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Associations, Pious Under this term are comprehended all those organizations, approved and indulgenced by Church authority, which have been instituted especially in recent times, for the advancement of various works of piety and charity. Other terms used with the same meaning are: pious union, pious work, league, society, etc. Pious associations are distinguished, on the … Continue reading “Associations, Pious”

Associations Law Enacted by the French Government, 1901 , providing that no religious congregation of men or of women could be formed without a legislative act, which should determine the functions of such a congregation. This enactment was part of the scheme laid down previously by the Grand Orient Freemasons, by which the Catholic Church … Continue reading “Associations Law”

Associations Cultuelles Designation given to certain “moral persons” or associations which, by Law of Separation of the Churches and the State, 1905 , the French Republic, without any previous understanding with the Holy See, wished to call into existence in each diocese and parish, for religious worship, to receive as proprietors church properties and revenues, … Continue reading “Associations Cultuelles”

Associationist Psychology See Associationism. — L.W. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Associationism A theory of the structure and organization of mind which asserts that(a) every mental state is resolvable into simple, discrete components (See Mind-Stuff Theory, Psychological Atomism) and (b) the whole of the mental life is explicable by the combination and recombination of these elemental states in conformity with the laws of association of ideas. … Continue reading “Associationism”

ASSOCIATION-SEPARATION (A) ASSOCIATIONS, EVIL (1) Warnings concerning Exo 23:2; Exo 23:33; Exo 34:12; Psa 1:1; Pro 1:15; Pro 4:14; Pro 22:24; Pro 23:6; Pro 24:1 1Co 5:9; 1Co 5:11; 2Co 6:14; 2Jo 1:10 –SEE Separation (4), SEPARATION Sinful Imitation, WORLDLINESS (2) Results of Misery Num 33:55; Jdg 16:4 Apostasy 1Ki 11:2 Divine Wrath 2Ch 19:2; … Continue reading “ASSOCIATION-SEPARATION”

Association, Right of Voluntary I. LEGAL RIGHT A voluntary association means any group of individuals freely united for the pursuit of a common end. It differs, therefore, from a necessary association in as much as its members are not under legal compulsion to become associated. The principal instances of a necessary association are a conscript … Continue reading “Association, Right of Voluntary”

Association; or, Inclusion When the Writer or Speaker associates himself with those whom he addresses This name is given to the Figure because the writer or speaker turns, and (1) includes himself in what he says for others: (2) or, vice versa, includes others in what he says of himself; (3) or, includes many in … Continue reading “Association; or, Inclusion”

Association of the Holy Childhood A children’s association for the benefit of foreign missions, founded, 1843, by Charles de Forbin-Janson, Bishop of Nancy, France. Its chief ends are: to draw young children near to the Infant Jesus that they may practise Christian charity and contribute to the salvation of pagan children; to procure baptism for … Continue reading “Association of the Holy Childhood”

Association of Priestly Perseverance A sacerdotal association founded in 1868 at Vienna, and at first confined to that Archdiocese. In 1879, chiefly through the influence of its periodical organ, “La Correspondance”, it spread into other dioceses and countries, and in 1903 counted 14,919 living members, belonging to 150 dioceses in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and other … Continue reading “Association of Priestly Perseverance”