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Edmund, Congregation of Saint Edmund, Congregation of Saint
Edmund, Congregation of Saint- Founded in 1843, by Jean-Baptiste Muard, at Pontigny, France, for the work of popular missions. ...
Elias of Jerusalem Elias of Jerusalem
Elias of Jerusalem- Died 518; one of the two Catholic bishops (with Flavian of Antioch) who resisted the attempt of the Emperor Anastasius I (491-518) to abolish the Council of Chalcedon (451). ...
Eycken, Jean Baptiste van Eycken, Jean Baptiste van
Eycken, Jean Baptiste van- Painter, born at Brussels, Belgium, 16 September, 1809; died at Schaerbeek, 19 December, 1853. ...
Emesa Emesa
Emesa- A titular see of Phœnicia Secunda, suffragan of Damascus, and the seat of two Uniat archdioceses, Greek Melchite and Syrian. ...
Eclecticism Eclecticism
Eclecticism- A philosophical term meaning either a tendency of mind in a thinker to conciliate the different views or positions taken in regard to problems, or a system in philosophy which seeks the solution of its funda ...
Elevation, The Elevation, The
Elevation, The- The Elevation of the Mass is a rite of comparatively recent introduction. ...
Education of the Blind Education of the Blind
Education of the Blind- Includes statistics and history. ...
England, John England, John
England, John- First Bishop of Charleston, S.C. (1786-1842) ...
Engaddi Engaddi
Engaddi- The name of a warm spring near the center of the west shore of the Dead Sea, and also of a town situated in the same place. ...
Egyptian Church Ordinance Egyptian Church Ordinance
Egyptian Church Ordinance- An early Christian collection of thirty-one canons regulating ordinations, the liturgy, and other main features of church life. ...
Eparchy Eparchy
Eparchy- Originally the name of one of the divisions of the Roman Empire. ...
Epée, Charles-Michel de l' Epée, Charles-Michel de l'
Epée, Charles-Michel de l'- A philanthropic priest and inventor of the sign alphabet for the instruction of the deaf and dumb; was b. at Versailles, 25 November, 1712; d. at Paris, 23 December, 1789. ...
Epact Epact
Epact- The surplus days of the solar over the lunar year; hence, more freely, the number of days in the age of the moon on 1 January of any given year. The whole system of epacts is based on the Metonic Lunar Cycle, and ...
Ephesus, Robber Council of Ephesus, Robber Council of
Ephesus, Robber Council of- The Acts of the first session of this synod were read at the Council of Chalcedon, 451, and have thus been preserved. The remainder of the Acts are known only through a Syriac translation by a ...
English Literature English Literature
English Literature- Latin, French, Italian, Greek, and Spanish literatures are a few of the influences. ...
Encyclopedia Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia- An abridgment of human knowledge in general or a considerable department thereof, treated from a uniform point of view or in a systematized summary. ...
Endowment Endowment
Endowment- A property, fund, or revenue permanently appropriated for the support of any person, institution, or object, as a student, professorship, school, hospital. ...
Emmanuel Emmanuel
Emmanuel- Signifies "God with us" (Matthew 1:23), and is the name of the child predicted in Isaias 7:14: "Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel". ...
Epicureanism Epicureanism
Epicureanism- In its popular sense, the word stands for a refined and calculating selfishness, seeking not power or fame, but the pleasures of sense, particularly of the palate, and those in company rather than solitude. ...
Elizabeth Associations Elizabeth Associations
Elizabeth Associations- Charitable associations of women in Germany which aim for the love of Christ to minister to the bodily and spiritual sufferings of the sick poor and of neglected children. ...
Etschmiadzin Etschmiadzin
Etschmiadzin- An Armenian monastery, since 1441 the ecclesiastical capital of the schismatic Armenians, and seat of their patriarch or catholicos, whom the greater part of the Non-Uniat Armenian Church acknowledge as the ...
Epistemology Epistemology
Epistemology- That branch of philosophy which is concerned with the value of human knowledge. ...
Enthronization Enthronization
Enthronization- From Greek 'enthronízein, to place on a throne. ...
Ephesus, Council of Ephesus, Council of
Ephesus, Council of- The third ecumenical council, held in 431. ...
Emmeram, Saint, Abbey of Emmeram, Saint, Abbey of
Emmeram, Saint, Abbey of- A Benedictine monastery at Ratisbon (Regensburg), named after its traditional founder, the patron saint of the city. ...
Elizabeth, Sisters of Saint Elizabeth, Sisters of Saint
Elizabeth, Sisters of Saint- From an association established by Dorothea Klara Wolff, in connection with the sisters, Mathilde and Maria Merkert, and Franziska Werner, 1842, in Nelsse (Prussia), to tend in their own home ...
Endlicher, Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher, Stephan Ladislaus
Endlicher, Stephan Ladislaus- Austrian botanist, linguist, and historian, b. at Pressburg, Hungary, 24 June, 1804; d. at Vienna, 28 March, 1849. ...
Ephod Ephod
Ephod- a kind of garment, which differed according to its use by the high-priest, by other persons present at religious services, or as the object of idolatrous worship. ...
Edwy Edwy
Edwy- King of the English, eldest son of Edmund and St. Aelfgifu, born about 940; died 959. ...
Entablature Entablature
Entablature- A superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns in classic architecture. ...
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament- A manner of honouring the Holy Eucharist, by exposing it, with proper solemnity, to the view of the faithful in order that they may pay their devotions before it. ...
Ecclesiasticus Ecclesiasticus
Ecclesiasticus- The longest of the deuterocanonical books of the Bible, and the last of the Sapiential writings in the Vulgate of the Old Testament. ...
Ephraim of Antioch Ephraim of Antioch
Ephraim of Antioch- One of the defenders of the Faith of Chalcedon (451) against the Monophysites, b. at Amida in Mesopotamia; d. in 545. ...
Eastern Churches Eastern Churches
Eastern Churches- Eastern Churches depended originally on the Eastern Empire at Constantinople. ...
Erdeswicke, Sampson Erdeswicke, Sampson
Erdeswicke, Sampson- Antiquarian, date of birth unknown; died 1603. ...
Epiklesis Epiklesis
Epiklesis- The name of a prayer that occurs in all Eastern liturgies (and originally in Western liturgies also) after the words of Institution, in which the celebrant prays that God may send down His Holy Spirit to chang ...
Establishment, The Establishment, The
Establishment, The- The union of Church and State setting up a definite and distinctive relation between the two is frequently expressed in English by the use of the word "establishment". ...
Esglis, Louis-Philippe Mariauchau d' Esglis, Louis-Philippe Mariauchau d'
Esglis, Louis-Philippe Mariauchau d'- Eighth Bishop of Quebec, Canada; born Quebec, 24 April, 1710; died 7 June, 1788. ...
Ephesus Ephesus
Ephesus- A titular archiespiscopal see in Asia Minor, said to have been founded in the eleventh century B.C. by Androcles, son of the Athenian King Codrus, with the aid of Ionian colonists. ...
Espence, Claude D' Espence, Claude D'
Espence, Claude D'- French theologian, born in 1511 at Châlons-sur-Marne; died 5 Oct., 1571, at Paris. ...
English College, The, in Rome English College, The, in Rome
English College, The, in Rome- Information on its foundation, scholastic status, and students. ...
Epiphany Epiphany
Epiphany- The feast was called among the Syrians denho (up-going), a name to be connected with the notion of rising light expressed in Luke. I, 78. ...
Elhuyar y de Suvisa, Fausto de Elhuyar y de Suvisa, Fausto de
Elhuyar y de Suvisa, Fausto de- Mineralogist and chemist. (1755-1833) ...
Eckhart, Meister Eckhart, Meister
Eckhart, Meister- Biographical article on the Dominican theologian and mystic. Includes bibliography. ...
Educational Association, The Catholic Educational Association, The Catholic
Educational Association, The Catholic- A voluntary organization composed of Catholic educators and other persons who have an interest in the welfare of Catholic education in the United States. ...
Eccleston, Samuel Eccleston, Samuel
Eccleston, Samuel- Fifth Archbishop of Baltimore, U.S.A. (1801-1851) ...
Egypt Egypt
Egypt- Provides information on history, religion, and literature. ...
Egan, Michael Egan, Michael
Egan, Michael- First bishop of Philadelphia, U.S.A., b. in Ireland, most probably in Galway, in 1761; d. at Philadelphia, 22 July, 1814. ...
Emmerich, Anne Catherine Emmerich, Anne Catherine
Emmerich, Anne Catherine- An Augustinian nun, stigmatic, and ecstatic, born 8 September, 1774, at Flamsche, near Coesfeld, in the Diocese of Munster, Westphalia, Germany; died at Dulmen, 9 February, 1824. ...
Expectative Expectative
Expectative- An expectative, or an expectative grace, is the anticipatory grant of an ecclesiastical benefice, not vacant at the moment but which will become so, regularly, on the death of its present incumbent. ...

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