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21Fulgens Corona — is an encyclical by Pope Pius XII, given at St. Peter s Rome, on 8 September 1953, on the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the fifteenth year of his Pontificate. The encyclical proclaims a Marian year for 1954, to commemorate the …
22Immaculate Conception — Rom. Cath. Ch. the dogma of the unique privilege by which the Virgin Mary was conceived in her mother s womb without the stain of original sin through the anticipated merits of Jesus Christ. Cf. virgin birth (def. 1). [1680 90] * * * In Roman… …
23Impeccability — is the absence of sin. Christianity believes this to be an attribute of God (logically God cannot sin, it would mean that he would act against his own will and nature) and therefore also an attribute of Christ. Roman Catholic Church Teaching… …
24Puritan — A Puritan of 16th and 17th century England was an associate of any number of religious groups advocating for more purity of worship and doctrine, as well as personal and group piety. Puritans felt that the English Reformation had not gone far… …
25Tota pulchra es — is an old Catholic prayer, written in the fourth century AD. It is one of the five antiphons for the psalms of Second Vespers for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. The title means You are completely beautiful (referring to the Virgin Mary) …
26Feast of the Immaculate Conception — The Feast of the Immaculate Conception celebrates the Roman Catholic dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is celebrated on 8 December, nine months before the Nativity of Mary, which is celebrated on 8… …
27Thomism — • In a broad sense, the name given to the system which follows the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas in philosophical and theological questions Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Thomism Thomism …
28Hell in Christian beliefs — Hell, in Christian beliefs, is a place or a state in which the souls of the unsaved will suffer the consequences of sin. The Christian doctrine of hell derives from the teaching of the New Testament, where hell is typically described using the… …
29O Holy Night — For other uses, see O Holy Night (disambiguation). O Holy Night ( Cantique de Noël ) is a well known Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the French poem Minuit, chrétiens (Midnight, Christians) by Placide Cappeau (1808–1877), a… …
30Banned from the Bible — is a documentary television series produced by FilmRoos in 2003 for the A E Network that originally aired on the History Channel as Time Machine: Banned from the Bible in 2003. [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0438503/ IMDB listing] ] [… …
