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Trinità di Cava dei Tirrenti, Abbey of
Located in the Province of Salerno.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15045c.htm
Trinitarians, Order of
Towards the end of the twelfth century the order had 250 houses throughout Christendom, where its benevolent work was manifested by the return of liberated captives.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15045d.htm
Twiketal of Croyland
English abbot. (d. 975)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15106a.htm
Tulasne, Louis-René
Botanist. (1815-1885)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15086b.htm
Troy, John Thomas
Archbishop of Dublin. (1739-1823)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15066b.htm
Tebaldeo, Antonio
Italian poet, born at Ferrara, in 1463; died. in 1537.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14468b.htm
Thomas Belchiam, Venerable
A Franciscan martyr in the reign of Henry VIII.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02394b.htm
Tropology, Scriptural
The theory and practice of interpreting the figurative meaning of Holy Writ.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15066a.htm
Tabernacle
Old Testament precursor to the Temple.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14424b.htm
Tuy
Suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Santiago.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15105a.htm
Temperance
One of the four cardinal virtues.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14481a.htm
Tabb, John Bannister
American poet and educator. (1845-1909)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14423c.htm
Tabernacles, Feast of
One of the three great feasts of the Hebrew liturgical calendar.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14425a.htm
Theology, Mystical
Addresses acts and experiences or states of the soul which cannot be produced by human effort or industry even with the ordinary aid of divine grace.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14621a.htm
Takkali
The hybrid name by which the Carrier Indians of the northern interior of British Columbia were originally made known by the fur traders.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14431b.htm
Trissino, Giangiorgio
Italian poet and scholar. (1478-1550)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15061a.htm
Tenedos
A titular see, suffragan of Rhodes in the Cyclades.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14506b.htm
Tuscany
A division of central Italy, includes the provinces of Arezzo, Florence, Grosseto, Livorno, Massa and Carrara, Pisa, and Siena.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15103b.htm
Tamanac Indians
A tribe of Cariban linguistic stock occupying the territory about the Cuchivero River, a tributary of the lower Orinoco, Venezuela.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14440a.htm
Tenebræ
The name given to the service of Matins and Lauds belonging to the last three days of Holy Week.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14506a.htm
Telesphorus of Cosenza
A name assumed by one of the pseudo-prophets during the time of the Great Schism.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14477c.htm
Taoism
Religion derived from the philosophical doctrines of Lao-tze.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14446b.htm
Templars, The Knights
The earliest founders of the military orders.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14493a.htm
Temptation
An incitement to sin whether by persuasion or by the offer of some good or pleasure.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14504a.htm
Teresa of Lisieux, Saint
Carmelite of Lisieux, better known as the Little Flower of Jesus. (1873-1897)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/17721a.htm
Terill, Anthony
English theologian. (1623-1676)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14517b.htm
Trasilla and Emiliana, Saints
Aunts of St. Gregory the Great, virgins in the sixth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15026a.htm
Tychicus
Disciple and companion of St. Paul.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15106c.htm
Tell el-Amarna Tablets, The
A collection of some 350 clay tablets found in 1887 amid the ruins of the ancient Egyptian city of Akhetaton.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14477d.htm
Tuam, School of
Founded by St. Jarlath, it rivalled Clonmacnoise as a center of Celtic art in the eleventh century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15082a.htm
Tabernacle Lamp
In the Old Testament God commanded that a lamp filled with the purest oil of olives should always burn in the Tabernacle of the Testimony without the veil.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01354b.htm
Turkish Empire
Created in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries on the ruins of the Byzantine Empire, from the caliphate of Baghdad and independent Turkish principalities.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15097a.htm
Taensa Indians
A Muskhogean tribe living when first known on the west bank of the Mississippi, within the present limits of Tensas parish, Louisiana.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14429c.htm
Tacana Indians
The collective designation for a group of tribes constituting the Tacanan linguistic stock in different dialects, occupying the upper valleys of the Beni and Madre de Dios Rivers, on the eastern slope of the Andes, Department of Beni, north-western Bolivia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14427a.htm
