This is an index of all files in the EWTN "Home Study Report Topics" Document Library as of 6/14/2007 sorted by library and titleLIBRARY - FILENAME - TITLE AUTHOR DESCIPTION 1. Home Study Report Topics - COPLESTN.TXT - A Jesuit and His Faith William Doino, Jr. An article on the life of Frederick C. Copleston, SJ (1907-1994), best known for his nine-volume "History of Philosophy." Taken from the Fall 1996 issue of "Sursum Corda." 2. Home Study Report Topics - SPANINQ.HTM - A New Look At the Spanish Inquisition Edward O'Brien New and startling information is beginning to blow away the dark cobwebs of lies and myths--that racist distortion of the Spanish national character and and Hispanic culture. On June 9th, 1995, the BBC documentary, The Myth of the Spanish Inquisition was aired on Ancient Mysteries. TV often trashes the Church, but not this time. Spanish scholars, using computerized searches through actual records of the Inquisition, are showing that it had neither the power nor the desire to put Spain under its control. HERESY BLACK LEGEND TORTURE 3. Home Study Report Topics - 09188B.TXT - Abbey of Lerins Catholic Encyclopedia Situated on an island of the same name, now known as that of Saint-Honorat, about a league from the coast of Provence, in the Department of the Maritime Alps, now included in the Diocese of Nice, formerly in that of Grasse or of Antibes. It was founded at the beginning of the fifth century by St. Honoratus. 4. Home Study Report Topics - 06541A.TXT - Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani Catholic Encyclopedia An abbey of the Order of Reformed Cistercians, commonly called Trappists, established in 1848 in Nelson Co., Kentucky, in the Diocese of Louisville, being the first abbey on American soil. 5. Home Study Report Topics - 01035B.TXT - Abecedarians Catholic Encyclopedia A sect of Anabaptists who affected an absolute disdain for all human knowledge, contending that God would enlighten His elect interiorly and give them knowledge of necessary truths by visions and ecstasies. 6. Home Study Report Topics - ABELARD.TXT - Abelard William Turner Peter Abelard dialectician, philosopher, and theologian, b. 1079; d. 1142. 7. Home Study Report Topics - 01054A.TXT - Abraham (in Liturgy) Catholic Encyclopedia Discusses the use of the word Abraham in the Roman Liturgy. 8. Home Study Report Topics - CEACTPIL.HTM - Acta Pilati Catholic Encyclopedia The "Acts of Pilate," also known as the "Gospel of Nicodemus," is an apocryphal work, which does not assume to have been written by Pilate, but to have been derived from the official acts preserved in the praetorium at Jerusalem. The alleged Hebrew original is attributed to Nicodemus. PASSION CHRIST CRUCIFIXION APOCRYPHA 9. Home Study Report Topics - AGEARTH.TXT - Age of the Earth Various 10. Home Study Report Topics - 05731B.TXT - Albrecht von Eyb Catholic Encyclopedia One of the earliest German humanists, born in 1420 near Anabach in Franconia; died in 1475. Eyb's best known and most important work is his "Ehebüchlein" (Book on Marriage), in which he discusses the question whether a man should take a lawful wife or not. 11. Home Study Report Topics - CEALEXA7.TXT - Alexander (Name of Seven Men) Catholic Encyclopedia Catholic Encyclopedia. This article is part of the Catholic Encyclopedia Project, an effort aimed at placing the entire Catholic Encyclopedia on the World Wide Web. 12. Home Study Report Topics - CEALEXA1.TXT - Alexander I, Saint and Pope Catholic Encyclopedia Catholic Encyclopedia. St. Irenaeus of Lyons, writing in the latter quarter of the second century, reckons him as the fifth pope in succession from the Apostles, though he says nothing of his martyrdom. His pontificate is variously dated by critics, e. g. 106-115 (Duchesne) or 109-116 (Lightfoot). This article is part of the Catholic Encyclopedia Project, an effort aimed at placing the entire Catholic Encyclopedia on the World Wide Web. 13. Home Study Report Topics - CEALEX2.TXT - Alexander II, Pope Catholic Encyclopedia Catholic Encyclopedia. As Anselm of Lucca, he had been recognized for a number of years as one of the leaders of the reform party, especially in the Milanese territory, where he was born at Baggio, of noble parentage. Together with Hildebrand, he had imbibed in Cluny the zeal for reformation. The first theatre of his activity was Milan, where he was one of the founders of the Pataria, and lent to that great agitation against simony and clerical incontinency the weight of his 14. Home Study Report Topics - AMERPEOP.TXT - Americans Are An Enquiring, Thinking, Reasoning People Christopher Dawson This is a review of 'Documents of American Church History' edited by Msgr. John Tracy Ellis of Catholic University, published in 1957.) 15. Home Study Report Topics - 01462A.TXT - Anchor (as Symbol) Catholic Encyclopedia The anchor, because of the great importance in navigation, was regarded in ancient times as a symbol of safety. The Christians, therefore, in adopting the anchor as a symbol of hope in future existence, merely gave a new and higher signification to a familiar emblem. 16. Home Study Report Topics - 09269A.TXT - Ancient Diocese and Monastery of Lindisfarne Catholic Encyclopedia Lindisfarne is famous for being the mother-church and religious capital of Northumbria, for here St. Aidan, a Columban monk-bishop from Iona, founded his see in 635. 17. Home Study Report Topics - 01463A.TXT - Ancient of Days Catholic Encyclopedia A name given to God by the Prophet Daniel in which he contrasts His eternal powers with the frail existence of the empires of the world. 18. Home Study Report Topics - 01463B.TXT - Ancilla Dei Catholic Encyclopedia Title often given to a deceased woman in early Christian inscriptions. 19. Home Study Report Topics - 09610A.TXT - Andrea Mantegna Catholic Encyclopedia Italian painter; born according to some authorities, at Vicenza, according to others at Padua, in 1431, died at Mantua, 13 September, 1506. 20. Home Study Report Topics - 01476D.TXT - Angel Catholic Encyclopedia Covers the following areas: As Divine Agents Governing The World; Good And Bad Angels; The Term "Angel" In The Septuagint; Angels In Babylonian Literature; Angels in the Zend-Avesta; Angels in the New Testament. 21. Home Study Report Topics - 01530C.TXT - Anna Catholic Encyclopedia (Sept. Anna; some versions have Hannah which is nearer to the original Hebrew. The Hebrew word means "graciousness", from the root word Hannan, "to be gracious.") Discusses the four women named "Anna" in Sacred Scripture. 22. Home Study Report Topics - ANTIPOPE.TXT - Anti-Popes Warren Carroll A short explanation of what constitutes an anti-pope. 23. Home Study Report Topics - 01581A.TXT - Antipodes Catholic Encyclopedia Speculation in the Early Church concerning the rotundity of the earth and the possible existence of human beings "with their feet turned towards ours". 24. Home Study Report Topics - 01582A.TXT - Antipope Catholic Encyclopedia A false claimant of the Holy See in opposition to a pontiff canonically elected. Includes a list of the 30 antipopes in the history of the Church. 25. Home Study Report Topics - CEAPOLLI.TXT - Apollinarianism Catholic Encyclopedia Catholic Encyclopedia. A Christological theory, according to which Christ had a human body and a human sensitive soul, but no human rational mind, the Divine Logos taking the place of this last. The author of this theory, Apollinaris (Apolinarios) the Younger, Bishop of Laodicea, flourished in the latter half of the fourth century and was at first highly esteemed by men like St. Athanasius, St. Basil, and St. Jerome for his classical culture, his Biblical learning, his defence 26. Home Study Report Topics - CEARIAN.TXT - Arianism Catholic Encyclopedia Catholic Encyclopedia. A heresy which arose in the fourth century, and denied the Divinity of Jesus Christ. 27. Home Study Report Topics - ARIANISM.TXT - Arius and the Council of Nicaea Valentine Long Fr. Long provides an interesting account the events leading up to Arius condemnation by the Council of Nicaea. 28. Home Study Report Topics - CEAUGUST.TXT - Augustus Catholic Encyclopedia The name by which Caius Julius Caesar Octavianus, the first Roman emperor, in whose reign Jesus Christ was born, is usually known; born at Rome, 62 B.C.; died A.D. 14. 29. Home Study Report Topics - CEBAPVOW.TXT - Baptismal Vows Catholic Encyclopedia Catholic Encyclopedia. The name popularly given to the renunciations required of an adult candidate for baptism just before the sacrament is conferred. 30. Home Study Report Topics - CEBAPTIS.TXT - Baptistery Catholic Encyclopedia Catholic Encyclopedia. The separate building in which the Sacrament of Baptism was once solemnly administered, or that portion of the church-edifice later set apart for the same purpose. 31. Home Study Report Topics - CEBEACAN.TXT - Beatification and Canonization Catholic Encyclopedia The true origin of canonization and beatification must be sought in the Catholic doctrine of the worship, invocation, and intercession of the saints. As was taught by St. Augustine, Catholics, while giving to God alone adoration strictly so-called, honour the saints because of the Divine supernatural gifts which have earned them eternal life, and through which they reign with God in the heavenly fatherland as His chosen friends and faithful servants. 32. Home Study Report Topics - CEBEACAN.ZIP - Beatification and Canonization Catholic Encyclopedia The true origin of canonization and beatification must be sought in the Catholic doctrine of the worship, invocation, and intercession of the saints. As was taught by St. Augustine, Catholics, while giving to God alone adoration strictly so-called, honour the saints because of the Divine supernatural gifts which have earned them eternal life, and through which they reign with God in the heavenly fatherland as His chosen friends and faithful servants. 33. Home Study Report Topics - CEBEATIF.TXT - Beatification and Canonization Catholic Encyclopedia Taken from the 'Catholic Encyclopedia' 1913 edition. This file is part of the Catholic Encyclopedia Project, an effort aimed at placing the entire work on the World Wide Web. 34. Home Study Report Topics - CEBEATIF.ZIP - Beatification and Canonization Catholic Encyclopedia Taken from the 'Catholic Encyclopedia' 1913 edition. This file is part of the Catholic Encyclopedia Project, an effort aimed at placing the entire work on the World Wide Web. 35. Home Study Report Topics - 02364B.TXT - Beatification and Canonization Catholic Encyclopedia Traces the origin of canonization and beatification. Other topics include the nature of beatification and canonization, papal infallibility and canonization and the procedure in causes of beatification in use in the early 20th century. 36. Home Study Report Topics - 02364B.ZIP - Beatification and Canonization Catholic Encyclopedia Traces the origin of canonization and beatification. Other topics include the nature of beatification and canonization, papal infallibility and canonization and the procedure in causes of beatification in use in the early 20th century. 37. Home Study Report Topics - BELLJUNG.TXT - Belloc & Jung: A Study of Contrasts Paul Likoudis A comparison of Belloc and Jung which reveals the philosopy of each and provides interesting insights into their characters. This article was taken from the December 29, 1994 issue of 'The Wanderer.' LIKOUDIS BELLOC JUNG 38. Home Study Report Topics - BEOWULF.TXT - Beowulf Unknown Oldest English epic, probably composed in the early 8th cent. by a Northumbrian bard, and drawn from Scandinavian history and folk sources. It recounts Beowulf's struggle with the water monster Grendel and Grendel's mother; the hero's victory in old age over a dragon; and his death and funeral. The poem, in alliterative verse, fuses Christian elements with a picture of old Germanic life. 39. Home Study Report Topics - BEOWULF.ZIP - Beowulf Unknown Oldest English epic, probably composed in the early 8th cent. by a Northumbrian bard, and drawn from Scandinavian history and folk sources. It recounts Beowulf's struggle with the water monster Grendel and Grendel's mother; the hero's victory in old age over a dragon; and his death and funeral. The poem, in alliterative verse, fuses Christian elements with a picture of old Germanic life. 40. Home Study Report Topics - CECLUNY.TXT - Bernard of Cluny Catholic Encyclopedia A Benedictine monk of the first half of the twelfth century, poet, satirist, and hymn-writer, author of the famous verses 'On the Contempt of the World'. Taken from the 'Catholic Encyclopedia' 1913 edition. This file is part of the Catholic Encyclopedia Project, an effort aimed at placing the entire work on the World Wide Web. 41. Home Study Report Topics - BERBALD.TXT - Bernini's Baldachino Greg Burke The massive altar in St. Peter's Basilica, situated directly above the tomb of St. Peter, holds enormous importance for Catholics. This article was taken from the September/October 1995 issue of 'Catholic Heritage'. BURKE BERNINI BALDICHINO VATICAN ST PETER'S 42. Home Study Report Topics - CEBLASPH.TXT - Blasphemy Catholic Encyclopedia Catholic Encyclopedia. Defined by Suarez as 'any word of malediction, reproach, or contumely pronounced against God. 43. Home Study Report Topics - FR94204.HTM - Blood-Drenched Altars Brian Van Hove, S.J. Baltimore's Archbishop Michael Joseph Curley, Oklahoma's Bishop Francis Clement Kelley and the Mexican Affair: 1934-1936. Taken from the Summer 1994 issue of "Faith & Reason." 44. Home Study Report Topics - FR94204.ZIP - Blood-Drenched Altars Brian Van Hove, S.J. Baltimore's Archbishop Michael Joseph Curley, Oklahoma's Bishop Francis Clement Kelley and the Mexican Affair: 1934-1936. Taken from the Summer 1994 issue of "Faith & Reason." 45. Home Study Report Topics - MARXBLUE.TXT - Blueprint for World Domination Brian Clowes These rules are summaries that are extracted from a number of books written by professional revolutionaries from the former Soviet Union, from other Communist-dominated countries, and from the United States itself. They are meant to be a loose parody of the Ten Commandments, and are particularly emphasized at the Lenin School of Political Warfare. Taken from "The Pro-Life Activist's Encyclopedia", published by The American Life League. 46. Home Study Report Topics - 08614B.TXT - Book of Kells Catholic Encyclopedia An Irish manuscript containing the Four Gospels, a fragment of Hebrew names, and the Eusebian canons, known also as the "Book of Columba", probably because it was written in the monastery of Iona to honour the saint. 47. Home Study Report Topics - 09034A.TXT - Brunetto Latini Catholic Encyclopedia Florentine philosopher and statesman, born at Florence, c. 1210; the son of Buonaccorso Latini, died 1294. 48. Home Study Report Topics - LAMENNAI.TXT - By Christopher Dawson It is impossible to understand Lamennais and The Catholic Church in France religious and cultural developments in the abstractions of contemporaneity, without reference to history. 'Renewal,' 'revival,' 'reform': the whole history of the Church and Christian culture is involved with such movements; and while they often differ in purpose and direction, a certain continuity can be seen. They also usually have some common elements and some important lessons to teach. One such 49. Home Study Report Topics - BYZANTIN.TXT - Byzantine Art Norman H. Baynes Originally published in 'The Byzantine Empire', reprinted in the Fall, 1993 issue of 'The Dawson Newsletter,' P.O. Box 332, Fayetteville, AR 72702. BAYNES BYZANTINE ART ROME DAWSON NEWSLETTER 50. Home Study Report Topics - 03198A.TXT - Calvinism Catholic Encyclopedia The teachings of John Calvin and all that developed from his doctrine and practice in Protestant countries in social, political, ethical, and theological aspects of life and thought; or the system of doctrine, distinctive in its rejection of consubstantiation in the Eucharist and in its doctrine of predestination, that was accepted by the Reformed churches. 51. Home Study Report Topics - 03198A.ZIP - Calvinism Catholic Encyclopedia The teachings of John Calvin and all that developed from his doctrine and practice in Protestant countries in social, political, ethical, and theological aspects of life and thought; or the system of doctrine, distinctive in its rejection of consubstantiation in the Eucharist and in its doctrine of predestination, that was accepted by the Reformed churches. 52. Home Study Report Topics - CARDNEW.TXT - Cardinal Newman - Scholar of Oxford: A Soul's Quest for Truth Rev. John A. O'Brien, Ph.D., LL.D A biography of Cardinal Newman, beginning with his arrival at Oxford and the start of the Oxford Movement. 53. Home Study Report Topics - CARDNEW.ZIP - Cardinal Newman - Scholar of Oxford: A Soul's Quest for Truth Rev. John A. O'Brien, Ph.D., LL.D A biography of Cardinal Newman, beginning with his arrival at Oxford and the start of the Oxford Movement. 54. Home Study Report Topics - CARNASH.TXT - Carnival and Ashes Bernard Strasser, O.S.B. A short essay on the place that carnival has in the preparation for Lent, includes the history of this carnival period. Taken from the February 21, 1943 issue of "Orate Fratres". 55. Home Study Report Topics - CARYLLH.TXT - Caryll Houselander: An Appreciation Robin Maas Article about the life and writings of the lay spiritual theologian, Frances Caryll Houselander who was born in 1901 and died in 1954. Taken from the October 1995 issue of "Crisis" magazine. 56. Home Study Report Topics - 03432A.TXT - Categorical Imperative Catholic Encyclopedia A term which originated in Immanuel Kant's ethics. It expresses the moral law as ultimately enacted by reason and demanding obedience from mere respect for reason. 57. Home Study Report Topics - SYNFORMS.TXT - Catholic Churches: A Synthesis of Forms James Haverty Smith A description and short history of the two main categories of architectural design, the Roman basilica and the Byzantine dome. This article was taken from the November 1996 issue of Crisis. 58. Home Study Report Topics - 09106A.TXT - Charles Lebrun Catholic Encyclopedia French historical painter, born in Paris, 1619; died at the Gobelin tapestry works, 1690. 59. Home Study Report Topics - 03629A.TXT - Charles Martel Catholic Encyclopedia Born about 688; died at Quierzy on the Oise, 21 October, 741. He was the natural son of Pepin of Herstal and a woman named Alpaïde or Chalpaïde. 60. Home Study Report Topics - CECHIVAL.TXT - Chivalry Catholic Encyclopedia This file considers the institution of chivalry from three points of view: the military, the social, and the religious. It also considers the history of chivalry as a whole. 61. Home Study Report Topics - 03158A.TXT - Christian Calendar Catholic Encyclopedia Foundations of the Christian Calendar, our earliest calendars, Feasts of Our Lady, the Apostles and other New Testament saints, later developments, various peculiarities of calendars, the modern calendar imposed by authority, the Churches of the east. 62. Home Study Report Topics - 03158A.ZIP - Christian Calendar Catholic Encyclopedia Foundations of the Christian Calendar, our earliest calendars, Feasts of Our Lady, the Apostles and other New Testament saints, later developments, various peculiarities of calendars, the modern calendar imposed by authority, the Churches of the east. 63. Home Study Report Topics - CECHICON.TXT - Christian Iconography Catholic Encyclopedia The science of the description, history, and interpretation of the traditional representations of God, the saints and other sacred subjects in art. 64. Home Study Report Topics - 10673C.TXT - Christian Names Catholic Encyclopedia Discusses the practice and history of giving a Christian name at Baptism. 65. Home Study Report Topics - DAWCHT.TXT - Christianity & the Humanist Tradition Christopher Dawson Taken from the Summer 1993 issue of 'The Dawson Newsletter' P.O. Box 332, Fayetteville, AR 72702, John J. Mulloy, Editor. DAWSON HUMANISM CHRISTIANITY BARTH 66. Home Study Report Topics - DYNAPRIN.TXT - Christianity, a Dynamic Principle of Progress John J. Mulloy John Mulloy examines one of the reasons for studying Christian culture,' . . . . the one which sees Christianity as having imparted a dynamic principle of change and transformation to Western culture. This principle, while religious in origin and expressing itself most fully in the religious developments by which Christianity has striven to incorporate itself in the different forms of each historical epoch, is not restricted in its in 67. Home Study Report Topics - FORTCMAS.TXT - Christmas Gertrude von le Fort Little child out of Eternity, now will I sing to thy mother! The song shall be fair as dawn-tinted snow. 68. Home Study Report Topics - INDIA1.TXT - Christopher Dawson on the Religion and Culture of India (Part 1) Edward King Taken from the Winter 1994 issue of 'The Dawson Newsletter'. 69. Home Study Report Topics - INDIA1.ZIP - Christopher Dawson on the Religion and Culture of India (Part 1) Edward King Taken from the Winter 1994 issue of 'The Dawson Newsletter'. 70. Home Study Report Topics - INDIA2.TXT - Christopher Dawson on the Religion and Culture of India: Part II Edward V. King This part deals with Volume I of the Gifford lectures, delivered at the University of Edinburgh from 1947 to 1948. Published in two volumes in 1948 and 1950.) Taken from 'The Dawson Newletter'. 71. Home Study Report Topics - INDIA3.TXT - Christopher Dawson on the Religion and Culture of India: Part III and IV Edward V. King This article was taken from 'The Dawson Newsletter,' Summer 1995. (Part I of this essay can be found in the Winter 1994 issue of The Dawson Newsletter--Volume XII, No. 1 and Part II can be found in the Winter 1995 issue-Volume XIII, No 1.) 72. Home Study Report Topics - CHRHISTO.TXT - Christopher Dawson--Christ in History Gerald J. Russello "As one of the premier Catholic historians in this century, Christopher Dawson sought to rehabilitate both the history of salvation and religion in Europe. . . . Dawson drew on the emerging disciplines of anthropology and sociology to construct a fresh interpretation of the Christian past and incorporated popular culture and art into his historical analysis." This article was taken from the April 1996 issue of "Crisis" magazine. 73. Home Study Report Topics - 09032A.TXT - Classical Latin Literature in the Church Catholic Encyclopedia This article deals with the relations of the classical literature, chiefly Latin, to the Catholic Church. 74. Home Study Report Topics - COLLYRID.TXT - Collyridianism Patrick Madrid A heresy of the 4th and 5th centuries that sought to deify the Blessed Virgin Mary. This article was taken from the October, 1994 issue of 'This Rock,' published by Catholic Answers. MADRID COLLYRIDIANISM HERESY MARY 75. Home Study Report Topics - FR91301A.TXT - Columban_A True Celtic Pilgrim Sr. Madeleine Grace, CVI The year, 1992, marked the fourteen hundredth anniversary of Columban's monastic settlement at Luxeuil in 592.3 Due to its significant role in Christian history yet unknown status among many Christians, it is beneficial to consider the importance of Luxeuil and the role Columban played in its development. This article was taken from the Fall 1991 issue of "Faith & Reason". 76. Home Study Report Topics - POPELIST.TXT - Complete List of Popes New Advent Names and dates of the 265 popes, from Peter to John Paul II. 77. Home Study Report Topics - DAWCFTRA.TXT - Confucian Tradition Christopher Dawson Taken from the Spring 1993 issue of 'The Dawson Newsletter' P.O. Box 332, Fayetteville, AR 72702, John J. Mulloy, Editor. DAWSON CONFUCIUS TAOISM BUDDHISM CHINA 78. Home Study Report Topics - 04223B.TXT - Confucianism Catholic Encyclopedia The complex system of moral, social, political, and religious teaching built up by Confucius on the ancient Chinese traditions, and perpetuated as the State religion down to the present day. 79. Home Study Report Topics - 04223B.ZIP - Confucianism Catholic Encyclopedia The complex system of moral, social, political, and religious teaching built up by Confucius on the ancient Chinese traditions, and perpetuated as the State religion down to the present day. 80. Home Study Report Topics - CECONSCI.TXT - Conscience Catholic Encyclopedia The judgment of the practical intellect deciding, from general principles of faith and reason, the goodness or badness of a way of acting that a person now faces. 81. Home Study Report Topics - CECONSCI.ZIP - Conscience Catholic Encyclopedia The judgment of the practical intellect deciding, from general principles of faith and reason, the goodness or badness of a way of acting that a person now faces. 82. Home Study Report Topics - CECONSTA.TXT - Constantine the Great Catholic Encyclopedia Born at Naissus, now Nisch in Servia, the son of a Roman officer, Constantius, who later became Roman Emperor, and St. Helena, a woman of humble extraction but remarkable character and unusual ability. The date of his birth is not certain, being given as early as 274 and as late as 288. 83. Home Study Report Topics - CECONSTA.ZIP - Constantine the Great Catholic Encyclopedia Born at Naissus, now Nisch in Servia, the son of a Roman officer, Constantius, who later became Roman Emperor, and St. Helena, a woman of humble extraction but remarkable character and unusual ability. The date of his birth is not certain, being given as early as 274 and as late as 288. 