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Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
A term derived from the Roman civil law, defined in the "Institutes" of Justinian as a "legal bond which by a legal necessity binds us to do something according to the laws of our State" (III, 13).
Works of Jonathan Edwards, Volume Two by Edwards, Jonathan (1703-1758)
SEVEN SERMONS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS. VIZ. THE BEST PORTION. EXCOMMUNICATION. DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY. WRATH TO THE UTTERMOST. PARDON FOR SINNERS. WRATH TO THE UTTERMOST.
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
(Lat., Providentia; Greek, pronoia). Providence in general, or foresight, is a function of the virtue of prudence, and may be defined as the practical reason, adapting means to an end.
Commentary on Corinthians - Volume 2 by Calvin, John (1509-1564)
6. Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many. 6. Sufficit ei, qui talis est, correctio, quae illi contigit a pluribus. 7. So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
(CONFERENCES, DISPUTATIONS, DEBATES) Religious discussions, as contradistinguished from polemical writings, designate oral dialectical duels, more or less formal and public, between champions of divergent religious beliefs.
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 16 [Supplement] by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
). This name is given to a political party in the German Reichstag and to a number of parties in the diets of the various states of the German Empire. The oldest party which bears this name is that in the Prussian Chamber of Deputies (Abgeordnetenhaus); the Centre Party of the German Reichstag was formed on 21 March, 1871.
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
Collegiate bodies established at Rome by ecclesiastical or civil authority for the purpose of historical research, notably in the Vatican archives. I.
Commentary on Psalms - Volume 1 by Calvin, John (1509-1564)
PSALM 34. A Psalm of David, when he changed his countenance before Abimelech, who banished him from his presence, and he departed from him. David gives thanks to God for a signal deliverance, and takes occasion from it to celebrate his perpetual grace towards all the saints, and to exhort them both to trust in him, and to the study of godliness; affirming,…
Commentary on Ezekiel - Volume 2 by Calvin, John (1509-1564)
Dissertation Fifteenth. THE EATING SOUR GRAPES. Ezekiel 18:1 THE proverb of the fathers eating sour grapes and the children’s teeth being set on edge, requires a few remarks, in consequence of the conjectures of some modern writers on sacred subjects.
Four-Fold Gospel by McGarvey, John William (1829-1911)
XXIV. Jesus Attends the First Passover of His Ministry. (Jerusalem, April 9, a.d. 27.) Subdivision B. Jesus Talks with Nicodemus. John III. 1–21. 1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.