbols employed by the Christians of the first ages in decorating their tombs, those ...
Eucharist, Introduction to the - See also EUCHARIST AS SACRIFICE , EUCHARIST AS SACRAMENT , and REAL PRESENCE . (Greek ...
Eucharist, Real Presence of Christ in - In this article we shall consider: the fact of the Real Presence , which is, indeed, the central ...
Eucharistic Congresses - Eucharistic Congresses are gatherings of ecclesiastics and laymen for the purpose of ...
Eucharistic Prayer - This article will be divided into four sections: (I) Name and place of the Canon; (II) History of ...
Eucharius, Saint - First Bishop of Trier (Treves) in the second half of the third century. According to an ...
Eucherius, Saint - Bishop of Lyons, theologian, born in the latter half of the fourth century; died about 449. On ...
Euchologion - The name of one of the chief Service-books of the Byzantine Church ; it corresponds more or less ...
Eudes, Blessed Jean - French missionary and founder of the Eudists and of the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity; ...
Eudists - (Society of Jesus and Mary) An ecclesiastical society instituted at Caen, France, 25 March, ...
Eudocia - (E UDOKIA ). Ælia Eudocia, sometimes wrongly called Eudoxia, was the wife of ...
Eudoxias - A titular see of Galatia Secunda in Asia Minor, suffragan of Pessinus. Eudoxias is mentioned ...
Eugendus, Saint - (AUGENDUS; French OYAND, OYAN) Fourth Abbot of Condat (Jura), b. about 449, at Izernore, ...
Eugene I, Saint, Pope - Eugene I was elected 10 Aug., 654, and died at Rome, 2 June, 657. Because he would not submit to ...
Eugene II, Pope - Elected 6 June, 824; died 27 Aug., 827. On the death of Pascal I (Feb.-May, 824) there took place ...
Eugene III, Pope - Bernardo Pignatelli, born in the neighbourhood of Pisa, elected 15 Feb., 1145; d. at Tivoli, 8 ...
Eugene IV, Pope - Gabriello Condulmaro, or Condulmerio, b. at Venice, 1388; elected 4 March, 1431; d. at Rome, 23 ...
Eugenics - Eugenics literally means "good breeding". It is defined as the study of agencies under social ...
Eugenius I - Archbishop of Toledo, successor in 636 of Justus in that see ; d. 647. Like his predecessor he ...
Eugenius II (the Younger) - Archbishop of Toledo from 647 to 13 Nov., 657, the date of his death. He was the son of a Goth ...
Eugenius of Carthage, Saint - Unanimously elected Bishop of Carthage in 480 to succeed Deogratias (d. 456); d. 13 July, 505. ...
Eulalia of Barcelona, Saint - A Spanish martyr in the persecution of Diocletian (12 February, 304), patron of the ...
Eulogia - (Greek eulogia , "a blessing"). The term has been applied in ecclesiastical usage to the ...
Eulogius of Alexandria, Saint - Patriarch of that see from 580 to 607. He was a successful combatant of the heretical errors ...
Eulogius of Cordova, Saint - Spanish martyr and writer who flourished during the reigns of the Cordovan Caliphs, Abd-er-Rahman ...
Eumenia - A titular see of Phrygia Pacatiana in Asia Minor, and suffragan to Hierapolis. It was founded ...
Eunan, Saint - (Or Eunan). Abbot of Iona, born at Drumhome, County Donegal, Ireland, c. 624; died at the ...
Eunomianism - A phase of extreme Arianism prevalent amongst a section of Eastern churchmen from about 350 ...
Euphemius of Constantinople - Euphemius of Constantinople (490-496) succeeded as patriarch Flavitas (or Fravitas, 489-490), who ...
Euphrasia, Saint - Virgin, b. in 380; d. after 410. She was the daughter of Antigonus, a senator of Constantinople, ...
Euphrosyne, Saint - Died about 470. Her story belongs to that group of legends which relate how Christian virgins, in ...
Euroea - A titular see of Epirus Vetus in Greece, suffragan of Nicopolis. Euroea is mentioned by ...
Europe - NAME The conception of Europe as a distinct division of the earth, separate from Asia and ...
Europus - A titular see in Provincis Euphratensis, suffragan of Hierapolis. The former name of this city ...
Eusebius Bruno - Bishop of Angers, b. in the early part of the eleventh century; d. at Angers, 29 August, 1081. ...
Eusebius of Alexandria - Ecclesiastical writer and author of a number of homilies well known in the sixth and seventh ...
Eusebius of Cæsarea - Eusebius Pamphili, Bishop of Cæsarea in Palestine, the "Father of Church History "; b. ...
Eusebius of Dorylæum - Eusebius, Bishop of Dorylæum in Asia Minor, was the prime mover on behalf of Catholic ...
Eusebius of Laodicea - An Alexandrian deacon who had some fame as a confessor and became bishop of Laodicea in ...
Eusebius of Nicomedia - Bishop, place and date of birth unknown; d. 341. He was a pupil at Antioch of Lucian the ...
Eusebius, Chronicle of - Consists of two parts: the first was probably called by Eusebius the "Chronograph" or ...
