The Catholic Encyclopedia

Partial work

Charles G. Herbermann and others (editors)

Work coverage: Volume I only (Aachen to Assize, 1907), 1,099 articles, the first of the fifteen volumes. The printed cross-reference stubs ("Abana. See LEBANON."), the plates, maps and figure captions, and the volume's front and back matter are not included. Paragraph numbers are transcription-added locators, printed with a § to say so. This is a 1907 reference work: its scholarship, statistics and ecclesiastical facts are those of 1907.

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Text source: OCR-derived transcription
Translator: None. Written in English by the contributors whose signatures close each article.
Series: The Catholic Encyclopedia, An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church, in fifteen volumes
Editor: Charles G. Herbermann, Edward A. Pace, Condé B. Pallen, Thomas J. Shahan, John J. Wynne
Publisher: Robert Appleton Company, New York
Year: 1907
Revision: Text transcribed from the Internet Archive DjVu XML of IA catholicencyclop0001char (the base witness, every word position comes from it) and collated word by word against a second, independent OCR of a different copy of the same 1907 printing (IA 07470918.1.emory.edu). Reading order is rebuilt from word coordinates (two columns, running heads, plates and captions removed). Where the two scans disagree, the reading attested by a scan and by a third voter is taken; that voter is the CCEL Catholic Encyclopedia file, whose own text is the New Advent online edition and is never shipped: it supplies article boundaries and headwords, which are facts of the volume, and it breaks ties between the two scans. Its three bracketed post-1990 "-- Ed." insertions were removed before it was used even as a voter, and none occurs in this text. Article titles are the index headwords; four printed articles the index lacks (Areopagus, Charles du Plessis d'Argentré, Ark, Assize of Clarendon) are titled from the print.
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edition: Volume I, first printing, "Copyright, 1907 By Robert Appleton Company", imprimatur of John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York (title page leaf n10 and copyright page leaf n11 of IA catholicencyclop0001char, read by eye). Public domain in the United States as a work published there before 1930.

Contents

Volume I. Aachen to Assize (1907)

Aachen Aaron Abaddon Abandonment Pedro Abarca Abarim Abba Antoine d'Abbadie St. Abban Abbé Jean Baptiste Abbeloos Abbess Abbey Abbo Cernuus St. Abbon Abbot Henry Abbot Methods of Abbreviation Ecclesiastical Abbreviations Abbreviators Abdera Abdias Abdias of Babylon Abdication Sts. Abdon and Sennen Abduction Abecedaria Abecedarians Abel Abel Peter Abelard Louis Abelly Abenakis Abraham-ben-Méir Aben-Ezra Inscription of Abercius John Abercromby Robert Abercromby The Diocese of Aberdeen The University of Aberdeen Moritz von Aberle The Legend of Abgar Abiathar Abila The Abbey of Abingdon Thomas Abington Abipones Abisai Abjuration Abner The Abomination of Desolation Abortion The Physical Effects of Abortion Charles François d'Abra de Raconis Don Isaac Abrabanel Abraham Abraham (in Liturgy)The Bosom of Abraham Abraham a Sancta Clara Abraham Ecchelensis Abrahamites