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Cursing Cursing
Cursing- In its popular acceptation cursing is often confounded, especially in the phrase "cursing and swearing", with the use of profane and insulting language; in canon law it sometimes signifies the ban of excommunica ...
Censures, Theological Censures, Theological
Censures, Theological- Doctrinal judgments by which the Church stigmatizes certain teachings detrimental to faith or morals. ...
Curator Curator
Curator- A person legally appointed to administer the property of another, who is unable to undertake its management himself, owing to age or physical incompetence, bodily or mental. ...
Crosier Crosier
Crosier- The Pastoral Staff is an ecclesiastical ornament which is conferred on bishops at their consecration and on mitred abbots at their investiture, and which is used by these prelates in performing certain solemn fu ...
Cormac MacCuilenan Cormac MacCuilenan
Cormac MacCuilenan- Irish bishop and King of Cashel. (836-908) ...
Crisium Crisium
Crisium- A Græco-Slavonic Rite diocese in Croatia. ...
Courtenay, William Courtenay, William
Courtenay, William- Archbishop of Canterbury, born in the parish of St. Martin's, Exeter, England, c. 1342; died at Maidstone, 31 July, 1396. ...
Cotrone Cotrone
Cotrone- A suffragan diocese of Reggio. ...
Curium Curium
Curium- A titular see of Cyprus, suppressed in 1222 by the papal legate, Pelagius. ...
Cervia Cervia
Cervia- Suffragan of Ravenna. ...
Cupola Cupola
Cupola- A spherical ceiling, or a bowl-shaped vault, rising like an inverted cup over a circular, square, or multangular building or any part of it. ...
Cracow Cracow
Cracow- The Prince-Bishopric that comprises the western portion of Galacia in Austria, and borders on the diocese of Kielce in Russian Poland, Breslau in Prussia, Tarnow in Galacia, and Zips in Hungary. ...
Coronado, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, Francisco Vasquez de
Coronado, Francisco Vasquez de- Explorer, b. at Salamanca, Spain, 1500; d. in Mexico, 1553. ...
Cree Cree
Cree- The largest and most important Indian tribe of Canada, and one of the largest north of Mexico. ...
Cruet Cruet
Cruet- A small vessel used for containing the wine and water required for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. ...
Croia Croia
Croia- A titular see of Albania. ...
Cardinal Cardinal
Cardinal- A dignitary of the Roman Church and counsellor of the pope. ...
Coustant, Pierre Coustant, Pierre
Coustant, Pierre- Benedictine of the Congregation of Saint-Maur, b. at Compiègne, France, 30 April, 1654; d. at the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, near Paris, 18 October, 1721. ...
Creed Creed
Creed- In general, a form of belief. ...
Crepieul, François Crepieul, François
Crepieul, François- Jesuit missionary in Canada and vicar Apostolic for the Montagnais Indians; b. at Arras, France, 16 March, 1638; d. at Quebec in 1702. ...
Crib Crib
Crib- The crib or manger in which the Infant Saviour was laid after his birth is properly that place in the stable or khan where food for domestic animals is put, formed probably of the same material out of which the gro ...
Curaçao Curaçao
Curaçao- Vicariate apostolic; includes the islands of the Dutch West Indies: Curaçao, Bonaire, and Aruba; Saba, St. Eustatius, and the Dutch part of St. Martin (Leeward Islands). ...
Clonard, School of Clonard, School of
Clonard, School of- Situated on the river Boyne. Founded by St. Finnian, an abbot and great wonder-worker. ...
Cleef, Joost van Cleef, Joost van
Cleef, Joost van- Flemish painter. (1520-1556) ...
Cuspinian, Johannes Cuspinian, Johannes
Cuspinian, Johannes- Distinguished humanist and statesman, born at Schweinfurt, Lower Franconia, in 1473; died at Vienna, 19 April, 1529. ...
Chalcedon Chalcedon
Chalcedon- A titular see of Asia Minor. The city was founded 676 B. C. by the Megarians on the Bithynian coast, opposite the place where a little later Byzantium rose. ...
Conventuals, Order of Friars Minor Conventuals, Order of Friars Minor
Conventuals, Order of Friars Minor- One of the three separate bodies, forming with the Friars Minor and the Capuchins what is commonly called the First Order of St. Francis. ...
Criticism, Textual Criticism, Textual
Criticism, Textual- The object of textual criticism is to restore as nearly as possible the original text of a work the autograph of which has been lost. ...