Tribe, Jewish
The earlier Hebrew term rendered in English versions by the word "tribe" is shebet, while the term matteh, prevails in the post-exilic writings.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15039a.htm
Tait Indians
A collective term for those members of the Cowichan tribe, occupying the Lower Fraser River, Yale District, British Columbia (Canada), between Nicomen and Yale.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14431a.htm
Toledo (Ohio)
A diocese in Ohio, U.S.A., formed out of the Diocese of Cleveland and erected into a separate jurisdiction, 15 April, 1910.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14759a.htm
Tyrannicide
The killing of a tyrant, and usually is taken to mean the killing of a tyrant by a private person for the common good.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15108a.htm
Tulancingo
Diocese in the Mexican Republic, suffragan of Mexico.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15086a.htm
Tabernacle
Vessel holding the Blessed Sacrament.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14424a.htm
Turkestan
Details of Chinese Turkestan and Russian Turkestan.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15095a.htm
Talmud
A post-Biblical substantive formation of Pi'el ("to teach"), and originally signified "doctrine" or "study".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14435b.htm
Tyana
Titular see of Cappadocia Prima.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15106b.htm
Tunstall, Cuthbert
Bishop of London, later of Durham. (1474-1559)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15091a.htm
Tarazona
The Diocese of Tarazona comprises the Spanish provinces of Saragossa, Soria, Navarre, and Logroño.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14452a.htm
Tarnow
Diocese in western Galicia, Austria.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14458b.htm
Tarsus
A metropolitan see of Cilicia Prima.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14461b.htm
Tynemouth Priory
Located on the east coast of Northumberland, England, occupied the site of an earlier Saxon church built first in wood, then in stone, in the seventh century, and famous as the burial-place of St. Oswin, king and martyr.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15106d.htm
Tasse, Joseph
Writer and journalist. (1848-1895)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14463b.htm
Tallis, Thomas
English composer. (1514-1585)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14435a.htm
Temptation of Christ
Christ endured temptation only from without, inasmuch as His human nature was free from all concupiscence.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14504b.htm
Terracina, Sezze, and Piperno
Located in the Province of Rome.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14518c.htm
Tenure, Ecclesiastical
System of feudal tenure was not always restricted to lands, as church revenues and tithes were often farmed out to secular persons as a species of ecclesiastical fief.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14512c.htm
Terenuthis
Titular see, suffragan of Antinoë in Thebais Prima.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14515a.htm
Testament, New
Jesus Christ uses the words "new testament" as meaning the alliance established by Himself between God and the world, and this is called "new" as opposed to that of which Moses was the mediator.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14530a.htm
Thomas Welbourne, Blessed
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15578b.htm
Terrestrial Paradise
The name popularly given in Christian tradition to the scriptural Garden of Eden.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14519a.htm
Talbot, John
English Catholic layman.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14432b.htm
Textual Criticism
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.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04497a.htm
Telepathy
A term introduced by F.W.H. Myers in 1882 to denote "the ability of one mind to impress or to be impressed by another mind otherwise than through the recognized channels of sense".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14475a.htm
Theodard, Saint
Archbishop of Narbonne, born at Montauban about 840; died at the same place 1 May, 893.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14568b.htm
Thelepte
A titular see in Byzacene.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14566a.htm
Thennesus
A titular suffragan see of Pelusium in Augustamnica Prima.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14567a.htm
Theobald
Archbishop of Canterbury. (d. 1161)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14567c.htm
Theodoric (Thierry) of Chartes
A Platonist philosopher of the twelfth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14575a.htm
Thanksgiving Day
The custom originated in 1621, when Governor Bradford of the Plymouth colony appointed a day for public praise and prayer after the first harvest.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14555a.htm
Thayer, John
New England convert and priest. (1755-1815)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14556d.htm
Theonas
Bishop of Alexandria from about 283 to 301.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14622a.htm
Theodicy
Term was introduced into philosophy by Leibniz.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14569a.htm
Thalhofer, Valentin
German theologian. (1825-1891)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14554a.htm
Tabernacle Society
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14426b.htm
Truchsess von Waldburg, Otto
Cardinal-Bishop of Augsburg. (1514-1573)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15069a.htm
Tenebrae Hearse
The triangular candlestick used in the Tenebrae service.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07162c.htm
Teilo, Saint
Archbishop of Llandaff, born at Eccluis Gunniau, near Tenby, Pembrokeshire; died at Llandilo Vawr, Carmarthenshire, probably in or before 560.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14473b.htm
Theology, Dogmatic
That part of theology which treats of the theoretical truths of faith concerning God and His works.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14580a.htm
Tomb of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Explores the question where Mary died and was buried, either Jerusalem or Ephesus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14774a.htm
Thecla, Saints
The reputed pupil of the Apostle Paul, who is the heroine of the apocryphal "Acta Pauli et Theclae".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14564a.htm
Thomas More, Saint
Saint, knight, Lord Chancellor of England, author and martyr, born in London, 7 February, 1477-78; executed at Tower Hill, 6 July, 1535.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14689c.htm
Tintern Abbey
In Monmouthshire, England, founded in 1131 by Walter de Clare for Cistercian monks.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14736d.htm
Theft
The secret taking of another's property against the reasonable will of that other.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14564b.htm
Thaumaci
Titular see in Thessaly.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14556c.htm
Taparelli, Aloysius
Philosopher and writer on sociological subjects. (1793-1862)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14449a.htm
Tekakwitha, Blessed Kateri
An Indian virgin of the Mohawk tribe, known as the "Lily of the Mohawks", and the "Genevieve of New France".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14471a.htm
Trinity College
An institution for the higher education of Catholic women, located at Washington, D.C.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15057a.htm
Twenge, Saint John
English saint. (1319-1379)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15105b.htm
Théophane Venard
French missionary, born at St-Loup, Diocese of Poitiers; martyred in Tonkin, 2 February, 1861. (1829-1861)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14623c.htm
Teramo
Diocese in southern Italy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14514b.htm
Thomas Ford, Blessed
Born in Devonshire; died at Tyburn, 28 May, 1582.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14689a.htm
Testem Benevolentiae
An Apostolic Letter of Leo XIII addressed to Cardinal Gibbons, 22 January, 1899.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14537a.htm
Tyrie, James
Scottish theologian. (1543-1597)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15112a.htm
Theology, Moral
Limited to those doctrines which discuss the relations of man and his free actions to God and his supernatural end, and propose the means instituted by God for the attainment of that end.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14601a.htm
Thomas Atkinson, Venerable
Martyred at York, 11 March, l6l6.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02051b.htm
Thomas Abel, Blessed
Priest and martyr. (1497-1540)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14659b.htm
Thomas Cottam, Blessed
Martyr, born 1549, in Lancashire; executed at Tyburn, 30 May, 1582.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14688a.htm
Thomas Alfield, Blessed
Priest, born at Gloucestershire; martyred at Tyburn, 6 July, 1585.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14663a.htm
Tarachus, Probus, and Andronicus, Saints
Martyrs of the Diocletian persecution. (c. 304)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14450c.htm
Thomas Aquinas, Saint
Philosopher, theologian, doctor of the Church (Angelicus Doctor), patron of Catholic universities, colleges, and schools.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14663b.htm
Theology, History of Dogmatic
Detailed article broken into time periods.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14588a.htm
Thorpe, Venerable Robert
Priest and martyr, born in Yorkshire; suffered at York, 15 May, 1591.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14706c.htm
Thomas Johnson, Blessed
Carthusian martyr, died in Newgate gaol, London, 20 September, 1537.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14689b.htm
Theophilanthropists
A deistic sect formed in France during the latter part of the French Revolution.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14624a.htm
Theology, Ascetical
Briefly defined as the scientific exposition of Christian asceticism.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14613a.htm
Theodore of Gaza
A fifteenth-century Greek Humanist and translator of Aristotle.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14573b.htm
Theosophy
A term used in general to designate the knowledge of God supposed to be obtained by the direct intuition of the Divine essence.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14626a.htm
Theophilus (Bishop of Antioch)
Second-century Bishop of Antioch.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14625a.htm
Thorns, Feast of the Crown of
First instituted at Paris in 1239.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14706b.htm
Theology, Pastoral
The science of the care of souls.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14611a.htm
Thomas of Villanova, Saint
Educator, philanthropist, born at Fuentellana, Spain, 1488; died at Valencia, 8 September, 1555.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14696a.htm
Thomas Garnet, Saint
Protomartyr of St. Omer and therefore of Stonyhurst College. (1575-1608)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06388a.htm
Thierry of Freburg
A philosopher and physician of the Middle Ages, and a member of the Order of Saint Dominic.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14635a.htm
Thomas of Dover
Martyr. (d. 1295)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14694b.htm
Thacia Montana
A titular see in Africa Proconsularis, suffragan of Carthage.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14552b.htm
Thomas of Cantimpré
Medieval writer, preacher, and theologian. (1201-1272)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14693c.htm
Thomas Percy, Blessed
Earl of Northumberland, martyr, born in 1528; died at York, 22 August, 1572.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14697a.htm
Thomas Sherwood, Blessed
Martyr, born in London, 1551; died at Tyburn, London, 7 February, 1578.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14697b.htm
Thomas Thwing, Blessed
Martyr. Born at Heworth Hall, near York, in 1635; suffered at York, 23 Oct., 1680.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14713b.htm
Thonissen, Jean-Joseph
Professor of law at the University of Louvain, minister in the Belgian Government. (1817-1891)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14705a.htm
Tabæ
Titular see in Caria, suffragan of Stauropolis.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14423a.htm
Turin, University of
Founded in 1404, when the lectures at Piacenza and Pavia were interrupted by the wars of Lombardy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15094a.htm
Tabasco
Diocese in the Republic of Mexico, suffragan of the Archbishopric of Yucatán.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14423b.htm
Thapsus
Titular see in Macedonia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14556a.htm
Transfiguration of Christ, Feast of the
Observed on August 6 to commemorate the manifestation of the Divine glory recorded by St. Matthew (Chapter 17).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15019b.htm
Thébaud, Augustus
Jesuit educator and publicist. (1807-1885)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14562a.htm
Tocqueville, Charles-Alexis-Henri-Maurice-Clerel de
Writer and statesman. (1805-1859)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14753a.htm
Thomas Woodhouse, Blessed
Martyr who suffered at Tyburn 19 June, 1573.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14698a.htm
Thomas Becket, Saint
Martyr, Archbishop of Canterbury.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14676a.htm
Thomas, Charles L.A.
French composer. (1811-1896)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14659a.htm
Ten Commandments, The
The fundamental obligations of religion and morality and embodying the revealed expression of the Creator's will in relation to man's whole duty to God and to his fellow-creatures.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04153a.htm
Theophanes Kerameus
Twelfth-century archbishop and writer.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14623b.htm
Thirty Years War
Though pre-eminently a German war, was also of great importance for the history of the whole of Europe.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14648b.htm
Thomas a Kempis
Author of the "Imitation of Christ", born at Kempen in the Diocese of Cologne, in 1379 or 1380; died 25 July, 1471.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14661a.htm
Terrien, Jean-Baptiste
Dogmatic theologian. (1832-1903)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14520a.htm
Tabbora
A titular see in Africa Proconsularis, suffragan of Carthage.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14423d.htm
Thun-Hohenstein, Count Leo
Austrian statesman. (1811-1888)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14711c.htm
Thorlaksson, Arni
Icelandic bishop. (1237-1297)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01746b.htm
Tibaldi, Pellegrino
Known also as Pellegrino da Bologna and as Pellegrino Pellegrini, decorator, mural painter, and architect. 1527-1592)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14715a.htm
Thorns, Crown of
Mentioned by three Evangelists and is often alluded to by the early Christian Fathers, such as Clement of Alexandria, Origen, and others, but there are comparatively few writers of the first six centuries who speak of it as a relic known to be still in existence.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04540b.htm
Tyre
Melchite archdiocese and Maronite diocese.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15109a.htm
Tabernacle Societies
The Association of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and of work for poor churches was founded at Brussels in 1848 by Anne de Meeûs.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14426a.htm
Turnebus, Adrian
Philologist. (1512-1565)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15102a.htm
Tiara
The papal crown, ornamented with precious stones and pearls, which is shaped like a bee-hive, has a small cross at its highest point.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14714c.htm
Ticelia
Titular see, suffragan of Cyrene, in the Libya Pentapolis.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14721a.htm
Tichborne, Ven. Thomas
Born at Hartley, Hampshire, 1567; martyred at Tyburn, London, 20 April, 1602.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14721c.htm
Ticonius
An African Donatist writer of the fourth century who appears to have had some influence on St. Augustine.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14721d.htm
Thomas of Jorz
English theologian and cardinal. (d. 1310)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14695b.htm
Thomism
In a broad sense, the name given to the system which follows the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas in philosophical and theological questions.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14698b.htm
Tilly, Johannes Tserclæs, Count of
Born at Brabant in 1559; died at Ingolstadt in April, 1632.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14724c.htm
Thugut, Johann Amadeus Franz de Paula
Austrian statesman, born at Linz, 31 March, 1736; died at Vienna, 28 May, 1818.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14710b.htm
Thompson, Francis
Poet. (1859-1907)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14703b.htm
Thomas á Jesu
Discalced Carmelite, writer on mystical theology. (1564-1627)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14660a.htm
Thomas of Celano
Franciscan poet and writer. (1200-1255)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14694a.htm
Triesnecker, Francis a Paula
Astronomer. (1745-1817)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15044a.htm
Thou, Jacques-Auguste de
French historian. (1553-1617)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14706d.htm
Thmuis
A titular see in Augustamnica Prima, suffragan of Pelusium.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14658a.htm
Tournon, Charles-Thomas Maillard de
Papal legate to India and China, cardinal, born of a noble Savoyard family at Turin, 21 December, 1668; died in confinement at Macao, 8 June, 1710.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15001a.htm
Timothy and Symphorian, Saints
Martyrs whose feast is observed on 22 August.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14727a.htm
Tepl
A Premonstratensian abbey in the western part of Bohemia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14514a.htm
Tithes
The tenth part of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, alotted to the clergy for their support or devoted to religious or charitable uses.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14741b.htm
Tiepolo
Article on Giovanni Battista (Giambattista) Tiepolo and his son Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14723a.htm
Tabor, Mount
Distinguished among the mountains of Palestine for its picturesque site, its graceful outline, the remarkable vegetation which covers its sides of calcareous rock, and the splendour of the view from its summit.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14551a.htm
Truce of God
A temporary suspension of hostilities, as distinct from the Peace of God which is perpetual.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15068a.htm
Thyräus, Hermann
German Jesuit. (1532-1591)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14714b.htm
Theodosius I
Roman Emperor (also known as Flavius Theodosius), born in Spain, about 346; died at Milan, 17 January, 395.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14577d.htm
Toledo (Spain)
Primatial see of Spain, whose archbishop, raised almost always to the dignity of cardinal, occupies the first place in the ranks of the higher Spanish clergy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14755a.htm
Tschiderer zu Gleifheim, Johann Nepomuk von
Bishop of Trent. (1777-1860)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15079b.htm
Time
Article explores two questions, What are the notes, or elements, contained in the subjective representation of time? and To what external reality does this representation correspond?
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14726a.htm
Tibet
Includes information on geography, history, and missions.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14718a.htm
Thundering Legion
The story of an expedition against the Quadi led by Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14711b.htm
Thompson River Indians
Also known as Knife Indians.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14704b.htm
Thomas of Bradwardine
Theologian known as the Doctor Profundus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14693b.htm
Toleration, Religious
The magnanimous indulgence one shows towards a religion other than his own, accompanied by the moral determination to leave it and its adherents unmolested in private and public, although internally one views it with complete disapproval as a "false faith".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14763a.htm
Thessalonians, Epistles to the
Two of the canonical Epistles of St. Paul.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14629d.htm
Tithes, Lay
Ecclesiastical tithes, which in the course of time became alienated from the Church to lay proprietors.
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Thomas of Jesus
Reformer and preacher. (1529-1582)
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Thomas of Strasburg
A fourteenth-century scholastic of the Augustinian Order.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14695c.htm
Thorney Abbey
For some three centuries the seat of Saxon hermits, or of anchorites living in community, before it was refounded in 972 for Benedictine monks by Ethelwold, Bishop of Winchester, with the aid of King Edgar.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14706a.htm
Ticuna Indians
A tribe along the north bank of the upper Amazon.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14721e.htm
Thomas of Beckington
Bishop of Bath and Wells, born at Beckington, Somerset, about 1390; died at Wells, 14 January, 1465.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14693a.htm
Throne
The seat the bishop uses when not engaged at the altar.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14709a.htm
Tantum Ergo
The opening words of the penultimate stanza of the Vesper hymn of Corpus Christi.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14445b.htm
Tacapæ
Titular see of Tripolitana in northern Africa.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14427b.htm
Tincker, Mary Agnes
Novelist. (1833-1907)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14735a.htm
Tornielli, Girolamo Francesco
Italian Jesuit, preacher and writer. (1693-1752)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14781b.htm
Titulus
In pagan times titulus signified an inscription on stone, and later the stone which marked the confines of property.
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Tiraboschi, Girolamo
Italian scholar. (1731-1794)
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Toledo, Francisco
Philosopher, theologian, and exegete, son of an actuary. (1532-1596)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14760a.htm
Tallagaht, Monastery of
Situated in the barony of Uppercross.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16077b.htm
Toleration, History of
Explores the attitude of the Church towards religious toleration.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14761a.htm
Toustain, Charles-François
French Benedictine, and member of the Congregation of St-Maur. (1700-1754)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15004a.htm
Theodulf
Bishop of Orléans, a writer skilled in poetic forms and a learned theologian, born in Spain about 760; died at Angers, France, 18 December, 821.
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Tonkawa Indians
A tribal group formerly ranging about the middle Trinity and Colorado Rivers, in Eastern Texas.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14778a.htm
Turgot, Anne-Robert-Jacques
Baron de L'Aulne, French minister. (1727-1781)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15092c.htm
Toaldo, Giuseppe
Priest and physicist. (1719-1797)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14749a.htm
Thanksgiving Before and After Meals
The word grace, which, as applied to prayer over food, always in pre-Elizabethan English took the plural form graces, means nothing but thanksgiving.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14554c.htm
Totonac Indians
One of the smaller cultured nations of ancient Mexico, occupying at the time of the Spanish conquest the coast province of Totonicapan.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14794a.htm
Tokio
Archdiocese comprising 21 provinces or 15 departments.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14754b.htm
Truth Societies, Catholic
Covers their establishment in various countries.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15077a.htm
Tongerloo, Abbey of
Founded in 1128 near Antwerp, Belgium.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14776a.htm
Tonsure
A sacred rite instituted by the Church by which a baptized and confirmed Christian is received into the clerical order.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14779a.htm
Tintoretto, Il
Italian painter, b. at Venice, 1518; d. there 1594.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14737a.htm
Timucua Indians
A principal group or confederacy of ancient Florida.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14733a.htm
Taché, Alexandre-Antonin
First Archbishop of St. Boniface, Manitoba, missionary, prelate, statesman, and writer of Western Canada. (1823-1894)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14427c.htm
Trivet, Nicholas
Author of a large number of theological and historical works and commentaries on the classics, more especially the works of Seneca.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15063b.htm
Trapezopolis
A titular see in Phrygia Pacatiana, suffragan to Laodicea.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15023b.htm
Tonica Indians
A small tribe living, when first known to the French, in small villages on the lower Yazoo River, Mississippi.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14777a.htm
Trichinopoly, Diocese of
Located in India, suffragan of Bombay.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15040d.htm
Traducianism
In general the doctrine that, in the process of generation, the human spiritual soul is transmitted to the offspring by the parents.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15014a.htm
Trajanopolis
Titular metropolitan see of Rhodope.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15016a.htm
Toronto
Located in the Province of Ontario, Canada.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14781d.htm
Thomas of Hereford
Bishop of Hereford. (1218-1282)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14694c.htm
Torres, Francisco
Hellenist and polemicist. (1509-1584)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14783b.htm
Totemism
Constitutes the group of superstitions and customs of which the totem is the center.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14789a.htm
Touron, Antoine
Dominican biographer and historian. (1686-1775)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15001b.htm
Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles-Maurice de
