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Catholic Church. 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.
1417 – Robert Hallam, English Catholic bishop; 1537 – Johann Dietenberger, German theologian and translator (b. 1475) 1571 – Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, English nobleman (b. 1516) 1588 – Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk (b. 1532)
Jerome is the second-most voluminous writer – after Augustine of Hippo (354–430) – in ancient Latin Christianity. The Catholic Church recognizes him as the patron saint of translators, librarians, and encyclopedists. [ 41] Jerome translated many biblical texts into Latin from Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.
2002 edition of the Missale Romanum. The Roman Missal ( Latin: Missale Romanum) is the title of several missals used in the celebration of the Roman Rite. Along with other liturgical books of the Roman Rite, the Roman Missal contains the texts and rubrics for the celebration of the most common liturgy and Mass of the Catholic Church .
The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church, [ 1] also referred to as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia and the Original Catholic Encyclopedia, [ 2] is an English-language encyclopedia published in the United States designed to serve the Catholic Church.
The feast of Saint Rosalia is on 4 September. [3] In Palermo, the Festino di Santa Rosalia is held each year on 14 July, and continues into the next day. [7] It is a major social and religious event in the city. The devotion to Santa Rosalia is widespread among the large and mainly Hindu Tamil community of Sri Lankan origin settled in Palermo ...
The term catholicism is the English form of Late Latin catholicismus, an abstract noun based on the adjective catholic. The Modern Greek equivalent καθολικισμός katholikismos is back-formed and usually refers to the Catholic Church. The terms catholic, catholicism, and catholicity are closely related to the use of the term Catholic ...
Solemnity. In the liturgical calendar of the Roman Rite, a solemnity is a feast day of the highest rank celebrating a mystery of faith such as the Trinity, an event in the life of Jesus, his mother Mary, his earthly father Joseph, or another important saint. The observance begins with the vigil on the evening before the actual date of the feast.