Oriel Or Oriole (Lat. Oratoriolum, or little place for prayer, its original meaning) was a portion of an apartment set aside for prayer, and in the mediaeva houses it was not an uncommon practice to arrange the domestic oratory so that the sacrarium was the whole height of the building, while there was an upper … Continue reading “Oriel Or Oriole”
Oriani, Barnaba
Oriani, Barnaba Barnabite and scientist. Born in Carignano, Italy in 1752; died in Milan, Italy in 1832. Astronomer at the Brera observatory for over 50 years. He published frequent valuable dissertations. His memoirs containing his calculation of the orbit of Uranus and a table of elements of that planet were especially noteworthy. Fuente: New Catholic … Continue reading “Oriani, Barnaba”
Oria
Oria (URITANA) Oria, in the Province of Lecce [now the Province of Brindisi –Ed.], Apulia, Italy, suffragan of Taranto. In the Middle Ages, Oria was a principality that passed to the Borromei; St. Charles sold it for 40,000 crowns, which he distributed among the poor. Oria was besieged by Manfred in 1266. When Brindisi was … Continue reading “Oria”
Orgia
Orgia Engl. ORGIES (probably from Gr. , in the perfect , to sacrifice), or MYSTERIES, are the secret rites or customs connected with the worship of some of the pagan deities; as the secret worship of Ceres, and the festival of Bacchus, which was accompanied with mystical customs and drunken revelry. These festivals are the … Continue reading “Orgia”
Organon
Organon (Gr. organon) The title traditionally given to the body of Aristotle’s logical treatises. The designation appears to have originated among the Peripatetics after Aristotle’s time, and expresses their view that logic is not a part of philosophy (as the Stoics maintained) but rather the instrument (organon) of philosophical inquiry. See Aristotelianism. — G.R.M. In … Continue reading “Organon”
Organization
Organization See Church Government. Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church Organization ORGANIZATION.In the NT organization is visible, but in a rudimentary and experimental state. It lacks the rigidity of a fully systematized religion, but it is thereby the better evidence of the glorious vigour of primitive Christianity and its impatience of all that might restrain … Continue reading “Organization”
Organismic Psychology
Organismic Psychology (Lat. organum, from Gr. organon, an instrument) A system of theoretical psychology which construes the structure of the mind in organic rather than atomistic terms. See Gestalt Psychology; Psychological Atomism. — L.W. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy
Organism
Organism An individual animal or plant, biologically interpreted. A. N. Whitehead uses the term to include also physical bodies and to signify anything material spreading through space and enduring in time. — R.B.W. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy
Organicism
Organicism A theory of biology that life consists in the organization or dynamic system of the organism. Opposed to mechanism and vitalism. — J.K.F. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy
Organic Articles, The
Organic Articles, The A name given to a law regulating public worship, comprising 77 articles relative to Catholicism, and 44 relative to Protestantism, presented by order of Napoleon to the Tribunate and the legislative body at the same time that he made these two bodies vote on the Concordat itself. Together with the Concordat, the … Continue reading “Organic Articles, The”