Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Cathel (Cathal, Or Cattel), Saint is perhaps Cathcan (q.v.), of March 20, in the Irish calendars. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Cathedraticus (Doctor) is a Spanish university term, to designate one who fills a chair; a professor. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

cathedraticum (Latin: cathedra, episcopal seat or throne) A moderate tax paid yearly to a bishop by all the churches and benefices subject to his jurisdiction, in sign of their subjection and for his support. Exempt religious pay this tax if their churches are parish churches, or if a secular benefice is attached to them. The … Continue reading “Cathedraticum”

Cathedrals Of The Old Foundation are those which have always been held by secular canons, and underwent no change at the Reformation. These consist of four internal dignitaries- dean, precentor, chancellor, and treasurer; archdeacons, in some cases of a subdean, and subchanter of canons, and prebendaries and canons, residentiary or nonresident, internal or extraneous. Each … Continue reading “Cathedrals Of The Old Foundation”

Cathedrals Of The New Foundation are those which were, before the Reformation, held by Benedictines, or by Austin canons, as Oxford, Bristol, and Carlisle, or as Ripon and Manchester had been collegiate churches. The chapter consists only of residentiaries, who, till the recent act, were called prebendaries; the corps of the prebend being the dividend … Continue reading “Cathedrals Of The New Foundation”

cathedral schools Institutions under the management of a head schoolmaster, and open to lay pupils as well as those destined for the Church, developed in the 8th century from the episcopal schools founded a century or two earlier, by bishops who conducted them chiefly for clerics and were themselves the teachers. Chrodegang, Bishop of Metz … Continue reading “cathedral schools”

Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception Brooklyn , New York; founded, 1911 ; preparatory seminary under secular clergy. Professors, 21; students, 365. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Cathedral College New York, New York, founded, 1903 ; preparatory seminary under secular clergy. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

CATHEDRAL The chief church of a diocese; a church wherein is a bishop’s see. The word comes from “chair;” the name seems to have taken its rise from the manner of sitting in the ancient churches of assemblies of private Christians. In these the council, 1:e. the elders and priests, were called Presbyterium; at their … Continue reading “Cathedral”

Cathedra Petri SEE PETER, FESTIVALS OF. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature