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(Latin Vicarius Christi ).

A title of the pope implying his supreme and universal primacy, both of honour and of jurisdiction, over the Church of Christ. It is founded on the words of the Divine Shepherd to St. Peter : "Feed my lambs. . . . Feed my sheep" ( John 21:16-17 ), by which He constituted the Prince of the Apostles guardian of His entire flock in His own place, thus making him His Vicar and fulfilling the promise made in Matthew 16:18-19 .

In the course of the ages other vicarial designations have been used for the pope, as Vicar of St. Peter and even Vicar of the Apostolic See ( Pope Gelasius, I, Ep. vi), but the title Vicar of Christ is more expressive of his supreme headship of the Church on earth, which he bears in virtue of the commission of Christ and with vicarial power derived from Him. Thus, Innocent III appeals for his power to remove bishops to the fact that he is Vicar of Christ (cap. "Inter corporalia", 2, "De trans. ep."). He also declares that Christ has given such power only to His Vicar Peter and his successors (cap. "Quanto", 3, ibid.), and states that it is the Roman Pontiff who is "the successor of Peter and the Vicar of Jesus Christ" (cap. "Licet", 4, ibid.). The title Vicar of God used for the pope by Nicholas III (c. "Fundamenta ejus", 17, "De elect.", in 6) is employed as an equivalent for Vicar of Christ.

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Valverde, Vincent de Vincent de Valverde Born at Oropesa, Spain towards the close of the fifteenth century; d. at the Island of ...
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Van den Broek, Theodore J. Theodore J. van Den Broek Priest and missionary, b. at Amsterdam, Holland, 5 Nov., 1783; d. at Little Chute, Wisconsin, 5 ...
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Vandals Vandals A Germanic people belonging to the family of East Germans. According to Tacitus, they were ...
Vane, Thomas Thomas Vane The place and time of his birth and death are not known; but he was educated at Christ's ...
Vannes, Diocese of Vannes (VENETENSIS). Comprises the Department of Morbihan, and was re-established by the Concordat ...
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Vatican as a Scientific Institution, The The Vatican as a Scientific Institute Regarded from the point of view of scientific productivity, the Vatican is the busiest ...
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Vauquelin, Louis-Nicolas Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin Born at Saint-André d'Hebertot, Normandy, 16 May, 1763; died 14 Nov., 1829. In youth as ...
Vaux, Laurence Laurence Vaux (V OSE ). Canon regular, author of a catechism, martyr in prison, b. at Blackrod, ...
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Vavasour, Thomas Thomas Vavasour English Catholic physician, pensioner of St. John's College, Cambridge, b. about 1536-7; d. at ...
Vavasseur, François Francois Vavasseur Humanist and controversialist, b. at Paray-le-Monial, 8 Dec., 1605; d. at Paris, 16 Dec., ...
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Vedas Vedas The sacred books of ancient India. The Sanskrit word veda means "knowledge", more particularly ...
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Veghe, Johannes Johannes Veghe German preacher and religious writer, b. at Münster in Westphalia about 1435; d. there, 21 ...
Vegio, Maffeo Maffeo Vegio (MAPHEUS VEGIUS.) Churchman, humanist, poet, and educator, b. at Lodi, Italy, 1406; d. at ...
Veglia, Diocese of Veglia (VEGIENSIS ET ARBENSIS). In Austria, suffragan of Görz-Gradisca. Parallel to the Dinaric ...
Vehe, Michael Michael Vehe Born at Bieberach near Wimpfen; died at Halle, April, 1559. He joined the Dominicans at Wimpfen, ...
Veil, Humeral Humeral Veil This is the name given to a cloth of rectangular shape about 8 ft. long and 1 1/2 ft. wide. The ...
Veil, Religious Religious Veil In ancient Rome a red veil, or a veil with red stripes, distinguished newly-married women from ...
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Velazquez, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez Spanish painter, b. at Seville 5 June, 1599 (the certificate of baptism is dated 6 June); d. at ...
Venezuela Venezuela A republic formed out of the provinces which, under Spanish rule, constituted the captaincy ...
Veni Creator Spiritus Veni Creator Spiritus The "most famous of hymns " (Frere), is assigned in the Roman Breviary to Vespers (I and II) ...
Veni Sancte Spiritus Et Emitte Coelitus Veni Sancte Spiritus Et Emitte Coelitus The sequence for Pentecost (the "Golden Sequence "). It is sung at Mass from Whitsunday until ...
Veni Sancte Spiritus Reple Veni Sancte Spiritus Reple A prose invocation of the Holy Ghost . The Alleluia following the Epistle of Whitsunday ...
Venice Venice Venice, the capital of a province in Northern Italy, is formed of a group of 117 small islands ...
Venosa Venosa (VENUSIN.) Diocese in Southern Italy. The city is situated on a high precipitous hill, one of ...
Ventimiglia Ventimiglia (VENTIMILIENSIS) Located in the Province of Porto Maurizio, northern Italy. The city is ...
Ventura di Raulica, Gioacchino Gioacchino Ventura di Raulica Italian pulpit orator, patriot, phyilosopher, b. at Palermo, 8 Dec., 1792; d. at Versailles, 2 ...
Venturino of Bergamo Venturino of Bergamo Preacher, b. at Bergamo, 9 April, 1304; d. at Smyrna, 28 March, 1346. He received the habit of ...
Venusti, Raffaele Raffaele Venusti (VENOSTA.) Born at Tirano, Valtellina, northern Italy, about the end of the fifteenth ...
Vera Cruz Vera Cruz (VERAE CRUCIS or JALAPENSIS). Diocese of the Mexican Republic, suffragan of the Archbishopric ...
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Verbiest, Ferdinand Ferdinand Verbiest Missionary and astronomer, b. at Pitthem near Coutrai, Also spelled "Kortrijk" Belgium, 9 ...
Verbum Supernum Prodiens Verbum Supernum Prodiens The first line of two hymns celebrating respectively the Nativity of Christ and the Institution ...
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Verdi, Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi Composer, b. at Le Roncole, Parma, Italy, 10 October, 1813; d. at S. Agata, near Busseto, 27 ...
Verdun, Diocese of Verdun (VIRODUNENSIS.) Comprises the Department of the Meuse. Suppressed by the Concordat of 1802, ...
Verecundus Verecundus sentence --> Bishop of Junca, in the African Province of Byzacena, in the middle of the ...
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Vergil, Polydore Polydore Vergil Born at Ubino about 1470; died there probably in 1555. Having studied at Bologna and Padua, he ...
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Verna, La La Verna An isolated mountain hallowed by association with St. Francis of Assisi, situated in the centre ...
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Verne, Jules Jules Verne Novelist, b. at Nantes, France, 1828; d. at Amiens, 1905. His first literary venture was a ...
Vernier, Pierre Pierre Vernier Inventor of the instrument which bears his name, b. at Ornans, Franche-Comte, c. 1580; d. there, ...
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Verot, Augustin Augustin Verot Third Bishop of Savannah, first of St. Augustine, b. at Le Puy, France, May, 1804; d. at St. ...
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Vicariate Apostolic (Updated List) Vicariate Apostolic The following is an account of the newly-erected vicariates Apostolic and of those changed so ...
Vice Vice ( Latin vitium , any sort of defect) is here regarded as a habit inclining one to sin. It is ...
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Victimae Paschali Laudes Immolent Christiani Victimae Paschali Laudes Immolent Christiani The first stanza of the Easter sequence. Medieval missals placed it on various days within the ...
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Victor IV Victor IV Two antipopes of this name. I. Cardinal Gregory Conti, elected in opposition to Innocent II ...
Victor of Capua Victor of Capua A sixth-century bishop about whose life nothing is known except what is found in his epitaph ...
