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Premeditate

Premeditate * Note: This is the AV rendering of meletao, “to care for,” which occurs in some mss. in Mar 13:11, “(neither) do ye premeditate.” It is absent from the best mss. See IMAGINE. Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

prelature nullius

prelature nullius A territory belonging to no diocese, but having its own superior, called a pretate, and its own clergy, and people. If such a territory consists of at least three parishes, the prelate set over it enjoys a jurisdiction and has obligations quite similar to those of residential bishops. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

prelate, palatine

prelate, palatine Title of the highest prelates lof the pope’s personal suite. They have the right of residence in the papal palace and are four in number: majordomo maestrodi camera auditor to the pope master of the sacred palace The office of auditor was discontinued as unnecessary by Pope Pius X. Previously the auditor advised … Continue reading “prelate, palatine”

Prelate

prelate (Latin: praelatus, the preferred) Originally the word was applied to bishops who ruled the Church by Divine right. Apart from this usage we have a prelate nullius, who presides over the clergy and people of a certain territory, which does not belong to any diocese. Some abbots, although not bishops, are called prelates, and … Continue reading “Prelate”

Prelacy

Prelacy The organization of the Christian Church was in the beginning eminently simple, free, and popular. The government of the Church was at first a pure democracy, allowing to all its constituents the most enlarged freedom of voluntary religious association. Prelacy takes its name and character from the assumed prerogatives of the bishop as a … Continue reading “Prelacy”

Prejudice

prejudice (Latin: prae, before; judicium, judgment) Judgment based on wrong or insufficient data. It is that state of mind which decides on a matter either without due knowledge, or, what is worse, with erroneous knowledge. Prejudice acts in two ways: it causes its victims to judge persons or things wrongly, and, moreover, blinds their reasoning … Continue reading “Prejudice”