formulary of devotion
1office — n. 1. Work, service, duty, customary duty. 2. Station (conferred by authority), post, situation, place, position, berth. 3. Charge, trust, business, employment, duty, service, function, capacity. 4. Place of business, room, bureau. 5. Service,… …
2Requiem Masses — Masses of Requiem † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Masses of Requiem Masses of Requiem will be treated under the following heads: I. Origins; II. Formulary; III. Colour of the Vestments; IV. Conditions for celebrating; V. Rite; VI.… …
3Jansenism — Jansenism: Cornelius Jansen (1585–1638), professor at the Old University of Louvain. Jansenism was a Christian theological movement, primarily in France, that emphasized original sin, human depravity, the necessity of di …
4Premonstratensian Canons — • Religious order founded in 1120 by St. Norbert Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Premonstratensian Canons Premonstratensian Canons …
5Society of Jesus — Jesuit redirects here. For the American hardcore punk band, see Jesuit (band). For the personal philosophy encompassing the moral teachings of Jesus, see Jesuism. Society of Jesus Abbreviation SJ, Jesuits Motto …
6Devotio — Ancient Roman religion Marcus Aurelius (head covered) sacrificing at the Temple of Jupiter …
7Agenda (liturgy) — The name Agenda (“Things to be Done”; Germ. Agende or Kirchenagende ) is given, particularly in the Lutheran Church, to the official books dealing with the forms and ceremonies of divine service. The Term; its Equivalents Before the Reformation… …
8japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …
9Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …
10Honorius I — Pope Honorius I † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Honorius I Pope (625 12 October, 638), a Campanian, consecrated 27 October (Duchesne) or 3 November (Jaffé, Mann), in succession to Boniface V. His chief notoriety has come to him from… …
