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A term popularly to nearly all the natives of South Africa. It was originally imposed by the Arab traders of the East coast, and means "unbeliever". The natives do not use the word, but distinguish themselves by the names of their many tribes. Even in legal phraseology there is some confusion; but the following is a serviceable list of the native races of South Africa as known to the law ; Kafir, Zulu, Basuto, Bechuana, Pondo, Fingo, Griqua, Damara, Koranna, Bushman and Hottentot. The almost universal language of the South African natives is the Bantu, of which the Kafir group has four subdivisions, Xosa, Zulu, Tabele, Mfengu. It is likely that many of the tribes evangelized by the Jesuits and Dominicans from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries were ancestors of our Kafirs. When the Catholic missionaries were driven out, the native converts could not stand alone, and relapsed into barbarism, although individuals had risen high in the scale of civilization. The terrible Zulu chief Chaka carried on an aggressive war against the other tribes, at the beginning of the nineteenth century, and over a million are said to have perished. Thence until 1879 came a series of wars between the Kafirs and the British or Dutch. Today there are, south of the Zambesi, some five million natives, chiefly Kafirs. In Cape Colony, the state which has the largest European population, Europeans are to non-Europeans as 100 to 316. The greatest number of Kafirs occupy the land by tribal or communal tenure, under their own laws and the suzerainty of Great Britain. Some are squatters on private or government lands. There are also mission locations and labour locations. A few have individual titles to land, and some are scattered as servants among the whites. In Cape Colony there are about 5500 registered voters out of a total of about twenty thousand non-European voters. In the other South African states the native voter is a negligible quantity. The importance of missionary work among the Kafirs may be gauged from the following remarkable words of the Native Commission, 1903-5, appointed by all the South African States:
The tribal system is in many ways an impediment to missionary enterprise, but it is a safeguard against political combination. Alcohol is a problem, and abolition is the policy in all native reserves. Polygamy is decreasing slowly but surely. The dangerous Ethiopian movement (the revolt of native Christians from the control of white missionaries) is felt in all Protestant missions, but has had little footing in Catholic stations. The principal Catholic Kafir missions are now in the hands of Trappists, Oblates of Mary Immaculate, and Jesuits. Full statistics are not obtainable. The census of 1904 shows that in Cape Colony Catholics of non-European descent were under 5000. The Trappists have 58 priests, 223 lay brothers, and 328 nuns, working among the natives: 82 schools, and 42 mission stations. About 12,000 Kafirs in South Africa today have been trained in Trappist stations.
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(Called LAI in Chinese). Along with Father Adam Schall the most important of the fifty German ...König, Joseph
Theologian and exegete, born at Hausen on the Aach, District of Hegau, Grand Duchy of Baden, 7 ...Königgrätz
(REGINAE HRADECENSIS). This Bohemian see owes its origin to Emperor Ferdinand III, who, soon ...Königshofen, Jacob
More properly JACOB TWINGER VON KÖNIGSHOFEN. Chronicler, b. in 1346 at Königshofen, a ...Ka 32
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Kabbala
The term is now used as a technical name for the system of esoteric theosophy which for many ...Kadlubek, Blessed Vincent