Christ, Order of the Knights of Christ, Order of the Knights of
Christ, Order of the Knights of- A military order which sprang out of the famous Order of the Temple. ...
Constitutions, Ecclesiastical Constitutions, Ecclesiastical
Constitutions, Ecclesiastical- In legal language the term constitutiones denotes only church ordinances, civil ordinances being termed leges, laws. ...
California, Vicariate Apostolic of Lower California, Vicariate Apostolic of Lower
California, Vicariate Apostolic of Lower- Located in Mexico. ...
Chapeauville, Jean Chapeauville, Jean
Chapeauville, Jean- Belgian theologian and historian, b. at Liège, 5 January, 1551; d. there 11 May 1617. ...
Coustou, Nicholas Coustou, Nicholas
Coustou, Nicholas- French sculptor, b. at Lyons, 9 January, 1658; d. at Paris, 1 May, 1733. ...
Cozza-Luzi, Giuseppe Cozza-Luzi, Giuseppe
Cozza-Luzi, Giuseppe- Italian savant, Abbot of the Basilian monastery of Grottaferrata near Rome; b. 24 Dec., 1837, at Bolsena in the Province of Rome: d. there 1 June, 1905. ...
Craigie, Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie, Pearl Mary Teresa
Craigie, Pearl Mary Teresa- English novelist, dramatist, and convert; b. 3 November, 1867; d. 13 August, 1906. ...
Charity, Sisters of, of St. Vincent de Paul (New York) Charity, Sisters of, of St. Vincent de Paul (New York)
Charity, Sisters of, of St. Vincent de Paul (New York)- Motherhouse at Mt. St. Vincent-on Hudson, New York; not to be confused with the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul founded earlier. ...
Craven, Augustus, Mrs. Craven, Augustus, Mrs.
Craven, Augustus, Mrs.- Writer, born 12 April, 1808, in London; died in Paris, 1 April, 1891. ...
Creagh, Richard Creagh, Richard
Creagh, Richard- Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland, b. at Limerick early in the sixteenth century; d. in the Tower of London, in 1585. ...
Credence Credence
Credence- A small table of wood, marble, or other suitable material placed within the sanctuary of a church and near the wall at the Epistle side, for the purpose of holding the cruets, acolytes' candles, and other utens ...
Charity, Sisters of, of the Blessed Virgin Mary Charity, Sisters of, of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Charity, Sisters of, of the Blessed Virgin Mary- A congregation begun by five young women in Dublin, Ireland, 8 December, 1831, with the purpose of devoting themselves to the service of God in the education of children. ...
Charleston Charleston
Charleston- The Diocese of Charleston (Carolopolitana) comprises the entire state of South Carolina, U.S.A. ...
Creeks Creeks
Creeks- An important confederacy of Indian tribes and tribal remnants, chiefly of Muskogian stock, formerly holding the greater portion of Central and Southern Georgia and Alabama. ...
Creighton University Creighton University
Creighton University- An institution located at Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A., and conducted by the Jesuit Fathers. ...
Cremona Cremona
Cremona- Suffragan of Milan. ...
Crescimbeni, Giovanni Mario Crescimbeni, Giovanni Mario
Crescimbeni, Giovanni Mario- Italian historian of literature, chronicler, and poet, b. in Macerata, 9 Oct., 1663; d. 8 March 1728. ...
Christian Doctrine, Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Confraternity of
Christian Doctrine, Confraternity of- An association established at Rome in 1562 for the purpose of giving religions instruction. ...
Christian Instruction, Brothers of Christian Instruction, Brothers of
Christian Instruction, Brothers of- A congregation founded in 1817 at Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-du-Nord, France, by Jean-Marie-Robert de la Mennais (b. 1780; d. 1860), for the instruction of youth. ...
Chur Chur
Chur- Comprises at present the Swiss Cantons of Graubünden (Grisons), Glarus, Zürich, Unterwalden, and Uri, as well as the little Principality of Lichtenstein. ...
Clémanges, Mathieu-Nicolas Poillevillain de Clémanges, Mathieu-Nicolas Poillevillain de
Clémanges, Mathieu-Nicolas Poillevillain de- French Humanist and theologian, b. in Champagne about 1360; d. at Paris between 1434 and 1440. ...
Clément, François Clément, François
Clément, François- A member of the Benedictine Congregation of Saint-Maur and historian; born at Bèze in the department of Côte-d'Or, France, 1714; died at Paris, 29 March, 1793. ...

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