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Auctoritas St. Augustine distinguishes divine from human authorityAuctoritas autem partim divina est, partim humanased vera, firma, summa ea est quae divina nominatur. Thus God is the highest authority. It is distinctly advantageous to rely on authorityAuctoritati credere magnum compendium. est, nullus labor. Both authority and reason impel us to learnNulli autem dubium est gemino pondere … Continue reading “Auctoritas”

Auctorem Fidei A Bull issued by Pius VI, 28 August, 1794, in condemnation of the Gallican and Jansenist acts and tendencies of the Synod of Pistoia (1786). To understand its bearing, it is well to observe that Leopold II, Grand duke of Tuscany (1765-90), pursued the ecclesiastical policy of his brother, Joseph II of Austria; … Continue reading “Auctorem Fidei”

Auctor beate saeculi Hymn for Vespers on the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It was written in the 18th century by an unknown author. There are eight translations. The English title given is by F. Husenbeth. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Auctor a bishop, of whom nothing further is known, is commemorated, as a saint in Bede’s Martyrology on Aug. 9. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Auckland, New Zealand, diocese of Comprises the territory of the provincial district of Auckland, surrounding islands, and the Kermadec group; area, 21,065 square miles; erected, 1848 ; suffragan of Wellington. Catholic-Hierarchy.Org diocese of Auckland Patron Saints Index New Catholic Dictionary Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Auckland Diocese comprising the Provincial District of Auckland (New Zealand), with its islets, and the Kermadec Group. Area, 21,665 square miles. On Trinity Sunday, 1835, the Vicariate Apostolic of the Western Pacific was erected by Pope Gregory XVI. The Abbé Jean Baptiste François Pompallier was chosen as its first vicar. The territory under his jurisdiction … Continue reading “Auckland”

Auchmuty, Samuel, D.D. a missionary of the Church of England, was born in Boston, Mass., in 1721. His father, Robert Auchmuty, a Scotchman, was a lawyer, and for several years a judge in the Court of Admiralty.”‘ Samuel received his education at Harvard College, graduating in 1742. – Five years after he was ordained deacon … Continue reading “Auchmuty, Samuel, D.D.”

Aucher Pascal an Armenian monk, born 1771 in Armenia, died 1854. He was, while yet very young, sent, together with his elder brother, J. B. Aucher (born 1760, died 1853), to the Armenian convent of San Lazaro at Venice, where they were educated, and subsequently joined the order of Mechitarists. Both deserved well of the … Continue reading “Aucher Pascal”

Auch, Council Of (Coancilium Auscense), was a council of the province called by Hugo the White, legate. It was ordered that all the churches of Gascony should pay a quarter of the tithe to the cathedral, St. Orens and a few others being exempted. See. Labbe, Concil. 9:1195. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical … Continue reading “Auch, Council Of”

Auch (Augusta Auscorum). Archdiocese; comprises the Department of Gers in France. Before the Revolution it had ton suffragan sees: Acqs (Dax) and Aire, afterwards united as the Diocese of Aire; Lectoure, later reunited with the Archdiocese of Auch; Couserans, afterwards united with the Diocese of Pamiers; Oloron, Lescar, and Bayonne, united later as the diocese … Continue reading “Auch”