(KADLUBO, KADLUBKO). Bishop of Cracow, chronicler, b. at Karnow, Duchy of Sandomir, Poland, ...Kafiristan and Kashmir, Prefecture Apostolic of
Created (1887) by Leo XIII in the extreme North of India. As regards India proper, the ...Kafirs
A term popularly to nearly all the natives of South Africa. It was originally imposed by the Arab ...Kager, Johann Matthias
German historical painter, born at Munich, 1566; died at Augsburg, 1634. He was originally a ...Kaiser, Kajetan Georg von
Chemist, born at Kelheim on the Danube (Bavaria), 5 January, 1803; died at Munich, 28 August, ...Kaiserchronik
(Der Keiser und der Kunige buoch.) A German epic poem of the twelfth century. It is at once a ...Kaiserwilhelmsland
Comprises the German part of the island of New Guinea, area about 460,000 sq. miles; about ...Kalands Brethren
(Kalandbrüder, Fratres Calendarii.) The name given to religious and charitable ...Kalcker, Jan Stephanus van
(GIOVANNI DA CALCAR and JOANNES STEPHANUS CALCARENSIS.) Flemish painter, native of the Duchy ...Kalinka, Valerian
Polish historian, born near Cracow in 1826; died at Jaroslaw in 1886. He fled from Poland in ...Kalispel Indians
Popularly known under the French name of Pend d'Oreilles, "ear pendants", an important tribe of ...Kalocsa-Bacs, Archdiocese of
(Colocensis et Bachiensis.) This archdiocese embraces within its territories an archdiocese ...Kamerun, Vicariate Apostolic of
(Cameroons; Cameroon.) Located in German West Africa, between British Nigeria and French ...Kan-Su, Prefecture Apostolic of Southern
Separated from the Northern Kan-su mission in 1905, and committed to the Belgian Congregation of ...Kan-Su, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern
This vicariate includes the territory of Ku-ku-nor, northern part of Tibet, and the five ...Kandy, Diocese of
(Kandiensis.) Formerly part of the Vicariate of Southern Colombo, Ceylon, India, from which ...Kansas
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS Geography Kansas, one of the United States of America , is the central ...Kansas City, Diocese of
(Kansanopolitana.) Established 10 September, 1880, to include that part of the State of ...Kant, Philosophy of
Kant's philosophy is generally designated as a system of transcendental criticism tending ...Karinthia
(CARANTANUM; Slovene, KOROSKO; German KÄRNTEN). A crownland in the Austrian Empire , ...Karnkowski, Stanislaw
(Karncovious.) Archbishop of Gnesen and Primate of Poland, born about 1526; died at Lowicz,in ...Kaskaskia Indians
Formerly chief tribe of the confederacy of Illinois Indians (q.v.). The name is of uncertain ...Kassai, Upper
Erected as a simple mission in 1901, and detached, as a prefecture Apostolic, from the Vicariate ...Kateri Tekakwitha, Blessed
(Also known as Catherine Tegakwitha/Takwita.) Known as the "Lily of the Mohawks", and the ...Kauffmann, Angelica
Born at Coire, in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland, 30 October, 1741; died at Rome, 5 November, ...Kaufmann, Alexander
Poet and folklorist, born at Bonn, 14 May, 1817; died at Wertheim, 1 May, 1893. He came of a ...Kaufmann, Leopold
Chief Burgomaster of Bonn, brother of the poet and folklorist Alexander Kaufmann, born 13 March, ...Kaulen, Franz Philip
Scriptural scholar, born 20 March, 1827, at Düsseldorf; died at Bonn, 11 July, 1907. He ...Kaunitz, Wenzel Anton
An Austrian prince and statesman, born at Vienna 2 February, 1711; died there 27 June, 1794. ...Kavanagh, Edward
American statesman and diplomat, born at Newcastle, Maine, 27 April, 1795; died there, 21 Jan., ...Kavanagh, Julia
Novelist and biographer, born 7 Jan., 1824, at Thurles, Ireland ; died 28 October, 1877, at ...Ke 32
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Kearney, Diocese of
(KEARNEYIENSIS). By Decree of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation of 8 March, 1912, Pius X ...Keating, Geoffrey
Irish theologian, historian, and poet, b. at Burgess in the parish of Tubbrid, Co. Tipperary, ...Keewatin, Vicariate Apostolic of
The Vicariate Apostolic of Keewatin includes the northern half of the Province of Saskatchewan, ...Kehrein, Joseph
Educator, philologist, and historian of German literature, born at Heidesheim, near Mainz, 20 ...Keller, Jacob
Controversialist, born at Sackingen, Baden, Germany, in 1568; died at Munich, Bavaria, 23 ...Kellner, Lorenz
Educationist, born at Kalteneber in the district of Eichsfeld, 29 January, 1811; died at Trier, ...Kells, Book of
An Irish manuscript containing the Four Gospels, a fragment of Hebrew names, and the Eusebian ...Kells, School of
Kells (in Gaelic Cenannus ) was the chief of the Irish Columban monasteries. It was founded ...Kemble, Ven. John
Martyr, b. at Rhydicar Farm, St. Weonard's, Herefordshire, 1599; d. at Widemarsh Common, ...Kemp, John
Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Chancellor of England ; b. at Wye, Kent, about 1380; ...Kenia
Coextensive with the civil province of Kenia (Kenya) in British East Africa, to which the ...Kenites
(A.V. Kenites). A tribe or family often mentioned in the Old Testament, personified as ...Kennedy, James
Bishop of St. Andrews, Scotland. Born about 1406; died 10 May, 1466. Of the ancient house of ...Kenneth, Saint
(Or KENNY). Commemorated on 11 October, born in 515 or 516, at Glengiven, in what is now ...Kenny, Saint
(Or KENNY). Commemorated on 11 October, born in 515 or 516, at Glengiven, in what is now ...Kenosis
A term derived from the discussion as to the real meaning of Phil. 2:6 sqq.: "Who being in the ...Kenraghty
(KIMRACHA, KINRECHTIN, or MAKENRACHTUS; in Irish MACIONNRACHTAIGH, anglicized HANRATTY and ...Kenrick, Francis Patrick and Peter Richard
Archbishops respectively of Baltimore, Maryland, and of St. Louis, Missouri. They were sons of ...Kent, Nun of
Born probably in 1506; executed at Tyburn, 20 April, 1534; called the "Nun of Kent." The career of ...Kentigern, Saint
(Or M UNGO ) Bishop, founder of the See of Glasgow, b. about 518; d. at Glasgow, 13 ...Kentucky
A state situated between the parallels of latitude 36° 30 and 39°6' N., and between the ...Keon, Miles Gerard
Journalist, novelist, colonial secretary, lecturer, last descendent of the Keons, of Keonbrooke, ...Kerkuk
(CHERCHENSIS). A Chaldean Catholic diocese. The ancient name of the city was Karka of ...Kernan, Francis
Lawyer, statesman; born in Steuben County, New York, 14 January, 1816; d. at Utica, New York, 7 ...Kerry and Aghadoe
The Diocese of Kerry and Aghadoe (Kerriensis Et Aghadoensis), suffragan of Cashel, Ireland, is ...Kerssenbroch, Hermann von
(KERSSENBROICK). A teacher and historian, b. at Monchshof, near Barntrup (Lippe), about 1520; ...Kervyn de Lettenhove, Joseph-Marie-Bruno-Constantin, Baron
Belgian statesman and historian, b. at Saint-Michel-lez-Bruges, 17 August, 1817; d. there, 3 ...Kessels, Matthias
Sculptor, b. at Maastricht, 1784; d. at Rome, 3 March, 1836. He was first apprenticed to a ...Ketteler, Wilhelm Emmanuel, Baron von
Bishop of Mainz, b. at Münster, in Westphalia, 25 Dec., 1811; d. at Burghausen, 13 July, ...Kevin of Glendalough, Saint
Abbot of Glendalough, Ireland, b. about 498, the date being very obscure; d. 3 June, 618; son ...Keyes, Erasmus Darwin
Soldier, convert, b. at Brimfield, Massuchusetts, U.S.A. 29 May, 1810; d. at Nice, France, ...Keys, Power of the
The expression "power of the keys" is derived from Christ's words to St. Peter (in Matthew ...Kh 1
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Armenian Uniat diocese created in 1850. The city of Kharput, Armenian Kharpert, which means ...Ki 33
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Kiang-nan
(Vicariate Apostolic) The present Vicariate comprises the two provinces of Kiang-su and ...Kiang-si, Eastern
(Vicariate Apostolic) The mission of Eastern Kiang-si was separated from the mission of ...Kiang-si, Northern
(Vicariate Apostolic) Father Matteo Ricci of the Society of Jesus was the first missionary ...Kiang-si, Southern
(Vicariate Apostolic) Southern Kiang-si was separated from the mission of Northern Kiang-si in ...Kickapoo Indians
Apparently corrupted from a longer term signifying "roamers", a tribe of Algonquian stock, ...Kickham, Charles Joseph
Patriot, novelist, and poet, b. at Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, 1828; d. at Blackrock, Co. ...Kielce
(Russian K IELTZY ; Latin K IELCENSIS ) Diocese in the sourthern part of Russian Poland, ...Kieran, Saints
There are many Irish saints of this name, but the most celebrated is St. Kieran of Clonmacnoise ...Kildare and Leighlin
(KILDARENSIS ET LEIGHLINENSIS) One of the four suffragans of Dublin, Ireland. These two ...Kildare, School of
Kildare (Irish: Cill-Dara ), originally known as Druim Criaidh , or the Ridge of Clay, ...Kilian, Saint
(Killena, Cillíne). Apostle of Franconia and martyr, born about 640 of noble parents ...Killala
(ALLADENSIS). Diocese. It is one of the five suffragan sees of the ecclesiastical Province ...Killaloe
(LAONIA) A suffragan diocese of Cashel ; it comprises the greater part of County Clare, a ...Kilmore
(KILMORENSIS) Diocese in Ireland, includes almost all Cavan and about half of Leitrim. It ...Kilwardby, Robert
Archbishop of Canterbury, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto and Santa Rufina ; died at Viterbo, 11 ...Kilwinning, Benedictine Abbey of
Located in Ayrshire, Scotland, in the town of the same name, where a church was said to have been ...Kimberley
(KIMBERLIENSIS) Vicariate apostolic ; suffragan of Adelaide, erected by Leo XIII , 5 May, ...Kimberley in Orange
(KYMBERLEYENSIS IN ORANGIA). The portion of South Africa which at the present day forms the ...Kingdom of God
(In Matthew, generally, Kingdom of Heaven ). In this expression the innermost teaching of the ...Kingisel
The name of two abbots who ruled Glastonbury in the seventh and eighth centuries respectively. ...Kings
(Plural of Latin magus ; Greek magoi ). The "wise men from the East" who came to adore ...Kings, Chronology of the
First, we append a table in which the data of the Bible are put together. For the kings of Juda, ...Kings, First and Second Books of
(Also know as the F IRST AND S ECOND B OOKS OF S AMUEL. For the First and Second Books of ...Kings, Third and Fourth Books of
The historical book called in the Hebrew Melakhim, i.e. Kings, is in the Vulgate, in imitation ...Kingston
(KINGSTONIENSIS or REGIOPOLITANA) The Archdiocese of Kingston comprises the territory from the ...Kinloss
(Gaelic ceann-loch , "head of the loch"). Cistercian abbey on the coast of Morayshire, ...Kino, Eusebius
A famous Jesuit missionary of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; b. 10 August, 1644, in ...Kiowa Indians
(Pronounced Kai-o-wa , Latin spelling. Spanish form: Caygua ; Comanche form: Kaiwa , from ...Kirby, Blessed Luke
Blessed William Filby Born in Oxfordshire between 1557 and 1560; suffered at Tyburn, 30 May, ...Kircher, Athanasius
Celebrated for the versatility of his knowledge and particularly distinguished for his ...Kirkwall
A parish, also a royal and parliamentary burgh and chief or county town of Orkney, in the north ...Kisfaludy
Sándor Kisfaludy Born at Suemeg, Hungary, 27 Sept., 1772; died at Suemeg, 28 October, ...Kiss
Four times in the Epistles of St. Paul we meet the injunction, used as a sort of formula of ...Kl 6
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Klaczko, Julian
Polish author, b. at Vilna, 6 November, 1825, of Jewish parents ; d. at Cracow, 26 November, ...Klee, Heinrich
German theologian and exegete, b. at Münstermaifeld, in the Rhine province, 20 April, ...Klesl, Melchior
A cardinal and Austrian statesman, b. at Vienna, 19 February, 1552; d. at Wiener-Neustadt, 18 ...Kleutgen, Josef Wilhelm Karl
German theologian and philosopher, b. at Dortmund, Westphalia, 9 April, 1811; d. at St. Anton ...Klinkowström
Friedrich August von Klinkowström Artist, author and teacher; b. at Ludwigsburg in Swedish ...Klopp, Onno
Historian, b. on 9 October, 1822, at Leer (East Friesland); d. at Vienna, 9 August 1903. After ...Kn 17
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Knabl, Joseph
A master of religious plastic art, b. at Fliess, Tyrol, in 1819; d. at Munich in 1881. He was ...Kneeling
To genuflect [ Latin genu flectere , geniculare (post-classic), to bend the knee; Greek ...Kneipp, Sebastian
Bavarian priest and hydrotherapist, b. at Stephansreid, Bavaria, 17 May, 1821; d. at ...Knight, Venerable William
Put to death for the Faith at York, on 29 November, 1596; with him also suffered Venerables ...Knighthood
Chivalry (derived through the French cheval from the Latin caballus ) as an institution is ...Knighton, Henry
(CNITTHON) A fourteenth-century chronicler. Nothing is known of his career except that he was ...Knights of Christ, Order of the
A military order which sprang out of the famous Order of the Temple (see Knights Templars ). ...Knights of Columbus
A fraternal and beneficent society of Catholic men, founded in New Haven, Connecticut, 2 ...Knights of Malta
(Also known as K NIGHTS OF M ALTA ). The most important of all the military orders, both ...Knights of the Cross
(Ordo Militaris Crucigerorum cum Rubea Stella.) A religious order famous in the history of ...Knights Templars, The
The Knights Templars were the earliest founders of the military orders, and are the type on which ...Knoblecher, Ignatius
Catholic missionary in Central Africa, born 6 July, 1819, at St. Cantian in Lower Carniola; died ...Knoll, Albert (Joseph)
Dogmatic theologian of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchins, born at Bruneck in northern Tyrol, ...Knowledge
I. Essentials of Knowledge II. Kinds of Knowledge III. The Problem of Knowledge Knowledge, ...Knowledge of Jesus Christ
" Knowledge of Jesus Christ," as used in this article, does not mean a summary of what we know ...Knownothingism
This was a name applied to a movement in American politics which attracted a large share of public ...Knox, John
Scotch Protestant leader, b. at Haddington, Scotland, between 1505 and 1515; d. at Edinburgh, ...Ko 19
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Kober, Franz Quirin von
German canonist and pedagogist, b. of simple countryfolk on 6 March, 1821, at Warthausen, ...Koberger, Anthony
(KOBURGER, COBERGER). German printer, publisher, and bookseller, b. about 1445; d. at ...Kobler, Andreas
An historian, b. at Muhldorf in Bavaria, 22 June, 1816; d. at Klagenfurt, 15 November, 1892. He ...Kochanowski, Jan
Born at Sycyna, 1530, died at Lublin, 22 August, 1584. He was inscribed in 1544 as a student in ...Kochowski, Vespasian
Born at Sandomir ?, 1633; died at Krakow, 1699. He received his education at the Jesuit ...Kohlmann, Anthony
Educator and missionary, b. 13 July, 1771, at Kaiserberg, Alsace; d. at Rome, 11 April, 1836. He ...Koller, Marian Wolfgang
Scientist and educator, b. at Feistritz in Carniola, Austria, 31 October, 1792; d. of cholera at ...Konarski, Stanislaus
Born in 1700; died in 1773. This great reformer of Polish schools was a Piarist who, during a ...Konings, Anthony
Born at Helmond, Diocese of Bois-1e-Duc, Holland, 24 August, 1821; died 30 June, 1884. After a ...Konrad ("der Pfaffe")
Surnamed DER PFAFFE ("The Priest"). A German epic poet of the twelfth century, author of the ...Konrad of Lichtenau
A medieval German chronicler, d. at Ursperg, in the year 1240. He descended from a noble Swabian ...Konrad of Megenberg
(KUNRAT). Scholar and writer, b. probably at Mainberg, near Schweinfurt, Bavaria, 2 February, ...Konrad of Würzburg
A Middle High German poet, b. about 1230; d. at Basle, 1287. He was the most important of the ...Konsag, Ferdinand
A German missionary of the eighteenth century, b. 2 December, 1703, at Warasdin, Croatia ; d. 10 ...Koran, The
The sacred book of the Muslims, by whom it is regarded as the revelation of God. Supplemented by ...Kosciuszko, Tadeusz
Polish patriot and soldier, b. near Novogrudok, Lithuania, Poland, 12 February, 1746; d. at ...Kostka, Saint Stanislas
Born at Rostkovo near Prasnysz, Poland, about 28 October, 1550; died at Rome during the night of ...Kottayam, Vicariate Apostolic of
Located on the Malabar Coast, India. This vicariate forms part of the territory of the ancient ...Kozmian, Stanislaus and John
Two brothers who took part in the Polish insurrection of 1831, and subsequently fled the country. ...Kr 11
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Krämer, John
(Also called INSTITOR, the Latin form of his name). Born about the end of the fourteenth ...Krafft, Adam
Sculptor, b. about 1440 at Nuremberg ; d. Jan., 1509 at Schwabach. He carved at Nuremberg the ...Krain
(Or CARNIOLA; Slov. KRANJSKO) A duchy and crownland in the Austrian Empire, bounded on the ...Krasicki, Ignatius
Born in 1735; died at Berlin, 1801. He took orders in early youth, and soon after became a canon, ...Krasinski, Sigismund
Count, son of a Polish general, b. at Paris, 19 Feb., 1812; d. there, 23 Feb., 1859. He lost his ...Kraus, Franz Xaver
An ecclesiastical and art historian, b. at Trier, 18 September, 1840; d. at San Remo, 28 ...Kreil, Karl
Austrian meteorologist and astronomer, b. at Ried, Upper Austria, 4 Nov., 1798; d. at Vienna, 21 ...Kreiten, William
Literary critic and poet, b. 21 June, 1847, at Gangelt near Aschen; d. 6 June, 1902, at Kerkrade ...Kremsmünster
A Benedictine abbey in Austria, on the little river Krems, about twenty miles south of Linz, ...Kromer, Martin
A distinguished Polish bishop and historian; b. at Biecz in Galicia in 1512; d. at Heilsberg, ...Krzycki, Andrew
Date of birth uncertain; d. in 1535. — A typical humanistic poet, a most supple courtier ...Ku 5
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Kuhn, Johannes von
Theologian, b. at Waeschenbeuren in Wuertemberg, 19 Feb., 1806; d. at Tübingen, 8 May, 1887. ...Kulturkampf
The name given to the political struggle for the rights and self-government of the Catholic ...Kumbakonam
(KUMBAKONENSIS). Kumbakonam, signifying in English the "Jug's Corner," is a town of 60,000 ...Kuncevyc, Saint Josaphat
Martyr, born in the little town of Volodymyr in Lithuania (Volyn) in 1580 or -- according to ...Kutenai Indians
An important tribe of south-eastern British Columbia and the adjacent portions of Montana and ...Kw 4
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Kwang-si
(Prefecture Apostolic) The mission of Kwang-si comprises the entire province of that name. As ...Kwang-tung
(Prefecture Apostolic) This prefecture comprises the whole province of that name except the ...Kwango
(Prefecture Apostolic) Kwango is the name of a river which flows into the Kassai, which itself ...Kwei-chou
(Vicariate Apostolic) The mission of Kwei-chou embraces the entire province of that name. The ...Ky 1
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