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Quam singulari

Quam singulari A decree of the Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments, 8 August, 1910, on the age at which children are to be admitted to first Communion, officially promulgated 15 August, 1910 (Acta Apost. Sedis, 15 August, 1910). The historical facts narrated in the “Quam singulari” prove that: it is not a decree inaugurating a … Continue reading “Quam singulari”

Quam despectus

Quam despectus QUAM DEJECTUS, is the beginning of a passion-hymn, written by the doctor seraphicus, St. Bonaventura (q.v.), of which the first stanza runs thus: Quam despectus, quam dejectus, Rex coelorum est effectus, Ut salvaret saeculum; Esnrivit et sitivit, Pauper et egenius ivit Usque ad patibulum. This beautiful hymn has been translated into English by … Continue reading “Quam despectus”

Quality

Quality (Gr. poistes — Plato, Aristotle — poion; Lat. qualitas, quale.) Quality is used, first, in an extended sense, as whatever can be attributed to the subject of discourse; and second, in its exact signification, as that category which is distinguished from the nine others enumerated by Aristotle. In the present article the word is … Continue reading “Quality”

Qualities, immaterial

Qualities, immaterial Instances of non-positional qualities that are not characterized by any determinable form of quality of spatial position. (Broad.) — H.H. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Qualities, extensional

Qualities, extensional Qualities which characterize certain complex wholes composed of point-instants related to each other in virtue of their different positional qualities. (Broad ) — H.H. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy