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This is a glossary of terms used within the Catholic Church. Some terms used in everyday English have a different meaning in the context of the Catholic faith, including brother, confession, confirmation, exemption, faithful, father, ordinary, religious, sister, venerable, and vow.
Beelzebub – a name derived from a Philistine god, formerly worshipped in Ekron, and later adopted by some Abrahamic religions as a major demon. Blood of Christ – A reference to (a) the actual blood of Jesus when he was sacrificed on the cross (cf. Luke 22:19, 20); and/or (b) the spiritual covering that that sacrifice of Jesus on the cross ...
Here may also be classed the abbreviated forms for the name of God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost; also for the names of the Blessed Virgin, the saints, etc.; likewise abbreviations used in the administration of the Sacraments, mortuary epitaphs, etc. (to which class belong the numerous Catacomb inscriptions); finally some miscellaneous ...
In its proposition XI, it is stated "Quod hoc unicum est nomen in mundo" ("That this name [pope] is unique in the world") The titles of the Bishop of Rome, more often referred to as the papal titles, [a] refer to the various titles used by protocol, as a form of addressing or designating a theological or secular reality of the Bishop of Rome ...
The major difference between U.S. practice and that in several other English-speaking countries is the form of address for archbishops and bishops.
The Catholic Church, or Roman Catholic Church, is composed of 24 autonomous sui iuris particular churches: the Latin Church and the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches. It considers itself the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church that Christ founded, [63] and which Saint Peter initiated along with the missionary work of Saint Paul and others. As ...
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A Concise Dictionary of the Holy Bible [31] James Covel 1848 Biblical Cyclopaedia [32] John Eadie: 1851 A Biblical and Theological Dictionary, illustrative of the Old and New Testament [33] John Farrar: 1854 A Bible Dictionary [34] Samuel Bulfinch Emmons 1856 A Dictionary of the most important names, objects, and terms found in the Holy ...