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  • 1The Passion of Christ —     The Passion of Christ (Devotion)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Devotion to the Passion of Christ     See also THE PASSION OF CHRIST IN THE GOSPELS.     The sufferings of Our Lord, which culminated in His death upon the cross, seem to have… …

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  • 2Commemoration of the Passion of Christ — The Commemoration of the Passion of Christ was a feast of the Roman Catholic Church, listed in the Roman Missal up to 1962 as observed in some places, and kept on the Tuesday after Sexagesima. Its object is the devout remembrance and honour of… …

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  • 3Christ Crowned with Thorns (Bosch, London) — Christ Crowned with Thorns Artist Hieronymus Bosch Year 1495 1500 Type Oil on wood Dimensions …

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  • 4Commemoration of the Passion of Christ —     Commemoration of the Passion of Christ     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Commemoration of the Passion of Christ     A feast kept on the Tuesday after Sexagesima. Its object is the devout remembrance and honour of Christ s sufferings for the… …

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  • 5The Blessed Virgin Mary —     The Blessed Virgin Mary     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Blessed Virgin Mary     The Blessed Virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ, the mother of God.     In general, the theology and history of Mary the Mother of God follow the… …

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  • 6The True Cross —     The True Cross     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The True Cross     (AND REPRESENTATIONS OF IT AS OBJECTS OF DEVOTION).     (1) Growth Of the Christian Cult;     (2) Catholic Doctrine on the Veneration of the Cross;     (3) Relics of the True… …

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  • 7The Eight Beatitudes —     The Eight Beatitudes     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Eight Beatitudes     The solemn blessings (beatitudines, benedictiones) which mark the opening of the Sermon on the Mount, the very first of Our Lord s sermons in the Gospel of St.… …

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  • 8The Apostleship of Prayer —     The Apostleship of Prayer     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Apostleship of Prayer     A pious association otherwise known as a league of prayer in union with the Heart of Jesus. It was founded at Vals, France, in 1844 by Francis X. Gautrelet …

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  • 9The Bollandists —     The Bollandists     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Bollandists     An association of ecclesiastical scholars engaged in editing the Acta Sanctorum. This work is a great hagiographical collection begun during the first years of the seventeenth… …

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  • 10The Legend of Abgar —     The Legend of Abgar     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Legend of Abgar     The historian Eusebius records a tradition (H.E., I, xii), which he himself firmly believes, concerning a correspondence that took place between Our Lord and the local… …

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