LOVE, BROTHERLY Is affection to our neighbours, and especially to the saints, prompting us to every act of kindness toward them. It does not indeed, consist merely in pity to and relief of others, 1Co 13:1-13 : in love to our benefactors only, and those who are related to us, Mat 5:46-47. It must flow … Continue reading “Love, Brotherly”
Love (Noun and Verb)
Love (Noun and Verb) and the corresponding noun agape (B, No. 1 below) present “the characteristic word of Christianity, and since the Spirit of revelation has used it to express ideas previously unknown, inquiry into its use, whether in Greek literature or in the Septuagint, throws but little light upon its distinctive meaning in the … Continue reading “Love (Noun and Verb)”
Love
LOVE GOD IS LOVE; AND HE THAT DWELLETH IN LOVE DWELLETH IN GOD, AND GOD IN HIM, 1Jo 4:16 . Love is a chief attribute of Jehovah, the length and breadth and height and depth of which are beyond comprehension, for they are infinite, Zep 3:18,19 . Between the three Persons of the Godhead, love … Continue reading “Love”
Louvard, Francois
Louvard, Francois a French Jansenistic theologian of the Benedictine order, was born in Chamgeneteux in 1661, entered the convent of Saint Melaine, in Brittany, in 1679, and studied sacred and profane literature. In 1700 he was transferred to the convent of St. Denis, near Paris, to devote himself to the study of the text of … Continue reading “Louvard, Francois”
Louvain, University of
Louvain, University of Founded as a studium generale by a Bull of Pope Martin V, 1425, at the request of John IV, Duke of Brabant; the faculty of theology was created by Pope Eugene IV, 1431. During the 17th and 18th centuries, it was one of the strong intellectual centers of the West, and numerous … Continue reading “Louvain, University of”
Louvain, Irish College of
Louvain, Irish College of Founded, 1624, for the education of Irish priests, the charter being granted by the Holy See at the instance of the Most Reverend Eugene; Macmahon; closed by the French, 1795. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Louse
Louse SEE LICE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Lourdes, Notre-Dame de
Lourdes, Notre-Dame de Notre-Dame de Lourdes, in the Department of Hautes Pyrenées, France, is far-famed for the pilgrimage of which it is a centre and for the extraordinary events that have occurred and still occur there. History The pilgrimage of Lourdes is founded on the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin to a poor, fourteen-year-old girl, … Continue reading “Lourdes, Notre-Dame de”
Lourdes, France
Lourdes, France City in the department of Hautes-Pyrenees, France. The greater part of the new town has grown up around the shrine which has become the most famous in France. In 1858 a young peasant girl saw many times an apparition of the Blessed Virgin in the grotto of Massabielle. “I am the Immaculate Conception” … Continue reading “Lourdes, France”
Lourdes, Brothers of Our Lady of
Lourdes, Brothers of Our Lady of (Abbreviation C.N.D.L. — Congregation de Notre-Dame de Lourdes) A community devoted to the education of youth and the care of the sick and infirm. It was founded at Renaix, Flanders, in 1830, by Etienne Modeste Glorieux, a Belgian priest, and approved in 1892 by Leo XIII. The congregation, numbering … Continue reading “Lourdes, Brothers of Our Lady of”