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Catholic Encyclopedia - 03
Highlights:
359 - Cursillos. A spanish word meaning
"brief course," a short series of
lectures in the essential principles of
Catholic belief, virtue and prayer.
Pages: 2 (cover,359)
Catholic Encyclopedia - 04
Highlights:
81 - Epiphany. An annual feast of the
Lord's manifestation originated in Egypt
during the third century.
82 - Epiphany has always been one of the
great feasts of the liturgical year. The
Eastern Roman Emperor Justianian
(527-565) made it a full civic holiday.
136 - The Eucharist. derived from the
Greek word for "thanksgiving", It has
been used from earliest times to
identify the sacrifice of the Mass..
266 - Felix II, Antipope .. was
considered during medieval times to be a
true pope and martyr
616-617 - Good Friday. the day when all
Christians commemorate the death of
Christ.
Pages: 7 (cover,81-82,136,266,616-617)
Catholic Encyclopedia - 05
Highlights:
68-69 - Halloween. The ancient Britons
honored their sun god with bonfires at
this time of year... they also saluted
Samhain, 'the lord of death"
- Pagan Rome also made its contribution
to Halloween. The Romans celebrated a
festival on November 1 in honor of the
goddess Pomona..
119 - Hell. place or state of eternal
punishment for those who die in mortal
sin called hell. According to Catholic
doctrine, this punishment will afflict
the sinful soul immediately after
death...
255 - Holy Thursday. On the Thursday
immediately before Easter, the Church
commemorates and reenacts the events
traditionally associated with the Last
Supper of Christ with His disciples
258 - Holy Week. Holy Week is the week
immediately preceding the Feast of
Easter. This is the greatest and holiest
week of the Church year.
461 - Innocent II (antipope)
480 - The Inquisition. The use of
torture, which was an accepted was an
accepted feature of medieval criminal
law...
Pages: 8
(cover,68-69,119,255,258,461,480)
Catholic Encyclopedia - 06
Highlights:
4 - Joan, Popess, the mythical popess
was placed in time in both the ninth and
twelfth centuries
5 - Disguised as a Man.. still disguised
as a man an entered the priesthood. She
called herself John of England.
666 - The rosary has been the most
widespread devotion to the Blessed
Virgin since the thirteenth century
- the rosary consists of 15 decades. The
our Father, 10 Hail Marys...
668-670 - Legion of Mary. Founded in
Ireland in 1921 ... there are more than
600 feasts in honor of the Blessed
Virgin Mary. Only 18 of them ...
Pages:6 (4,5,666,668-670)
Catholic Encyclopedia - 08
Highlights:
152-154 - Iron Age of the Papacy
- Pope Stephen VI (VII), (896-897) who
was forced to exhume the body of
Formosus...
158-159 - Papal Documents. The various
types of writings, report and
proclamations that come from the Holy
See are called papal documents.
- Papal Elections. ... Three periods in
the history of papal elections can be
distinguished. For about a thousan
years, the pope was chosen by the clergy
and people of Rome
161 - The college of Cardinals gathers
in the Sistine chapel to greet the new
pope after his election.
162-163 - Cardinals in Conclave ... the
papacy became more deeply involved in
international politics, it was often
difficult for two-thirds of the
cardinals to agree on a candidate.
164-165 - Papal Finances. Papal revenue
under the camera was drawn from several
sources: (1) the Papal States, which
paid to the pope...
- Present Finances. Today, the Vatican
City State's finances are administered
by two separate organization,...
167-168 - Papal Relations with the
United States. ...the United States has
had many occasions to deal officially
with the pope in Rome.
- At this stage, United States- papal
relations were linked exclusively with
commercial and political issues.
571 - The Pope. Derived from the Greek
pappas ("father")
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