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  • 31caricature and cartoon — ▪ graphic arts Introduction       in graphic art, comically distorted drawing or likeness, done with the purpose of satirizing or ridiculing its subject. Cartoons are used today primarily for conveying political commentary and editorial opinion… …

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  • 32Abecedarians — • A sect of Anabaptists who disdained human knowledge, contending that God would enlighten His elect interiorly and give them knowledge of necessary truths by visions and ecstasies Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Abecedarians      …

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  • 33Montanists — • Schismatics of the second century, first known as Phrygians, or those among the Phrygians (oi kata Phrygas), then as Montanists, Pepuzians, and (in the West) Cataphrygians Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Montanists     Mon …

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  • 34State or Way — • Stages in the spiritual life Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. State or Way     State or Way (Purgative, Illuminative, Unitive)      …

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  • 35Denys —     Denys the Carthusian     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Denys the Carthusian     (DENYS VAN LEEUWEN, also LEUW or LIEUWE).     Born in 1402 in that part of the Belgian province of Limburg which was formerly comprised in the county of Hesbaye; died …

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  • 36Mystical Stigmata —     Mystical Stigmata     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Mystical Stigmata     To decide merely the facts without deciding whether or not they may be explained by supernatural causes, history tells us that many ecstatics bear on hands, feet, side, or… …

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  • 37St. Thomas Aquinas —     St. Thomas Aquinas     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Thomas Aquinas     Philosopher, theologian, doctor of the Church (Angelicus Doctor), patron of Catholic universities, colleges, and schools. Born at Rocca Secca in the Kingdom of Naples,… …

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  • 38State or Way (Purgative, Illuminative, Unitive) —     State or Way (Purgative, Illuminative, Unitive)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► State or Way (Purgative, Illuminative, Unitive)     The word state is used in various senses by theologians and spiritual writers. It may be taken to signify a… …

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  • 39María de Ágreda — Lady in Blue redirects here. For the Tory Amos song, see Lady in Blue (Tori Amos song). Venerable María de Jesús de Ágreda Sister María de Jesús de Ágreda Venerable Born …

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  • 40ecstasy — ec|sta|sy [ˈekstəsi] n plural ecstasies [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Greek ekstasis, from existanai to make mad ] 1.) [U and C] a feeling of extreme happiness in (an) ecstasy ▪ She was in an ecstasy of love. go into ecstasies (=become… …

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