Victor Vitensis Victor Vitensis An African bishop of the Province of Byzacena (called VITENSIS from his See of Vita), b. ...
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Victorinus, Caius Marius Caius Marius Victorinus (Called also VICTORINUS MARIUS, or MARIUS FABIUS VICTORINUS, and frequently referred to as ...
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Vieira, Antonio Antonio Vieira Missionary, diplomat, orator, b. at Lisbon, 6 February, 1608; d. at Bahia, Brazil, 18 July, 1697. ...
Viel, Nicholas Nicholas Viel Died 1625, the first victim of apostolic zeal on the shores of the St. Lawrence. After ...
Vienna Vienna Vienna -- the capital of Austria-Hungary, the residence of the emperor, and the seat of a Latin ...
Vienna, University of University of Vienna Foundation of the University Next to the University of Prague that of Vienna is the oldest ...
Vienne, Council of Council of Vienne (1311-12) Pope Clement V, by the Bull "Regnans in coelis" of 12 Aug., 1308, called a general council to ...
Vierthaler, Franz Michael Franz Michael Vierthaler A distinguished Austrian pedagogue, b. at Mauerkirchen, Upper Austria, 25 September, 1758; d. ...
Vieta, François Francois Vieta, Seigneur de la Bigottiere (VIÈTE.) Father of modern algebra, b. at Fontenay-le-Comte (Poitou), 1540; d. in ...
Viger, Denis-Benjamin Denis-Benjamin Viger French-Canadian statesman and writer, b. at Montreal, 19 Aug., 1774; d. 1861. After studying ...
Viger, Jacques Jacques Viger French-Canadian antiquarian and archaeologist, b. at Montreal, 7 May, 1787; d. 12 Dec., 1858. ...
Vigevano Vigevano (VIGLEVANENSIS.) Diocese in Lombardy, Province of Pavia. The city is a great agricultural ...
Vigilius Vigilius Bishop of Tapsus, in the African Province of Byzacena. Mentioned in the "Notitia" appended to ...
Vigilius, Pope Pope Vigilius Reigned 537-55, date of birth unknown; died at Syracuse, 7 June 555. He belonged to a ...
Vigilius, Saint St. Vigilius (Bishop of Trent) Bishop of Trent, martyr, patron of Trent and of Tyrol, b. c. 353; d. 26 June, 405; feast 26 ...
Vignola, Giacomo Barozzi da Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola A theoretical and practical architect of the Transition Period between the Renaissance and ...
Vigor, Simon Simon Vigor French bishop and controversialist, b. at Evreux, Normandy, about 1515; d. at Carcassonne, 1 ...
Vikings Northmen (Vikings) The Scandinavians who, in the ninth and tenth centuries, first ravaged the coasts of Western ...
Villalpandus, Juan Bautista Juan Bautista Villalpandus Born at Cordova, Spain, in 1552; entered the Society of Jesus in 1575; died on 22 May, 1608. His ...
Villani, Giovanni Giovanni Villani Florentine historian, b. about 1276; d. of the plague in 1348. Descended from a wealthy family ...
Villanovanus, Arnaldus Arnaldus Villanovanus (ARNALDUS OF VILLANUEVA, or VILLENEUVE, or BACHUONE). Celebrated in his day as a physician, ...
Villefranche, Jacques-Melchior Jacques-Melchior Villefranche Publicist, b. at Couzon-sur-Saone, 17 Dec., 1829; d. at Bourg, 10 May, 1904. After excellent ...
Villehardouin, Geoffroi de Geoffroi de Villehardouin Maréchal de Champagne, warrior, and first historian in the French language, b. about 1150; ...
Villeneuve-Barcement, Jean-Paul-Alban Jean-Paul-Alban Villeneuve-Barcement Vicomte de, b. at Saint-Auban, Var, 8 Aug., 1784; d. at Paris, 8 June, 1850. After having taken ...
Villermé, Louis-René Louis-Rene Villerme French economist, b. at Paris, 10 March, 1782; d. there, 16 Nov., 1863. He was devoted to ...
