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ARCH-PRESBYTER Or ARCH-PRIEST, a priest established in some dioceses with a superiority over the rest. He was anciently chosen out of the college of presbyters, at the pleasure of the bishop. The arch-presbyters were much of the same nature with our deans in cathedral churches. Fuente: Theological Dictionary

Arch of Titus Arch of Titus. A triumphal arch erected at Rome, and still remaining there, to commemorate the conquest of Judea and the destruction of Jerusalem by the emperor Titus. It was erected after his death, A.D. 91, by the senate and people of Rome. It was a magnificent structure, decorated with bas-reliefs and … Continue reading “Arch of Titus”

Arch in Christian Art The influence which the arch has had in effecting changes in architecture is much greater than is generally supposed. Not only may the deterioration which took place in the Roman be ascribed to it, but even the introduction of Gothic architecture may be said to be owing to it; for the … Continue reading “Arch in Christian Art”

Arch-Abbey, Saint Vincent’s Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1846 by Boniface Wimmer, O.S.B., of Meltenberg, Bavaria. Made an abbey in1855. Conducts a seminary, college, and preparatory school. They maintain a web site . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

arch In architecture, a structure built of separate and rigid blocks shaped like wedges and put together on a curved line so as to keep their position by mutual pressure when the arch is supported only at its two ends. The separate blocks are called voussoirs or arch-stones, the lowest members of which are termed … Continue reading “Arch”

Arcesilaus (315-241 B.C.) Greek philosopher from Pitane in Aeolis. He succeeded Crates in the chair of the Platonic Academy and became the founder of the second or so-called middle academy. In opposition to both Stoicism and Epicureanism, he advocated a scepticism that was not so extreme as that of Pyrrho although he despaired of man’s … Continue reading “Arcesilaus”

Arce, Jose De a Spanish sculptor, who flourished about 1657, studied under Juan: Martinez Montanes, and did several fine pieces of work at Seville, among which are eight colossal stone statues over’ the balustrade of the Church of the Sanctuary, in the cathedral. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Arce SEE ARKITE; SEE PETRA. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Arcanum An Encyclical Letter on Christian marriage, issued 10 February, 1880, by Leo XIII. Its scope is to show that, since family life is the germ of society, and marriage is the basis of family life, the healthy condition of civil no less than of religious society depends on the inviolability of the marriage contract. … Continue reading “Arcanum”

Arcani Disciplina (discipline of the mysteries, or system of secret instruction), a term first introduced by Meier in his De Recondita vet. Eccles. Theologia (1677), to denote the practice of the early church of concealing from unbelievers, and even from catechumens, certain parts of divine worship, especially of the sacraments. The subject is curious in … Continue reading “Arcani Disciplina”