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  • 61Spain — /spayn/, n. a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 39,244,195; 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Cap.: Madrid. Spanish, España. * * * Spain Introduction Spain Background: Spain s powerful world empire of the 16th and… …

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  • 62Ecclesiastes — • The name given to the book of Holy Scripture which usually follows the Proverbs; the Hebrew Qoheleth probably has the same meaning Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ecclesiastes     Ecclesiastes …

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  • 63Hussites — • The followers of Jan Hus did not of themselves assume the name of Hussites. Like Hus, they believed their creed to be truly Catholic; in papal and conciliar documents they appear as Wycliffites, although Hus and even Jerome of Prague are also… …

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  • 64Inquisition — • By this term is usually meant a special ecclesiastical institutional for combating or suppressing heresy Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Inquisition     Inquisition      …

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  • 65Napoleon III — • Emperor of the French (1808 1873) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Napoleon III     Napoleon III     † …

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  • 66Passionists — • Full title: The Congregation of Discalced Clerks of the Most Holy Cross and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ . Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Passionists     Passionists …

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  • 67Antoine de Gaudier —     Antoine de Gaudier     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Antoine de Gaudier     A writer on asectic theology; b. at Château Thierry, France, 7 January, 1572; d. at Paris, 14 April, 1622. About the age of twenty he entered the Society of Jesus at… …

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  • 68Council of Basle —     Council of Basle     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Council of Basle     Convoked by Pope Martin V in 1431, closed at Lausanne in 1449. The position of the pope as the common Father of the Christian world had been seriously compromised by the… …

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  • 69Religious Obedience —     Religious Obedience     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Religious Obedience     Religious obedience is that general submission which religious vow to God, and voluntarily promise to their superiors, in order to be directed by them in the ways of… …

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  • 70desirefulness — noun The state of being desireful; eagerness to obtain and possess …

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