Villers, Cistercian Abbey of Cistercian Abbey of Villers Situated on the confines of Villers and Tilly, Duchy of Brabant, present Diocese of Namur ...
Vilna Vilna (VILENSIS). Vilna, the capital of Lithuania, is situated at the junction of the Rivers ...
Vincent de Paul, Saint St. Vincent de Paul Born at Pouy, Gascony, France, in 1580, though some authorities have said 1576; died at Paris, ...
Vincent de Paul, Sisters of Charity of Saint Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul A congregation of women with simple vows, founded in 1633 and devoted to corporal and ...
Vincent de Paul, Sisters of Charity of Saint (New York) Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (New York) (Motherhouse at Mt. St. Vincent-on Hudson, New York; not to be confused with the Sisters of ...
Vincent de Paul, Society of Saint Society of Saint Vincent de Paul An international association of Catholic laymen engaging systematically in personal service of ...
Vincent Ferrer, Saint St. Vincent Ferrer Famous Dominican missionary, born at Valencia, 23 January, 1350; died at Vannes, Brittany, 5 ...
Vincent Kadlubek, Blessed Blessed Vincent Kadlubek (KADLUBO, KADLUBKO). Bishop of Cracow, chronicler, b. at Karnow, Duchy of Sandomir, Poland, ...
Vincent of Beauvais Vincent of Beauvais Priest and encyclopedist. Little is known of his personal history. The years of his birth and ...
Vincent of Lérins, Saint St. Vincent of Lerins Feast on 24 May, an ecclesiastical writer in Southern Gaul in the fifth century. His work is ...
Vincent, Saint St. Vincent (MALDEGARIUS). Founder and abbot of the monasteries of Hautmont and Soignies, b. of a noble ...
Vincent, Saint St. Vincent Deacon of Saragossa, and martyr under Diocletian, 304; mentioned in the Roman Martyrology, 22 ...
Vincentians Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians) A congregation of secular priests with religious vows founded by St. Vincent de Paul. The ...
Vincenzo de Vit Vincenzo de Vit Latinist, b. at Mestrina, near Padua, 10 July, 1810; d. at Domo d'Ossola, 17 Aug., 1892. He made ...
Vinci, Leonardo di Ser Piero da Leonardo da Vinci (LEONARDO DI SER PIERO DA VINCI) Florentine painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and ...
Vindicianus, Saint St. Vindicianus Bishop of Cambrai - Arras, b. if tradition is to be believed, perhaps at Beaulaincourt, near ...
Vineam Domini Vineam Domini An Apostolic Constitution issued by Clement XI against the Jansenists on 16 July, 1705. It ...
Violence Violence Violence ( Latin vis ), an impulse from without tending to force one without any concurrence on ...
Viotti, Giovanni Battista Giovanni Battista Viotti Founder of the modern school of violinist, b. at Fontanetto, Piedmont, 23 May, 173; d. 3 ...
Viraggio, Jacopo di Bl. Jacopo de Voragine (Di Viraggio) ( Also DI VIRAGGIO). Archbishop of Genoa and medieval hagiologist, born at Viraggio (now ...
Virgilius, Saint Saint Virgilius (VIRGILE). Archbishop of Arles, died c. 610. According to a life written in the eighth ...
Virgin Birth of Christ Virgin Birth of Christ The dogma which teaches that the Blessed Mother of Jesus Christ was a virgin before, during, ...
Virgin Mary, Devotion to the Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary Down to the Council of Nicaea Devotion to Our Blessed Lady in its ultimate analysis must be ...
Virgin Mary, Name of The Name of Mary The Blessed Virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ, the mother of God. The Hebrew ...
Virgin Mary, The The Blessed Virgin Mary The Blessed Virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ, the mother of God. In general, the ...
Virginia Virginia Surnamed "The Old Dominion", "The Mother of States and of Statesmen", one of the thirteen original ...
