Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Liberal Arts, The Seven The expression artes liberales, chiefly used during the Middle Ages, does not mean arts as we understand the word at this present day, but those branches of knowledge which were taught in the schools of that time. They are called liberal (Lat. liber, free), because they serve the purpose of training … Continue reading “Liberal Arts, The Seven”

Libera nos a malo Closing petition in the Lord’s Prayer, the Our Father; the very words of Our Lord, instead of the Greek substitution adopted in later editions of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer: “For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever.” Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Libera nos First words of the prayer in the Mass following the Our Father (Pater Noster), it emphasizes the petition for deliverance from all evil, and leads up to a further petition far the peace of the Lord; to be invoked just after in the Pax Domini. It is called an Embolism (Greek: embolismos, inserted). … Continue reading “Libera nos”

Libera me The first words, recited aloud or intoned, of the Absolution, the prayer, after a Mass of Requiem, over the remains of the departed: “Deliver me, O Lord, from eternal death on that awful day.” Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Libera Me (Domine, de morte aeterna, etc.). The responsory sung at funerals. It is a … Continue reading “Libera Me”

Liber Sextus And Septimus SEE CANONS AND DECRETALS, COLLECTIONS OF. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Liber Septimus Three canonical collections of quite different value from a legal standpoint are known by this title. (1) The “Constitutiones Clementis V” or “Clementinæ”, not officially known as “Liber Septimus”, but so designated by historians and canonists of the Middle Ages, and even on one occasion by John XXII, in a letter to the … Continue reading “Liber Septimus”

Liber Pontificalis (BOOK OF THE POPES). A history of the popes beginning with St. Peter and continued down to the fifteenth century, in the form of biographies. The first complete collection of the papal biographies in the original form of the Liber Pontificalis reached to Stephen V (885-91). They were afterwards continued in a different … Continue reading “Liber Pontificalis”

Liber Diurnus Romanorum Pontificum A miscellaneous collection of ecclesiastical formularies used in the papal chancery until the eleventh century. It contains models of the important official documents usually prepared by the chancery; particularly of letters and official documents in connexion with the death, the election, and the consecration of the pope; the installation of newly … Continue reading “Liber Diurnus Romanorum Pontificum”

liber diurnus (daybook or diary) Formulary of the chancery at Rome, composed between 685-752, containing forms for the composition of important letters and documents, for expediting important business, for consecration of pontiff and suburbicarian bishops, for granting privileges, etc. It was not in use after the 11th century. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Liber Diurnus ROMANRUM … Continue reading “Liber Diurnus”

Liber Albus (swhite book) of the ancient monasteries and guilds contained a personal history of visitors or benefactors, frequently recorded in the handwriting of the persons themselves commemorated. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature