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Annunciation, The ANNUNCIATION,THE (Annuntiatio, , ).The announcement of the fact that the Son of God was to be born of the Virgin Mary, who at the time was espoused to Joseph, the descendant and heir of David. St. Luke (Luk 1:26-38) tells us that this announcement was made to Mary by the angel Gabriel at … Continue reading “Annunciation, The”

Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, The Feast The Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (25 March), also called in old calendars: FESTUM INCARNATIONIS, INITIUM REDEMPTIONIS CONCEPTIO CHRISTI, ANNUNTIATIO CHRISTI, ANNUNTIATIO DOMINICA. In the Orient, where the part which Mary took in the Redemption is celebrated by a special feast, 26 December, … Continue reading “Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, The Feast”

Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, The Fact The fact of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is related in Luke, i 26-38. The Evangelist tells us that in the sixth month after the conception of St. John the Baptist by Elizabeth, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to the Virgin Mary, at … Continue reading “Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, The Fact”

Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Also known as Annunciation of the Lord Feast of the Incarnation Memorial 25 March Profile The annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary by the angel Gabriel that she was to be the Mother of God (Luke, 1), the Word being made flesh through the power of the Holy Spirit. … Continue reading “Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary”

Annunciation, Feast of the (from the Lat. annunciatio, announcement), a festival observed in honor of the tidings which the angel Gabriel brought to the Virgin Mary of the incarnation of our Savior. It is called by various names in church history, e.g. , the day of salutation; , in reference to the epithet ), employed … Continue reading “Annunciation, Feast of the”

ANNUNCIATION The tidings brought by the angel Gabriel to the virgin Mary of the incarnation of Christ. It is also used to denote a festival kept by the church on the 25th of March, in commemoration of these tidings. Fuente: Theological Dictionary Annunciation See Mary Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred … Continue reading “Annunciation”

Annunciade the name of two orders of nuns. 1. That founded at Bourges in 1500, by Jeanne, queen of France, after her divorce from Louis XII. These nuns also call themselves the nuns of the ten virtues, viz., the virtues exhibited, as they say, in the mysteries which the Roman Church commemorates in the ten … Continue reading “Annunciade”

Annunciad or Annunciada, Order of a military order, founded by Amedeus, count of Savoy, in 1350 or 1360, called at first the order of the knots of love, because of a hair bracelet, formed in love-knots, given to the count by a lady. Amedeus VIII, duke of Savoy (created Pope Felix III at the council … Continue reading “Annunciad or Annunciada, Order of”

Annum Ingressi An apostolic epistle promulgated by Pope Leo XIII on 18 April 1902. It was addressed to the bishops of the world, and reviewed the first twenty-five years of Leo’s pontificate. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

annulment (Latin: ad, to; nullus, none: to nothing) A declaration by the ecclesiastical or civil authorities that a reputed marriage never was valid because owing to some known or hidden invalidating impediment it was not contracted validly and is therefore null and void. The impediments are listed under Diriment Impediments. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary