Ecclesiastical Heraldry — Ecclesiastical Heraldry † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Heraldry Ecclesiastical heraldry naturally divides itself into various branches, principally: the arms of religious corporations, and other bodies; the insignia of… … Catholic encyclopedia
Ecclesiastical Feasts — Ecclesiastical Feasts † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Feasts (Lat. Festum; Gr. heorte). Feast Days, or Holy Days, are days which are celebrated in commemoration of the sacred mysteries and events recorded in the history… … Catholic encyclopedia
Ecclesiastical Latin — Church Latin Christian Latin Latina ecclesiastica Latinitas ecclesiastica Latinitas Christiana Latinitas ecclesiae Latinitas Christianorum Spoken in Never spoken as a native language; other uses vary widely by period and location Region In … Wikipedia
Ecclesiastical Architecture — • All ecclesiastical architecture may be said to have been evolved from two distinct germ cells, the oblong and the circular chamber Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ecclesiastical Architecture Ecclesiastic … Catholic encyclopedia
Ecclesiastical Censures — Ecclesiastical Censures † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Censures Medicinal and spiritual punishments imposed by the Church on a baptized, delinquent, and contumacious person, by which he is deprived, either wholly of in part … Catholic encyclopedia
Ecclesiastical Courts — Ecclesiastical Courts † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Courts I. JUDICIAL POWER IN THE CHURCH In instituting the Church as a perfect society, distinct from the civil power and entirely independent of it, Christ gave her… … Catholic encyclopedia
Ecclesiastical Privileges — Ecclesiastical Privileges † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Privileges Ecclesiastical privileges are exceptions to the Law made in favour of the clergy or in favour of consecrated and sacred objects and places. I. The… … Catholic encyclopedia
Ecclesiastical Discipline — Ecclesiastical Discipline † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Discipline Etymologically the word discipline signifies the formation of one who places himself at school and under the direction of a master. All Christians are the… … Catholic encyclopedia
Ecclesiastical and Religious Vocation — Ecclesiastical and Religious Vocation † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical and Religious Vocation An ecclesiastical or religious vocation is the special gift of those who, in the Church of God, follow with a pure intention the… … Catholic encyclopedia
Ecclesiastical Conferences — Ecclesiastical Conferences † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Conferences Ecclesiastical Conferences are meetings of clerics for the purpose of discussing, in general, matters pertaining to their state of life, and, in… … Catholic encyclopedia