Volume Q in the Catholic Encyclopedia

Quadragesima - ( Latin, the fortieth). Quadragesima denotes a season of preparation by fasting and prayer, ...
Quadratus - The first of the Christian apologists. He is said by Eusebius (Chron. ad ann. Abrah. 2041, 124 ...
Quakers - The official designation of an Anglo - American religious sect originally styling themselves ...
Quality - (Greek poistes -- Plato, Aristotle -- poion ; Latin qualitas, quale .) Quality is used, ...
Quam singulari - A decree of the Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments, 8 August, 1910, on the age at which ...
Quamichan Indians - The largest of the numerous small bands attached to Cowichan agency, at the southeast end of ...
Quantity - (Greek poson ; Latin quantitas , quantum , correlate to tantum ) Aristotle, in his ...
Quapaw Indians - A tribe now nearly extinct, but formerly one of the most important of the lower Mississippi ...
Quarantines - "Quarantines" is an expression frequently used in the grants of indulgences, and signifies a strict ...
Quaresmius, Franciscus - A writer and Orientalist of the seventeenth century, born at Lodi (Lombardy), 4 April, 1583; ...
Quebec, Archdiocese of - (QUEBECENSIS) The Archdiocese of Quebec, in Canada, comprises the counties of Beauce, ...
Quebec, The Province of - GEOGRAPHY The province of Quebec occupies mainly the two slopes of the vast basin formed by the ...
Queen's Daughters - (DAUGHTERS OF THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN, FILIÆ REGINÆ COELI) A religious and charitable ...
Quelen, Hyacinthe-Louis De - Archbishop of Paris, born at Paris, 8 Oct., 1778; died there 31 Dec., 1839. He was educated ...
Quem terra, pontus, sidera - An ancient hymn in honour of the Blessed Virgin, ascribed to Fortunatus by Thomasius and ...
Querétaro, Diocese of - (DE QUERETARO) Located in Mexico; suffragan of Michoacan. Its area is that of the state of ...
Quercia, Jacopo Della - Sculptor, born (it is said) at Quercia Grossa, near Siena, 1374; died 20 October, 1438. His ...
Quesnel, Pasquier - (PASCHASE) Pasquier Quesnel, born in Paris, 14 July, 1634; died at Amsterdam, 2 December, ...
Quevedo, Juan de - Franciscan, native of Bejori, Old Castile , Spain ; died at Barcelona, 24 December, 1519. His ...
Quiñones, Francis - (Quignonez.) Cardinal, born in the Kingdom of Leon, Spain, c. 1482; died at Veroli, Italy, 5 ...
Quiche - (UTLATECA) The principal aboriginal tribe or nation of Guatemala. They belong to the great ...
Quichua Indians - Quichua Indians, formerly the dominant people of the Empire of Peru, and still the largest ...
Quicumque Christum Quærtis - The opening line of the twelfth (in honour of the Epiphany ) and last poem in the ...
Quierzy, Councils of - (Kierzy, Carisiacum) Several councils were held at Quierzy, a royal residence under the ...
Quiet, Prayer of - The Prayer of Quiet is regarded by all writers on mystical theology as one of the degrees of ...
Quietism - Quietism ( Latin quies, quietus , passivity) in the broadest sense is the doctrine which ...
Quilon, Diocese of - (QUILONENSIS) Diocese of Quilon, in India on the Malabar coast, suffragan of Verapoly, ...
Quimper, Diocese of - (CORISOPITENSIS) Diocese of Quimper includes the Department of Finistère; as ...
Quin, Michael Joseph - Originator of the "Dublin Review", born at Thurles, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, 1796; died at ...
Quinctianus, Saints - (1) Under the date 1 April the present "Roman Martyrology " mentions a saint of this name, ...
Quinquagesima - (Fiftieth.) The period of fifty days before Easter. It begins with the Sunday before Ash ...
Quintana, Agustín - Missionary and Indian philologist, born at Antequera, the capital of Oaxaca, Mexico, about 1660; ...
Quiricus and Julitta - Martyred under Diocletian. The names of these two martyrs, who in the early Church enjoyed a ...
Quirini, Angelo Maria - (Querini). Cardinal and scholar, born at Venice, 30 March, 1680; died at Brescia, 6 January, ...
Quirinus, Saints - Several martyrs of this name are mentioned in the "Martyrologium Hieronymianum" and in the ...
Quito, Archdiocese of - (QUITENSIS) The city of Quito, formerly known as San Francisco de Quito, capital of the ...
Qur'an, The - The sacred book of the Muslims, by whom it is regarded as the revelation of God. Supplemented by ...