Prince of Benevento, Bishop of Autun, French minister and ambassador. (1754-1838)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14434b.htm
Theocracy
A form of civil government in which God Himself is recognized as the head.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14568a.htm
Trajanopolis
A titular see of Phrygia Pacatiana, suffragan of Laodicea.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15016b.htm
Tralles
A titular see, suffragan of Ephesus in Asia Minor.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15016c.htm
Transylvania
Diocese in Hungary, suffragan of Kalocsa Bács.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15022a.htm
Transvaal
Vicariate apostolic. Portion of south Africa.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15020a.htm
Tadama
A titular see in Mauretania Cæsariensis.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14429a.htm
Torricelli, Evangelista
Italian mathematician and physicist, born at Faenza, 15 October, 1608; died at Florence, 25 October, 1647.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14784a.htm
Trappists
The Cistercians who follow the reform inaugurated by the Abbot de Rancé (b. 1626; d. 1700) in the Abbey of La Trappe, and often now applied to the entire Order of Reformed Cistercians.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15024a.htm
Thompson, Edward Healy and Harriet Diana
English converts.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14703a.htm
Thompson, Right Honourable Sir John Sparrow David
Jurist and first Catholic Premier of Canada. (1844-1894)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14704a.htm
Taché, Etienne-Pascal
Statesman, b. at St. Thomas (Montmagny, Province of Quebec), 5 Sept., 1795, son of Charles, and Geneviève Michon; d. 30 July, 1865.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14428a.htm
Tresham, Sir Thomas
Knight Bachelor (in or before 1524), Grand Prior of England in the Order of Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15037b.htm
Tower of Babel
Information on the history, site, and construction of the tower.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15005b.htm
Toba Indians
Tribe of the great Chaco wilderness of South America.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14749b.htm
Titian
Venetian painter, died at Venice, 27 Aug., 1577.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14742a.htm
Taenarum
A titular see in Greece, suffragan of Corinth.
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Trincomalee
Located in Ceylon, suffragan of Colombo.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15045b.htm
Tongiorgi, Salvator
Italian philosopher. (1820-1865)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14776b.htm
Trenton
Diocese created 15 July, 1881, suffragan of New York.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15037a.htm
Tredway, Lettice Mary
Abbess of the Convent of Notre-Dame-de-Sion.
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Touttée, Antoine-Augustin
French Benedictine of the Maurist Congregation. (1677-1718)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15005a.htm
Trajan
Emperor of Rome (A.D. 98-117), b. at Italica Spain, 18 September, 53; d. 7 August, 117.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15015a.htm
Tübingen, University of
Located in Würtemberg; founded by Count Eberhard im Bart on 3 July, 1477.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15083a.htm
Treviso
Diocese in Venetia (Northern Italy).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15038a.htm
Trebnitz
A former abbey of Cistercian nuns, situated north of Breslau in Silesia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15029a.htm
Trichur
Vicariate Apostolic in India, one of the three vicariates of the Syro-Malabar Rite.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15041a.htm
Trent
Diocese; suffragan of Salzburg.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15035a.htm
Tournefort, Joseph Pitton de
French botanist. (1656-1708)
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Tahiti, Vicariate Apostolic of
Located in the Society Islands, has an area of 600 square miles.
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Tomb, Altar
A tomb, or monument, over a grave, oblong in form, which is covered with a slab or table, having the appearance of an altar.
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Tunkers
A Protestant sect thus named from its distinctive baptismal rite.
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Torquemada, Tomás de
Grand Inquisitor of Spain. (1420-1498)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14783a.htm
Tuguegarao
Diocese in the Philippines.
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Transept
A rectangular space inserted between the apse and nave in the early Christian basilica.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15018a.htm
Tolomei, John Baptist
Jesuit theologian and cardinal. (1653-1726)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14773a.htm
Tournély, Honoré
Theologian. (1658-1729)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14800a.htm
Trebizond
An Armenian Catholic diocese.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15028a.htm
Tours
Archdiocese in France.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15002a.htm
Tillemont, Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de
French historian and priest. (1637-1698)
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Toscanella and Viterbo
The city of Viterbo in the Province of Rome stands at the foot of Monte Cimino, in Central Italy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15487a.htm
Tricarico, Diocese of
Located in the Province of Potenza in the Basilicata (Southern Italy), near the River Perrola.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15040a.htm
Tertiaries
Known as "Third Orders", those persons who live according to the Third Rule of religious orders, either outside of a monastery in the world, or in a religious community.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14520b.htm
Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha
Martyrs whose feast is observed in the Latin Church on 10 November.
