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APPROPRIATION The annexing a benefice to the proper and perpetual use of some religious house. It is a term also often used in the religious world as referring to that act of the mind by which we apply the blessings of the Gospel to ourselves. This appropriation is real when we are enabled to believe … Continue reading “Appropriation”

Appronianus a martyr at Rome, commemorated Feb. 2. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Approbation of Books the act by which books were recommended or declared harmless by persons authorized to judge of them. The Council of Trent (sess. 4) forbids, on penalty of excommunication, the publication of books without the approbation of the bishop of the diocese. In England the right of approbation formerly belonged to those who … Continue reading “Approbation of Books”

Approbation, Episcopal, for Confession In the Church of Rome, no priest, regular or secular, can lawfully or validly administer the sacrament of penance without having first obtained permission of the bishop, who has it in his power to limit the permission in any way he likes, and to revoke it when he pleases. This regulation … Continue reading “Approbation, Episcopal, for Confession”

APPROBATION A state or disposition of the mind, wherein we put a value upon, or become pleased with, some person or thing. Moralists are divided on the principle of approbation, or the motive which determines us to approve or disapprove. The Epicureans will have it to be only self-interest: according to them, that which determines … Continue reading “Approbation”

Approach “to draw near, to approach,” from engus, “near,” is used (a) of place and position, literally and physically, Mat 21:1; Mar 11:1; Luk 12:33; Luk 15:25; figuratively, of drawing near to God, Mat 15:8; Heb 7:19; Jam 4:8; (b) of time, with reference to things that are imminent, as the kingdom of heaven, Mat … Continue reading “Approach”

Apprice, John a Christian martyr, because of his unbelief in the Romish Church, suffered death by burning at Stratford-le-Bow, May 15, 1556. See Fox, Acts and Monuments, 8:140. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Appresentation (Ger. Apprsentation) In HusserlThe function of a presentation proper as motivating the experiential positing of something else as present along with the strictly presented object. — D.C. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Apprehension span The extent or complexity of material which an individual is able to apprehend through a single, very brief act of attention. Also called attention span. — A.C.B. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Apprehension (ad + prehendereto seize) 1. Act involving the bare awareness of the presence of an object to consciousness; the general relation of subject to object as inclusive of the more special forms, such as perceiving or remembering, which the relation may take. 2. Act involving the awareness of the bare presence of an object … Continue reading “Apprehension”