Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

chapelle ardente (French: burning chapel ; from the candles surrounding the catafalque ) Chapel or room in which the corpse of a sovereign or dignitary lies in state pending the funeral. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Chapelle Ardente a peculiar ceremony in the Roman Church in connection with the masses for the dead. The chapelle is … Continue reading “Chapelle Ardente”

Chapelle (De Jumilhac) Pierre Benoit a French theologian and Benedictine of St. Maur, was born at Saint-Jean- Ligoure. After having been visitor of the province of Bretagne in 1651, of Toulouse in 1654, and assistant of the general of his order in 1657, and also superior of several monasteries, he retired to the abbey of … Continue reading “Chapelle (De Jumilhac) Pierre Benoit”

chapel of ease A church or chapel built in an outlying district of a parish, so called because intended to relieve the parish church and accommodate the parishioners living at a distance from it. Today they are called succursal churches. The clergy in charge act as vicars of the parish priest. Ordinarily such churches and … Continue reading “chapel of ease”

chapel, Lady A chapel dedicated to Our Lady, often attached to the choir of a church at the end opposite the nave, or forming a separate small building joined to the church by a covered passage. In tbe English cathedrals it was usually a deep chapel prolonging the main axis to the east; in France … Continue reading “chapel, Lady”

chapel, gate-house Medieval monasteries as well as towns were enclosed with walls, the entrance of which was through a small house built into the wall and called a gate-house. It was not uncommon to have a chapel in these houses, hence the name, gate-house chapel. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

chapel, apse A chapel radiating from one of the bays of the apse and reached by an ambulatory (passageway). Saint Martin’s, Tours, France , is the Common example of the ambulatory and radiating chapels. It is a continental form rare in England . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

CHAPEL A place of worship. There are various kinds of chapels in Britain. 1.Domestic chapels, built by noblemen or gentlemen for private worship in their families. 2.Free chapels, such as are founded by kings of England. They are free from all episcopal jurisdiction, and only to be visited by the founder and his successors, which … Continue reading “Chapel”

Chapeauville, Jean A Belgian theologian and historian, b. at Liège, 5 January, 1551; d. there 11 May 1617. He made his philosophical studies at the Universities of Cologne and Louvain, and at the latter received the degree of Licentiate of Theology. He then entered the priesthood, and in 1578 was appointed one of the synodal … Continue reading “Chapeauville, Jean”

Chapeauville (or Chapeaville), Jean a Belgian theologian and historian, was born at Liege, Jan. 5, 1551. He studied first at Liege and at Cologne, and then at the University of Louvain, where he received the title of doctor of theology. On his return to his native place (1578) he was appointed examiner of the synod, … Continue reading “Chapeauville (or Chapeaville), Jean”

CHAOS The mass of matter supposed to be in confusion before it was divided by the Almighty into its proper classes and elements. It does not appear who first asserted the notion of a chaos. Moses, the earliest of all writers, derives the origin of this world from a confusion of matter, dark, void, deep, … Continue reading “Chaos”