Censures, Ecclesiastical Medicinal and spiritual punishments imposed by the Church on a baptized, delinquent, and contumacious person, by which he is deprived, either wholly of in part, of the use of certain spiritual goods, until he recover from his contumacy. HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT The name and general nature of this punishment date from the Roman … Continue reading “Censures, Ecclesiastical”
Censures, Church
Censures, Church (Censurae ecclesiasticae), the penalties by which crimes are visited by Church authority (potestas; ), the scriptural authority for which is found in such passages as Tit 1:13; Tit 3:10; 1Ti 5:20; Mat 17:17-18; Joh 20:23; 1Co 5:3; 2Th 3:6-7; Gal 5:12. These censures are, in the state churches, admonition, degradation (q.v.), excommunication (q.v.), … Continue reading “Censures, Church”
censures
censures (Latin: censura, censorship or office of censor, judgment, criticism) Ecclesiastical censure is a penalty by which a baptized person, delinquent and contumacious (obstinate), is deprived of certain spiritual goods, or goods connected with the spiritual, until he has given up such contumacy. The term and idea originated in Roman law. Up to the time … Continue reading “censures”
CENSURE
CENSURE The act of judging and blaming others for their faults. Faithfulness in reproving another differs from censoriousness: the former arises from love to truth, and respect for the person; the latter is a disposition that loves to find fault. However just censure may be where there is blame, yet a censorious spirit or rash … Continue reading “CENSURE”
Censorship of Books
Censorship of Books (Censura Librorum.) DEFINITION AND DIVISION In general, censorship of books is a supervision of the press in order to prevent any abuse of it. In this sense, every lawful authority, whose duty it is to protect its subjects from the ravages of a pernicious press, has the right of exercising censorship of … Continue reading “Censorship of Books”
Censorship
censorship Supervision of publications, whether print or picture, by the civil or religious authorities, to prevent abuse thereof. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Censorship OF Books, supervision of publications by means of a preliminary examination and authorization, under Church or state law. The design of censorship has always been to hinder the publication of writings supposed … Continue reading “Censorship”
Censors of Books
Censors of Books Clerics, in practise always priests, appointed according to canon law by the bishop of a diocese to examine, before publication, those writings or other things that are to be submitted to ecclesiastical supervision. The censors are to be chosen either from the secular or regular clergy. Conditions of age, learning, and prudence … Continue reading “Censors of Books”
Censoriousness
Censoriousness See Uncharitableness; Speaking, Evil; Charitableness Uncharitableness; Speaking, Evil; Charitableness Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
CENSERS
CENSERS used in religious service Lev 16:12; Num 4:14; Num 16:37; 1Ki 7:50; Rev 8:3 Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible
Censer
CENSER A vessel in which fire and incense were carried, in certain parts of the Hebrew worship. Little is known of its form. The censer for the daily offering was at first made of copper, Num 16:39 . That used on the great Day of Atonement, (and perhaps others also,) was made of pure gold, … Continue reading “Censer”