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  • 91biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …

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  • 92Hume, Sir Patrick, 2nd Baronet — ▪ Scottish politician Hume also spelled  Home , also called (1690–97)  Lord Polwarth , or (from 1697)  1st Earl of Marchmont  born Jan. 13, 1641 died Aug. 1, 1724, Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland, Eng.       Scottish Protestant opponent of James …

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  • 93Alimentation — • In a broad sense, whatever is necessary to sustain human life: not merely food and drink, but lodging, clothing, care during sickness and burial Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Alimentation     Alimentation …

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  • 94Anathema — • Placed on high, suspended, set aside Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Anathema     Anathema     † …

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  • 95Apparitor — • The official name given to an officer in ecclesiastical courts designated to serve the summons, to arrest a person accused, and, in ecclesiastico civil procedure, to take possession, physically or formally, of the property in dispute Catholic… …

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  • 96Appeals — • The purpose of this article is to give a comprehensive view of the positive legislation of the Church on appeals belonging to the ecclesiastical forum; but it does not treat of the nature of the ecclesiastical forum itself nor of the rights of… …

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  • 97Beche, Blessed John — • Benedictine abbot. When Beche refused to grant that the king had any authority to confiscate St. John s Abbey, Colchester, he was thrown in the Tower on charges of treason. Though weak, he gained the crown of martyrdom in 1539 Catholic… …

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  • 98Belgium — • Information on the history, education, and cemeteries of the country Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Belgium     Belgium     † …

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  • 99Camaldolese — • A joint order of hermits and cenobites, founded by St. Romuald at the beginning of the eleventh century Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Camaldolese     Camaldolese      …

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  • 100Censures, Ecclesiastical — • 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, of the use of certain spiritual goods, until he recover from his contumacy Catholic …

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