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Tresenreuter, Johann Ulrich a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born October 31, 1710, and studied at Altdorf and Leipsic. In 1733 he commenced his academical career at Altdorf, was preacher at Coburg in 1738, and died March 31, 1744. He published, De Rababe contra jus Naturae Juste Agente (Altdorf, 1733): De Paradiso Igne Deleto (1735): … Continue reading “Tresenreuter, Johann Ulrich”

Trepassi, Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventuba Court poet of Vienna, 1730-1782. Born Rome, Italy, 13 January 1698; died Vienna, Austria, 12 April 1782. Under the name Metastasio he wrote numerous lyrical dramas, among them “Orti Esperidi,” and his masterpiece “Attilio Regio.” He also wrote the poems for many cantatas and oratorios. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Trepalium a name given to the rack used for examining witnesses by torture. According to canon 33, Council of Tarragona, presbyters and deacons were forbidden to stand at the Trepalium while persons were tortured. See Bingham, Christ. Anti. bk. 18:ch. v, 34. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Trenton, New Jersey, diocese of Founded on 2 August 1881. Suffragen of the archdiocese of Newark. See also Catholic-Hierarchy.Org diocese of Trenton patron saints index New Catholic Dictionary Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Trenton (TRENTONENSIS). Diocese created 15 July, 1881, suffragan of New York, comprises Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Salem, Somerset, and Warren counties in the State of New Jersey, U.S.A., an area of about 5,756 square miles. From 1808 to 1853 the territory now occupied by the Diocese of … Continue reading “Trenton”

Trental an office for the dead in the Latin Church consisting of thirty masses on thirty consecutive days. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Trent, The Council Of (Concilium Tridentinunm) was held in Trent, a city of Tyrol, Austria, on the left bank of the Adige. It has a cathedral built entirely of marble in the Byzantine style. In the Church of St. Maria Maggiore are the portraits of the members of the council, which was held in this … Continue reading “Trent, The Council Of (Concilium Tridentinunm)”

Trent, Council of The nineteenth ecumenical council opened at Trent on 13 December, 1545, and closed there on 4 December, 1563. Its main object was the definitive determination of the doctrines of the Church in answer to the heresies of the Protestants; a further object was the execution of a thorough reform of the inner … Continue reading “Trent, Council of”

TRENT Council of, denotes the council assembled by Paul III. in 1545, and continued by twenty-five sessions till the year 1563, under Julius III. and Pius IV. in order to correct, illustrate, and fix with perspicuity, the doctrine of the church, to restore the vigour of its discipline, and to reform the lives of its … Continue reading “Trent”

Trendelenburg, Johann Georg a German professor of ancient languages, was born Feb. 22,1757. For a number of years he was professor of languages at the academic gymnasium in Dantzic, where he died March 11,1825. He published, Primi Libri Maccabaeorums Graeci, Textus cum Veissione Syriaca Collatio Instituta (reprinted in Eichhorn’s Repertoium, 15:59): Chrestomathia Flaviiana, sire Loci … Continue reading “Trendelenburg, Johann Georg”