84. Home Study Report Topics - 04413A.TXT - Cosmology Catholic Encyclopedia The science that aims at a comprehensive theory of the creation, evolution, and present structure of the entire universe. This file discusses the origin of Cosmology, its method and division, i.e. The first cause of the material universe; The constituent causes of the world and The final cause of the material universe. 85. Home Study Report Topics - 04413A.ZIP - Cosmology Catholic Encyclopedia The science that aims at a comprehensive theory of the creation, evolution, and present structure of the entire universe. This file discusses the origin of Cosmology, its method and division, i.e. The first cause of the material universe; The constituent causes of the world and The final cause of the material universe. 86. Home Study Report Topics - 06236A.TXT - Council of Frankfort Catholic Encyclopedia Convened in the summer of 794, by the grace of God, authority of the pope, and command of Charlemagne, and attended by the bishops of the Frankish kingdom, Italy, and the province of Aquitania, and even by ecclesiastics from England. The council was summoned primarily for the condemnation of Adoptionism. 87. Home Study Report Topics - 04542A.TXT - Cruelty to Animals Catholic Encyclopedia History of man's religious beliefs about cruelty to animals from pagan antiquity through present time. Important in this age of overemphasis on the rights of animals. 88. Home Study Report Topics - 04582A.TXT - Cynic School of Philosophy Catholic Encyclopedia The Cynic School, founded at Athens about 400 B.C., continued in existence until about 200 B.C. It sprang from the ethical doctrine of Socrates regarding the necessity of moderation and self-denial. 89. Home Study Report Topics - 04591A.TXT - Cyrenaic School of Philosophy Catholic Encyclopedia The Cyrenaic School of Philosophy, so called from the city of Cyrene, in which it was founded, flourished from about 400 to about 300 B.C., and had for its most distinctive tenet Hedonism, or the doctrine that pleasure is the chief good. The school is generally said to derive its doctrines from Socrates on the one hand and from the sophist, Protagoras, on the other. 90. Home Study Report Topics - 04617.TXT - Dance of Death Catholic Encyclopedia Originally a species of spectacular play akin to the English moralities. It has been traced back to the middle of the fourteenth century. 91. Home Study Report Topics - 04636.TXT - Dates and Dating Catholic Encyclopedia Article about the history of the practice of using dates, especially the source and period of the introduction of our present system of dating by the Christian Era. 92. Home Study Report Topics - DBJUDA.TXT - Death & Birth of Judaism John Mulloy A review of the book, 'Death & Birth of Judaism' by Jacob Neusner. Taken from the Winter 1993 issue of 'The Dawson Newsletter' P.O. Box 332, Fayetteville, AR 72702, John J. Mulloy, Editor. NEUSNER JUDAISM DAWSON NEWSLETTER 93. Home Study Report Topics - DECLAR.TXT - Declaration of Independence Continental Congress July 4, 1776 DECLARATION INDEPENDENCE 1776 94. Home Study Report Topics - 04674A.TXT - Deduction Catholic Encyclopedia Treats this topic in 2 sections: I. As an argument or reasoning process: that kind of mediate inference by which from truths already known we advance to a knowledge of other truths necessarily implied in the former; the mental product or result of that process; II. As a method: the deductive method, by which we increase our knowledge through a series of such inferences. 95. Home Study Report Topics - 04679B.TXT - Deism Catholic Encyclopedia The theory that accepts the existence of God on purely rational grounds but denies or doubts or rejects as incredible Christianity as a supernatural religion. 96. Home Study Report Topics - 04679B.ZIP - Deism Catholic Encyclopedia The theory that accepts the existence of God on purely rational grounds but denies or doubts or rejects as incredible Christianity as a supernatural religion. 97. Home Study Report Topics - 04707B.TXT - Demiurge Catholic Encyclopedia Originally a craftsman working for the people, used by Plato to designate the Maker of the Material Universe. The Demiurge became a common term in Gnosticism and other heretical systems. 98. Home Study Report Topics - 09484C.TXT - Denis Florence MacCarthy Catholic Encyclopedia Well-known Irish poet of the nineteenth century, born in Lower O'Connell Street, Dublin, 26 May, 1817; died at Blackrock, Dublin, 7 April, 1882. 99. Home Study Report Topics - CEDETERM.TXT - Determinism Catholic Encyclopedia Determinism is a name employed by writers, especially since J. Stuart Mill, to denote the philosophical theory which holds -- in opposition to the doctrine of free will -- that all man's volitions are invariably determined by pre-existing circumstances. 100. Home Study Report Topics - DEVIL.HTM - Devil Catholic Encyclopedia An article about the fallen angels, who are also known as demons. 101. Home Study Report Topics - DEVIL.ZIP - Devil Catholic Encyclopedia An article about the fallen angels, who are also known as demons. 102. Home Study Report Topics - 04767A.TXT - Devil Worship Catholic Encyclopedia This article attempts to explain the incompatibility between the notion of devil and that of an object of worship and how men can have been led to worship the devil. 103. Home Study Report Topics - 04770A.TXT - Dialectic Catholic Encyclopedia In general, discussion between persons about matters of common interest; also a method of arguing and defending with probability and consistency on open questions. PLATO ARISTOTLE KANT HEGEL 104. Home Study Report Topics - 05022A.TXT - Diptych Catholic Encyclopedia Two tablets of metal, ivory, or wood hinged together. The inner surface was sometimes covered with wax for writing with a stylus. In the early Church one side contained the names of living persons, the other side the deceased, to be commemorated in the liturgy. Diptychs are still used in some Eastern liturgies. 105. Home Study Report Topics - CEDOCTOR.TXT - Doctors of the Church Catholic Encyclopedia Catholic Encyclopedia. Certain ecclesiastical writers have received this title on account of the great advantage the whole Church has derived from their doctrine. This article is part of the Catholic Encyclopedia Project, an effort aimed at placing the entire Catholic Encyclopedia on the World Wide Web. 106. Home Study Report Topics - 05092A.TXT - Dogmatic Facts Catholic Encyclopedia By a dogmatic fact, in wider sense, is meant any fact connected with a dogma and on which the application of the dogma to a particular case depends. This file covers: The Church and Dogmatic Facts and Faith and Dogmatic Facts. 107. Home Study Report Topics - MARMION.TXT - Dom Columba Marmion Unknown +1923 A short biography 108. Home Study Report Topics - 05109A.TXT - Dominical Letter Catholic Encyclopedia A device adopted from the Romans by the old chronologers to aid them in finding the day of the week corresponding to any given date, and indirectly to facilitate the adjustment of the "Proprium de Tempore" to the "Proprium Sanctorum" when constructing the ecclesiastical calendar for any year. 109. Home Study Report Topics - CEDONATI.TXT - Donatists Catholic Encyclopedia Catholic Encyclopedia. The Donatist schism in Africa began in 311 and flourished just one hundred years, until the conference at Carthage in 411, after which its importance waned. 110. Home Study Report Topics - CEDONATI.ZIP - Donatists Catholic Encyclopedia Catholic Encyclopedia. The Donatist schism in Africa began in 311 and flourished just one hundred years, until the conference at Carthage in 411, after which its importance waned. 111. Home Study Report Topics - CEFIESOL.TXT - Donatus of Fiesole Catholic Encyclopedia Catholic Encyclopedia. Irish teacher and poet, Bishop of Fiesole, about 829-876. 112. Home Study Report Topics - 05140A.TXT - Douay Bible Catholic Encyclopedia Story of the Douay Bible which is the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English translation of the Bible, begun at the English College, Douai, Flanders. 113. Home Study Report Topics - CEDOUMON.TXT - Double Monasteries Catholic Encyclopedia Religious houses comprising communities of both men and women, dwelling in contiguous establishments, united under the rule of one superior, and using one church in common for their liturgical offices. 114. Home Study Report Topics - 05144B.TXT - Dove Catholic Encyclopedia Explanation of the ancient Christian symbol of the dove. 115. Home Study Report Topics - 01485A.TXT - Early Christian Representations of Angels Catholic Encyclopedia Angels were seldom represented in Christian art before Constantine. The oldest fresco in which an angel appears is the Annunciation scene (second century) of the cemetery of St. Priscilla. 116. Home Study Report Topics - CEHISDOC.TXT - Early Historical Documents on Jesus Christ Catholic Encyclopedia The historical documents referring to Christ's life and work may be divided into three classes: pagan sources, Jewish sources, and Christian sources. 117. Home Study Report Topics - 14413A.TXT - East Syrian Rite Catholic Encyclopedia Also known as the Chaldean, Assyrian, or Persian Rite. This file provides the history and origin of the East Syrian Rite as well as the practices. 118. Home Study Report Topics - 14413A.ZIP - East Syrian Rite Catholic Encyclopedia Also known as the Chaldean, Assyrian, or Persian Rite. This file provides the history and origin of the East Syrian Rite as well as the practices. 119. Home Study Report Topics - CEEASTMO.TXT - Eastern Monasticism Catholic Encyclopedia (1) Origin, (2) To the Great Schism, (3) From the Schism to Modern Times (4) Monasticism in the present Orthodox Church, (5) Monasticism in Russia, (6) Monasticism in the lesser Eastern Churches, (7) Uniate Monks. 120. Home Study Report Topics - CEEASTMO.ZIP - Eastern Monasticism Catholic Encyclopedia (1) Origin, (2) To the Great Schism, (3) From the Schism to Modern Times (4) Monasticism in the present Orthodox Church, (5) Monasticism in Russia, (6) Monasticism in the lesser Eastern Churches, (7) Uniate Monks. 121. Home Study Report Topics - CEMCHALC.TXT - Eastern Monasticism Before Chalcedon (A.D. 451) Catholic Encyclopedia Egypt was the Motherland of Christian monasticism. It sprang into existence there at the beginning of the fourth century and in a very few years spread over the whole Christian world. The rapidity of the movement was only equaled by the durability of its results. Within the lifetime of St. Anthony the religious state had become what it has been ever since, one of the characteristics of the Catholic Church, with its ideals, and what may be termed the groundwork of its organization, determined. 122. Home Study Report Topics - 09019A.TXT - Ecclesiastical Latin Catholic Encyclopedia This file gives the characteristics and history of the Latin we find in the official textbooks of the Church (the Bible and the Liturgy), as well as in the works of those Christian writers of the West who have undertaken to expound or defend Christian beliefs. 123. Home Study Report Topics - 05328A.TXT - Egoism Catholic Encyclopedia The morally sinful pursuit of one's own advantage, while ignoring the law and the interests of other people. 124. Home Study Report Topics - 05366B.TXT - Einhard Catholic Encyclopedia Historian, born c. 770 in the district watered by the River Main in the eastern part of the Frankish Empire; d. 14 March, 840, at Seligenstadt. The most important of Einhard's works is the "Vita Caroli Magni," the best biography of the whole period of the Middle Ages. 125. Home Study Report Topics - 05381B.TXT - Elijah Catholic Encyclopedia The loftiest and most wonderful prophet of the Old Testament. What we know of his public life is sketched in a few popular narratives enshrined, for the most part, in the First (Third) Book of Kings. 126. Home Study Report Topics - EMANCIP.TXT - Emancipation Proclamation Abraham Lincoln September 22, 1862 President Lincoln's proclamation freeing the slaves. LINCOLN EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION SLAVERY 127. Home Study Report Topics - DAWENGCA.TXT - English Catholicism & Victorian Liberalism Christopher Dawson This article by Christopher Dawson originally appeared in 'The Tablet' (London) in 1950, it has been reprinted in the Fall, 1993 issue of 'The Dawson Newsletter,' P.O. Box 332, Fayetteville, AR 72702. DAWSON ENGLAND LIBERALISM VICTORIAN 128. Home Study Report Topics - 05500B.TXT - Epicureanism Catholic Encyclopedia This term has two distinct, though cognate, meanings. In its popular sense, the word stands for a refined and calculating selfishness, seeking not power or fame, but the pleasures of sense, particularly of the palate, and those in company rather than solitude. An epicure is one who is extremely choice and delicate in his viands. In the other sense, Epicureanism signifies a philosophical system, which includes a theory of conduct, of nature, and of mind. 129. Home Study Report Topics - 05514A.TXT - Erastus and Erastianism Catholic Encyclopedia A short account of the life and works of Erastus, the Swiss Protestant theologian and philosopher who opposed Calvinism and the use of excommunication as a punishment, 1524-1583. 