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121Religious Veil — Religious Veil † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Religious Veil In ancient Rome a red veil, or a veil with red stripes, distinguished newly married women from the unmarried. From the earliest times Christ was represented to the Christian… …
122Decretum de Judaeis — is the name given to the series of draft documents of the Second Vatican Council which led to ground breaking progress in the Church s relations with Jews. Because they are not featured prominently within Nostra Aetate itself, with only 25 % …
123Queen of Heaven — This article is about the Catholic title of the Virgin Mary as Queen of Heaven. For Queen of Heaven in antiquity, see Queen of Heaven (Antiquity). The Crowning of the Virgin by the Trinity. Velázquez, 1645 Queen of Heaven is a title given to the… …
124Helge Fossmo — Infobox Person name = Helge Fossmo residence = Kumla prison other names = birth date = 1971 birth place =Kristinehamn death date = death place = death cause known = occupation = pastor spouse = Heléne Fossmo († 1999) Alexandra Fossmo († 2004)… …
125Sophiology — (from Greek Σοφία Sophia (wisdom) ) (in Russian София) is a philosophical concept regarding wisdom, as well as a theological concept regarding the wisdom of God. Sophiology has roots in Hellenistic tradition, Platonism, Gnosticism, Christian… …
126Clerical celibacy (Catholic Church) — See also: Clerical celibacy Clerical celibacy is the discipline by which, in some Churches, only unmarried men are, as a rule, to be ordained to the priesthood. The same discipline holds in some other Churches for ordination to the episcopate.… …
127Apostolic College — • This term designates The Twelve Apostles as the body of men commissioned by Christ to spread the kingdom of God over the whole world and to give it the stability of a well ordered society Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Apostolic… …
128Clerical celibacy — is the discipline by which some or all members of the clergy in certain religions are required to be unmarried. Since these religions consider deliberate sexual thoughts, feelings, and behavior outside of marriage to be sinful, clerical celibacy… …
