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  • 81Jaime Luciano Balmes —     Jaime Luciano Balmes     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Jaime Luciano Balmes     Philosopher and publicist, b. at Vich, Spain, 28 August, 1810; d. there, 9 July, 1848. His parents enriched him with no material wealth, but he owed to them a firm,… …

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  • 82Modern Diocese of Athens —     Modern Diocese of Athens     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Modern Diocese of Athens     The Greeks have long regarded their religion as a national affair. This notion is so deep rooted that they cannot understand how a citizen can well be a true… …

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  • 83The Oxford Movement (1833-1845) —     The Oxford Movement (1833 1845)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Oxford Movement (1833 1845)     The Oxford Movement may be looked upon in two distinct lights. The conception which lay at its base, according to the Royal Commission on… …

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  • 84Duel — • This word, as used both in the ecclesiastical and civil criminal codes, generally signifies every contest with deadly weapons which takes place by agreement between two persons on account of some private quarrel Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin… …

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  • 85Eutychianism — • Eutychianism and Monophysitism are usually identified as a single heresy. But as some Monophysites condemned Eutyches, the name Eutychians is given by some writers only to those in Armenia Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Eutychianism …

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  • 86Monothelitism and Monothelites — • A modification of Monophysitism proposing that Christ had no human free will. Rejected by the Third Council of Constantinople (680) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Monothelitism and Monothelites     Monot …

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  • 87Unigenitus — • A celebrated Apostolic Constitution of Clement XI, condemning 101 propositions of Pasquier Quesnel Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Unigenitus     Unigenitus      …

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  • 88Council 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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  • 89Council of Trent —     Council of Trent     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Council of Trent     The nineteenth ecumenical council opened at Trent on 13 December, 1545, and closed there on 4 December, 1563. Its main object was the definitive determination of the… …

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  • 90St. Anselm —     St. Anselm     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Anselm     Archbishop of Canterbury, Doctor of the Church; born at Aosta a Burgundian town on the confines of Lombardy, died 21 April, 1109. His father, Gundulf, was a Lombard who had become a… …

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