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Tripolis
A Maronite and Melchite diocese, in Syria.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15060a.htm
Tregian, Francis
Confessor, born in Cornwall, 1548; died at Lisbon, 25 Sept., 1608.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15030a.htm
Trier
Diocese; suffragan of Cologne.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15042a.htm
Tremithus
Titular see, suffragan of Salamis in Cyprus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15030b.htm
Trani and Barletta
Diocese in Italy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15016d.htm
Tricassin, Charles Joseph
Theologian of the Capuchin Order, b. at Troyes; d. in 1681.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15040b.htm
Troas
A suffragan of Cyzicus in the Hellespont.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15063c.htm
Taigi, Blessed Anna Maria Gesualda Antonia
Born at Siena, Italy, 29 May, 1769; died at Rome, 9 June, 1837.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14430b.htm
Tritheists
Heretics who divide the Substance of the Blessed Trinity.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15061b.htm
Trinity, The Blessed
The term employed to signify the central doctrine of the Christian religion, the truth that in the unity of the Godhead there are three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, these three persons being truly distinct one from another.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15047a.htm
Trent, Council of
Main object was the definitive determination of the doctrines of the Church in answer to the heresies of the Protestants.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15030c.htm
Tricca
Titular see, suffragan of Larissa in Thessaly.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15040c.htm
Trocmades
Titular see of Galatia Secunda, suffragan of Pessinus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15063d.htm
Toscanelli, Paolo dal Pozzo
Mathematician, astronomer, and cosmographer. (1397-1482)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14786a.htm
Trudpert, Saint
Seventh-century missionary in Germany.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15069c.htm
Triest-Capo d'Istria
Suffragan diocese of Görz-Gradiska.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15045a.htm
Transfiguration
Culminating point of Christ's public life, as His Baptism is its starting point, and His Ascension its end.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15019a.htm
Traditionalism
A philosophical system which makes tradition the supreme criterion and rule of certitude.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15013a.htm
Triduum
Three days. Frequently chosen for prayer or for other devout practices.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15041c.htm
Tricomia
Titular see, suffragan of Caesarea in Palaestina Prima.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15041b.htm
Transcendentalism
The terms transcendent and transcendental have antithetical reference to experience or the empirical order.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15017a.htm
Trapani
Diocese in Sicily, suffragan of Palermo.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15023a.htm
Trumwin, Saint
Consecrated by St. Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury, as a missionary bishop among the Picts, and was consequently regarded later as the first Bishop of Whithorn, in Galloway.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15071a.htm
Trokelowe, John de
A Benedictine monk of St. Albans and monastic chronicler still living in 1330, but the dates of whose birth and death are unknown.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15063e.htm
Trondhjem, Ancient See of
In 997 Olaf Trygvesson founded at the mouth of the River Nid the city of Nidaros, afterwards called Trondhjem.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15064a.htm
Tracy, Alexandre de Prouville, Marquis de
Viceroy of New France, born in France, 1603, of noble parents; died there in 1670.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15006a.htm
Treason, Accusations of
A common misrepresentation concerning the Elizabethan persecution of English and Irish Catholics from 1570 onwards is the statement that the victims devoted to imprisonment, torture, and death suffered not for their religious belief but for treason against the queen and her government.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15026b.htm
Talbot, James
Fourth son of George Talbot and brother of the fourteenth Earl of Shrewsbury. Chiefly known for having been the last priest to be indicted in the public courts for saying Mass. (1726-1790)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14432a.htm
Thirkeld, Blessed Richard
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13046b.htm
Tunsted, Simon
English Minorite. (d. 1369)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15092b.htm
Todi
Diocese in Central Italy; immediately dependent on the Holy See.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14754a.htm
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