Benedict Levita — • Benedict Levita (of Mainz), or Benedict the Deacon, is the name given to himself by the author of a forged collection of capitularies which appeared in the ninth century Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Benedict Levita … Catholic encyclopedia
Benedict Levita — (of Mainz), or Benedict the Deacon, is the name given to himself by the author of a forged collection of capitularies which appeared in the ninth century. The collection belongs to the group of pseudo Isidorian forgeries that includes the pseudo… … Wikipedia
Absolution — • The remission of sin, or of the punishment due to sin, granted by the Church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Absolution Absolution … Catholic encyclopedia
Collections of ancient canons — contain collected bodies of canon law that originated in various documents, such as papal and synodal decisions, and that can be designated by the generic term of canons. Contents 1 Generalities 2 From the earliest to the apocryphal collections 2 … Wikipedia
Capitularien — (capitularia, capitula, auch decreta, decretiones, edicta u. praeceptiones), heißen Verordnungen der Merowinger u. Karolinger, deren vielseitiger Inhalt für das ganze Reich (c. generalia) od. für einzelne Volksstämme (z.B. c. legibus addita),… … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
Vestments — • According to the rules of the Church or from ecclesiastical usage, are to be worn by the clergy in performing the ceremonies of the services of the Church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Vestments Vestments … Catholic encyclopedia
Collections of Ancient Canons — Collections of Ancient Canons † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Collections of Ancient Canons While the essential principles of the constitution and government of the Church were immutably fixed by her Divine Founder, ecclesiastical… … Catholic encyclopedia
Sodomy — François Elluin, Sodomites provoking the wrath of God, from Le pot pourri de Loth (1781). Sodomy (pronounced … Wikipedia
Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the… … Universalium
BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon … Encyclopedia of Judaism