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Liberius, Pope Liberius, Pope
Liberius, Pope- Reigned 352-366. ...
La Valette, Jean Parisot de La Valette, Jean Parisot de
La Valette, Jean Parisot de- Forty-eighth Grand Master of the Order of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem; b. in 1494; d. in Malta, 21 Aug., 1568. ...
Leontius Byzantinus Leontius Byzantinus
Leontius Byzantinus- An important theologian of the sixth century. ...
Legacies Legacies
Legacies- In its most restricted sense, by a pious legacy or bequest (legatum pium) is understood, the assigning, by a last will, of a particular thing forming part of an estate, to a church or an ecclesiastical institut ...
Lete Lete
Lete- A titular see of Macedonia. ...
Laval University of Quebec Laval University of Quebec
Laval University of Quebec- Founded in 1852 by the Seminary of Quebec; the royal charter granted to it by Queen Victoria was signed at Westminster, 8 December, 1852. ...
Libera Nos Libera Nos
Libera Nos- The first words of the Embolism of the Lord's Prayer in the Roman Rite. ...
Lummi Indians Lummi Indians
Lummi Indians- The principal one of more than twenty small Salishan tribes originally holding the lower shores, islands, and eastern hinterland of Puget Sound, Washington; by the Treaty of Point Elliott (1855), gathered ...
Life Life
Life- The enigma of life is still one of the two or three most difficult problems that face both scientist and philosopher. ...
Leuce Leuce
Leuce- A titular see of Thrace, not mentioned by any ancient historian or geographer. ...
Ligamen Ligamen
Ligamen- The existing marriage tie which constitutes in canon law a public impediment to the contracting of a second marriage. ...
Liessies Liessies
Liessies- A Benedictine monastery near Avesnes, in the Diocese of Cambrai, France (Nord), founded about the middle of eighth century and dedicated to St. Lambert. ...
Lassberg, Baron Joseph Maria Christoph von Lassberg, Baron Joseph Maria Christoph von
Lassberg, Baron Joseph Maria Christoph von- A distinguished German antiquary, born at Donaueschingen, 10 April, 1770; died 15 March, 1855. ...
Latera, Flaminius Annibali de Latera, Flaminius Annibali de
Latera, Flaminius Annibali de- Historian, born at Latera, near Viterbo, 23 November, 1733; died at Viterbo, 27 February, 1813. ...
Lavant Lavant
Lavant- An Austrian bishopric in the southern part of Styria, suffragan of Salzburg. ...
León, Luis de León, Luis de
León, Luis de- Spanish poet and theologian, b. at Belmonte, Aragon, in 1528; d. at Madrigal, 23 August, 1591. ...
Lezana, Juan Bautista de Lezana, Juan Bautista de
Lezana, Juan Bautista de- Theologian, born at Madrid, 23 Nov., 1586; died in Rome, 29 March, 1659. ...
Laverdière, Charles-Honoré Laverdière, Charles-Honoré
Laverdière, Charles-Honoré- French-Canadian historian, born Chateau-Richer, Province of Quebec, 1826; died at Quebec, 1873. ...
Liberatus of Carthage Liberatus of Carthage
Liberatus of Carthage- Archdeacon author of an important history of the Nestorian and Monophysite troubles. ...
Leontopolis Leontopolis
Leontopolis- A titular archiepiscopal see of Augustamnica Secunda. ...
Lefebvre, Camille Lefebvre, Camille
Lefebvre, Camille- Apostle of the Acadians, b. at St. Philippe, P. Q., 1831; d. at St. Joseph, N. B., 1895. ...
Liesborn, Master of Liesborn, Master of
Liesborn, Master of- A Westphalian painter, who in 1465 executed an altar-piece of note in the Benedictine monastery of Liesborn, founded by Charlemagne. ...
Land-Tenure in the Christian Era Land-Tenure in the Christian Era
Land-Tenure in the Christian Era- The way in which land has been held or owned during the nineteen hundred years which have seen in Europe the rise and establishment of the Church is a matter for historical inquiry. Stri ...
Lohner, Tobias Lohner, Tobias
Lohner, Tobias- Professor of philosophy and speculative theology. Born 13 March, 1619, at Neuötting in the Diocese of Salzburg; died 26 (probably) May, 1697. ...
La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, The Duke of La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, The Duke of
La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, The Duke of- Opposed during the last years of the reign of Louis XV to the government of Maupeou, and the friend of all the reformers who surrounded Louis XVI, he owed to the influence of thes ...
Leavenworth Leavenworth
Leavenworth- Suffragan to St. Louis, established, 22 May, 1877. ...
Law, Common Law, Common
Law, Common- The term is of English origin and is used to describe the juridical principles and general rules regulating the possession, use and inheritance of property and the conduct of individuals, the origin of which ...
Le Hir, Arthur-Marie Le Hir, Arthur-Marie
Le Hir, Arthur-Marie- Biblical scholar and Orientalist; b. at Morlaix (Finisterre), in the Diocese of Quimper, France, 5 Dec., 1811; d. at Paris, 13 Jan., 1868. ...
Lilius, Aloisius Lilius, Aloisius
Lilius, Aloisius- Principal author of the Gregorian Calendar, was a native of Cirò or Zirò in Calabria. ...
Low Church Low Church
Low Church- The name given to one of the three parties or doctrinal tendencies that prevail in the Established Church of England and its daughter Churches, the correlatives being High Church and Broad Church. ...
Lima Lima
Lima- Capital of Peru. ...
Legate Legate
Legate- In its broad signification, means that person who is sent by another for some representative office. In the ecclesiastical sense it means one whom the pope sends to sovereigns or governments or only to the member ...
Libraries Libraries
Libraries- Collections of books accumulated and made accessible for public or private use. ...
Lourdes, Notre-Dame de Lourdes, Notre-Dame de
Lourdes, Notre-Dame de- The pilgrimage of Lourdes is founded on the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin to a poor, fourteen-year-old girl, Bernadette Soubiroux. The first apparition occurred 11 February, 1858. ...
Limbo Limbo
Limbo- A word of Teutonic derivation, meaning literally "hem" or "border," as of a garment, or anything joined on. ...
Lilienfeld Lilienfeld
Lilienfeld- A Cistercian Abbey south of St. Polten, Lower Austria, founded in 1202 by Leopold the Glorious, Margrave of Austria, the first monks being supplied from the monastery of Heiligen Kreus near Vienna. ...
Llanthony Priory Llanthony Priory
Llanthony Priory- A monastery of Augustinian Canons, situated amongst the Black Mountains of South Wales, nine miles north-east of Abergavenny. ...
Limerick Limerick
Limerick- Diocese in Ireland; includes the greater part of the County of Limerick and a small portion of Clare. ...
Logos, The Logos, The
Logos, The- The word Logos is the term by which Christian theology in the Greek language designates the Word of God, or Second Person of the Blessed Trinity. ...
Law, Civil (Influence of the Church on) Law, Civil (Influence of the Church on)
Law, Civil (Influence of the Church on)- Christianity is essentially an ethical religion; and, although its moral principles were meant directly for the elevation of the individual, still they could not fail to exercise ...
Lockhart, William Lockhart, William
Lockhart, William- Son of the Rev. Alexander Lockhart of Waringham, Surry; b. 22 Aug., 1820; d. at St. Etheldreda's Priory, Eby Place, Holborn, London, 15 May, 1892. ...
Law, Divine (Moral Aspect of) Law, Divine (Moral Aspect of)
Law, Divine (Moral Aspect of)- That which is enacted by God and made known to man through revelation. ...
Loaves of Proposition Loaves of Proposition
Loaves of Proposition- Heb. "bread of the faces", i.e. "bread of the presence (of Yahweh)" (Ex., xxxv, 13; xxxix, 35, etc.), also called "holy bread". ...
Lochleven Lochleven
Lochleven- A lake in Kinross-shire, Scotland, an island of which, known as St. Serf's Island (eighty acres in extent), was the seat of a religious community for seven hundred years. ...
Loccum Loccum
Loccum- A Cistercian abbey in the Diocese of Minden, formerly in Brunswick but now included in Hanover, was founded by Count Wilbrand von Hallermund in 1163. ...
Lyons, Councils of (Introduction) Lyons, Councils of (Introduction)
Lyons, Councils of (Introduction)- This article deals only with the two general councils of 1245 and 1275. ...
Limburg Limburg
Limburg- Diocese in the Kingdom of Prussia, suffragan of Freiburg. ...
Law, International Law, International
Law, International- Defined to be "the rules which determine the conduct of the general body of civilized states in their dealings with each other" (American and English Encycl. of Law). ...
Lottery Lottery
Lottery- A lottery is one of the aleatory contracts and is commonly defined as a distribution of prizes by lot or by chance. ...
Law, Roman Law, Roman
Law, Roman- This subject is briefly treated under the two heads of; I. Principles; II. History. ...

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