Eusebius, Saint - Bishop of Vercelli, b. in Sardinia c. 283; d. at Vercelli, Piedmont, 1 August, 371. He was ...
Eusebius, Saint - Bishop of Samosata (now Samsat) in Syria ; date of birth unknown: d. in 379 or 380. History ...
Eusebius, Saint - A presbyter at Rome ; date of birth unknown; d. 357(?). He was a Roman patrician and ...
Eusebius, Saint, Pope - Successor of Marcellus, 309 or 310. His reign was short. The Liberian Catalogue gives its duration ...
Eustace, John Chetwode - Antiquary, b. in Ireland, c. 1762; d. at Naples, Italy, 1 Aug., 1815. His family was English, ...
Eustace, Maurice - Eldest son of Sir John Eustace, Castlemartin, County Kildars, Ireland, martyred for the Faith, ...
Eustace, Saint - Date of birth unknown; died 29 March, 625. He was second abbot of the Irish monastery of ...
Eustachius and Companions, Saints - Martyrs under the Emperor Hadrian, in the year 188. Feast in the West, 20 September; in the East, 2 ...
Eustachius, Bartolomeo - A distinguished anatomist of the Renaissance period — "one of the greatest anatomists ...
Eustathius of Sebaste - Born about 300; died about 377. He was one of the chief founders of monasticism in Asia Minor, ...
Eustathius, Saint - Bishop of Antioch, b. at Side in Pamphylia, c. 270; d. in exile at Trajanopolis in Thrace , ...
Eustochium Julia, Saint - Virgin, born at Rome c. 368; died at Bethlehem, 28 September, 419 or 420. She was the third of ...
Euthalius - ( ) A deacon of Alexandria and later Bishop of Sulca. He lived towards the middle of ...
Euthanasia - (From Greek eu , well, and thanatos , death), easy, painless death. This is here considered ...
Euthymius, Saint - (Styled THE GREAT). Abbot in Palestine; b. in Melitene in Lesser Armenia, A.D. 377; d. A.D. ...
Eutropius of Valencia - A Spanish bishop ; d. about 610. He was originally a monk in the Monasterium Servitanum , ...
Eutyches - An heresiarch of the fifth century, who has given his name to an opinion to which his teaching and ...
Eutychianism - Eutychianism and Monophysitism are usually identified as a single heresy. But as some ...
Eutychianus, Saint, Pope - He succeeded Pope Felix I a few days after the latter's death, and governed the Church from ...
Eutychius - Melchite Patriarch of Alexandria, author of a history of the world, b. 876, at Fustat (Cairo); ...
Eutychius I - Patriarch of Constantinople, b. about 512, in Phrygia; d. Easter Day , 5 April, 582. He became ...
Evagrius - Ecclesiastical historian and last of the continuators of Eusebius of Caesarea, b. in 536 at ...
Evagrius - Born about 345, in Ibora, a small town on the shores of the Black Sea; died 399. He is numbered ...
Evangeliaria - Liturgical books containing those portions of the Gospels which are read during Mass or in the ...
Evangelical Alliance, The - An association of Protestants belonging to various denominations founded in 1846, whose object, ...
Evangelical Church - (IN PRUSSIA) The sixteenth-century Reformers accused the Catholic Church of having ...
Evangelical Counsels - ( Or COUNSELS OF PERFECTION). Christ in the Gospels laid down certain rules of life and ...
Evangelist - In the New Testament this word, in its substantive form, occurs only three times: Acts, xxi, 8; ...
Evaristus, Pope Saint - Date of birth unknown; died about 107. In the Liberian Catalogue his name is given as Aristus. In ...
Eve - ( Hebrew hawwah ). The name of the first woman, the wife of Adam, the mother of Cain, Abel, ...
Eve of a Feast - (Or VIGIL; Latin Vigilia ; Greek pannychis ). In the first ages, during the night before ...
Evesham Abbey - Founded by St. Egwin, third Bishop of Worcester, about 701, in Worcestershire, England, and ...
Evil - Evil, in a large sense, may be described as the sum of the opposition, which experience shows to ...
Evin, Saint - St. Abban of New Ross -- also known as St. Ewin, Abhan, or Evin, but whose name has been locally ...
Evodius - The first Bishop of Antioch after St. Peter. Eusebius mentions him thus in his "History": ...
Evolution, Catholics and - One of the most important questions for every educated Catholic of today is: What is to be ...
Evolution, History and Scientific Foundation of - The world of organisms comprises a great system of individual forms generally classified ...
Evora - Located in Portugal, raised to archiepiscopal rank in 1544, at which time it was given as ...
Evreux - DIOCESE OF EVREUX (EBROICENSIS) Diocese in the Department of Eure, France ; suffragan of the ...
Ewald, Saints - (Or HEWALD) Martyrs in Old Saxony about 695. They were two priests and natives of ...
Ewin, Saint - St. Abban of New Ross -- also known as St. Ewin, Abhan, or Evin, but whose name has been locally ...
Ewing, Thomas - Jurist and statesman, b. in West Liberty, Virginia (now West Virginia ), U.S.A. 28 December, ...