130. Home Study Report Topics - 05528B.TXT - Eschatology Catholic Encyclopedia That branch of systematic theology which deals with the doctrines of the last things. This article covers different ethnic eschatologies, Old Testament eschatology and Catholic Eschatology. HEAVEN HELL PURGATORY JUDGEMENT 131. Home Study Report Topics - 05528B.ZIP - Eschatology Catholic Encyclopedia That branch of systematic theology which deals with the doctrines of the last things. This article covers different ethnic eschatologies, Old Testament eschatology and Catholic Eschatology. HEAVEN HELL PURGATORY JUDGEMENT 132. Home Study Report Topics - CEESCHAT.TXT - Eschatology Catholic Encyclopedia Catholic Encyclopedia. That branch of systematic theology which deals with the doctrines of the last things. 133. Home Study Report Topics - CEESCHAT.ZIP - Eschatology Catholic Encyclopedia Catholic Encyclopedia. That branch of systematic theology which deals with the doctrines of the last things. 134. Home Study Report Topics - 05549A.TXT - Esther Catholic Encyclopedia Queen of Persia and wife of Assuerus, who is identified with Xerxes (485-465 B.C.). She was a Jewess of the tribe of Benjamin, daughter of Abihail, and bore before her accession to the throne the name of Edissa. 135. Home Study Report Topics - STPETERS.TXT - Eternal Ark of Worship June Hager St. Peter's Basilica, built over the tomb of the Galilean fisherman who led the early Christian Church, is now Western Christendom's principal-and probably most beautiful-shrine. This article taken from the December 1994 issue of 'Inside the Vatican,' provides a history and description of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. HAGER ST PETER'S BASILICA ROME 136. Home Study Report Topics - 05556A.TXT - Ethics Catholic Encyclopedia The science of human conduct as known by natural reason, also called moral philosophy. This article covers: Sources and Methods of Ethics, Historical View of Ethics and Outlines of Ethics. 137. Home Study Report Topics - 05556A.ZIP - Ethics Catholic Encyclopedia The science of human conduct as known by natural reason, also called moral philosophy. This article covers: Sources and Methods of Ethics, Historical View of Ethics and Outlines of Ethics. 138. Home Study Report Topics - CEETHICS.TXT - Ethics Catholic Encyclopedia Catholic Encyclopedia. The science of human conduct as known by natural reason. Also called moral philosophy. 139. Home Study Report Topics - CEETHICS.ZIP - Ethics Catholic Encyclopedia Catholic Encyclopedia. The science of human conduct as known by natural reason. Also called moral philosophy. 140. Home Study Report Topics - EXCOMMUN.TXT - Excommunication Fr. John Hardon This file contains a definition taken from Fr. John Hardon's 'Modern Catholic Dictionary', paragraph 1463 from the 'Catechism of the Catholic Church' and pages 414-420 of 'Our Quest for Happiness' Volume Three, 'The Ark and the Dove'. The later explains why the Church has the power of excommunication. 141. Home Study Report Topics - 05730A.TXT - Exul Hibernicus Catholic Encyclopedia The name given to an Irish stranger on the Continent of Europe in the time of Charles the Great, who wrote poems in Latin, several of which are addressed to the emperor. 142. Home Study Report Topics - 05737A.TXT - Ezechias Catholic Encyclopedia King of Juda, son and successor of Achaz. A strenuous civil and religious reformer. 143. Home Study Report Topics - 05737B.TXT - Ezekiel Catholic Encyclopedia Prophet, the son of Buzi, and was one of the priests who, in the year 598 B.C., had been deported together with Joachim as prisoners from Jerusalem, it appears that he prophesied during at least twenty-two years. 144. Home Study Report Topics - 05749A.TXT - Faculties of the Soul Catholic Encyclopedia Discusses the meaning and presents four points concerning the nature of the human soul which are beyond the possibility of doubt. 145. Home Study Report Topics - FOF.TXT - Faith of Our Fathers Matthew Spalding Historical study of the role of Catholics in the U.S. Revolutionary period. This article was taken from the May 1996 issue of "Crisis" magazine. 146. Home Study Report Topics - LEEFINAL.TXT - Farewell to his Army Headquarters, Army of Northern Virginia General Robert E. Lee Appomattox Court House, Virginia April 10, 1865. LEE APPOMATTOX FAREWELL 147. Home Study Report Topics - 13282B.TXT - Father Abram J. Ryan Catholic Encyclopedia The poet-priest of the South, born at Norfolk, Virginia, 15 August, 1839; died at Louisville, Kentucky, 22 April, 1886. 148. Home Study Report Topics - CETRNSFS.HTM - Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ Catholic Encyclopedia Observed on August 6 to commemorate the manifestation of the Divine glory recorded by St. Matthew. Discusses the origin of this liturgical celebration. 149. Home Study Report Topics - 09018B.TXT - Fifth Lateran Council (1512-17) Catholic Encyclopedia Convened by Pope Julius II who declared that its objectives were the defeat of schism, the reform of the Church, and the launching of a crusade against the Turks. 150. Home Study Report Topics - LINCOLN1.TXT - First Inaugural Address Abraham Lincoln March 4, 1861 LINCOLN INAUGURAL ADDRESS 151. Home Study Report Topics - 09016B.TXT - First Lateran Council (1123) Catholic Encyclopedia Convoked in December, 1122, immediately after the Concordat of Worms, it put a stop to the arbitrary conferring of ecclesiastical benefices by laymen, reestablished freedom of episcopal and abbatial elections, separated spiritual from temporal affairs, and ratified the principle that spiritual authority can emanate only from the Church; lastly it tacitly abolished the exorbitant claim of the emperors to interfere in papal elections. 152. Home Study Report Topics - 09018A.TXT - Fourth Lateran Council (1215) Catholic Encyclopedia This Council convoked by Innocent III (1215), attempted a wholesome reform within the Church.Besides condemning the errors of Joachim of Flora and the Albigenses, the Council adopted resolutions regarding ecclesiastical discipline, episcopal elections, and the selection of clerics. 153. Home Study Report Topics - FRPARK1.TXT - Francis Parkman & the Jesuits of North America - Part 1 John Carrigg Taken from the Winter 1993 issue of 'The Dawson Newsletter.' 154. Home Study Report Topics - FRPARK2.TXT - Francis Parkman & the Jesuits of North America Part 2 John Carrigg Taken from the Spring 1993 issue of 'The Dawson Newsletter.' 155. Home Study Report Topics - CESUARAZ.TXT - Francisco Suarez Catholic Encyclopedia Catholic Encyclopedia. 'Doctor Eximius', a pious and eminent theologian, as Paul V called him, born at Granada, 5 January, 1548; died at Lisbon, 25 September, 1617. All his biographers say that he was an excellent religious, practicing mortification, laborious, modest, and given to prayer. 156. Home Study Report Topics - MAURIAC.TXT - Francois Mauriac L'Osservatora Romano 1885-1970 A glance at the life of Francois Mauriac, one of the greatest French Novelists of the 20th century. A Nobel Prize winner who produced an astonishing amount of outstanding best-sellers. He was a devout Catholic who defended the Church's demanding self-sacrifice in the following of Christ. 157. Home Study Report Topics - CEBLOSIU.TXT - Francois-Louis Blosius Catholic Encyclopedia A Benedictine abbot and spiritual writer, born at Donstienne, near Liège, Flanders, 1506; died at Liessies, 1566. 158. Home Study Report Topics - FRANK.TXT - Frankenstein E. Michael Jones A talk given by Dr. E. Michael Jones at a high-school commencement ceremony in June, 1995, analyzes the conflict that existed in the soul of Mary Shelley, the young wife of the poet Percy Shelley. This conflict resulted in her writing the world's most famous horror story. 159. Home Study Report Topics - 11274A.TXT - French Congregation of the Oratory Catholic Encyclopedia Founded in Paris at the beginning of the seventeenth century by Cardinal Pierre de Berulle. It was to work more effectively towards the rehabilitation of the ecclesiastical life that Cardinal de Berulle founded (in 1611) the new congregation, which he named after that of St. Philip Neri, adopting also in part the rules and constitutions of the latter. 160. Home Study Report Topics - 06342B.TXT - Galileo Galilei Catholic Encyclopedia Generally called GALILEO, born at Pisa, 18 February, 1564; died 8 January, 1642. 161. Home Study Report Topics - 06351A.TXT - Gallicanism Catholic Encyclopedia A cluster of doctrines, favored by the French Church, that tended to limit the authority of the Pope in relation to the bishops, and to subordinate the rights of the Church to the power of the State. 162. Home Study Report Topics - 06351A.ZIP - Gallicanism Catholic Encyclopedia A cluster of doctrines, favored by the French Church, that tended to limit the authority of the Pope in relation to the bishops, and to subordinate the rights of the Church to the power of the State. 163. Home Study Report Topics - CEGALLIC.TXT - Gallicanism Catholic Encyclopedia Catholic Encyclopedia. This term is used to designate a certain group of religious opinions for some time peculiar to the Church of France, or Gallican Church, and the theological schools of that country. These opinions, in opposition to the ideas which were called in France 'Ultramontane', tended chiefly to a restraint of the pope's authority in the Church in favour of that of the bishops and the temporal ruler. 164. Home Study Report Topics - CEGALLIC.ZIP - Gallicanism Catholic Encyclopedia Catholic Encyclopedia. This term is used to designate a certain group of religious opinions for some time peculiar to the Church of France, or Gallican Church, and the theological schools of that country. These opinions, in opposition to the ideas which were called in France 'Ultramontane', tended chiefly to a restraint of the pope's authority in the Church in favour of that of the bishops and the temporal ruler. 165. Home Study Report Topics - 06458A.TXT - Georgetown University Catholic Encyclopedia Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, "is the oldest Catholic literary establishment in the United States. It was founded immediately after the Revolutionary War, by the incorporated Catholic Clergy of Maryland, who selected from their Body Trustees, and invested them with full power to choose a President and appoint Professors. Since the year 1805, it has been under the direction of Society of Jesus". 166. Home Study Report Topics - 10350A.TXT - Gift of Miracles Catholic Encyclopedia The gift of miracles is one of those mentioned by St. Paul in his First Epistle to the Corinthians among the extraordinary graces of the Holy Ghost. 167. Home Study Report Topics - 11421B.TXT - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Catholic Encyclopedia The greatest composer of liturgical music of all time, born at Palestrina in 1514 or 1515, according to Baini, Riemann, and others, according to Haberl, in 1526; died at Rome, 2 February, 1594. 168. Home Study Report Topics - 06643A.TXT - Good Friday Catholic Encyclopedia Good Friday is the English designation of Friday in Holy Week, that is, the Friday on which the Church keeps the anniversary of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. 169. Home Study Report Topics - 06665B.TXT - Gothic Architecture Catholic Encyclopedia Originally the style of architecture associated with the Goths: it eventually spread throughout Europe from about 1200 to 1500.It is characterized by pointed arches, ribbed vaulting, flying buttresses, and other features previously unknown in Church building. 170. Home Study Report Topics - 06665B.ZIP - Gothic Architecture Catholic Encyclopedia Originally the style of architecture associated with the Goths: it eventually spread throughout Europe from about 1200 to 1500.It is characterized by pointed arches, ribbed vaulting, flying buttresses, and other features previously unknown in Church building. 171. Home Study Report Topics - THELORD.TXT - Guardini on Christ in Our Century Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger Cardinal Ratzinger reviews Romano Guardini's book "The Lord" and shows its relevance to our spiritual lives. This article was taken from the June 1996 issue of "Crisis" magazine. 172. Home Study Report Topics - CEHABIT.TXT - Habit Catholic Encyclopedia Habit is an effect of repeated acts and an aptitude to reproduce them, and may be defined as "a quality difficult to change, whereby an agent whose nature it is to work one way or another indeterminately, is disposed easily and readily at will to follow this or that particular line of action" (Rickaby, Moral Philosophy). 173. Home Study Report Topics - HEALBRCH.TXT - Healing the Breach A.M. Tuttle 'The Long Road To Reunification' The second in a four-part series of articles on Eastern Catholic Rites. (See EASTWEST.TXT) This article appeared in the August 11, 1994 issue of 'The Arlington Catholic Herald.' TUTTLE SCHISM EAST WEST CONSTANTINOPLE ROME REUNIFICATION 174. Home Study Report Topics - 10675A.TXT - Hebrew Names Catholic Encyclopedia So intimate was the relation conceived to be between the individual and his name, that the latter came frequently to be used as an equivalent of the former: "to be called" meant "to be", the name being taken to be equal to the object, nay, identical with it. Nothing is more eloquent of this fact than the religious awe in which the Hebrews held the name of God. Similar notions prevailed with regard to all proper names. Discusses Hebrew names under three topics: I. Divine Names, II. Personal Names, III. Place Names. 175. Home Study Report Topics - 07187A.TXT - Hedonism Catholic Encyclopedia The name given to the group of ethical systems that hold, with various modifications, that feelings of pleasure or happiness are the highest and final aim of conduct; that, consequently those actions which increase the sum of pleasure are thereby constituted right, and, conversely, what increases pain is wrong. 176. Home Study Report Topics - BELLVIEW.TXT - Helaire Belloc's View of History John Mulloy This article taken from the Summer 1994 issue of the 'Dawson Newsletter' is divided into 2 parts; Europe and the Faith and Rome and the Germanic Peoples. This article was taken from 'The Dawson Newsletter,' Fall 1994. MULLOY DAWSON EUROPE FAITH ROME GERMANY BELLOC 177. Home Study Report Topics - BELLVIEW.ZIP - Helaire Belloc's View of History John Mulloy This article taken from the Summer 1994 issue of the 'Dawson Newsletter' is divided into 2 parts; Europe and the Faith and Rome and the Germanic Peoples. This article was taken from 'The Dawson Newsletter,' Fall 1994. MULLOY DAWSON EUROPE FAITH ROME GERMANY BELLOC 178. Home Study Report Topics - HELLHUM.TXT - Hellenic Humanism & Early Christianity John Mulloy Taken from the Summer 1993 issue of 'The Dawson Newsletter' P.O. Box 332, Fayetteville, AR 72702, John J. Mulloy, Editor. MULLOY HUMANISM CHRISTIANITY GREEK DAWSON NEWSLETTER 179. Home Study Report Topics - CEHENRY8.TXT - Henry VIII Catholic Encyclopedia Catholic Encyclopedia. King of England, born 28 June, 1491; died 28 January, 1547. 180. Home Study Report Topics - CEHERESY.TXT - Heresy Catholic Encyclopedia Catholic Encyclopedia. Connotation and Definition; Distinctions; Degrees of heresy; Gravity of the sin of heresy; Origin, spread, and persistence of heresy; Christ, the Apostles, and the Fathers on heresy; Vindication of their teaching; Church legislation on heresy: ancient, medieval, present-day; Its principles; Ecclesiastical jurisdiction over heretics; Reception of converts; Role of heresy in history; Intolerance and cruelty 181. Home Study Report Topics - CEHERESY.ZIP - Heresy Catholic Encyclopedia Catholic Encyclopedia. Connotation and Definition; Distinctions; Degrees of heresy; Gravity of the sin of heresy; Origin, spread, and persistence of heresy; Christ, the Apostles, and the Fathers on heresy; Vindication of their teaching; Church legislation on heresy: ancient, medieval, present-day; Its principles; Ecclesiastical jurisdiction over heretics; Reception of converts; Role of heresy in history; Intolerance and cruelty 182. Home Study Report Topics - CEHERMIT.TXT - Hermits Catholic Encyclopedia Eremites, "inhabitants of a desert", from the Greek 183. Home Study Report Topics - HERMITS.HTM - Hermits Catholic Encyclopedia Hermits, also called anchorites, were men who fled the society of their fellow-men to dwell alone in retirement. This kind of religious life preceded the community life of the cenobites. Elias is considered the precursor of the hermits in the Old Testament. St. John the Baptist lived like them in the desert. Christ, too, led this kind of life when he retired into the mountains. 184. Home Study Report Topics - 10122A.TXT - History of Medicine Catholic Encyclopedia The history of medical science is traced from its Greek foundation to the early 20th century. HIPPOCRATES ALEXANDRIAN ARABIAN BYZANTINE SALERNO SCHOLASTIC ALBERTUS MAGNUS BLACK DEATH HUMANISM 185. Home Study Report Topics - 10122A.ZIP - History of Medicine Catholic Encyclopedia The history of medical science is traced from its Greek foundation to the early 20th century. HIPPOCRATES ALEXANDRIAN ARABIAN BYZANTINE SALERNO SCHOLASTIC ALBERTUS MAGNUS BLACK DEATH HUMANISM 186. Home Study Report Topics - CEHGRAIL.TXT - Holy Grail Catholic Encyclopedia The name of a legendary sacred vessel, variously identified with the chalice of the Eucharist or the dish of the Pascal lamb, and the theme of a famous medieval cycle of romance. 187. Home Study Report Topics - 08531C.TXT - Holy Year of Jubilee Catholic Encyclopedia A year during which the Pope grants a special indulgence, called the Jubilee, to all the faithful who visit Rome and pray according to specified conditions. 188. Home Study Report Topics - CEHOMOO.TXT - Homoousion Catholic Encyclopedia Catholic Encyclopedia. The word used by the Council of Nicaea (325) to express the Divinity of Christ. 189. Home Study Report Topics - COLUMBUS.HTM - Honoring Christopher Columbus Warren H. Carroll, PH.D. This essay by Dr. Carroll, a well-known historian, gives us an interesting picture of Christopher Columbus and shows why of all discoverers he was the greatest. This article was taken from the Summer 1992 issue of "Faith & Reason". 190. Home Study Report Topics - COLUMBUS.ZIP - Honoring Christopher Columbus Warren H. Carroll, PH.D. This essay by Dr. Carroll, a well-known historian, gives us an interesting picture of Christopher Columbus and shows why of all discoverers he was the greatest. This article was taken from the Summer 1992 issue of "Faith & Reason". 191. Home Study Report Topics - 07477A.TXT - Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem Catholic Encyclopedia The most important of all the military orders, both for the extent of its area and for its duration. It is said to have existed before the Crusades and is not extinct at the present time. During this long career it has not always borne the same name. Known as Hospitallers of Jerusalem until 1309, the members were called Knights of Rhodes from 1309 till 1522, and have been called Knights of Malta since 1530. 192. Home Study Report Topics - 07504B.TXT - Hroswitha Catholic Encyclopedia A celebrated nun-poetess of the tenth century, whose name has been given in various forms, ROSWITHA, HROTSWITHA, HROSVITHA, and HROTSUIT; born probably between 930 and 940, died about 1002. 193. Home Study Report Topics - 05732A.TXT - Hubert and Jan van Eyck Catholic Encyclopedia Brothers, Flemish illuminators and painters, founders of the school of Bruges and consequently of all the schools of painting in the North of Europe. Hubert was born at Maeseyck (i.e. Eyck on the Meuse) in the Diocese of Liège, about 1366, and his brother Jan about twenty years later, 1385. 194. Home Study Report Topics - 07585A.TXT - Hussites Catholic Encyclopedia Followers of John Hus (1369-1415), who formed a religious sect in sourthern Bohemia in the early fifteenth century. They professed the necessity of receiving Communion under both species. 195. Home Study Report Topics - 07585A.ZIP - Hussites Catholic Encyclopedia Followers of John Hus (1369-1415), who formed a religious sect in sourthern Bohemia in the early fifteenth century. They professed the necessity of receiving Communion under both species. 196. Home Study Report Topics - CEICONOC.TXT - Iconoclasm (Image-breaking) Catholic Encyclopedia The heresy that in the eighth and ninth centuries disturbed the peace of the Eastern Church, caused the last of the many breaches with Rome that prepared the way for the schism of Photius, and was echoed on a smaller scale in the Frankish kingdom in the West. 197. Home Study Report Topics - CEICONOC.ZIP - Iconoclasm (Image-breaking) Catholic Encyclopedia The heresy that in the eighth and ninth centuries disturbed the peace of the Eastern Church, caused the last of the many breaches with Rome that prepared the way for the schism of Photius, and was echoed on a smaller scale in the Frankish kingdom in the West. 198. Home Study Report Topics - CEICONOS.TXT - Iconostasis Catholic Encyclopedia (Gr. 199. Home Study Report Topics - 07626A.TXT - Iconostasis Catholic Encyclopedia The chief and most distinctive feature in all Greek churches, whether Catholic or Orthodox. It may be said to differentiate the Greek church completely from the Roman in its interior arrangement. It consists of a great screen or partition running from side to side of the apse or across the entire end of the church, which divides the sanctuary from the body of the church, and is built of solid materials such as stone, metal, or wood, and which reaches often (as in Russia) to the very ceiling of the church, thus completely shutting off the altar and the sanctuary from the worshipper. 200. Home Study Report Topics - 07672A.TXT - Imagination Catholic Encyclopedia Imagination is the faculty of representing to oneself sensible objects independently of an actual impression of those objects on our senses. It is, according to scholastic psychology, one of the four infernal senses, distinct, on the one hand, from the sensus intimus, the sensus aestimativus, and the memory, and, on the other hand, distinct from the spiritual intellect. 201. Home Study Report Topics - CEPARTIB.TXT - In Partibus Infidelium Catholic Encyclopedia A term meaning "in the lands of the unbelievers," words added to the name of the see conferred on non-residential or titular Latin bishops. 202. Home Study Report Topics - CEINCENS.TXT - Incense Catholic Encyclopedia (Lat. 203. Home Study Report Topics - 07721A.TXT - Index of Prohibited Books Catholic Encyclopedia A list of books that Cathlics were forbidden by ecclesiastical authority to read or retain without authorization. It was published by authority of the Holy Office. After the Second Vatican Council its publication was discontinued. 204. Home Study Report Topics - CEINFALL.TXT - Infallibility Catholic Encyclopedia In general, exemption or immunity from liability to error or failure; in particular in theological usage, of the Church is, by a special Divine the supernatural prerogative by which the assistance, preserved from liability to error in her definitive dogmatic teaching regarding matters of faith and morals. In this article the subject will be treated under the following heads: I. True Meaning of Infallibility, II. Proof of the Church's Infallibility, III. Organs of Infallibility, IV. Scope 205. Home Study Report Topics - CEINFALL.ZIP - Infallibility Catholic Encyclopedia In general, exemption or immunity from liability to error or failure; in particular in theological usage, of the Church is, by a special Divine the supernatural prerogative by which the assistance, preserved from liability to error in her definitive dogmatic teaching regarding matters of faith and morals. In this article the subject will be treated under the following heads: I. True Meaning of Infallibility, II. Proof of the Church's Infallibility, III. Organs of Infallibility, IV. Scope 206. Home Study Report Topics - 09066A.TXT - Influence of the Church on Civil Law Catholic Encyclopedia This file discusses the different areas that Christianity has exercised an influence on law. 207. Home Study Report Topics - INQCATEN.HTM - Inquisition Catholic Encyclopedia The special court or tribunal appointed by the Catholic Church to discover and suppress heresy and to punish heretics. This file treats the subject as follows: I. The Suppression of Heresy during the first twelve Christian centuries; II. The Suppression of Heresy by the Institution known as the Inquisition under its several forms: (A) The Inquisition of the Middle Ages; (B) The Inquisition in Spain; (C) The Holy Office at Rome. 208. Home Study Report Topics - INQCATEN.ZIP - Inquisition Catholic Encyclopedia The special court or tribunal appointed by the Catholic Church to discover and suppress heresy and to punish heretics. This file treats the subject as follows: I. The Suppression of Heresy during the first twelve Christian centuries; II. The Suppression of Heresy by the Institution known as the Inquisition under its several forms: (A) The Inquisition of the Middle Ages; (B) The Inquisition in Spain; (C) The Holy Office at Rome. 209. Home Study Report Topics - 08066A.TXT - Intellect Catholic Encyclopedia The spiritual power of cognition, knowing reality in a nonmaterial way. The faculty of thinking in a way essentially higher than with the senses and the imagination. It is possessed by human beings, disembodied souls, and the angels, both good and demonic. 210. Home Study Report Topics - 08069B.TXT - Intention Catholic Encyclopedia An act of the will by which that faculty efficaciously desires to reach an end by employing the means. 211. Home Study Report Topics - 08073A.TXT - Interdict Catholic Encyclopedia A censure forbidding the faithful, while still remaining in communion with the Church, the use of certain sacred privileges, such as Christian burial, some of the sacraments, and attendance at liturgical services. It does not exclude from Church membership. 212. Home Study Report Topics - 08082B.TXT - Intuition Catholic Encyclopedia Intuition is a psychological and philosophical term which designates the process of immediate apprehension or perception of an actual fact, being, or relation between two terms and its results. Hence the words Intuitionism or Intuitionalism mean those systems in philosophy which consider intuition as the fundamental process of our knowledge or at least give to intuition a large place (the Scottish school), and the words Intuitive Morality and Intuitional Ethics denote those ethical theories which base morality on an intuitive apprehension of the moral principles and laws, or consider intuition as capable of distinguishing the moral qualities of our actions (Shaftesbury, Hutcheson Reid, Dugald Stewart). 213. Home Study Report Topics - 08092A.TXT - Ionian School of Philosophy Catholic Encyclopedia The Ionian School includes the earliest Greek philosophers, who lived at Miletus, an Ionian colony in Asia Minor, during the sixth century B.C., and a group of philosophers who lived about one hundred years later and modified the doctrines of their predecessors in several respects. 214. Home Study Report Topics - DAWCHWES.TXT - Is the Church Too Western? Christopher Dawson Taken from the Summer 1993 issue of 'The Dawson Newsletter' P.O. Box 332, Fayetteville, AR 72702, John J. Mulloy, Editor. DAWSON EAST WEST CHURCH 215. Home Study Report Topics - TOLKIEN.HTM - J.R.R. Tolkien - Lord of the Imagination, & J.R.R. Tolkien - The Fairy Tale Maker The Irish Family These two articles were taken from the December 9, 1994 and December 16, 1994 issues of 'The Irish Family.' Those enthralled by Tolkien's trilogy will find this file of interest. TOLKIEN FAIRY TALE LORD OF THE RINGS 216. Home Study Report Topics - 10290A.TXT - Jacques-Paul Migne Catholic Encyclopedia Priest, and publisher of theological works, born at Saint-Flour, 25 October, 1800; died at Paris, 24 October, 1875. The most important and meritorious of his publications is the Patrologia, in two collections: Patrologiae Latinae Cursus Completus and Patrologiae Graecae Cursus Completus. 217. Home Study Report Topics - 09354A.TXT - James Longstreet Catholic Encyclopedia Soldier and Catholic convert. Born 8 January, 1821, at Edgefield, South Carolina, U.S.A.; died at Gainesville, Georgia, 2 January, 1904. He fought in the battle of Gettysburg. 218. Home Study Report Topics - 07584B.TXT - Jan Hus Catholic Encyclopedia Born at Husinetz in Southern Bohemia, 1369; died at Constance 6, founder of a religious sect in southern Bohemia in the early fifteenth century. They professed the necessity of receving Communion under both species. 219. Home Study Report Topics - 08285A.TXT - Jansenius and Jansenism Catholic Encyclopedia This file examines Jansenism, a system of grace developed by Cornelius Jansenius, a theologian at Louvain. Implicit in Jansenism is the denial of the supernatural order, the possibility of either rejection or acceptance of grace. Jansenism was condemned as heretical by Pope Innocent X in 1653. 220. Home Study Report Topics - 08285A.ZIP - Jansenius and Jansenism Catholic Encyclopedia This file examines Jansenism, a system of grace developed by Cornelius Jansenius, a theologian at Louvain. Implicit in Jansenism is the denial of the supernatural order, the possibility of either rejection or acceptance of grace. Jansenism was condemned as heretical by Pope Innocent X in 1653. 221. Home Study Report Topics - 09479B.TXT - Jean Mabillon Catholic Encyclopedia Benedictine monk of the Congregation of Saint-Maur, born at Saint-Pierremont between Mouzon and the Chartreuse of Mont-Dieu in Champagne, 23 November, 1632; died at Paris, 27 December, 1707. 222. Home Study Report Topics - 07092B.TXT - Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon Catholic Encyclopedia A celebrated French mystic of the seventeenth century; born at Montargis, in the Orleanais, 13 April, 1648; died at Blois, 9 June, 1717. 223. Home Study Report Topics - 08355A.TXT - Jerusalem (A.D. 71-1099) Catholic Encyclopedia The history of Jerusalem to the time of Constantine, 71-312 AD. 224. Home Study Report Topics - 08355A.ZIP - Jerusalem (A.D. 71-1099) Catholic Encyclopedia The history of Jerusalem to the time of Constantine, 71-312 AD. 225. Home Study Report Topics - 08364A.TXT - Jerusalem (After 1291) Catholic Encyclopedia This file contains the history of Jerusalem after 1291 until the 19th century. 226. Home Study Report Topics - 08364A.ZIP - Jerusalem (After 1291) Catholic Encyclopedia This file contains the history of Jerusalem after 1291 until the 19th century. 227. Home Study Report Topics - 08344A.TXT - Jerusalem (Before A.D. 71) Catholic Encyclopedia This article treats of the "City of God", the political and religious centre of the People of Israel, with its destruction by the Romans after it had become the scene of the Redemption. This part of the subject will be divided as follows: Names, Topography, History , Development of the City and its Chief Monuments. 228. Home Study Report Topics - 08344A.ZIP - Jerusalem (Before A.D. 71) Catholic Encyclopedia This article treats of the "City of God", the political and religious centre of the People of Israel, with its destruction by the Romans after it had become the scene of the Redemption. This part of the subject will be divided as follows: Names, Topography, History , Development of the City and its Chief Monuments. 229. Home Study Report Topics - 03155A.TXT - Jewish Calendar Catholic Encyclopedia An explanation of the Jewish calendar year according to days, weeks, months, years and eras. 230. Home Study Report Topics - MPP.TXT - Johannes Tauler, O.P.:Mystic, Pastor, and Preacher Michael Suso Berry, O.P. An excellent consideration of the life and spirituality of the 14th century Dominican preacher. 231. Home Study Report Topics - MPP.ZIP - Johannes Tauler, O.P.:Mystic, Pastor, and Preacher Michael Suso Berry, O.P. An excellent consideration of the life and spirituality of the 14th century Dominican preacher. 232. Home Study Report Topics - 03195B.TXT - John Calvin Catholic Encyclopedia 1509-1564 French-born Swiss Protestant theologian who broke with the Roman Catholic Church (1533) and set forth the tenets of his theology, known today as Presbyterianism, in "Institutes of the Christian Religion" (1536). 233. Home Study Report Topics - 01114A.TXT - John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Catholic Encyclopedia Baron Acton, Professor of Modern History at Cambridge, 1895-1902, born at Naples, 10 January, 1834, Where his father, Sir Richard Acton, held an important diplomatic appointment; died at Tegernsee, Bavaria, 19 June, 1902. 234. Home Study Report Topics - 10794A.TXT - John Henry Newman Catholic Encyclopedia (1801-1890), Cardinal-Deacon of St. George in Velabro, divine, philosopher, man of letters, leader of the Tractarian Movement, and the most illustrious of English converts to the Church. Born in the City of London, 21 February, 1801, the eldest of six children, three boys and three girls; died at Edgbaston, Birmingham, 11 August, 1890. 235. Home Study Report Topics - 10794A.ZIP - John Henry Newman Catholic Encyclopedia (1801-1890), Cardinal-Deacon of St. George in Velabro, divine, philosopher, man of letters, leader of the Tractarian Movement, and the most illustrious of English converts to the Church. Born in the City of London, 21 February, 1801, the eldest of six children, three boys and three girls; died at Edgbaston, Birmingham, 11 August, 1890. 236. Home Study Report Topics - MEANHIST.TXT - John Henry Newman and the Meaning of History John Mulloy This article by John Mulloy was taken from the Winter 1994 issue of 'The Dawson Newsletter' P.O. Box 332, Fayetteville, AR 72702, John J. Mulloy, Editor. NEWMAN MULLOY HISTORY DAWSON NEWSLETTER 237. Home Study Report Topics - MULLOY.TXT - John J. Mulloy, 1916-1995 William Doino, Jr. Against her enemies without and her false friends within, John Mulloy defended the Church with brilliance, wit and courage. He also served as mentor to many young scholars eager to follow his path. His closest protege recounts his life and assesses his contribution in this article taken from the Summer 1996 issue of "Sursum Corda." 238. Home Study Report Topics - MULLOY.ZIP - John J. Mulloy, 1916-1995 William Doino, Jr. Against her enemies without and her false friends within, John Mulloy defended the Church with brilliance, wit and courage. He also served as mentor to many young scholars eager to follow his path. His closest protege recounts his life and assesses his contribution in this article taken from the Summer 1996 issue of "Sursum Corda." 239. Home Study Report Topics - 090504B.TXT - John McLoughlin Catholic Encyclopedia Physician and pioneer, born in the parish of La Riviere du Loup, Canada, 19 October, 1784; died at Oregon City, 3 September, 1857. He is the great hero of Oregon's pioneer period. 240. Home Study Report Topics - CEARIMA.TXT - Joseph of Arimathea Catholic Encyclopedia Catholic Encyclopedia. All that is known for certain concerning him is derived from the canonical Gospels. 241. Home Study Report Topics - JEWS.HTM - Judaism and Christianity Dr. Warren Carroll Dr. Warren Carroll, founder of Christendom College, answers questions regarding the Church's position on the collective guilt of the Jews in the death of Christ and whether or not the Church has advocated the persecution of the Jewish people for this crime. JEWS CARROLL LATERAN COUNCIL JUDAISM 242. Home Study Report Topics - CEJULIAN.HTM - Juliana of Norwich Catholic Encyclopedia Catholic Encyclopedia English mystic of the fourteenth century, author or recipient of the vision contained in the book known as the 'Sixteen Revelations of Divine Love'. The original form of her name appears to have been Julian. She was probably a Benedictine nun, living as a recluse in an anchorage of which traces still remain in the east part of the churchyard of St. Julian in Norwich, which belonged to Carrow Priory. 243. Home Study Report Topics - 08571C.TXT - Justice Catholic Encyclopedia A moral quality or habit which perfects the will and inclines it to render to each and to all what belongs to them. 244. Home Study Report Topics - LUDVSBIS.TXT - Kulturkampf Then: Ludwig Windthorst vs. Bismarck Richard H. Schaefer Article about Ludwig Windthorst (1812-1891) and Catholic politics in Germany during the 19th century Kulturkampf, with application to our own day. 245. Home Study Report Topics - 09035A.TXT - La Trappe Catholic Encyclopedia Abbey of the Order of Reformed Cistercians eighty-four miles from Paris, and nine miles from the little town of Mortagne in the Department of Orne and the Diocese of Seez, within the ancient Province of Normandy. 246. Home Study Report Topics - CECHIRHO.TXT - Labarum (Chi-Rho) Catholic Encyclopedia The name by which the military standard adopted by Constantine the Great after his celebrated vision was known in antiquity. 247. Home Study Report Topics - LANDMARY.HTM - Land of Mary Immaculate Marion A. Habig, O.F.M. The history of how the United States was dedicated to Our Lady under Her title of the Immaculate Conception. Taken from the June 1954 issue of "The American Ecclesiastical Review." 248. Home Study Report Topics - 09022A.TXT - Latin Church Catholic Encyclopedia The expression, Latin Church, can have several different meanings, this file provides an explanation. 