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Delaware Indians Delaware Indians
Delaware Indians- An important tribal confederacy of Algonquian stock originally holding the basin of the Delaware River, in Eastern Pennsylvania. ...
Deharbe, Joseph Deharbe, Joseph
Deharbe, Joseph- Theologian, catechist, b. at Straburg, Alsace, 11 April, 1800; d. at Maria-Laach, 8 November, 1871. ...
Delfau, François Delfau, François
Delfau, François- Theologian, born 1637 at Montel in Auvergne, France; died 13 Oct., 1676. ...
Denzinger, Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger, Heinrich Joseph Dominicus
Denzinger, Heinrich Joseph Dominicus- Theologian of the modern Catholic German school and author of the "Enchiridion" universally used, b. 10 Oct., 1819, at Liege; d. 19 June, 1883. ...
Downside Abbey Downside Abbey
Downside Abbey- Near Bath, Somersetshire, England, was founded at Douai, Flanders, under the patronage of St. Gregory the Great, in 1605 by the Venerable John Roberts. ...
Durrow, School of Durrow, School of
Durrow, School of- Irish Dairmagh, Plain of the Oaks. Situated in the King's County, a few miles from the town of Tullamore. ...
Delaroche, Hippolyte Delaroche, Hippolyte
Delaroche, Hippolyte- Painter, born at Paris, 17 July, 1797; died 4 November, 1856. ...
De L'Orme, Philibert De L'Orme, Philibert
De L'Orme, Philibert- Celebrated architect of the French Renaissance, born at Lyons, c. 1515 or a little later; died at Paris, 8 January, 1570. ...
Dei gratia; Dei et Apostolicæ Sedis gratia Dei gratia; Dei et Apostolicæ Sedis gratia
Dei gratia; Dei et Apostolicæ Sedis gratia- A formulæ added to the titles of ecclesiastical dignitaries. ...
Delrio, Martin Anton Delrio, Martin Anton
Delrio, Martin Anton- Scholar, statesman, Jesuit theologian, born at Antwerp, 17 May, 1551; died at Louvain, 19 October, 1608. ...
Deity Deity
Deity- This article is confined to the non-Christian notion of the Deity. ...
Demetrius Demetrius
Demetrius- The name of two Syrian kings mentioned in the Old Testament and two other persons in the New Testament. ...
Delegation Delegation
Delegation- A delegation is the commission to another of jurisdiction, which is to be exercised in the name of the person delegating. Jurisdiction is defined as the power of anyone who has public authority and pre-eminen ...
Decorations, Pontifical Decorations, Pontifical
Decorations, Pontifical- The titles of nobility, orders of Christian knighthood and other marks of honour and distinction which the papal court confers upon men of unblemished character who have in any way promoted the i ...
Divine Compassion, Institute of the Divine Compassion, Institute of the
Divine Compassion, Institute of the- Founded in the city of New York, USA, by the Rt. Rev. Thomas Stanislaus Preston. ...
Darras, Joseph-Epiphane Darras, Joseph-Epiphane
Darras, Joseph-Epiphane- Church historian, b. at Troyes, France, 1825; d. at Paris, Nov. 8, 1878. ...
Delfino, Pietro Delfino, Pietro
Delfino, Pietro- A theologian, born at Venice in 1444; died 16 Jan., 1525. ...
Degradation Degradation
Degradation- A canonical penalty by which an ecclesiastic is entirely and perpetually deprived of all office, benefice, dignity, and power conferred on him by ordination; and by a special ceremony is reduced to the state ...
Deger, Ernst Deger, Ernst
Deger, Ernst- Historical painter, born in Bockenem, Hanover, 15 April, 1809; died in Düsseldorf, 27 Jan., 1885. ...
Deluge Deluge
Deluge- A catastrophe fully described in Gen., vi, 1-ix, 19. ...
Delille, Jacques Delille, Jacques
Delille, Jacques- French abbé and litterateur, born at Aigueperse, 22 June, 1738; died at Paris, 1 May, 1813. ...
Denis, Johann Nepomuk Cosmas Michael Denis, Johann Nepomuk Cosmas Michael
Denis, Johann Nepomuk Cosmas Michael- Bibliographer and poet, b. at Schärding, Bavaria, 27 September, 1729; d. at Vienna, 29 Sept., 1800. ...
Dens, Peter Dens, Peter
Dens, Peter- Theologian, b. at Boom, near Antwerp, Belgium, 12 September, 1690; d. at Mechlin, 15 February, 1775. ...