Ex Cathedra - Literally "from the chair", a theological term which signifies authoritative teaching and is ...
Examination - A process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification; an investigation, inquiry. ...
Examination of Conscience - By this term is understood a review of one's past thoughts, words and actions for the purpose of ...
Examiners, Apostolic - So called because appointed by the Apostolic See for service in Rome. In 1570 Pius V ...
Examiners, Synodal - So called because chosen in a diocesan synod. The Council of Trent prescribes at least six ...
Exarch - (Greek Exarchos ). A title used in various senses both civilly and ecclesiastically. In ...
Excardination and Incardination - (Latin cardo, a pivot, socket, or hinge--hence, incardinare, to hang on a hinge, or fix; ...
Exclusion, Right of - (Latin Jus Exclusivæ . The alleged competence of the more important Catholic ...
Excommunication - This subject will be treated under the following heads: I. General Notions and Historical ...
Executor, Apostolic - A cleric who puts into execution a papal rescript, completing what is necessary in order ...
Exedra - A semicircular stone or marble seat; a rectangular or semicircular recess; the portico of the ...
Exegesis, Biblical - Exegesis is the branch of theology which investigates and expresses the true sense of Sacred ...
Exemption - Exemption is the whole or partial release of an ecclesiastical person, corporation, or ...
Exequatur - (Synonymous with REGIUM PLACET) Exequatur, as the Jansenist Van Espen defines it, is a ...
Exeter, Ancient Diocese of - (EXONIA, ISCA DAMNONIORUM, CAER WISE, EXANCEASTER; EXONIENSIS). English see, chosen by Leofric, ...
Exmew, Blessed William - Carthusian monk and martyr ; suffered at Tyburn, 19 June, 1535. He studied at Christ's ...
Exodus ( See Pentateuch) - Pentateuch , in Greek pentateuchos , is the name of the first five books of the Old ...
Exorcism - ( See also DEMONOLOGY, DEMONIACS, EXORCIST, POSSESSION.) Exorcism is (1) the act of driving ...
Exorcist - ( See also DEMONOLOGY, DEMONIACS, EXORCISM, POSSESSION.) (1) In general, any one who ...
Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - ( Exspectatio Partus B.V.M. ) Celebrated on 18 December by nearly the entire Latin Church. ...
Expectative - (From the Latin expectare , to expect or wait for.) An expectative, or an expectative grace, ...
Expeditors, Apostolic - (Latin Expeditionarius literarum apostolicarum, Datariae Apostolicae sollicitator atque ...
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament - Exposition is a manner of honouring the Holy Eucharist, by exposing It, with proper solemnity, to ...
Extension - (From Latin ex-tendere , to spread out.) That material substance is not perfectly ...
Extension Society, The Catholic Church - IN THE UNITED STATES The first active agitation for a church extension or home mission society ...
Extra-Sensory Perception (ESP) - ( tele , far, and pathein , to experience) A term introduced by F.W.H. Myers in 1882 to ...
Extravagantes - ( Extra , outside; vagari , to wander.) This word is employed to designate some papal ...
Extreme Unction - A sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ to give spiritual aid and comfort and perfect ...
Exul Hibernicus - The name given to an Irish stranger on the Continent of Europe in the time of Charles the ...
Exultet - The hymn in praise of the paschal candle sung by the deacon, in the liturgy of Holy ...
Exuperius, Saint - (Also spelled Exsuperius). Bishop of Toulouse in the beginning of the fifth century; place ...
Eyb, Albrecht von - One of the earliest German humanists, born in 1420 near Anabach in Franconia; died in 1475. After ...
Eyck, Hubert and Jan van - Brothers, Flemish illuminators and painters, founders of the school of Bruges and ...
Eycken, Jean Baptiste van - Painter, born at Brussels, Belgium, 16 September, 1809; died at Schaerbeek, 19 December, 1853. ...
Eymard, Venerable Pierre-Julien - Founder of the Society of the Blessed Sacrament , and of the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament, ...
Eymeric, Nicolas - Theologian and inquisitor, born at Gerona, in Catalonia, Spain, c. 1320; died there 4 January, ...
Eyre, Thomas - First president of Ushaw College ; born at Glossop, Derbyshire; in 1748; died at Ushaw, 8 May, ...
Eyston, Charles - Antiquary, born 1667; died 5 November, 1721; he was a member of the ancient family of Eyston, ...
Ezechias - Ezechias (Hebrew = "The Lord strengtheneth"; Septuagint Ezekias ; in the cuneiform inscriptions ...
Ezekiel - Ezekiel, whose name, Yehézq'el signifies "strong is God ", or "whom God makes strong" ...
Ezion-geber - More properly Ezion-geber, a city of Idumea, situated on the northern extremity of the ...
Eznik - A writer of the fifth century, born at Golp, in the province of Taikh, a tributary valley of the ...
Ezra - (Or EZRA.) I. ESDRAS THE MAN Esdras is a famous priest and scribe connected with Israel's ...
Ezzo - A priest of Bamberg in the eleventh century, author of a famous poem known as the "Song of the ...