249. Home Study Report Topics - 08361A.TXT - Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem (1099-1291) Catholic Encyclopedia The Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem was founded as a result of the First Crusade, in 1099. Destroyed a first time by Saladin in 1187, it was re-established around Saint-Jean d'Acre and maintained until the capture of that city in 1291. During these two centuries it was for Western Europe a genuine centre of colonization. As the common property of Christendom it retained its international character to the end, although the French element predominated among the feudal lords and the government officials, and the Italians acquired the economic preponderance in the cities. 250. Home Study Report Topics - 09026A.TXT - Latin Literature in Christianity (Sixth to Twentieth Century) Catholic Encyclopedia During the Middle Ages the so-called church Latin was to a great extent the language of poetry, and it was only on the advent of the Renaissance that classical Latin revived and flourished in the writings of the neo-Latinists as it does even today though to a more modest extent. The subject is treated according to the different kinds of poetry rather than in a strict chronological order. 251. Home Study Report Topics - 09026A.ZIP - Latin Literature in Christianity (Sixth to Twentieth Century) Catholic Encyclopedia During the Middle Ages the so-called church Latin was to a great extent the language of poetry, and it was only on the advent of the Renaissance that classical Latin revived and flourished in the writings of the neo-Latinists as it does even today though to a more modest extent. The subject is treated according to the different kinds of poetry rather than in a strict chronological order. 252. Home Study Report Topics - 09023A.TXT - Latin Literature in Early Christianity Catholic Encyclopedia This file covers the historical development of early Christian Latin literature, which is divided into three periods: that of the Apologists, lasting until the fourth century, that of the Fathers of the Church (the fourth century); and the Gallo-Roman period. 253. Home Study Report Topics - 09053A.TXT - Law Catholic Encyclopedia This file explains the concept of law, the obligation imposed by law and the classification of laws. 254. Home Study Report Topics - LAWS.TXT - Laws of Science Various 1st Law of Thermodynamics and 2nd Law of Thermodynamics. 255. Home Study Report Topics - FR93403.TXT - Lenin, Fatima and Holy Week James J. Foley The association of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (known to history as Lenin) with the most important week in the Christian calendar and the greatest Marian apparition of the twentieth century seems jarring and completely out of place. Yet by a series of strange coincidences these two religious events are closely connected with the coming of the Bolshevik Revolution. This article appeared in the Winter 1993 issue of "Faith & Reason." 256. Home Study Report Topics - 09238C.TXT - Life Catholic Encyclopedia The enigma of life is still one of the two or three most difficult problems that face both scientist and philosopher. This file discusses the history of thought on the subject as well as what science and philosophy have taught regarding the nature and immediate origin of life. 257. Home Study Report Topics - 09238C.ZIP - Life Catholic Encyclopedia The enigma of life is still one of the two or three most difficult problems that face both scientist and philosopher. This file discusses the history of thought on the subject as well as what science and philosophy have taught regarding the nature and immediate origin of life. 258. Home Study Report Topics - 09256A.TXT - Limbo Catholic Encyclopedia In theological usage the name is applied to (a) the temporary place or state of the souls of the just who, although purified from sin, were excluded from the beatific vision until Christ's triumphant ascension into Heaven (the "limbus patrum"); or (b) to the permanent place or state of those unbaptized children and others who, dying without grievous personal sin, are excluded from the beatific vision on account of original sin alone (the "limbus infantium" or "puerorum"). 259. Home Study Report Topics - 09324A.ZIP - Logic Catholic Encyclopedia Logic is the science and art which so directs the mind in the process of reasoning and subsidiary processes as to enable it to attain clearness, consistency, and validity in those processes. The aim of logic is to secure clearness in the definition and arrangement of our ideas and other mental images, consistency in our judgments, and validity in our processes of inference. This file discusses the history of logic and its different definitions. LOGIC HEGEL ST. THOMAS AQUINAS NYAYA ARISTOTLE SCHOLASTICS KANT 260. Home Study Report Topics - 09324A.TXT - Logic Catholic Encyclopedia Logic is the science and art which so directs the mind in the process of reasoning and subsidiary processes as to enable it to attain clearness, consistency, and validity in those processes. The aim of logic is to secure clearness in the definition and arrangement of our ideas and other mental images, consistency in our judgments, and validity in our processes of inference. This file discusses the history of logic and its different definitions. LOGIC HEGEL ST. THOMAS AQUINAS NYAYA ARISTOTLE SCHOLASTICS KANT 261. Home Study Report Topics - 09333A.TXT - Lollards Catholic Encyclopedia The name given to the followers of John Wyclif, an heretical body numerous in England in the latter part of the fourteenth and the first half of the fifteenth century. 262. Home Study Report Topics - FR90201.TXT - Louis of Granada: The Layman's Theologian Jordan Aumann, O.P. Louis of Granada stands without a peer among Dominican ascetical writers, and throughout the seventeenth century his writings were a constant source of inspiration and education for Christians throughout the civilized world. He reached his maturity during the Council of Trent and at the high point of the Golden Age of Spain. He died in 1588, when the imperial supremacy of Spain was beginning to wane. This article appeared in the Summer 1990 issue of "Faith & Reason." 263. Home Study Report Topics - FR90201.ZIP - Louis of Granada: The Layman's Theologian Jordan Aumann, O.P. Louis of Granada stands without a peer among Dominican ascetical writers, and throughout the seventeenth century his writings were a constant source of inspiration and education for Christians throughout the civilized world. He reached his maturity during the Council of Trent and at the high point of the Golden Age of Spain. He died in 1588, when the imperial supremacy of Spain was beginning to wane. This article appeared in the Summer 1990 issue of "Faith & Reason." 264. Home Study Report Topics - 09410A.TXT - Lucifer Catholic Encyclopedia The name Lucifer originally denotes the planet Venus, emphasizing its brilliancy. The Vulgate employs the word also for "the light of the morning" (Job 50:17), "the signs of the zodiac" (Job, xxxviiii, 32), and "the aurora" (Psalm 109:3). The name of the principal fallen angel who must lament the loss of his original glory. 265. Home Study Report Topics - 09672A.TXT - Lucius Perpetuus Aurelianus Marius Maximus Catholic Encyclopedia Roman historian, lived c. 165-230. No connected account of his life exists, but he is frequently quoted as an authority in the first half of the "Historia Augusta", and Valesius and Borghesi have identified him with the prefect of the same name, mentioned both in the inscriptions and by Dion Cassius. 266. Home Study Report Topics - MAGCAR.TXT - Magna Carta King John (The Great Charter) Runnymede, England, June 15, 1215. A basic document that states the liberties guaranteed to the English people, the Magna Carta proclaims rights that have become a part of English law and are now the foundation of the constitution of every English-speaking nation. The Magna Carta, which means 'great charter' in Latin, was drawn up by English barons and churchmen, who forced the tyrannical King John to set his seal to it on June 15, 1215. MAGNA CARTA 267. Home Study Report Topics - 09558B.TXT - Malabar Rites Catholic Encyclopedia A conventional term for certain customs or practices of the natives of South India, which the Jesuit missionaries allowed their neophytes to retain after conversion, but which were afterwards prohibited by the Holy See. The missions concerned are not those of the coast of southwestern India, to which the name Malabar properly belongs, but those of inner South India, especially those of the former "kingdoms" of Madura, Mysore and the Karnatic. 268. Home Study Report Topics - 09558B.ZIP - Malabar Rites Catholic Encyclopedia A conventional term for certain customs or practices of the natives of South India, which the Jesuit missionaries allowed their neophytes to retain after conversion, but which were afterwards prohibited by the Holy See. The missions concerned are not those of the coast of southwestern India, to which the name Malabar properly belongs, but those of inner South India, especially those of the former "kingdoms" of Madura, Mysore and the Karnatic. 269. Home Study Report Topics - MANICHEE.TXT - Manicheism Fr. William Most Fr. Most gives a short explanation of Manicheism. MOST MANICHEISM AUGUSTINE MANICHEES 270. Home Study Report Topics - MARCHAPL.TXT - Marian Chapel Found on Mount Nebo Michele Piccirillo Excavations in Jordan reveal flourishing monastic presence in Eighth-Century Arabian Province. Reprinted from 'L'Osservatore Romano', March 1, 1995. 271. Home Study Report Topics - 09012A.TXT - Marie Lataste Catholic Encyclopedia Born at Mimbaste near Dax, France, 21 February, 1822; died at Rennes, 10 May, 1847; was the youngest child of simple pious peasants and attained to extraordinary holiness. 272. Home Study Report Topics - CELUTHER.TXT - Martin Luther Catholic Encyclopedia Catholic Encyclopedia. Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany, born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546. 273. Home Study Report Topics - CELUTHER.ZIP - Martin Luther Catholic Encyclopedia Catholic Encyclopedia. Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany, born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546. 274. Home Study Report Topics - CEMARYSC.TXT - Mary Queen of Scots Catholic Encyclopedia Catholic Encyclopedia. Mary Stuart, born at Linlithgow, 7 December, 1542; died at Fotheringay, 8 February, 1587. She was the only legitimate child of James V of Scotland. His death (14 December) followed immediately after her birth, and she became queen when only six days old. 275. Home Study Report Topics - CETUDOR.TXT - Mary Tudor Catholic Encyclopedia Queen of England from 1553 to 1558; born 18 February, 1516; died 17 November, 1558. Mary was the daughter and only surviving child of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. 276. Home Study Report Topics - MAYFLOWR.TXT - Mayflower Compact The Pilgrims 1620 An agreement drawn up by the Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower deciding their own form of government. MAYFLOWER PILGRIMS COMPACT 277. Home Study Report Topics - 10146B.TXT - Megarians Catholic Encyclopedia The Megarian School is one of the imperfectly Socratic Schools, so called because they developed in a one-sided way the doctrines of Socrates. The Megarians, of whom the chief representatives were Euclid, the founder of the school, and Stilpo, flourished at Athens, during the first half of the fourth century B.C. 278. Home Study Report Topics - 10197B.TXT - Mercedarians Catholic Encyclopedia A congregation of men, Order of Our Lady of Mercy, founded in 1218 by St. Peter Nolasco, born 1189, at Mas-des-Saintes-Puelles, Department of Aude, France. 279. Home Study Report Topics - 10212A.TXT - Messalians Catholic Encyclopedia An heretical sect which originated in Mesopotamia about 360 and survived in the East until the ninth century. 280. Home Study Report Topics - 10218A.TXT - Metal-Work in the Service of the Church Catholic Encyclopedia From the earliest days the Church has employed utensils and vessels of metal in its liturgical ceremonies.This article deals with the historical development of the metalwork, particularly works in the precious metals. 281. Home Study Report Topics - 10218A.ZIP - Metal-Work in the Service of the Church Catholic Encyclopedia From the earliest days the Church has employed utensils and vessels of metal in its liturgical ceremonies.This article deals with the historical development of the metalwork, particularly works in the precious metals. 