Nicholas Abram Abrasax Absalom Absalon of Lund Absinthe The Absolute Absolution Abstemii Abstinence Physical Effects of Abstinence Abstraction Abthain Theodore Abucara Abundius Abydus Abyss Abyssinia Acacia The Acacians Acacius Acacius Acacius St. Acacius Roman Academies The French Academy Acadia Acanthus Acanthus Acathistus St. Acca Accaron Accentus Ecclesiasticus Acceptance Acceptants Accession Accessus Acciajuoli Accident Acclamation Acclamation (in Papal Elections)Biblical Accommodation Accomplice Francesco Accursius Acephali The Archdiocese of Acerenza Achab Achaia Achaicus Achaz Lucas d'Achéry Achiacharus Achimaas Achimelech Achitopel The Diocese of Achonry Achor Valley Achrida Johann Heinrich Achterfeldt Theodore William Achtermann Valens Acidalius The Diocese of Aci-Reale Leopold Ackermann Acmonia Acoemetae Acolouthia Acolyte Joaquín Acosta José de Acosta Acquapendente Acquaviva Claudius Acquaviva Acqui Acre Acrostic Acta Pilati Acta Sanctæ Sedis Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae Acta Triadis Thaumaturgæ Act of Settlement (Irish)Charles Januarius Acton John Acton John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton John Francis Edward Acton Canonical Acts Human Acts Indifferent Acts Acts of the Apostles Acts of Roman Congregations Actus et Potentia Actus primus Actus Purus Acuas St. Adalard Adalbert Adalbert I St. Adalbert St. Adalbert Ad Apostolicae Dignitatis Apicem Ad Limina Apostolorum Ad Sanctam Beati Petri Sedem Ad Universalis Ecclesiae Adam Adam in Early Christian Liturgy and Literature The Books of Adam Adam of Bremen Adam of Fulda Adam of Murimuth Adam of Perseigne Adam of St. Victor Adam of Usk John Adam Nicholas Adam Adam Scotus Andrea Adami da Bolsena Adamites St. Adamnan James Adams Ven. John Adams Adana Adar Ferdinando d'Adda Addas Liturgy of Addeus and Maris Ecclesiastical Addresses The Archdiocese of Adelaide St. Adelaide St. Adelaide John Placid Adelham Adelmann Adelophagi Vicariate Apostolic of Aden Adeodatus Pope St. Adeodatus Adeste Fideles Adjuration Administrator Administrator (of Ecclesiastical Property)Canonical Admonitions Admont St. Ado of Vienne Adonai Adonias Adoption Canonical Adoption Supernatural Adoption Adoptionism Adoration Perpetual Adoration Francis Adorno Adoro Te Devote Adria Pope Adrian I Pope Adrian II Pope St. Adrian III Pope Adrian IV Pope Adrian V Pope Adrian VI St. Adrian of Canterbury Adrian of Castello Adrianople Christian Kruik van Adrichem Adso Diego Francisco Aduarte Adullam Adulteration of Food Adultery Advent Adventists Book of Advertisements Advocates of Roman Congregations Advocates of St. Peter Advocatus Diaboli Advocatus Ecclesiæ Advowson Adytum St. Aedan of Ferns Aedh of Kildare Bl. Aegidius of Assisi Ægidius of Viterbo Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham Ælnoth St. Ælred Æneas of Gaza St. Aengus (the Culdee)Ænon Æons Aër Aëris of Pontus Æsthetics Æterni Patris Æterni Patris Aëtius Affinity (in the Bible)Affinity (in Canon Law)Affirmation Afflighem Denis Auguste Affre St. Afra Africa Early African Church African Liturgy African Synods Agabus Agape Agapetae Agapetus Pope St. Agapetus I Pope Agapetus II William Seth Agar St. Agatha Agathangelus Agathias Pope St. Agatho Agaunum Agostini Agazzari Council of Agde Canonical Age Age of Reason The Diocese of Agen Agents of Roman Congregations Aggeus (Haggai)Unjust Aggressor Raymond d'Agiles St. Agilulfus Agios O Theos Giuseppe Agnelli Fra. Guglielmo Agnelli Bl. Agnellus of Pisa Andreas Agnellus of Ravenna St. Agnes of Assisi St. Agnes of Bohemia St. Agnes of Montepulciano St. Agnes of Rome Maria Gaetana Agnesi Agnetz Agnoetae Agnosticism Agnus Dei Agnus Dei (in Liturgy)Agonistici Agony of Christ Paolo Agostini Bl. Agostino Novello Charles Consstance César Joseph Matthieu d'Agoult Agra Agram Agrapha Agrarianism Maria de Agreda Agria St. Agricius Alexander Agricola George Agricola Rudolph Agricola Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa of Nettesheim Agrippinus Aguas Calientes Joseph Saenz de Aguirre Ahicam Ahriman and Ormuzd Johann Caspar Aiblinger Gregor Aichinger St. Aidan of Lindisfarne Duchess of Aiguillon Mary Aikenhead St. Ailbe St. Aileran Family of d'Ailleboust Pierre d'Ailly Mateo Aimerich Diocese of Aire Giacomo Maria Airoli Aisle Aistulph Archdiocese of Aix Councils of Aix-en-Provence Diocese of Ajaccio Akhmin Michael & Nicetas Akominatos Alabama Alabanda Alabaster The Diocese of Alagoas Pietro Alagona Alain de l'Isle Alalis Lucas Alaman Niccolò Alamanni Alan of Tewkesbury Alan of Walsingham Alanus de Rupe Alaska Alatri Alb Diocese of Alba Pompeia St. Alban Albanenses Albania Albani Albano Albany Albenga Niccolo Albergati Alberic of Monte Cassino Alberic of Ostia Albero de Montreuil Giulio Alberoni Albert Albert II Blessed Albert St. Albert Bl. Albert Berdini of Sarteano Albert of Aachen Albert of Brandenburg Albert of Castile Albert of Stade Leandro Alberti Leone Battista Alberti Nicolò Albertini John Baptist Albertrandi St. Albertus Magnus Archdiocese of Albi (Albia)Council of Albi Juan de Albi Sigismund Albicus Albigenses Albinus Johann G. Albrechtsberger The Albright Brethren Afonzo de Albuquerque University of Alcalá Military Order of Alcántara Antonio de Alcedo Alchemy St. Alcmund Andrea Alciati Alcimus John Alcock Alcoholism Alcuin St. Aldegundis Aldersbach Aldfrith St. Aldhelm St. Aldric Ulissi Aldrovandi Leonard Alea Phillipe Alegambe Francisco Xavier Alegre Joseph Sadoc Alemany Giulio Alenio Aleppo Ales and Terralba Alessandria della Paglia Galeazzo Alessi Alessio Alexander, name of seven men Alexander (Early Bishops)Pope St. Alexander I Pope Alexander II Pope Alexander III Pope Alexander IV Alexander V Pope Alexander VI Pope Alexander VII Pope Alexander VIII St. Alexander St. Alexander St. Alexander Blessed Alexander Briant Alexander Natalis Alexander of Abonoteichos Alexander of Hales Alexander of Lycopolis Bl. Alexander Sauli Dom Jacques Alexandre Alexandria Councils of Alexandria The Church of Alexandria The Diocese of Alexandria The Alexandrian Library The Alexandrine Liturgy Alexian Nuns Alexians St. Alexis Falconieri St. Alexius Count Vittorio Alfieri Pietro Alfieri Alfonso de Zamora Alfonso of Burgos Michael Alford Alfred the Great St. Alfrida St. Alfwold Alger of Liége Alghero Algiers Algonquins Alife Alimentation Alimony Aliturgical Days All Hallows College All Saints' Day All Souls' Day Allah Allahabad Paul Allard Leo Allatius Joseph Allegranza Antonio Allegri Gregorio Allegri Alleluia Jean Allemand Edward Patrick Allen Frances Allen George Allen John Allen John Allen William Allen August Allerstein Thomas William Allies Joseph Franz Allioli William Allison Allocution Allori William Allot Claude Allouez Alma Alma Redemptoris Mater Diego de Almagro John Almeida Almeria Camillo Almici John Almond Ven. John Almond Oliver Almond Alms and Almsgiving St. Alnoth Alogi St. Aloysius Gonzaga Alpha and Omega (in Scripture)Alpha and Omega Christian Use of the Alphabet St. Alphonsus Liguori St. Alphonsus Rodriguez Prospero Alpini Alsace-Lorraine Diego Francisco Altamirano Altamura and Acquaviva Altar (in Liturgy)Altar Candles Double Altar Portable Altar Privileged Altar Stripping of an Altar Altar Bell Altar Breadboxes Altar Breads Altar Candlesticks Altar Canopy Altar Cards Altar Carpets Altar Cavity Altar Cloths Altar Crucifix Altar Curtain Altar Frontal Altar Horns Altar Lamp Altar Lanterns Altar Ledge Altar Linens Altar of Our Lady Altarpiece Altar Protector Altar Rail Altar Screen Altar Side Altar Steps Altar Stole Altar Stone Altar Tomb Altar Vase Altar Vessels Altar Wine Altarage Altars (in the Greek Churches)Altars (in Scripture)History of the Christian Altar Blessed Altmann St. Alto Alton Diocese of Altoona Altruism Alumnus Niccolò Alunno The Duke of Alva Pedro d'Alva y Astorga Alonzo de Alvarado Fray Francisco de Alvarado Pedro de Alvarado Balthazar Alvarez Diego Alvarez Manoel Alvarez Alvarez de Paz St. Alypius José Antonio Alzate Johann Baptist Alzog Ama Giovanni Antonio Amadeo Amadia and Akra Amalarius of Metz St. Amalberga St. Amalberga Amalec Amalfi Amalricians Amalricus Augerii St. Amandus Amasia Amastris Thaddeus Amat Amathus Diocese of Amazones Peter Ambarach Ambition Ambo Ambo (in the Russian and Greek Church)George d'Amboise Our Lady of Ambronay August Wilhelm Ambros St. Ambrose St. Ambrose of Camaldoli Bl. Ambrose of Sienna Ambrosian Basilica Ambrosian Chant Ambrosian Hymnography The Ambrosian Library Ambrosian Liturgy and Rite Ambrosians Ambrosiaster Ambulatory Amelia Denis Amelote Amen Amende Honorable Veit Amerbach America Pre-Columbian Discovery of America The American College in Rome The American College at Louvain The South American College in Rome The American Protective Association Francis Kerril Amherst, D.D.Ven. John Amias Amice Antonio Amico Francesco Amico The Diocese of Amida Diocese of Amiens Joseph Maria Amiot Amisus Daniel Ammen Ammon St. Ammon Ammonian Sections Ammonites Amorbach Amorios Amorrhites Eusebius Amort Amos Amovibility The Vicariate Apostolic of Amoy André Marie Ampère Amphilochius of Iconium Amphilochius of Sida Amphoræ The Abbey of Ampleforth Ampullæ Diocese of Ampurias Amra Amrah Amraphel Amsterdam Amulet Use and Abuse of Amulets Amyclae Jacques Amyot Anabaptists Pope St. Anacletus Anacletus II Anæsthesia Anagni Analogy Analysis Anaphora Anarchy St. Anastasia Anastasiopolis St. Anastasius Pope St. Anastasius I Pope Anastasius II Pope Anastasius III Pope Anastasius IV St. Anastasius St. Anastasius Sinaita Anathema Anathoth St. Anatolia St. Anatolius St. Anatolius Anatomy Anazarbus Pedro de Añazco Joseph Anchieta The Anchor (as Symbol)Anchorites Ancient of Days Ancilla Dei Ciriaco d'Ancona Ancona and Umana Ancren Riwle Ancyra Councils of Ancyra Andalusia William Henry Anderdon Anthony Maria Anderledy Henry James Anderson Lionel Albert Anderson Patrick Anderson James Anderton Ven. Robert Anderton Roger Anderton Thomas Anderton Heinrich Bernhard, Freiherr von Andlaw Ven. William Andleby Alonso Andrada Antonio de Andrada Diego Andrada de Payva Bernard André Yves Marie André Giovanni d'Andrea Blessed Andrea Dotti Andrea Pisano Andreas of Ratisbon Felix de Andreis Juan Andres St. Andrew St. Andrew St. Andrew Avellino St. Andrew Bobola St. Andrew Corsini Andrew of Caesarea St. Andrew of Crete Andrew of Lonjumeau Andrew of Rhodes St. Andrew the Scot William Eusebius Andrews Diocese of Andria Anemurium Felice Anerio Giovanni Francesco Anerio Filippo Anfossi Ange de Saint Joseph Ange de Sainte Rosalie Angels St. Angela Merici Bl. Angela of Foligno Francesco Degli Angeli Girolamo degli Angeli The Angelicals Fra Angelico Bl. Angelo Carletti di Chivasso Angelo Clareno da Cingoli Early Christian Representations of Angels Angels of the Churches Angelus Angelus Bell Silesius Angelus Anger Angers University of Angers Notre Dame de Anges St. Angilbert Francesco Angiolini The Priory of Anglesea Anglican Orders Anglicanism Timothy Warren Anglin The Anglo-Saxon Church Anglona-Tursi Angola and Congo Angora Angoulême Angra Pedro Angulo Anhalt Pope St. Anicetus College and Church of the Anima (in Rome)Anima Christi Animals in Christian Art Animals in the Bible Animism Giovanni Animuccia Anise Anna Anna Comnena Ecclesiastical Annals Annas François Annat Annates St. Anne Sainte Anne d'Auray Sainte Anne de Beaupré Annecy Joseph Annegarn Annibale d'Annibaldi Giuseppe d'Annibale Annius of Viterbo St. Anno The Annunciation The Feast of the Annunciation The Orders of the Annunciation Louis-Pierre Anquetil Casto Innocenzio Ansaldi Giordano Ansaloni St. Anschar Councils of Anse Ansegisus St. Ansegisus St. Anselm St. Anselm Anselm of Laon Anselm of Liège St. Anselm of Lucca, the Younger Antoine Anselme Reyer Anslo Thomas Chisholm Anstey Antediluvians Pope St. Anterus Joseph Anthelmi Anthemius St. Anthony Orders of St. Anthony St. Anthony of Padua Anthony of Sienna Anthony of the Mother of God Anthropomorphism, Anthropomorphites Antichrist Antidicomarianites Antidoron Antigonish Antimensium Antinoe Antinomianism The Church of Antioch Antioch Antiochene Liturgy Antiochus of Palestine Antipater of Bostra Antipatris Antiphellos Antiphon Antiphon (in the Greek Church)Antiphon (in Greek Liturgy)Antiphonary Gregorian Antiphonary Antipodes Antipope Antivari Antofogaste Paul Gabriel Antoine Anton Ulrich Giacomo Antonelli Leonardo Antonelli Nicolò Maria Antonelli Giovanni Antoniano Silvio Antoniano Charles Antoniewicz St. Antoninus Antoninus Pius St. Antonio Maria Zaccaria Maria Antonio of Vicenza Antonius Franz Joseph Antony Antwerp Fray Domingo de la Anunciación Fray Juan de la Anunciación Aosta Apaches Apameia Antonio Aparisi y Guijarro Apelles St. Aphian Aphraates Apiarius of Sicca Apocalypse Apocatastasis Apocrisiarius Apocrypha Apodosis Apollinarianism St. Apollinaris St. Apollinaris Apollinaris (the Elder)St. Apollinaris Claudius St. Apollonia Apollonius of Ephesus Apologetics Apolysis Apolytikion Apophthegmata Patrum Ferrante Aporti Apostasy Apostle (in Liturgy)Apostle Spoons Apostles Apostles' Creed The Twelve Apostles of Erin The Apostleship of Prayer Apostolic Camera Apostolic Churches Apostolic Church-Ordinance Apostolic Constitutions The Apostolic Fathers Apostolic Letters Apostolic Majesty The Apostolic See Apostolic Succession The Apostolic Union of Secular Priests Apostolicae Curae Apostolicae Sedis Moderationi Apostolicæ Servitutis Apostolici Apostolici Ministerii Apostolici Regiminis Apostolicity Apostolicum Pascendi Minis Apotactics Apotheosis Apparitor Appeal as from an abuse Appeals Appetite Approbation Appropriation Apse Apse Chapel Apsidiole Council of Apt Aquarians The Archdiocese of Aquila Aquila and Priscilla Aquileia Councils of Aquileia Aquino, Sora, and Pontecorvo Arabia The Vicariate Apostolic of Arabia Councils of Arabia Arabian School of Philosophy Arabici Arabissus Arad The Monastic School of Aran Council of Aranda Philip Aranda Arason Jón Arator Prefecture Apostolic of Araucania Araucanians Antonio de Araujo Francisco de Araujo Arawaks Ignacio de Arbieto Arbitration St. Arbogast Abbey of Arbroath Missal of Arbuthnott Arca Our Lady of Arcachon Jacob Arcadelt Arcadiopolis Arcae Arcanum Arch The Commission of Sacred Archæology Archange de Lyon Archbishop Archconfraternity Archdeacon Richard Archdeacon Archdiocese Archelais James Archer The Court of Arches Archiereus Archimandrite Filipo Archinto Ecclesiastical Archives Archontics Archpriest Arcosolium Arculf Ardagh Ardbraccan The Priory of Ardchattan Edward Arden Notre Dame des Ardilliers Prince Charles d'Aremberg Areopagus Areopolis The Diocese of Arequipa Arethas of Caesarea Arethusa Faustino Arévalo Rodríguez Sanchez de Arévalo Arezzo Pierre de Voyer d'Argenson Argentina Charles du Plessis d'Argentré Argos Luis Antonio Argüello Diocese of Argyll and the Isles John Argyropulos St. Arialdo Arianism Ariano Francis Arias Pedro Arias de Avila Benedictus Arias Montanus Ariassus Aribo Arindela Ludovico Ariosto Aristeas Aristides Aristotle Arius Arizona Ark Noah's Ark Ark of the Covenant Arkansas Fray José Arlegui The Synods of Arles The Spanish Armada Armagh The Book of Armagh The School of Armagh Georges d'Armagnac Mariano Armellino Armenia Armenierstadt Fray Nicolás Armentia Armidale Arminianism Arnauld Thomas Augustine Arne Arni Thorlaksson Arnobius Arnold Arnold of Brescia Alberto Arnoldi Bartholomaeus Arnoldi Arnolfo di Cambio Peter Joseph Arnoudt Veit Arnpeck Arnulf of Bavaria Arnulf of Lisieux St. Arnulf of Metz Arras Councils of Arras Pablo José Arriaga, S.J.Juan Arricivita Nicola Arrighetti Nicolò Arrighetti Arsacidæ Arsenius Autorianos St. Arsenius Arsinoe Artemon James Arthur Thomas Arthur Articles of Faith The Organic Articles Artoklasia Bachelor of Arts The Faculty of Arts Master of Arts The Seven Liberal Arts Artvin Thomas Arundel Arundell St. Asaph Ascalon Ascelin Ascendente Domino Ascension Feast of the Ascension Asceticism Joseph, Ritter von Aschbach Ascoli-Piceno Ascoli, Satriano, and Cirignola Aseity Aseneth Aser Asgaard Ash Wednesday George Ashby Thomas Ashby Ashes Ven. Ralph Ashley John Ashton Ven. Roger Ashton Asia Asia Minor Asiongaber Robert Aske Asmodeus Aspendus Asperges Martin Aspilcueta The Ass (in Caricature of Christian Beliefs and Practices)Assam Assemani Assemblies of the French Clergy John Asser Feast of Asses Assessor of the Holy Office Assessors St. Assicus Assideans Physiological Assimilation Psychological Assimilation Assisi Assistant at the Pontifical Throne Assize of Clarendon