Civitavecchia and Corneto, Diocese of Civitavecchia and Corneto, DIOCESE OF (CENTUMCELLARUM ET CORNETANA) is an important and fortified Mediterranean seaport, in the province of Rome. Part of its fortifications and piers date from the time of the Emperor Trajan. The city, which enjoyed considerable importance, military and commercial, under the temporal sovereignty of the popes, … Continue reading “Civitavecchia and Corneto, Diocese of”
Civitagrave; Castellana, Orte, and Gallese
Civitagrave; Castellana, Orte, and Gallese Cività Castellana, DIOCESE OF (CIVITATIS CASTELLANÆ, HORTANENSIS ET GALLESINENSIS) is a town in the Province of Rome, on the Treia, an affluent of the Tiber, and was built on the ruins of the ancient Falerii, capital of the Falisci, a Latin tribe frequently at war with the Romans until subdued … Continue reading “Civitagrave; Castellana, Orte, and Gallese”
Civiltà Cattolica
Civilt Cattolica (Catholic Citizenship) A fortnightly review, published in Rome, which treats political, social, and religious questions from the Catholic standpoint, gives the news of the world, and criticizes important books. It was established, with the approval of Pius IX, 1850 , by Fathers Curci, Bresciani, Liberatore, and Zaparelli, of the Society of Jesus. Since … Continue reading “Civiltà Cattolica”
Civilization
civilization (Latin: civilis, pertaining to citizens in the State) A social order characterized by a high degree of accumulated knowledge, art , law, and social organization. It is distinguished from savagery and barbarism, which are social orders inferior in these respects, and has been possessed in different degrees and different ways by China , India, … Continue reading “Civilization”
Civil Service
Civil Service School for Dan 1:3-5; Dan 1:17-21 Appointment in, on account of merit Gen 39:1-6; Gen 41:38-44; 1Ki 11:28; Est 6:1-11; Dan 1:17-21; Mat 25:14-15; Mat 25:23-30; Luk 19:12-27 Corruption in – General references Neh 5:15; Dan 6:4-17; Mar 15:15; Act 24:26 Bribery Reform in Neh 5:14-15 Influence in 1Ki 1:5-40; 2Ki 4:13; Mat … Continue reading “Civil Service”
Civil Marriage
Civil Marriage “Marriage”, says Bishop, “as distinguished from the agreement to marry and from the act of becoming married, is the civil status of one man and one woman legally united for life, with the rights and duties which, for the establishment of families and the multiplication and education of the species, are, or from … Continue reading “Civil Marriage”
Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering Jos 18:9 Job 28:9-11 Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Civil Damages
Civil Damages See Damages Damages Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Civil Authority
Civil Authority Civil Authority is the moral power of command, supported (when need be) by physical coercion, which the State exercises over its members. We shall consider here the nature, sources, limits, divisions, origin, and the true and false theories of authority. Authority is as great a necessity to mankind as sobriety, and as natural. … Continue reading “Civil Authority”
Civil Allegiance
civil allegiance The duty of loyalty and obedience which a person owes to the State of which he is a citizen or a subject. In the light of Christian principles this duty does not involve submission to a force which may never be resisted, nor compliance with a condition for the sake of peace and … Continue reading “Civil Allegiance”