Demonology Demonology
Demonology- The science or doctrine concerning demons. ...
Denman, William Denman, William
Denman, William- Publisher, b. in Edinburgh, Scotland, 17 March, 1784; d. in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A., 12 September, 1870. ...
Demon Demon
Demon- In Scripture and in Catholic theology this word has come to mean much the same as devil and denotes one of the evil spirits or fallen angels. ...
Deposition Deposition
Deposition- An ecclesiastical vindictive penalty by which a cleric is forever deprived of his office or benefice and of the right of exercising the functions of his orders. ...
Dead, Prayers for the Dead, Prayers for the
Dead, Prayers for the- Catholic teaching regarding prayers for the dead is bound up inseparably with the doctrine of purgatory and the more general doctrine of the communion of the saints, which is an article of the Apos ...
Díaz de Solís, Juan Díaz de Solís, Juan
Díaz de Solís, Juan- Spanish navigator and explorer, b. about 1470. ...
Delisle, Guillaume Delisle, Guillaume
Delisle, Guillaume- Reformer of cartography, born 28 February, 1675, in Paris; died there 25 January, 1726. ...
Definitor (in Canon Law) Definitor (in Canon Law)
Definitor (in Canon Law)- An official in secular deaneries and in certain religious orders. ...
Deo Gratias Deo Gratias
Deo Gratias- An old liturgical formula of the Latin Church to give thanks to God for graces received. ...
Davila Padilla Davila Padilla
Davila Padilla- Writer, Bishop of Santo Domingo. A native of the City of Mexico, b. 1562; d. 1604. ...
Dolbeau, Jean Dolbeau, Jean
Dolbeau, Jean- Recollect friar, born in the Province of Anjou, France, 12 March, 1586; died at Orléans, 9 June, 1652. ...
Denver Denver
Denver- A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santa Fé, erected in 1887. ...
Demoniacs Demoniacs
Demoniacs- Article concerned with the demonic possession in the New Testament. ...
Dereser, Anton Dereser, Anton
Dereser, Anton- Discalced Carmelite, born at Fahr in Franconia, 3 February, 1757; died at Breslau, 15 or 16 June, 1807. ...
Dollinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von Dollinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von
Dollinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von- Historian and theologian. (1799-1890) ...
Defender of the Matrimonial Tie Defender of the Matrimonial Tie
Defender of the Matrimonial Tie- An official whose duty is to defend the marriage-bond in the procedure prescribed for the hearing of matrimonial causes which involve the validity or nullity of a marriage already contrac ...
Desclée, Henri and Jules Desclée, Henri and Jules
Desclée, Henri and Jules- Nineteenth-century Belgian monks. ...
Desecration Desecration
Desecration- The loss of that peculiar quality of sacredness, which inheres in places and things in virtue of the constitutive blessing of the Church. ...
Derogation Derogation
Derogation- The partial revocation of a law, as opposed to abrogation or the total abolition of a law. ...
Denunciation Denunciation
Denunciation- Making known the crime of another to one who is his superior. ...
Despair Despair
Despair- The voluntary and complete abandonment of all hope of saving one's soul and of having the means required for that end. ...
Delta of the Nile, Prefecture Apostolic of the Delta of the Nile, Prefecture Apostolic of the
Delta of the Nile, Prefecture Apostolic of the- Situated in the north of Egypt and comprises four of the six provinces forming Lower Egypt, namely: Gharbieh, Charkieb, Menufieh, and Kalyiubieh. ...
Dubourg, Louis-Guillaume-Valentin Dubourg, Louis-Guillaume-Valentin
Dubourg, Louis-Guillaume-Valentin- Second Bishop of Louisiana and the Floridas, Bishop of Montauban, Archbishop of Besançon. (1766-1833) ...
Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, Jean
Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, Jean- A French dramatist and novelist, born in Paris, 1595, died there, 1676. ...
Determinism Determinism
Determinism- A name employed by writers, especially since J. Stuart Mill, to denote the philosophical theory which holds, in opposition to the doctrine of free will, that all man's volitions are invariably determined by ...
Dechamps, Adolphe Dechamps, Adolphe
Dechamps, Adolphe- Belgian statesman and publicist, brother of Cardinal Dechamps, born at Melle near Ghent, 17 June, 1807, died at Manage, 19 July, 1875. ...
Deschamps, Nicolas Deschamps, Nicolas
Deschamps, Nicolas- Polemical writer, born at Villefranche (Rhône), France, 1797; died at Aix-en-Provence, 1872. ...

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