(Encyclopedia) PelagianismPelagianismpəlāˈjənĭzəm [key], Christian heretical sect that rose in the 5th cent. challenging St. Augustine's conceptions of grace and predestination. The doctrine was…
Because thou hast the power and own'st the graceBecause thou hast the power and own'st the grace
To look through and behind this mask of me,
(Against which, years have beat thus blanchingly,…
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The lawful season for venery, which began at Midsummer and lasted to Holyrood Day. The fox and wolf might be hunted from the Nativity to the Annunciation; the roebuck from Easter to…
Andrea Appiani is so called. (1754-1817.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Painter of NaturePainter A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T…
The National Board of Review includes teachers, actors, writers and movie-production workers. The organization publishes the magazine Films in Review. The winners were announced Dec. 1, 2004…
(Encyclopedia) Rainier IIIRainier IIIrĕnyāˈ [key], 1923–2005, prince of Monaco (1949–2005), a member of the Grimaldi family, which has ruled the tiny principality since 1297. Fiercely anti-Nazi,…
(Encyclopedia) predestination, in theology, doctrine that asserts that God predestines from eternity the salvation of certain souls. So-called double predestination, as in Calvinism, is the added…
(Encyclopedia) sacrament [Lat.,=something holy], an outward sign of something sacred. In Christianity, a sacrament is commonly defined as having been instituted by Jesus and consisting of a visible…
Little Gray Songs from St. Joseph'sGrace Fallow NortonIWith cassock black, baret and book,
Father Saran goes by;
I think he goes to say a prayer
For one who has to die.Even so, some day,…
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