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Intention Intention
Intention- An act of the will by which that faculty efficaciously desires to reach an end by employing the means. ...
Interest (in Economics) Interest (in Economics)
Interest (in Economics)- A value exacted or promised over and above the restitution of a borrowed capital. ...
Iconium Iconium
Iconium- A titular see of Lycaonia. ...
Intercession, Episcopal Intercession, Episcopal
Intercession, Episcopal- The right to intercede for criminals, which was granted by the secular power to the bishops of the Early Church. ...
Instinct Instinct
Instinct- The term usually includes the idea of a purposive adaptation of an action or series of actions in an organized being, not governed by consciousness of the end to be attained. ...
Institution, Canonical Institution, Canonical
Institution, Canonical- In its strictest sense the word denotes the collation of an ecclesiastical benefice by a legitimate authority, on the presentation of a candidate by a third person. ...
Indiana Indiana
Indiana- One of the United States of America, the nineteenth in point of admission. ...
Interdict Interdict
Interdict- Originally in Roman law, an interlocutory edict of the praetor, especially in matter affecting the right of possession; it still preserves this meaning in both Roman and canon law. ...
Intrusion Intrusion
Intrusion- The act by which unlawful possession of an ecclesiastical benefice is taken. ...
Introduction, Biblical Introduction, Biblical
Introduction, Biblical- Designates the part of Scriptural science which is concerned with topics preliminary to the detailed study and correct exposition of Holy Writ, and also, it is given to a work in which these vario ...
Investiture, Canonical Investiture, Canonical
Investiture, Canonical- The act by which a suzerain granted a fief to his vassal, and the ceremonies which accompanied that grant. ...
Immaculate Conception Immaculate Conception
Immaculate Conception- In the Constitution Ineffabilis Deus of 8 December, 1854, Pius IX pronounced and defined that the Blessed Virgin Mary "in the first instance of her conception, by a singular privilege and grace gra ...
Intercession Intercession
Intercession- To go or come between two parties, to plead before one of them on behalf of the other. ...
Infralapsarians Infralapsarians
Infralapsarians- The name given to a party of Dutch Calvinists in the seventeenth century, who sought to mitigate the rigour of Calvin's doctrine concerning absolute predestination. ...
Isabella I Isabella I
Isabella I- Queen of Castile. (1451-1504) ...
Irvingites Irvingites
Irvingites- A religious sect called after Edward Irving (1792-1834), a deposed Presbyterian minister. ...
Ite Missa Est Ite Missa Est
Ite Missa Est- This is the versicle chanted in the Roman Rite by the deacon at the end of Mass, after the Post-Communions. ...
Iriarte, Ignacio de Iriarte, Ignacio de
Iriarte, Ignacio de- Painter, b. at Azcoitia, Guipuzcoa, in 1620; d. at Seville, 1685. ...
Juvenile Courts Juvenile Courts
Juvenile Courts- Tribunals for the trial of children charged with crimes or offences. ...
Intuition Intuition
Intuition- A psychological and philosophical term which designates the process of immediate apprehension or perception of an actual fact, being, or relation between two terms and its results. ...
Ibagué Ibagué
Ibagué- Suffragan of Bogotá, in the Republic of Colombia, South America. ...
Ionian Islands Ionian Islands
Ionian Islands- A group of seven islands and a number of islets scattered over the Ionian Sea to the west of Greece. ...
Innocent XIII, Pope Innocent XIII, Pope
Innocent XIII, Pope- Reigned 1721-24. ...
India India
India- The peninsula is separated on the north from Tibet and Central Asia by the Himalaya, Hindu Kush, and Karakoram mountains, and some lower ranges divide it from Afghanistan and Baluchistan. ...
Isaac of Armenia Isaac of Armenia
Isaac of Armenia- Catholicos or Patriarch of Armenia (338-439). ...
Innocent X, Pope Innocent X, Pope
Innocent X, Pope- Reigned 1644-1655. ...
Infallibility Infallibility
Infallibility- In general, exemption or immunity from liability to error or failure; in particular in theological usage, the supernatural prerogative by which the Church of Christ is, by a special Divine assistance, pres ...
Indo-China Indo-China
Indo-China- The most easterly of the three great peninsulas of Southern Asia, is bounded on the north by the mountains of Assam, the Plateau of Yun-nan, and the mountains of Kwang-si; on the east by the province of Kwang ...
Iona, School of Iona, School of
Iona, School of- Thorough history of the ancient monastery. ...
Isleta Pueblo Isleta Pueblo
Isleta Pueblo- The name of two pueblos of the ancient Tigua tribe, of remote Shoshoncan stock. ...
Irene, Sister Irene, Sister
Irene, Sister- Catherine FitzGibbon, born in London, England, 12 May, 1823; died in New York, 14 August, 1896. ...
Irenopolis Irenopolis
Irenopolis- A titular see of Isauria, suffragan of Seleucia. ...
Iroquois Iroquois
Iroquois- A noted confederacy of five, and afterwards six, cognate tribes of Iroquoian stock, and closely cognate languages, formerly occupying central New York, and claiming right of conquest over nearly all the tribes ...
Interims Interims
Interims- Temporary settlements in matters of religion, entered into by Emperor Charles V (1519-56) with the Protestants. ...
Irnerius Irnerius
Irnerius- An Italian jurist and founder of the School of Glossators, b. at Bologna about 1050; d. there about 1130. ...
Introit Introit
Introit- The Introit (Introitus) of the Mass is the fragment of a psalm with its antiphon sung while the celebrant and ministers enter the church and approach the altar. ...
Ipsus Ipsus
Ipsus- A titular see of Phrygia Salutaris, suffragan of Synnada. ...
Ingulf Ingulf
Ingulf- Abbot of Croyland, Lincolnshire; d. there 17 December 1109. ...
Issus Issus
Issus- Titular see of Cilicia Prima. ...
In Coeœna Domini In Coeœna Domini
In Coeœna Domini- A papal Bull, so called from the feast on which it was annually published in Rome, viz, the feast of the Lord's Supper, or Maundy Thursday. ...
Isla, José Francisco de Isla, José Francisco de
Isla, José Francisco de- Spanish preacher and satirist, b. at Villavidantes (Kingdom of Leon), 24 March, 1703; d. at Bologna, 2 November, 1782. ...
Ibas Ibas
Ibas- Elected Bishop of Edessa in 439 as successor of Rabbulas, one of the most ardent supporters of St. Cyril; d. 457. ...
Iberville, Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d' Iberville, Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'
Iberville, Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'- Founder of the colony of Louisiana, b. at Villemarie, Montreal, 16 July, 1661; d. at Havana, 9 July, 1706. ...
Ibora Ibora
Ibora- A titular see in the Province of Helenopont, suffragan of Amasia. ...
Iceland Iceland
Iceland- The island called Iceland, is considered, because of its population and history as forming a part of Europe, is situated in the North Atlantic Ocean. ...
Idea Idea
Idea- The word was originally Greek, but passed without change into Latin. It seems first to have meant form, shape, or appearance, whence, by an easy transition, it acquired the connotation of nature, or kind. ...
Idiota Idiota
Idiota- The nom de plume of an ancient, learned, and pious writer whose identity remained unknown for some centuries. ...
Illegitimacy Illegitimacy
Illegitimacy- As generally defined, and as understood in this article, illegitimacy denotes the condition of children born out of wedlock. ...
Illinois Illinois
Illinois- One of the United States of America, bounded on the north by Wisconsin, on the west by the Mississippi, which separates it from Iowa and Missouri, on the south by the confluent waters of the Mississippi and the ...
Immanence Immanence
Immanence- Latin, in manere, to remain in. The quality of any action which begins and ends within the agent. ...

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