Roman Empire The purpose of this article is to sketch the growth of the Roman Empire from its small beginnings down to about the middle of the 1st cent. a.d. The Empire did not stop growing at that date, but its later history hardly belongs to a Dictionary of the Apostolic Church. 1. Origins.-Rome, according … Continue reading “Roman Empire”
Roman Curia
Roman Curia Strictly speaking, the ensemble of departments or ministries which assist the sovereign pontiff in the government of the Universal Church. These are the Roman Congregations, the tribunals, and the offices of Curia (Ufficii di Curia). The Congregations, being the highest and most extensive departments of the Pontifical Government, are treated elsewhere under ROMAN … Continue reading “Roman Curia”
Roman Court
Roman Court The ensemble of departments or ministries which assist the Sovereign Pontiff in the government of the Church. It comprises the elevan Roman Congregations, the Roman Tribunals, which number three, and the five offices of Curia. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Roman Congregations, decrees of
Roman Congregations, decrees of Many of the decrees and resolutions of the Roman Congregations have been published in various collections. Some of the collections are sanctioned by papal authority, the Congregations have vouched for the genuineness of others, while some have received no official recognition. Through the official bulletin of the Holy See, Acta Apostolicae … Continue reading “Roman Congregations, decrees of”
Roman Congregations
Roman Congregations Certain departments have been organized by the Holy See at various times to assist it in the transaction of those affairs which canonical discipline and the individual interests of the faithful bring to Rome. Of these the most important are, without doubt, the Roman Congregations (Sacræ Cardinalium Congregationes), as is evident from the … Continue reading “Roman Congregations”
Roman Congregation
Roman Congregation A department of the Roman Curia, consisting of a number of cardinals , and permanently established to handle a certain class of administrative business. One of the cardinals presides over it as prefect, or as secretary if the pope is the prefect. To it are attached the required officials and a body of … Continue reading “Roman Congregation”
Roman Colleges
Roman Colleges Various institutions in Rome for the education of seminarians, most of them national. There students reside, and sometimes follow special courses; they follow the regular courses in philosophy and theology in a few large central institutions such as the Propaganda, Urban College, Gregorian University, Roman Seminary, and the Minerva (Pontifical and International College … Continue reading “Roman Colleges”
Roman collar
Roman collar A stiff white linen neck-band, fastened in the back, and worn by priests outside of the church or rectory. From it usually hangs a silk breast-piece known in the United States as “rabbi.” Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Roman Christian Cemeteries, Early
Roman Christian Cemeteries, Early This article treats briefly of the individual catacomb cemeteries in the vicinity of Rome. For general information on the Roman catacombs, see ROMAN CATACOMBS. This summary account of the individual catacombs will follow the order of the great Roman roads, along which were usually located the Christian cemeteries. Sources of the … Continue reading “Roman Christian Cemeteries, Early”
Roman Catholics
Roman Catholics or members of the church of Rome, otherwise called papists, from the pope being considered by them as the supreme head of the universal church, the successor of St. Peter, and the fountain of theological truth and ecclesiastical honours. He keeps his court in great state at the palace of the Vatican, and … Continue reading “Roman Catholics”