Virginity Virginity Morally, virginity signifies the reverence for bodily integrity which is suggested by a virtuous ...
Virtue Virtue The subject will be treated under the following heads: I. Definitions; II. Subjects; III. ...
Virtue, Heroic Heroic Virtue The notion of heroicity is derived from hero, originally a warrior, a demigod; hence it connotes a ...
Vischer, Peter Peter Vischer Sculptor and metal founder, b. at Nuremberg about 1460; d. in 1529. His father Hermann, who ...
Visdelou, Claude de Claude de Visdelou Born at the Château de Bienassis, Pléneuf, Brittany, 122 Aug., 1656; died at ...
Visigoths Visigoths One of the two principal branches of the Goths. Until 375 their history is combined with that of ...
Visions Visions and Apparitions This article will deal not with natural but with supernatural visions, that is, visions due to ...
Visit ad Limina Visit Ad Limina (Sc. Apostolorum ) The visit ad limina means, technically, the obligation incumbent on ...
Visitation Convent, Georgetown The Visitation Convent (Georgetown) Located in the District of Columbia , United States of America . This convent was founded by ...
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary I. THE EVENT Assuming that the Annunciation and the Incarnation took place about the vernal ...
Visitation Order Visitation Order The nuns of the Visitation of Mary, called also Filles de Sainte-Marie, Visitandines, and ...
Visitation, Canonical Canonical Visitation The act of an ecclesiastical superior who in the discharge of his office visits persons or ...
Visitors Apostolic Visitors Apostolic Officials whom canonists commonly class with papal legates. Visitors differ from other Apostolic ...
Visits to the Blessed Sacrament Visits To the Blessed Sacrament By this devotional practice, which is of comparatively modern development, the presence of ...
Vitalian, Pope Saint Pope St. Vitalian (Reigned 657-72). Date of birth unknown; d. 27 January, 672. Nothing is known of Vitalian's ...
Vitalini, Bonifazio Bonifazio Vitalini (DE VITALINIS). Jurist, b. at Mantua, Italy, about 1320; d. at Avignon after 1388. After ...
Vitalis and Agricola, Saints Sts. Vitalis and Agricola Martyred at Bologna about 304 during Diocletian's persecution. Agricola, who was beloved for ...
Vitalis of Savigny, Saint St. Vitalis of Savigny Founder of the monastery and Congregation of Savigny (1112), b. at Tierceville near Bayeaux ...
Vitalis, Saint St. Vitalis Martyr. His legend, which is of little historical value, relates that he was martyred by order ...
Vitelleschi, Muzio Muzio Vitelleschi Born at Rome 2 Dec., 1563; died there 9 Feb., 1645. He belonged to a distinguished family but ...
Vitellius, Lucius Lucius Vitellius Proclaimed Roman Emperor by the soldiers at Cologne during the civil war of A.D. 69; d. at Rome, ...
Vitensis, Victor Victor Vitensis An African bishop of the Province of Byzacena (called VITENSIS from his See of Vita), b. ...
Viterbo and Toscanella Viterbo and Toscanella (VITERBIENSIS ET TUSCANENSIS). The city of Viterbo in the Province of Rome stands at the foot ...
Vitoria Vitoria (VICTORIENSIS). Diocese ; suffragan of Burgos, in Spain, bounded on the north by the Bay of ...
Vittorino da Feltre Vittorino Da Feltre (VITTORINO DE' RAMBALDONI). Humanist educator, b. at Feltre, 1397; d. at Mantua, 1446. He was ...
Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia, Saints Sts. Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia According to the legend, martyrs under Diocletian ; feast, 15 June. The earliest testimony for ...
Viva, Domenico Domenico Viva Writer, b. at Lecce, 19 Oct., 1648; d. 5 July, 1726. He entered the Society of Jesus 12 May, ...
Vivarini Vivarini (Family of Painters) A family of Italian painters. Alvise Vivarini Born in 1446 or 1447; died in 1502. He was the ...
Vives, Juan Luis Juan Luis Vives Spanish humanist and philosopher, b. at Valencia, 6 March, 1492; d. at Bruges, 6 May, 1540. ...
Viviers Viviers (VIVARIUM). Diocese ; includes the Department of Ardèche, France. It was suppressed ...
Vivisection Moral Aspect of Vivisection Defined literally the word vivisection signifies the dissection of living creatures; ordinarily it ...
Vizagapatam, Diocese of Vizagapatam Located in the east of India, suffragan to Madras. It is bounded on the north by the River ...
Vizeu Vizeu (VISENSIS). Diocese in north central Portugal. The bishopric dates from the sixth century and ...
Vladimir the Great, Saint St. Vladimir the Great (VLADIMIR or VOLODOMIR). Grand Duke of Kieff and All Russia, grandson of St. Olga, and the ...
Vocation, Ecclesiastical and Religious Ecclesiastical and Religious Vocation An ecclesiastical or religious vocation is the special gift of those who, in the Church of God, ...
Vogüé, Eugène-Melchior, Vicomte de Eugene-Melchior, Vicomte de Vogue Critic, novelist, and historian, born at Nice, 25 February, 1848; died in Paris, 24 February, ...
Vogler, George Joseph George Joseph Vogler Theorist, composer and organist, b. at Würzburg, 15 June 1749, d. at Darmstadt, 6 May, ...
Volk, Wilhelm Wilhelm Volk (Pseudonym, LUDWIG CLARUS). Born at Halberstadt 25 Jan., 1804; died at Erfurt 17 March, 1869. ...
Volksverein Volksverein (PEOPLE'S UNION) FOR CATHOLIC GERMANY. A large and important organization of German Catholics ...
Volta, Alessandro Alessandro Volta Physicist, b. at Como, 18 Feb., 1745; d. there, 5 March, 1827. As his parents were not in ...
Volterra Volterra (VOLTARRANENSIS). Diocese in Tuscany. The city stands on a rocky mountain 1770 feet above the ...
Volterra, Daniele da Daniele Da Volterra (RICCIARELLI). Italian painter, b. at Volterra, 1509; d. in Rome, 1566. Ricciarelli was called ...
Voluntarism Voluntarism Voluntarism ( Latin voluntas , will) in the modern metaphysical sense is a theory which ...
Voluntary Voluntary Wilful, proceeding from the will. It is requisite that the thing be an effect of the will ...
Voluntary Association, Right of Right of Voluntary Association I. LEGAL RIGHT A voluntary association means any group of individuals freely united for the ...
Von Gagern, Max, Freiherr Freiherr Max von Gagern Born at Weilburg (in Nassau), Germany, 25 March, 1810; died at Vienna, 17 October, 1889. He was ...
Vondel, Joost van Den Joost van Den Vondel Netherland poet and convert, b. at Cologne, 17 Nov., 1587, of parents whose residence was ...
Voragine, Jacopo de Bl. Jacopo de Voragine (Di Viraggio) ( Also DI VIRAGGIO). Archbishop of Genoa and medieval hagiologist, born at Viraggio (now ...
Votive Mass Votive Mass ( Missa votiva ) A Mass offered for a votum , a special intention. So we frequently find ...
Votive Offerings Votive Offerings The general name given to those things vowed or dedicated to God, or a saint, and in ...
Votive Offices Votive Offices A votive office is one not entered in the general calendar, but adopted with a view to satisfying ...
Vows Vows I. GENERAL VIEW A vow is defined as a promise made to God. The promise is binding, and so differs ...
Vrau, Philibert Philibert Vrau "The holy man of Lille ", organizer of numerous Catholic activities; b. at Lille, 19 Nov., ...
Vrie, Theodoric Theodoric Vrie Historian of the Council of Constance . He describes himself as a brother of the Order of ...
Vulgate, Revision of Revision of Vulgate In the spring of 1907 the public press announced that Pius X had determined to begin preparations ...

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