Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Masses, Devises and Bequests for (United States) Prior to the period of the Reformation in England in 1532, Masses for the repose of the souls of the donors of property given for that purpose were upheld in England, but during that year a statute was passed providing that thereafter all uses declared of land, except … Continue reading “Masses, Devises and Bequests for (United States)”

Masses, Bequests for (England) Before the Reformation dispositions of property, whether real or personal, for the purposes of Masses, were valid, unless where, in the case of real property, they might happen to conflict with the Mortmain laws by being made to religious congregations. There was a tenure of land known as tenure by divine … Continue reading “Masses, Bequests for (England)”

Masses, Bequests for (Canada) The law governing bequests, being concerned with “property and civil rights”, falls within the legislative competency of the provincial legislatures, not of the Dominion Parliament. The basic law in all the provinces is, however, not the same. Any question concerning bequests is, therefore, one of provincial, not Dominion law. There is … Continue reading “Masses, Bequests for (Canada)”

Masses, Bequests for “The efficacy of prayers for the dead”, remarks the Court of Appeals of the State of New York in Holland v. Alcock, 108 New York Court of Appeals Reports, page 312, “is one of the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church . . . and those professing that belief are entitled in … Continue reading “Masses, Bequests for”

Masseketh SEE TALMUD. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Masse, Enemond Jesuit missionary, born Lyons, France, 1574; died Sillery, Canada, 1646. He was one of the first Jesuits sent to New France, established a mission at Bar Harbor, Maine, made three journeys to America, and labored among the Indians at Sillery from 1632 until his death. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Massaroon, Robert, D.D an Irish Methodist preacher, was born at Londonderry in 1790. He joined the Methodist society in his eighteenth year, and in 1811 entered the ministry of the Irish Conference. He was a pious, prudent, intelligent, and devoted Methodist preacher for nearly fifty years, and in 1859, from failing health, became a supernumerary, … Continue reading “Massaroon, Robert, D.D”

Massarius a chamberlain of the massa communis, which was the common fund of a cathedral. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

MASSALIANS Or MESSALIANS, a sect which sprung up about the year 361, in the reign of the emperor Constantinus, who maintained that men have two souls, a celestial and a diabolical; and that the latter is driven out by prayer. From those words of our Lord, “Labour not for the meat that perisheth, ” it … Continue reading “Massalians”

Massaia, Guglielmo A Cardinal, born 9 June, 1809, at Piova in Piedmont, Italy; died at Cremona, 6 August, 1889. His baptismal name was Lorenzo; that of Guglielmo was given him when he became a religious. He was first educated at the Collegio Reale at Asti under the care of his elder brother Guglielmo, a canon … Continue reading “Massaia, Guglielmo”