282. Home Study Report Topics - 10144B.TXT - Miguel de Medina Catholic Encyclopedia Theologian, born at Belalcazar, Spain, 1489; died at Toledo, May, 1578. His principal works are: "Christianae paraenesis sive de recta in Deum fide libri septem" (Venice, 1564); "Disputationes de indulgentiis adversus nostri temporis haereticos ad PP. s. Concilii Trident." (Venice, 1564); "De sacrorum hominum continentia libri V" (Venice, 1569), written against those who advocated the necessity of permitting the German priests to follow the example of the Greeks in this matter; "De igne purgatorio" (Venice, 1569), "De la verdadera y cristiana humilidad" (Toledo, 1559). 283. Home Study Report Topics - 10441A.TXT - Miguel de Molinos Catholic Encyclopedia Founder of Quietism, born at Muniesa, Spain, 21 December, 1640; died at Rome, 28 December, 1696. In his youth he went to Valencia, 284. Home Study Report Topics - 10307A.TXT - Millennium and Millenarianism Catholic Encyclopedia Discusses the beliefs of millenarianism, primarily, the thousand year reign of Christ and His saints on earth. 285. Home Study Report Topics - 10321A.TXT - Mind Catholic Encyclopedia In philosophy the mind is commonly identified with the intellect as recipient of knowledge. 286. Home Study Report Topics - 10348A.TXT - Miracle Plays and Mysteries Catholic Encyclopedia The religious drama which developed among Christian nations at the end of the Middle Ages. 287. Home Study Report Topics - CEMODERN.TXT - Modernism Catholic Encyclopedia Catholic Encyclopedia. Origin of the Word, Theory of Theological Modernism, The essential error of Modernism, Catholic and Modernist Notions of Dogma Compared, Various Degrees of Modernism and its Criterion, Proofs of the Foregoing Views, Modernist Aims Explained by its Essential Error, Modernist Propositions Explained by its Essential Error, The Modernist Movement, The Philosophical Origin and Consequences of Modernism, The Origin, The Consequences, The Psychological Causes of Mode 288. Home Study Report Topics - CEMODERN.ZIP - Modernism Catholic Encyclopedia Catholic Encyclopedia. Origin of the Word, Theory of Theological Modernism, The essential error of Modernism, Catholic and Modernist Notions of Dogma Compared, Various Degrees of Modernism and its Criterion, Proofs of the Foregoing Views, Modernist Aims Explained by its Essential Error, Modernist Propositions Explained by its Essential Error, The Modernist Movement, The Philosophical Origin and Consequences of Modernism, The Origin, The Consequences, The Psychological Causes of Mode 289. Home Study Report Topics - MODERSM.TXT - Modernism James Akin Taken from the November 1994 issue of 'This Rock'. This article explains the heresy of modernism. AKIN MODERNISM PIUS X HERESY LOISY TYRRELL 290. Home Study Report Topics - 10448A.TXT - Monarchians Catholic Encyclopedia Heretics of the second and third centuries. The word, Monarchiani, was first used by Tertullian as a nickname for the Patripassian group and was seldom used by the ancients. In modern times it has been extended to an earlier group of heretics, who are distinguished as Dynamistic, or Adoptionist, Monarchians from the Modalist Monarchians, or Patripassians. 291. Home Study Report Topics - CEMONARC.TXT - Monarchians Catholic Encyclopedia Heretics of the second and third centuries. The word, "Monarchiani", was first used by Tertullian as a nickname for the Patripassian group (adv. Prax., x), and was seldom used by the ancients. In modern times it has been extended to an earlier group of heretics, who are distinguished as Dynamistic, or Adoptionist, Monarchians from the Modalist Monarchians, or Patripassians. 292. Home Study Report Topics - CEMONAST.HTM - Monasticism Catholic Encyclopedia Monasticism or monachism, literally the act of "dwelling alone", has come to denote the mode of life pertaining to persons living in seclusion from the world, under religious vows and subject to a fixed rule, as monks, friars, nuns, or in general as religious. The basic idea of monasticism in all its varieties is seclusion or withdrawal from the world or society. 293. Home Study Report Topics - MONROE.TXT - Monroe Doctrine James Monroe Statement of President James Monroe in 1832 to the effect that any further attempt by European powers to colonize the Western Hemisphere would be considered by the United States as an unfriendly act. MONROE DOCTRINE 294. Home Study Report Topics - MSGRKNOX.TXT - Monsignor Knox A Reluctant Legend Wilfrid Sheed Msgr. Knox earnestly hoped that he-"the perpetrator of the Knox Bible"-would in time be forgotten. But as Wilfrid Sheed points out so convincingly in this article taken from the February 1954 issue of "The Catholic World", there is a slim chance of this wish being granted. 295. Home Study Report Topics - 15494A.TXT - Moral Aspect of Vivisection Catholic Encyclopedia The dissection of living creatures; ordinarily any scientific experiment on animals involving the use of the scalpel. 296. Home Study Report Topics - CEMOSAIC.TXT - Mosaics Catholic Encyclopedia A surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns, also the process of making it. 297. Home Study Report Topics - CEMOSAIC.ZIP - Mosaics Catholic Encyclopedia A surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns, also the process of making it. 298. Home Study Report Topics - CEMCANON.TXT - Muratorian Canon Catholic Encyclopedia Also called the Muratorian Fragment, after the name of the discoverer and first editor, L. A. Muratori (in the "Antiquitates italicae", III, Milan, 1740, 851 sq.), the oldest known canon or list of books of the New Testament. 299. Home Study Report Topics - CEMURATO.TXT - Muratorian Canon Catholic Encyclopedia Catholic Encyclopedia. Also called the Muratorian Fragment, after the name of the discoverer and first editor, L. A. Muratori (in the 'Antiquitates italicae', III, Milan, 1740, 851 sq.), the oldest known canon or list of books of the New Testament. 300. Home Study Report Topics - 10663B.TXT - Mysticism Catholic Encyclopedia A brief historical sketch of Mysticism and its influence on philosophy. 301. Home Study Report Topics - 10742B.TXT - Neo-Platonism Catholic Encyclopedia A system of idealistic, spiritualistic philosophy, tending towards mysticism, which flourished in the pagan world of Greece and Rome during the first centuries of the Christian era. 302. Home Study Report Topics - NESTOR.TXT - Nestorianism Mark Wheeler This article is about the heresy founded by Nestorius, Bishop of Constantinople in 425. Nestorianism rejects the traditional doctrine of the Incarnation by implicitly denying the hypostatic union of human and divine natures in the one divine person of Jesus. Taken from the September, 1994 issue of 'This Rock,' published by Catholic Answers. WHEELER NESTORIANISM NESTORIUS HERESY INCARNATION THEOTOKOS 303. Home Study Report Topics - NEVERMAN.TXT - Never Man Spake Arnold Lunn From 'Now I See' (Sheed & Ward Inc. 1933), pp 159-164. 'Those who repudiate Christ, whether they reject him with honest and uncompromising hostility or with patronising condescension, share the guilt of Pilate. For every man is faced by the choice of Pilate, there is no 'via media' between worship and crucifixion.' 304. Home Study Report Topics - CECOPERN.TXT - Nicolaus Copernicus Catholic Encyclopedia Latinized form of Niclas Koppernigk, the name of the founder of the heliocentric planetary theory; born at Thorn, 19 February, 1473, died at Frauenburg, 24 May, 1543, both places being in what is now Prussian territory. 305. Home Study Report Topics - CHEAPCHU.HTM - No Cheap Churches Michael P. Enright The most basic principles of successful Church architecture and design are examined in a straightforward and sensible way. Consideration of acoustics, lighting, lines of sight, prayer, seating, the tabernacle, the altar and looking Catholic. This article was taken from the November 1996 issue of Crisis. 306. Home Study Report Topics - 11095B.TXT - Nonconformists Catholic Encyclopedia Discusses the history of the Nonconformists, those who refused to conform with the authorized formularies and rites of the Established Church of England. 307. Home Study Report Topics - 11115B.TXT - Northmen (Vikings) Catholic Encyclopedia The Scandinavians who, in the ninth and tenth centuries, first ravaged the coasts of Western Europe and its islands and then turned from raiding into settlers. This article is confined to the history of their exodus. 308. Home Study Report Topics - RENAISS.TXT - Notes on Culture: What Was the Renaissance? William Doino, Jr. The debate as to whether the Renaissance built upon and continued the Christian achievements of the Middle Ages,or whether the Renaissance was independently pagan, and marked a sharp break with the preceding Catholic era, continues to this day. 309. Home Study Report Topics - 11138A.TXT - Novatian and Novatianism Catholic Encyclopedia Novatian was a schismatic of the third century, and founder of the sect of the Novatians; he was a Roman priest, and made himself antipope. 310. Home Study Report Topics - HIPPOC.TXT - Oath and Law of Hippocrates Hippocrates This interesting document shows that in the 3rd century BC physicians were already organized into a corporation or guild, with regulations for the training of disciples, and with an esprit de corps and a professional ideal which, with slight exceptions, can hardly yet be regarded as out of date. 311. Home Study Report Topics - 11195B.TXT - Occasionalism Catholic Encyclopedia The metaphysical theory which maintains that finite things have no efficient causality of their own, but that whatever happens in the world is caused by God, creatures being merely the occasions of the Divine activity. 312. Home Study Report Topics - 11228D.TXT - Oil of Saints Catholic Encyclopedia An oily substance, which is said to have flowed, or still flows, from the relics or burial places of certain saints; sometimes the oil in the lamps that burn before their shrines; also the water that flows from the wells near their burial places; or the oil and the water which have in some way come in contact with their relics. These oils are or have been used by the faithful, with the belief that they will cure bodily and spiritual ailments, not through any intrinsic power of their own, but through the intercession of the saints with whom the oils have some connection. 313. Home Study Report Topics - DAWJEWHS.TXT - On Jewish History Christopher Dawson Taken from a lecture given by Christopher Dawson at Brandeis University, 1959. This article originally appeared in 'Orbis' magazine Winter 1967, it has been reprinted in the Fall, 1993 issue of 'The Dawson Newsletter,' P.O. Box 332, Fayetteville, AR 72702. DAWSON JEWS HISTORY DAWSON NEWSLETTER 314. Home Study Report Topics - 11306A.TXT - Oriflamme Catholic Encyclopedia The red or orange-red flag of the Abbey of Saint Denis in France, used as a standard by the early kings of France. 315. Home Study Report Topics - 11306B.TXT - Origen and Origenism Catholic Encyclopedia This file covers the life and work of Origen, his writings and his influence as well as Origenism, by which is understood not so much Origen's theology and the body of his teachings, as a certain number of doctrines, rightly or wrongly attributed to him. They are chiefly: Allegorism in the interpretation of Scripture, Subordination of the Divine Persons, The theory of successive trials and a final restoration. 316. Home Study Report Topics - 11306B.ZIP - Origen and Origenism Catholic Encyclopedia This file covers the life and work of Origen, his writings and his influence as well as Origenism, by which is understood not so much Origen's theology and the body of his teachings, as a certain number of doctrines, rightly or wrongly attributed to him. They are chiefly: Allegorism in the interpretation of Scripture, Subordination of the Divine Persons, The theory of successive trials and a final restoration. 317. Home Study Report Topics - TWELVDAY.TXT - Origin of 'The Twelve Days of Christmas' Fr. Hal Stockert "The Twelve Days of Christmas" was written in England as one of the "catechism songs" to help young Catholics learn the tenets of their faith - a memory aid, when to be caught with anything in *writing* indicating adherence to the Catholic faith. This file contains an explanation of the song. 318. Home Study Report Topics - 08374C.TXT - Origin of the Name of Jesus Christ Catholic Encyclopedia This file considers the two words which compose the Sacred Name. 319. Home Study Report Topics - 11447B.TXT - Pantheism Catholic Encyclopedia The view according to which God and the world are one. The doctrine itself goes back to the early Indian philosophy; it appears during the course of history in a great variety of forms. Taken in the strictest sense, i.e. as identifying God and the world, Pantheism is simply Atheism. 320. Home Study Report Topics - PARGA |