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Apostolic Executor A cleric who puts into execution a papal rescript, completing what is necessary in order that it be effective. The executor of a rescript may be discovered from the tenor of the document itself. In matters which regard the government of regulars, the executor of Apostolic Letters is the superior of the order, … Continue reading “Apostolic Executor”

apostolic examiners Officials chosen by the pope to examine all candidates in Rome for the reception of Orders and for permission to hear confessions, first constituted by Pius V, 1570 . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Apostolic delegate A papal representative who in the territory assigned to him has the power and duty of watching over the status of the Church and of keeping the Roman pontiff informed regarding the same. Besides this ordinary power he has faculties that are delegated to him by the Holy See. In countries that have … Continue reading “Apostolic delegate”

Apostolic Dataria An office of the Roman Curia, which looks into the fitness of candidates for nonconsistorial benefices reserved to the Holy See; composes and expedites the Apostolic letters for the conferring of such benefices; grants exemption from conditions required in conferring a benefice, the collation of which does not pertain to the Ordinary ; … Continue reading “Apostolic Dataria”

Apostolic Constitutions And Canons This work (of the 4th or 5th cent. a.d., but based on more ancient materials) is divided into eight books, dealing, in rambling and hortatory fashion, with the problems of church life and discipline. The chief interest of its contents lies in the miscellaneous information afforded regarding the customs of an … Continue reading “Apostolic Constitutions And Canons”

Apostolic Constitutions A fourth-century collection of independent treatises on Christian discipline, worship, and doctrine, wrongly purporting to be instructions of the Apostles compiled by Clement of Rome. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Apostolic Constitutions A fourth-century pseudo-Apostolic collection, in eight books, of independent, though closely related, treatises on Christian discipline, worship, and doctrine, intended to serve … Continue reading “Apostolic Constitutions”

Apostolic, College A name given to the Apostles constituting one moral hierarchical body (not a body of equals) under Saint Peter as their head (Matthew 10; 11; 16; Luke, 22). After the death of Judas to show that Christ wished them to be a religious society, they immediately elected Matthias “to take the place of … Continue reading “Apostolic College”

Apostolic Clerics of Saint Jerome Religious congregation of men founded 1361 at Siena, Italy, by Saint John Colombini, for the care of the sick, particularly the plague-stricken, the burial of the dead, prayer, and strict mortification. The name was popularly given them because of their constant use of the words: “Praise be to Jesus.” At … Continue reading “Apostolic Clerics of Saint Jerome”

Apostolic churches Term used from the 2nd to the 4th century to signify the Churches founded or ruled by an Apostle; e.g., Alexandria, by Saint Mark. Later Apostolic church was used frequently to mean the whole Church, especially in connection with the expression, Catholic Church. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Apostolic Churches The epithet Apostolic (apostolikos) … Continue reading “Apostolic Churches”

Apostolic Church Ordinance Third-century pseudo-Apostolic collection of moral and hierarchical rules and instructions, which served as a law-code for the Egyptian, Ethiopian, and Arabian Churches, rivaling the Didache , under which name it often went. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Apostolic Church-Ordinance A third-century pseudo-Apostolic collection of moral and hierarchical rules and instructions, compiled in the … Continue reading “Apostolic Church-Ordinance”