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 Thomas Bullaker, Blessed   - Hagiography of the English Franciscan priest, martyred in 1642. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03048b.htm    Thomas Belson, Blessed - Brief profile of the English martyr, who was executed with George Nicols and Richard Yaxley in 1589. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02425b.htm Thurston Hunt, Blessed - When Robert Middleton was arrested, Hunt tried to rescue him but was captured. The two priests were martyred at Lancaster in 1601. Efforts by the government to bring the condemned men into public disrepute were failures. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07563a.htm Thomas Holland, Blessed - Short biography of the English priest and martyr, who died in 1642. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07393a.htm Thomas Pormort, Blessed - English priest twice imprisoned. The second time he was tortured, and finally martyred in 1592. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12282a.htm Thomas Maxfield, Blessed - Real name, Thomas Macclesfield. Short biographical article on the priest, martyred at Tyburn in 1616. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10074a.htm Thomas Pilchard, Blessed - Or Pilcher. Short biography of the English priest and martyr. He was executed at Dorchester, 21 March 1586/7. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12084a.htm Thomas Palasor, Blessed - English priest and martyr. Article also has some details on the his companions in martyrdom the Bl. John Norton and John Talbot. Died in 1600. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11415a.htm Thomas Sprott, Blessed - Also called Thomas Spratt. English priest and martyr. Article also has information on his companion in martyrdom the Bl. Thomas Hunt. The two died in 1600. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14238a.htm Thomas Whitaker, Blessed - Brief biography of this Lancashire priest, martyred in 1646. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15609a.htm Terce - Essay on the office of Terce, the earliest of the "little hours" in the day. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14514c.htm Thomas Whitbread, Blessed - A native of Essex and Jesuit provincial, refused Titus Oates admission to the Society of Jesus. And the rest, as they say, is history. Whitbread died a martyr in 1679. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15609b.htm Testament, Old - The Apostle St. Paul declares himself (II Cor., iii, 6) a minister "of the new testament", and calls (iii, 14) the covenant entered into on Mount Sinai "the old testament". - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14526a.htm Thomas Pickering, Blessed - Benedictine lay brother, martyred in 1679. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12075b.htm Trudo, Saint - Late seventh century priest and monastic founder. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15069b.htm Touchet, George Anselm - Born at Stalbridge, Dorset; died about 1689. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14795a.htm Tostado, Alonso - Exegete, born at Madrigal, Castile, about 1400; died at Bonilla de la Sierra, near Avila, 3 Sept., 1455. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14788b.htm Torrubia, José - A linguist, scientist, collector of fossils and of books, writer on historical, political, and religious subjects. Born towards the end of the seventeenth century at Granada, Spain; died in 1768. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14784b.htm Torres Naharro, Bartolemé de - Spanish poet and dramatist, born at Torres, near Badajoz, towards the end of the fifteenth century. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14783c.htm Torone - A titular see in Macedonia, suffragan of Thessalonica. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14781c.htm Toribio Alfonso Mogrovejo, Saint - Pioneering missionary archbishop of Lima, founded first seminary in the Americas, d. 1606. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14781a.htm Torah - Signifies first "direction, instruction", as, for instance, the instruction of parents, or of the wise. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14779c.htm Tootell, Hugh - Historian commonly known as Charles Dodd. Died 1743. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14779b.htm Tongues, Gift of - A supernatural gift of the class gratiae gratis datae, designed to aid in the outer development of the primitive Church. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14776c.htm Tomi - A titular metropolitan see in the Province of Scythia, on the Black Sea. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14775a.htm Tomb - A memorial for the dead at the place of burial, customary, especially for distinguished persons. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14773b.htm Tobias - Name of various persons and a book in the Bible. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14749c.htm Tius - Titular see, suffragan of Claudiopolis in Honorias. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14747a.htm Titopolis - Titular see, suffragan of Seleucia Trachaea in Isauria. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14745a.htm Tissot, James - French draughtsman and painter. (1836-1902) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14741a.htm Tisio da Garofalo, Benvenuto - An Italian painter of the Ferrarese school. (1481-1559) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14739b.htm Tiraspol - Diocese in Southern Russia suffragan of Mohilev. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14739a.htm Tingis - A titular see of Mauretania Tingitana (the official list of the Roman Curia places it in Mauretania Caesarea). - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14736a.htm Timbrias - A titular see in Pisidia, suffragan of Antioch. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14725a.htm Tierney, Mark Aloysius - Wrote "The History and Antiquities of the Castle of Arundel" (London, 1834) and several controversial pamphlets. Also acted as editor of the "Dublin Review", succeeding Quin, the first editor. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14723b.htm Tieffentaller, Joseph - Jesuit missionary and noted geographer in Hindustan. 1710-1785) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14722a.htm Tichborne, Ven. Nicholas - Martyr, born at Hartley Mauditt, Hampshire; suffered at Tyburn, London, 24 Aug., 1601. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14721b.htm Tiburtius and Susanna, Saints - Roman martyrs, feast 11 August. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14720a.htm Tiberias, Sea of - So called in John 21:1 (cf. 6:1), otherwise known as "the sea of Galilee". - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14716b.htm Tiberias - Titular see, suffragan of Scythopolis, in Palaestina Secunda. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14716a.htm Thynias - A titular see, suffragan of Nicomedia, in Bithynia Prima. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14714a.htm Thuburbo Minus - A titular see in Africa Proconsularis, suffragan of Carthage. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14709b.htm Three Rivers - Formed from the Archdiocese of Quebec, to which it is suffragan. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14708a.htm Three Chapters - (1) the person and writings of Theodore of Mopsuestia; (2) certain writings of Theodoret of Cyrus; (3) the letter of Ibas to Maris. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14707b.htm Thou, Nicolas de - Bishop of Chartres, uncle of the historian Jacques-Auguste de Thou. (1528-1598) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14707a.htm Thomas Christians, Saint - An ancient body of Christians on the east and west coasts of India, claiming spiritual descent from the Apostle St. Thomas. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14678a.htm Thomas the Apostle, Saint - Article on Thomas in Scripture and in legend. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14658b.htm Third Orders - Lay members of religious orders, i.e. men and women who do not necessarily live in community and yet can claim to wear the habit and participate in the good works of some great order. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14637b.htm Thijm, Peter Paul Maria Alberdingk - President of the Association Tijd en Vlijt and of Constantius Buter, also a member of the Flemish Academy, and for a time, its president. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14636c.htm Thijm, Joseph Albert Alberdingk - Dutch poet of the nineteenth century. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14636b.htm Thiers, Louis-Adolphe - French statesman and historian, first president of the Third French Republic. (1797-1877) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14635b.htm Thibaut de Champagne - Thibaut IV, count of Champagne and King of Navarre, and French poet. (1201-1253) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14634c.htm Thermopylae - A titular see and suffragan of Athens in Achaia Prima. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14629c.htm Thermae Basilicae - A titular see in Cappadocia Prima, suffragan of Caesarea. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14629b.htm Theotocopuli, Domenico (El Greco) - Spanish artist. Born in Crete, between 1545 and 1550; died at Toledo, 7 April, 1614. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14628a.htm Theophanes, Saint - He and his wife both entered monastic life. He signed the decrees of Nicaea II. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14623a.htm Theodosius Florentini - Born at Münster, in the Grisons, Switzerland, 23 May, 1808; died at Heiden, in Appenzell, 15 Feb., 1865. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14578a.htm Theodosiopolis - A titular metropolitan see of Thracia Prima. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14577c.htm Theodorus Lector - A lector attached to the Church of St. Sophia of Constantinople in the early part of the sixth century. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14577b.htm Theodorus and Theophanes, Saints - Brothers, natives of Jerusalem. Championed the veneration of images during the second Iconoclastic controversy in the East. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14577a.htm Theodore of Amasea, Saint - Soldier saint, martyred in 306. After refusing a court order to sacrifice to the gods, St. Theodore was released for a time of reflection--and burnt a pagan temple. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14573a.htm Theodoret - Bishop of Cyrus and theologian, born at Antioch in Syria about 393; died about 457. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14574b.htm Theodore of Studium, Saint - Biography of this monk, priest, and abbot. He was a champion of the independence of the Church, and of the veneration of icons. St. Theodore died in 826. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14574a.htm Theodore, Bishop of Mopsuestia - Bishop in Cilicia and ecclesiastical writer. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14571b.htm Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury - Seventh Archbishop of Canterbury. (602-690) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14571a.htm Theobald, Saint - Hermit, joined the Camaldolese late in life, died in 1066. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14567b.htm Themisonium - A titular see in Phrygia Pacatiana, suffragan of Laodicea. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14566c.htm Themiscyra - A titular see, suffragan of Amasea in the Hellespont. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14566b.htm Theiner, Augustin - Theologian and historian. (1804-1874) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14565b.htm Thegan (Degan) of Treves - Chronicler, died about 850. Assistant Bishop of Trier and friend of Walafrid Strabo. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14565a.htm Thecla, Saint - Short biography of the eighth-century Benedictine abbess of Kitzingen and Ochsenfurt. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14563a.htm Thebes - Titular see of Thebais Secunda, suffragan of Ptolemais, and the seat of a Coptic Catholic diocese. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14562c.htm Thebaid - The valley of the Nile, under Roman domination, was divided into four provinces: Lower and Upper Egypt, Lower and Upper Thebaid. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14561a.htm Theatre, The - All forms of the drama were banned by the Fathers of both East and West indiscriminately and in terms of the severest reprobation. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14559a.htm Theatines - A religious order of men, founded by Gaetano dei Conti di Tiene, Paolo Consiglieri, Bonifacio da Colle, and Giovanni Pietro Carafa, afterwards Pope Paul IV. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14557a.htm Thasos - A titular see in Macedonia, suffragan of Thessalonica. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14556b.htm Thabraca - A titular see of Numidia near the sea, between the Armua and the Tusca. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14552a.htm Texas - Includes geography, history, demographic, and government information. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14543a.htm Tertullian - Ecclesiastical writer in the second and third centuries. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14520c.htm Terrasson, André - A French preacher, born at Lyons in 1669; died at Paris, 25 April, 1723. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14518d.htm Ternan, Saint - Brief biography of this sixth-century bishop of the Picts. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14518b.htm Termoli - Located on the Italian coast of the Adriatic, having a small harbour near the mouth of the Petraglione. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14518a.htm Termessus - A titular see, suffragan of Perge in Pamphylia Secunda. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14517c.htm Teresian Martyrs of Compiègne, The Sixteen Blessed - Guillotined at the Place du Trône Renversé (now called Place de la Nation), Paris, 17 July, 1794. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14517a.htm Teresa of Avila, Saint - Carmelite reformer and founder, mystic, author, d. 1582. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14515b.htm Tepic - A diocese of the Mexican Republic, suffragan of the Archbishopric of Guadalajara. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14513b.htm Tenney, William Jewett - An author, editor, born at Newport, Rhode Island, 1814; died at Newark, New Jersey, 20 Sept., 1883. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14512a.htm Tennessee - Includes geography, history, and demographics. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14508a.htm Teniers, David - The name of two eminent Flemish landscape painters; the elder, born at Antwerp in 1582; died there in 1649; the younger; born at Antwerp in 1610; died at Brussels in 1694. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14507b.htm Teneriffe - Suffragan of Seville, formerly called Nivariensis from Nivaria, the ancient name of the island. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14507a.htm Tencin, Pierre-Guérin de - French statesman and cardinal. (1680-1758) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14505a.htm Temple of Jerusalem - In the Bible the sanctuary of Jerusalem bears the Hebrew name of Bet Yehovah (house of Jehovah). - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14499a.htm Temple, Sisters of the - Established in London for educational purposes at the time of the Crusades. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14498a.htm Temple - The Latin form, templum, from which the English temple is derived, originally signified an uncovered area marked off by boundaries; especially the place marked off by the augurs to be excepted from all profane uses. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14495a.htm Temperance Movements - Covers the history in Europe, the United States, and Canada. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14482a.htm Temiskaming - The Vicariate Apostolic of Temiskaming, suffragan of Ottawa, Canada. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14479b.htm Te Lucis Ante Terminum - The hymn at Compline in the Roman Breviary. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14479a.htm Tellier, Michel Le - Commissioned by Cardinal Mazarin to organize the royal army. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14478b.htm Téllez, Gabriel - Spanish priest and poet, better known by his pseudonym of Tirso de Molina. (1571-1648) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14478a.htm Telesio, Bernardino - Short article on the life and teachings of this 16th-century scholar, by William Turner. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14477a.htm Telese - A small town in the Province of Benevento, Southern Italy. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14476a.htm Tehuantepec - Diocese in the Republic of Mexico, suffragan of Oaxaca. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14473a.htm Te Deum, The - An abbreviated title commonly given a hymn in rhythmical prose, of which the opening words, Te Deum Laudamus, formed its earliest known title. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14468c.htm Taylor, Frances Margaret - Superior General, and foundress of the Poor Servants of the Mother of God. (1832-1900) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14467d.htm Taxster, John de - Sometimes erroneously called Taxter or Taxston. A thirteenth-century chronicler, of whose life nothing is known except that he was professed as a Benedictine at Bury St. Edmund's 20 Nov., 1244. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14467c.htm Taxa Innocentiana - A Decree issued by Innocent XI, 1 Oct., 1678, regulating the fees that may be demanded or accepted by episcopal chancery offices for various acts, instruments, or writings. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14467b.htm Tavium - A titular see in Galatia Prima, suffragan of Ancyra. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14467a.htm Tavistock Abbey - Located on the Tavy River in Devonshire, England, founded for Benedictine monks in 961. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14466c.htm Taunton, Ethelred - Writer, born at Rugeley, Staffordshire, England, 17 Oct., 1857; died in London, 9 May, 1907. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14466a.htm Tauler, John - Article on the life and teachings of this 14th-century German Dominican mystic and author. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14465c.htm Taubaté - Diocese in Brazil, South America, established on 29 April, 1908, as a suffragan of Sãn Paulo. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14465b.htm Tatwin, Saint - Archbishop of Canterbury; died 30 July, 734. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14465a.htm Tatian - A second-century apologist about whose antecedents and early history nothing can be affirmed with certainty except that he was born in Assyria and that he was trained in Greek philosophy. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14464b.htm Tassin, René-Prosper - French historian, belonging to the Benedictine Congregation of Saint-Maur. (1697-1777) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14463c.htm Tassach, Saint - Irish saint, born in the first decade of the fifth century; died about 497. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14463a.htm Taschereau, Elzéar-Alexandre - Archbishop of Quebec and first Canadian cardinal. (1820-1898) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14462b.htm Tartini, Giuseppe - Provides biography and background on his becoming a musician against his parents' wishes. Includes noted works and evaluation of his technical and theoretical brilliance. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14462a.htm Tarsicius, Saint - Was carrying the Blessed Sacrament on his person, and refused to surrender it when beset by a pagan mob. Martyr of the third or early fourth century. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14461a.htm Tarragona - Its suffragans are Barcelona, Lérida, Gerona, Urgel, Vich, Tortosa, and Solsona. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14459a.htm Tarquini, Camillus - Cardinal, Jesuit canonist and archaeologist. (1810-1874) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14458c.htm Tarisel, Pierre - Master-mason to the king, b. about 1442; d. in August, 1510. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14457a.htm Targum - The distinctive designation of the Aramaic translations or paraphrases of the Old Testament. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14454b.htm Tarentaise - Comprises the arrondissement of Moutiers in the Department of Savoie; it is also sometimes called the Diocese of Moutiers en Tarentaise, and is suffragan of Chambéry. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14454a.htm Tarbes - The Diocese of Tarbes comprises the Department of the Hautes-Pyrenees (ancient territory of Bigorre). - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14453a.htm Tarasius, Saint - Layman who became Patriarch of Constantinople by acclamation, called for the Second Ecumenical Council of Nicaea, champion of Church unity and of the veneration of the holy ikons. Died 806. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14451b.htm Tarapacá - Situated in Chile, bounded on the north by the canon of the Camarones and on the south by the Loa River. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14451a.htm Taranto - Diocese in southern Italy, on a bay in the Gulf of Taranto. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14450d.htm Tarabotti, Helena - Nun and authoress, b. at Venice, 1605; d. there 1652. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14450b.htm Tapis, Esteban - Entered the Franciscan Order at Gerona, 27 Jan., 1778, and joined the missionary College of San Fernando, Mexico, in 1786. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14450a.htm Tapestry - A fabric in which the two processes of weaving and embroidering are combined. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14449b.htm Taos Pueblo - Town of the Pueblo group, inhabited by Indians speaking the Tigua language of Shoshonean linguistic stock. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14448a.htm Tanucci, Bernardo - Marchese, Italian statesman, born at Stia in Tuscany, of poor family, in 1698 died at Naples, 29 April, 1793. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14446a.htm Tanner, Edmund - Bishop of Cork and Cloyne, Ireland, 1574-1579; born about 1526; died 1579. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14444c.htm Tanner, Conrad - Abbot of Einsiedeln, born at Arth in the Canton of Schwyz, 28 Dec., 1752; died 7 April, 1825. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14444b.htm Tanner, Adam - Controversialist, born at Innsbruck in 1571; died at Unken, 25 May, 1632. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14444a.htm Tanis - A titular see, suffragan of Pelusium in Augustamnica Prima, capital of the fourteenth district of Lower Egypt. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14443b.htm Tanguay, Cyprien - Genealogist, born at Quebec, 1819; died 1902. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14443a.htm Taney, Roger Brooke - Fifth chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14442c.htm Tancred - Prince of Antioch, born about 1072; died at Antioch, 12 Dec., 1112. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14442b.htm Tanagra - A titular see in Hellas, suffragan of Corinth. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14442a.htm Tamisier, Marie-Marthe-Baptistine - Initiator of international Eucharistic congresses, born at Tours, 1 Nov., 1834; died there 20 June, 1910. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14441c.htm Tametsi - The first word of Chapter 1, Session 24, of the Council of Trent. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14441b.htm Tamburini, Michelangelo - Fourteenth General of the Society of Jesus. (1648-1730) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14440d.htm Tamaulipas - Diocese in the Mexican Republic, suffragan of Linares. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14440c.htm Tamassus - A titular see in Cyprus, suffragan of Salamis. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14440b.htm Talon, Pierre - A French-Canadian explorer, born at Quebec, 1676. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14439b.htm Talon, Nicolas - French Jesuit, historian, and ascetical writer. (1605-1691) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14439a.htm Talon, Jean - First intendant in exercise of New France. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14438a.htm Tradition and Living Magisterium - The word tradition refers sometimes to the thing (doctrine, account, or custom) transmitted from one generation to another sometimes to the organ or mode of the transmission. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15006b.htm Talbot, Thomas Joseph - Brother of the fourteenth Earl of Shrewsbury, and of Bishop James Talbot. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14434a.htm Trithemius, John - Scholar and Benedictine abbot. (1462-1516) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15062a.htm Talbot, Peter - Archbishop of Dublin, 1669-1680; b. at Malahide, Dublin, in 1620. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14432c.htm Tuam - The Archdiocese of Tuam, the metropolitan see of Connacht, extends, roughly speaking, from the Shannon westwards to the sea, and comprises half of County Galway, and nearly half of Mayo, with a small portion of south Roscommon. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15079d.htm Tunja - Diocese established in 1880 as a suffragan of Bogotá, in the Republic of Colombia, South America. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15090a.htm Turin - The chief town of a civil province in Piedmont and was formerly the capital of the Duchy of Savoy and of the Kingdom of Sardinia. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15092d.htm Tunis - French protectorate on the northern coast of Africa. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15088a.htm Tunic - A vestment shaped like a sack, which has in the closed upper part only a slit for putting the garment over the head, and, on the sides, either sleeves or slits through which the arms can be passed. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15087a.htm Tucumán - Suffragan to Buenos Aires, erected from the Diocese of Salta on 15 February, 1897. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15085a.htm Trujillo - Diocese comprising the Departments of Lambayeque, Libertad, Pinra, and the Province of Tumbes, in North-west Peru, formed by Gregory XIII. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15070b.htm Triple-Candlestick - A name given along with several others to a church ornament used only in the office of Holy Saturday. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15058b.htm Tschupick, John Nepomuk - A celebrated preacher, b. at Vienna, 7 or 12 April, 1729; d. there, 20 July, 1784. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15079c.htm Trustee System - In the exercise of inherent rights of administering property, the Church often appoints deputies. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15071b.htm Todi - Diocese in Central Italy; immediately dependent on the Holy See. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14754a.htm Talbot, James - Fourth son of George Talbot and brother of the fourteenth Earl of Shrewsbury. Chiefly known for having been the last priest to be indicted in the public courts for saying Mass. (1726-1790) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14432a.htm Treason, Accusations of - A common misrepresentation concerning the Elizabethan persecution of English and Irish Catholics from 1570 onwards is the statement that the victims devoted to imprisonment, torture, and death suffered not for their religious belief but for treason agains - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15026b.htm Tracy, Alexandre de Prouville, Marquis de - Viceroy of New France, born in France, 1603, of noble parents; died there in 1670. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15006a.htm Trondhjem, Ancient See of - In 997 Olaf Trygvesson founded at the mouth of the River Nid the city of Nidaros, afterwards called Trondhjem. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15064a.htm Trope - A collective name which, since about the close of the Middle Ages or a little later, has been applied to texts of great variety (in both poetry and prose) written for the purpose of amplifying and embellishing an independently complete liturgical text. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15065a.htm Trumpets, Feast of - The first day of Tishri (October), the seventh month of the Hebrew year. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15070c.htm Trinity Sunday - The first Sunday after Pentecost, instituted to honour the Most Holy Trinity. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15058a.htm Tunstall, Venerable Thomas - Martyred at Norwich, 13 July, 1616. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15092a.htm Trueba, Antonio de - Spanish poet and folklorist. (1821-1889) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15070a.htm Trokelowe, John de - A Benedictine monk of St. Albans and monastic chronicler still living in 1330, but the dates of whose birth and death are unknown. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15063e.htm Trumwin, Saint - Seventh-century missionary bishop among the Picts. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15071a.htm Trudpert, Saint - Seventh-century missionary in Germany. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15069c.htm Toscanelli, Paolo dal Pozzo - Mathematician, astronomer, and cosmographer. (1397-1482) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14786a.htm Trocmades - Titular see of Galatia Secunda, suffragan of Pessinus. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15063d.htm Trent, Council of - Main object was the definitive determination of the doctrines of the Church in answer to the heresies of the Protestants. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15030c.htm Trinity, The Blessed - The term employed to signify the central doctrine of the Christian religion, the truth that in the unity of the Godhead there are three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, these three persons being truly distinct one from another. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15047a.htm Tritheists - Heretics who divide the Substance of the Blessed Trinity. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15061b.htm Tricassin, Charles Joseph - Theologian of the Capuchin Order, b. at Troyes; d. in 1681. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15040b.htm Tremithus - Titular see, suffragan of Salamis in Cyprus. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15030b.htm Tregian, Francis - Confessor, born in Cornwall, 1548; died at Lisbon, 25 Sept., 1608. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15030a.htm Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha, Saints - Martyrs whose feast is observed in the Latin Church on 10 November. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15079a.htm Tertiaries - Known as "Third Orders", those persons who live according to the Third Rule of religious orders, either outside of a monastery in the world, or in a religious community. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14520b.htm Tricarico, Diocese of - Located in the Province of Potenza in the Basilicata (Southern Italy), near the River Perrola. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15040a.htm Tricomia - Titular see, suffragan of Caesarea in Palaestina Prima. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15041b.htm Triduum - Three days. Frequently chosen for prayer or for other devout practices. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15041c.htm Traditionalism - A philosophical system which makes tradition the supreme criterion and rule of certitude. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15013a.htm Transfiguration - Culminating point of Christ's public life, as His Baptism is its starting point, and His Ascension its end. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15019a.htm Triest-Capo d'Istria - Suffragan diocese of Görz-Gradiska. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15045a.htm Tillemont, Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de - French historian and priest. (1637-1698) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14724b.htm Torquemada, Tomás de - Grand Inquisitor of Spain. (1420-1498) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14783a.htm Tunkers - A Protestant sect thus named from its distinctive baptismal rite. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15090b.htm Tahiti, Vicariate Apostolic of - Located in the Society Islands, has an area of 600 square miles. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14430a.htm Tournefort, Joseph Pitton de - French botanist. (1656-1708) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14799a.htm Trichur - Vicariate Apostolic in India, one of the three vicariates of the Syro-Malabar Rite. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15041a.htm Trebnitz - A former abbey of Cistercian nuns, situated north of Breslau in Silesia. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15029a.htm Tübingen, University of - Located in Würtemberg; founded by Count Eberhard im Bart on 3 July, 1477. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15083a.htm Trajan - Emperor of Rome (A.D. 98-117), b. at Italica Spain, 18 September, 53; d. 7 August, 117. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15015a.htm Touttée, Antoine-Augustin - French Benedictine of the Maurist Congregation. (1677-1718) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15005a.htm Tredway, Lettice Mary - Abbess of the Convent of Notre-Dame-de-Sion. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15029b.htm Trenton - Diocese created 15 July, 1881, suffragan of New York. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15037a.htm Transcendentalism - The terms transcendent and transcendental have antithetical reference to experience or the empirical order. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15017a.htm Tolomei, John Baptist - Jesuit theologian and cardinal. (1653-1726) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14773a.htm Transept - A rectangular space inserted between the apse and nave in the early Christian basilica. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15018a.htm Taenarum - A titular see in Greece, suffragan of Corinth. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14429b.htm Trappists - The Cistercians who follow the reform inaugurated by the Abbot de Rancé (b. 1626; d. 1700) in the Abbey of La Trappe, and often now applied to the entire Order of Reformed Cistercians. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15024a.htm Torricelli, Evangelista - Italian mathematician and physicist, born at Faenza, 15 October, 1608; died at Florence, 25 October, 1647. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14784a.htm Transvaal - Vicariate apostolic. Portion of south Africa. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15020a.htm Transylvania - Diocese in Hungary, suffragan of Kalocsa Bács. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15022a.htm Tralles - A titular see, suffragan of Ephesus in Asia Minor. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15016c.htm Trajanopolis - A titular see of Phrygia Pacatiana, suffragan of Laodicea. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15016b.htm Theocracy - A form of civil government in which God Himself is recognized as the head. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14568a.htm Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles-Maurice de - Prince of Benevento, Bishop of Autun, French minister and ambassador. (1754-1838) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14434b.htm Touron, Antoine - Dominican biographer and historian. (1686-1775) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15001b.htm Totemism - Constitutes the group of superstitions and customs of which the totem is the center. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14789a.htm Torres, Francisco - Hellenist and polemicist. (1509-1584) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14783b.htm Traducianism - In general the doctrine that, in the process of generation, the human spiritual soul is transmitted to the offspring by the parents. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15014a.htm Toba Indians - Tribe of the great Chaco wilderness of South America. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14749b.htm Tower of Babel - Information on the history, site, and construction of the tower. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15005b.htm Tresham, Sir Thomas - Knight Bachelor (in or before 1524), Grand Prior of England in the Order of Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15037b.htm Taché, Etienne-Pascal - Statesman, b. at St. Thomas (Montmagny, Province of Quebec), 5 Sept., 1795, son of Charles, and Geneviève Michon; d. 30 July, 1865. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14428a.htm Thompson, Right Honourable Sir John Sparrow David - Jurist and first Catholic Premier of Canada. (1844-1894) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14704a.htm Thompson, Edward Healy and Harriet Diana - English converts. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14703a.htm Tonica Indians - A small tribe living, when first known to the French, in small villages on the lower Yazoo River, Mississippi. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14777a.htm Trichinopoly, Diocese of - Located in India, suffragan of Bombay. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15040d.htm Truth Societies, Catholic - Covers their establishment in various countries. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15077a.htm Tokio - Archdiocese comprising 21 provinces or 15 departments. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14754b.htm Totonac Indians - One of the smaller cultured nations of ancient Mexico, occupying at the time of the Spanish conquest the coast province of Totonicapan. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14794a.htm Thanksgiving Before and After Meals - The word grace, which, as applied to prayer over food, always in pre-Elizabethan English took the plural form graces, means nothing but thanksgiving. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14554c.htm Turgot, Anne-Robert-Jacques - Baron de L'Aulne, French minister. (1727-1781) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15092c.htm Tonkawa Indians - A tribal group formerly ranging about the middle Trinity and Colorado Rivers, in Eastern Texas. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14778a.htm Theodulf - Bishop of Orléans, a writer skilled in poetic forms and a learned theologian, born in Spain about 760; died at Angers, France, 18 December, 821. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14579b.htm Toustain, Charles-François - French Benedictine, and member of the Congregation of St-Maur. (1700-1754) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15004a.htm Toleration, History of - Explores the attitude of the Church towards religious toleration. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14761a.htm Tallagaht, Monastery of - Situated in the barony of Uppercross. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16077b.htm Toledo, Francisco - Philosopher, theologian, and exegete, son of an actuary. (1532-1596) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14760a.htm Titulus - In pagan times titulus signified an inscription on stone, and later the stone which marked the confines of property. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14745b.htm Tornielli, Girolamo Francesco - Italian Jesuit, preacher and writer. (1693-1752) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14781b.htm Trapezopolis - A titular see in Phrygia Pacatiana, suffragan to Laodicea. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15023b.htm Trivet, Nicholas - Author of a large number of theological and historical works and commentaries on the classics, more especially the works of Seneca. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15063b.htm Taché, Alexandre-Antonin - First Archbishop of St. Boniface, Manitoba, missionary, prelate, statesman, and writer of Western Canada. (1823-1894) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14427c.htm Timucua Indians - A principal group or confederacy of ancient Florida. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14733a.htm Tintoretto, Il - Italian painter, b. at Venice, 1518; d. there 1594. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14737a.htm Tonsure - A sacred rite instituted by the Church by which a baptized and confirmed Christian is received into the clerical order. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14779a.htm Tongerloo, Abbey of - Founded in 1128 near Antwerp, Belgium. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14776a.htm Thessalonians, Epistles to the - Two of the canonical Epistles of St. Paul. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14629d.htm Toleration, Religious - The magnanimous indulgence one shows towards a religion other than his own, accompanied by the moral determination to leave it and its adherents unmolested in private and public, although internally one views it with complete disapproval as a "false - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14763a.htm Thomas of Bradwardine - Theologian known as the Doctor Profundus. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14693b.htm Thundering Legion - The story of an expedition against the Quadi led by Emperor Marcus Aurelius. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14711b.htm Tibet - Includes information on geography, history, and missions. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14718a.htm Time - Article explores two questions, What are the notes, or elements, contained in the subjective representation of time? and To what external reality does this representation correspond? - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14726a.htm Toledo (Spain) - Primatial see of Spain, whose archbishop, raised almost always to the dignity of cardinal, occupies the first place in the ranks of the higher Spanish clergy. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14755a.htm Theodosius I - Roman Emperor (also known as Flavius Theodosius), born in Spain, about 346; died at Milan, 17 January, 395. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14577d.htm Truce of God - A temporary suspension of hostilities, as distinct from the Peace of God which is perpetual. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15068a.htm Tabor, Mount - Distinguished among the mountains of Palestine for its picturesque site, its graceful outline, the remarkable vegetation which covers its sides of calcareous rock, and the splendour of the view from its summit. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14551a.htm Tiepolo - Article on Giovanni Battista (Giambattista) Tiepolo and his son Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14723a.htm Tithes - The tenth part of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support or devoted to religious or charitable uses. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14741b.htm Tantum Ergo - The opening words of the penultimate stanza of the Vesper hymn of Corpus Christi. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14445b.htm Throne - The seat the bishop uses when not engaged at the altar. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14709a.htm Thomas of Beckington - Bishop of Bath and Wells, born at Beckington, Somerset, about 1390; died at Wells, 14 January, 1465. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14693a.htm Ticuna Indians - A tribe along the north bank of the upper Amazon. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14721e.htm Thorney Abbey - For some three centuries the seat of Saxon hermits, or of anchorites living in community, before it was refounded in 972 for Benedictine monks by Ethelwold, Bishop of Winchester, with the aid of King Edgar. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14706a.htm Thomas of Strasburg - A fourteenth-century scholastic of the Augustinian Order. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14695c.htm Timothy and Symphorian, Saints - Martyrs whose feast is observed on 22 August. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14727a.htm Tepl - A Premonstratensian abbey in the western part of Bohemia. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14514a.htm Thugut, Johann Amadeus Franz de Paula - Austrian statesman, born at Linz, 31 March, 1736; died at Vienna, 28 May, 1818. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14710b.htm Tilly, Johannes Tserclæs, Count of - Born at Brabant in 1559; died at Ingolstadt in April, 1632. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14724c.htm Thomism - In a broad sense, the name given to the system which follows the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas in philosophical and theological questions. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14698b.htm Thomas of Jorz - English theologian and cardinal. (d. 1310) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14695b.htm Ticonius - An African Donatist writer of the fourth century who appears to have had some influence on St. Augustine. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14721d.htm Tichborne, Ven. Thomas - Born at Hartley, Hampshire, 1567; martyred at Tyburn, London, 20 April, 1602. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14721c.htm Ticelia - Titular see, suffragan of Cyrene, in the Libya Pentapolis. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14721a.htm Tiara - The papal crown, ornamented with precious stones and pearls, which is shaped like a bee-hive, has a small cross at its highest point. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14714c.htm Tabernacle Societies - The Association of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and of work for poor churches was founded at Brussels in 1848 by Anne de Meeûs. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14426a.htm Tibaldi, Pellegrino - Known also as Pellegrino da Bologna and as Pellegrino Pellegrini, decorator, mural painter, and architect. 1527-1592) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14715a.htm Thun-Hohenstein, Count Leo - Austrian statesman. (1811-1888) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14711c.htm Tournon, Charles-Thomas Maillard de - Papal legate to India and China, cardinal, born of a noble Savoyard family at Turin, 21 December, 1668; died in confinement at Macao, 8 June, 1710. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15001a.htm Thmuis - A titular see in Augustamnica Prima, suffragan of Pelusium. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14658a.htm Thou, Jacques-Auguste de - French historian. (1553-1617) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14706d.htm Thomas of Celano - Franciscan poet and writer. (1200-1255) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14694a.htm Thomas á Jesu - Discalced Carmelite, writer on mystical theology. (1564-1627) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14660a.htm Terrien, Jean-Baptiste - Dogmatic theologian. (1832-1903) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14520a.htm Tabbora - A titular see in Africa Proconsularis, suffragan of Carthage. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14423d.htm Tocqueville, Charles-Alexis-Henri-Maurice-Clerel de - Writer and statesman. (1805-1859) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14753a.htm Thébaud, Augustus - Jesuit educator and publicist. (1807-1885) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14562a.htm Transfiguration of Christ, Feast of the - Observed on August 6 to commemorate the manifestation of the Divine glory recorded by St. Matthew (Chapter 17). - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15019b.htm Tabasco - Diocese in the Republic of Mexico, suffragan of the Archbishopric of Yucatán. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14423b.htm Turin, University of - Founded in 1404, when the lectures at Piacenza and Pavia were interrupted by the wars of Lombardy. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15094a.htm Thonissen, Jean-Joseph - Professor of law at the University of Louvain, minister in the Belgian Government. (1817-1891) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14705a.htm Thomas Thwing, Blessed - Priest, missionary to his native England, convicted of plotting to murder the king on the same evidence by which the other accused had been acquitted, martyred in 1680. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14713b.htm Thomas Sherwood, Blessed - Was imprisoned, tortured, and finally martyred (in 1578) for denying the royal supremacy. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14697b.htm Thomas Percy, Blessed - Earl of Northumberland, martyr, born in 1528; died at York, 22 August, 1572. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14697a.htm Thomas of Cantimpré - Medieval writer, preacher, and theologian. (1201-1272) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14693c.htm Thacia Montana - A titular see in Africa Proconsularis, suffragan of Carthage. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14552b.htm Thierry of Freburg - A philosopher and physician of the Middle Ages, and a member of the Order of Saint Dominic. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14635a.htm Thomas a Kempis - Author of the "Imitation of Christ", born at Kempen in the Diocese of Cologne, in 1379 or 1380; died 25 July, 1471. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14661a.htm Thirty Years War - Though pre-eminently a German war, was also of great importance for the history of the whole of Europe. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14648b.htm Theophanes Kerameus - Twelfth-century archbishop and writer. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14623b.htm Thomas Becket, Saint - Biography of this martyr, also known as St. Thomas of Canterbury, where he was archbishop and where he was murdered in 1170. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14676a.htm Thomas Woodhouse, Blessed - Martyr who suffered at Tyburn 19 June, 1573. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14698a.htm Thomas of Villanova, Saint - Spanish Augustinian, d. 1555. Educator, diligent in almsgiving, Archbishop of Valencia. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14696a.htm Thomas Garnet, Saint - Biography of the English priest and martyr, who died in 1608. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06388a.htm Thomas Johnson, Blessed - The last of nine London Carthusians to die of starvation in prison in 1537. He died 20 September, after nearly 5 months of barbaric treatment. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14689b.htm Theology, History of Dogmatic - Detailed article broken into time periods. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14588a.htm Thomas Aquinas, Saint - Lengthy article on the life, writings, and influence of this philosopher, theologian, and Doctor of the Church. Called the Angelic Doctor. Died in 1274. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14663b.htm Tarachus, Probus, and Andronicus, Saints - Martyrs of the Diocletian persecution. (c. 304) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14450c.htm Thomas Alfield, Blessed - Priest, twice imprisoned, twice converted, died a martyr in 1585. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14663a.htm Thomas Cottam, Blessed - A convert to Catholicism, entered the Jesuit novitiate, was ordained a priest. Imprisoned and tortured for a year and a half, he died a martyr in 1582. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14688a.htm Thomas Abel, Blessed - Biography of the priest and martyr, chaplain to Catherine of Aragon. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14659b.htm Thomas Atkinson, Blessed - Priest martyred at York in 1616. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02051b.htm Theology, Moral - Limited to those doctrines which discuss the relations of man and his free actions to God and his supernatural end, and propose the means instituted by God for the attainment of that end. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14601a.htm Testem Benevolentiae - An Apostolic Letter of Leo XIII addressed to Cardinal Gibbons, 22 January, 1899. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14537a.htm Thomas Ford, Blessed - English priest, martyred at Tyburn in 1582. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14689a.htm Théophane Vénard, Saint - French missionary to West Tonkin, martyred in 1861. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14623c.htm Thorns, Feast of the Crown of - First instituted at Paris in 1239. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14706b.htm Theophilus (Bishop of Antioch) - Second-century Bishop of Antioch. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14625a.htm Theosophy - A term used in general to designate the knowledge of God supposed to be obtained by the direct intuition of the Divine essence. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14626a.htm Theodore of Gaza - A fifteenth-century Greek Humanist and translator of Aristotle. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14573b.htm Theology, Ascetical - Briefly defined as the scientific exposition of Christian asceticism. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14613a.htm Theophilanthropists - A deistic sect formed in France during the latter part of the French Revolution. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14624a.htm Trinity College - An institution for the higher education of Catholic women, located at Washington, D.C. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15057a.htm Tomb of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Explores the question where Mary died and was buried, either Jerusalem or Ephesus. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14774a.htm Theology, Dogmatic - That part of theology which treats of the theoretical truths of faith concerning God and His works. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14580a.htm Teilo, Saint - Archbishop of Llandaff, born at Eccluis Gunniau, near Tenby, Pembrokeshire; died at Llandilo Vawr, Carmarthenshire, probably in or before 560. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14473b.htm Truchsess von Waldburg, Otto - Cardinal-Bishop of Augsburg. (1514-1573) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15069a.htm Theodicy - Term was introduced into philosophy by Leibniz. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14569a.htm Thayer, John - New England convert and priest. (1755-1815) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14556d.htm Thanksgiving Day - The custom originated in 1621, when Governor Bradford of the Plymouth colony appointed a day for public praise and prayer after the first harvest. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14555a.htm Theodoric (Thierry) of Chartes - A Platonist philosopher of the twelfth century. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14575a.htm Thennesus - A titular suffragan see of Pelusium in Augustamnica Prima. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14567a.htm Telepathy - A term introduced by F.W.H. Myers in 1882 to denote "the ability of one mind to impress or to be impressed by another mind otherwise than through the recognized channels of sense". - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14475a.htm Theft - The secret taking of another's property against the reasonable will of that other. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14564b.htm Tintern Abbey - In Monmouthshire, England, founded in 1131 by Walter de Clare for Cistercian monks. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14736d.htm Thomas More, Saint - Biographical article on the Lord Chancellor of England, and martyr. Beheaded 1535. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14689c.htm Thecla, Saints - The most famous of several saints named Thecla is Thecla of Iconium. Other saints of this name include a martyr from Gaza, an African martyr, one or two Roman martyrs, one who is purely legendary (Boniface and Thecla), and one St. Thecla of whom almost no - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14564a.htm Thagora - Titular see in Numidia, mentioned by the "Rabula Peutingeriana", which calls it Thacora. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14553c.htm Tanner, Matthias - Taught humanities, philosophy, theology, and Scripture, was made rector of the imperial university, and guided for six years the Bohemian province of his order. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14445a.htm Theology of Christ (Christology) - Christology is that part of theology which deals with Our Lord Jesus Christ. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14597a.htm Test-Oath, Missouri - The terms of the oath required the affiant to deny, not only that he had ever been in armed hostility to the United States, or to the lawful authorities thereof, but that he had ever "by act or word", manifested his adherence to the cause of the - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14538a.htm Thalberg, Sigismond - Life, musical highlights, comparisons with Liszt, and comments on his better and worse works. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14553e.htm Tewdrig, Saint - Brief introduction to the Welsh martyr. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14542a.htm Thais, Saint - A penitent in Egypt in the fourth century. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14553d.htm Teutonic Order - A medieval military order modeled on the Hospitallers of St. John. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14541b.htm Tetzel, Johann - First public antagonist of Luther. (1465-1519) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14539a.htm Tentyris - Seat of a titular suffragan see of Ptolemais in Thebaid Secunda. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14512b.htm Trusts and Bequests - Defined as the right enforceable solely in equity to the beneficial enjoyment of property of which the legal title is in another. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15072a.htm Taparelli, Aloysius - Philosopher and writer on sociological subjects. (1793-1862) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14449a.htm Terrestrial Paradise - The name popularly given in Christian tradition to the scriptural Garden of Eden. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14519a.htm Thomas Welbourne, Blessed - A schoolmaster, was martyred at York in 1605. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15578b.htm Testament, New - Jesus Christ uses the words "new testament" as meaning the alliance established by Himself between God and the world, and this is called "new" as opposed to that of which Moses was the mediator. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14530a.htm Terenuthis - Titular see, suffragan of Antinoë in Thebais Prima. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14515a.htm Tenure, Ecclesiastical - System of feudal tenure was not always restricted to lands, as church revenues and tithes were often farmed out to secular persons as a species of ecclesiastical fief. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14512c.htm Temptation of Christ - Christ endured temptation only from without, inasmuch as His human nature was free from all concupiscence. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14504b.htm Terracina, Sezze, and Piperno - Located in the Province of Rome. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14518c.htm Thérèse of Lisieux, Saint - Short biographical article by Edith Donovan. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/17721a.htm Temptation - An incitement to sin whether by persuasion or by the offer of some good or pleasure. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14504a.htm Templars, The Knights - The earliest founders of the military orders. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14493a.htm Taoism - Religion derived from the philosophical doctrines of Lao-tze. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14446b.htm Telesphorus of Cosenza - A name assumed by one of the pseudo-prophets during the time of the Great Schism. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14477c.htm Tenebræ - The name given to the service of Matins and Lauds belonging to the last three days of Holy Week. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14506a.htm Tamanac Indians - A tribe of Cariban linguistic stock occupying the territory about the Cuchivero River, a tributary of the lower Orinoco, Venezuela. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14440a.htm Tuscany - A division of central Italy, includes the provinces of Arezzo, Florence, Grosseto, Livorno, Massa and Carrara, Pisa, and Siena. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15103b.htm Tenedos - A titular see, suffragan of Rhodes in the Cyclades. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14506b.htm Trissino, Giangiorgio - Italian poet and scholar. (1478-1550) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15061a.htm Takkali - The hybrid name by which the Carrier Indians of the northern interior of British Columbia were originally made known by the fur traders. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14431b.htm Theology, Mystical - Mysticism and mystical prayer or contemplation considered from a Catholic perspective, along with a bibliography of famous Christian mystics. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14621a.htm Tabernacles, Feast of - One of the three great feasts of the Hebrew liturgical calendar. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14425a.htm Tabb, John Bannister - American poet and educator. (1845-1909) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14423c.htm Tropology, Scriptural - The theory and practice of interpreting the figurative meaning of Holy Writ. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15066a.htm Tell el-Amarna Tablets, The - A collection of some 350 clay tablets found in 1887 amid the ruins of the ancient Egyptian city of Akhetaton. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14477d.htm Trasilla and Emiliana, Saints - Aunts of St. Gregory the Great, virgins in the sixth century. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15026a.htm Tebaldeo, Antonio - Italian poet, born at Ferrara, in 1463; died. in 1537. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14468b.htm Tallis, Thomas - Focusing especially on his contributions to Catholic liturgics and hymnody, even after the English Reformation. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14435a.htm Tynemouth Priory - Located on the east coast of Northumberland, England, occupied the site of an earlier Saxon church built first in wood, then in stone, in the seventh century, and famous as the burial-place of St. Oswin, king and martyr. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15106d.htm Tarazona - The Diocese of Tarazona comprises the Spanish provinces of Saragossa, Soria, Navarre, and Logroño. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14452a.htm Tunstall, Cuthbert - Bishop of London, later of Durham. (1474-1559) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15091a.htm Talmud - A post-Biblical substantive formation of Pi'el ("to teach"), and originally signified "doctrine" or "study". - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14435b.htm Turkestan - Details of Chinese Turkestan and Russian Turkestan. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15095a.htm Tulancingo - Diocese in the Mexican Republic, suffragan of Mexico. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15086a.htm Tyrannicide - The killing of a tyrant, and usually is taken to mean the killing of a tyrant by a private person for the common good. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15108a.htm Toledo (Ohio) - A diocese in Ohio, U.S.A., formed out of the Diocese of Cleveland and erected into a separate jurisdiction, 15 April, 1910. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14759a.htm Tait Indians - A collective term for those members of the Cowichan tribe, occupying the Lower Fraser River, Yale District, British Columbia (Canada), between Nicomen and Yale. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14431a.htm Tribe, Jewish - The earlier Hebrew term rendered in English versions by the word "tribe" is shebet, while the term matteh, prevails in the post-exilic writings. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15039a.htm Tacana Indians - The collective designation for a group of tribes constituting the Tacanan linguistic stock in different dialects, occupying the upper valleys of the Beni and Madre de Dios Rivers, on the eastern slope of the Andes, Department of Beni, north-western Bolivi - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14427a.htm Taensa Indians - A Muskhogean tribe living when first known on the west bank of the Mississippi, within the present limits of Tensas parish, Louisiana. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14429c.htm Turkish Empire - Created in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries on the ruins of the Byzantine Empire, from the caliphate of Baghdad and independent Turkish principalities. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15097a.htm Tuam, School of - Founded by St. Jarlath, it rivalled Clonmacnoise as a center of Celtic art in the eleventh century. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15082a.htm Trinitarians, Order of - Towards the end of the twelfth century the order had 250 houses throughout Christendom, where its benevolent work was manifested by the return of liberated captives. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15045d.htm Trinità di Cava dei Tirrenti, Abbey of - Located in the Province of Salerno. - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15045c.htm |
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