Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Caro (De Torres), Don Francisco a Spanish priest and traveler, was born at Seville, and lived in the early part of the 17th century. He belonged to the order of Sant-Yago, and traversed successively the Netherlands and the West Indies. He wrote, Relacion de los Servicios del Don Alonso do Sotomayor, etc.: also Historia de … Continue reading “Caro (De Torres), Don Francisco”

Carnutum (ancient Autricum; later Carnutum) Capital of the department of Eure-et-Loir, France . The ancient city was the capital of the Carnutes and an important center of the Druids. Its history as an episcopal see dates from the time of Constantine; suppressed in 1802, it was reestablished, 1822. Burned by the Normans, 858, conquered by … Continue reading “Carnutum”

Carnson, David Thompson an English Congregational minister, was born at Cummertrees, Dumfries, Sept. 5, 1796. He was converted early in life and joined the Independent Church in Carlisle. In 1817 he entered as student at Blackburn, and in 1820 became pastor of Fishergate Church, Preston. Here he was secretary of the executive of the Lancashire … Continue reading “Carnson, David Thompson”

Carnpli (or Carnulo), Simone da a Genoese painter and Franciscan monk, painted several pictures for the church of San Francisco, at Voltri, two of which are The Last Supper and The Preaching of St. Anthony, dated 1519. See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Gneral. s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, … Continue reading “Carnpli (or Carnulo), Simone da”

Carnoy, Jean Baptiste Born 1836; died 1899. Priest. Founded the science of cytology. Made the initial explanation of the real nature of the albuminoid membrane, and did noted experiments on cellular segmentation. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Carnoy, Jean-Baptiste Belgian biologist, b. at Rumilies, province of Hainaut, near Tournai, 11 Jan., 1836; d. at Schuls, in … Continue reading “Carnoy, Jean-Baptiste”

Carnoth (or Crennach), John de a Scotch prelate, was bishop of the see of Brechin in 1435. The same year he accompanied princess Margaret, daughter of king James I of Scotland, into France, to attend her marriage with Louis XI, then dauphin of that kingdom. In 1450 he, with others, was sent on an embassy … Continue reading “Carnoth (or Crennach), John de”

Carnon, Jarob a German jurisconsult and canon, was born at Rostock, March 2,1677. He was descended from an aristocratic family, which had made itself famous in England under Henry VIII. He studied theology in his native town, but afterwards studied law at the universities of Wittenberg and Jena. After his return to Rostock, in 1706, … Continue reading “Carnon, Jarob”

Carnoli, Luigi (known also under the pseudonyms of Virgilio Nolarci and Giulio Laranci), an Italian biographer, was born at Bologna in 1618. He became a Jesuit, and for six years taught grammar and rhetoric, and for eight years philosophy and theology. He died at the city of his birth in 1693, leaving Vita Venerabilis Hieronyini … Continue reading “Carnoli, Luigi”

Carnli (Lat. caro, flesh) was an opprobrious name applied by the Origenians (q.v.) to the early Christians, because they maintained the doctrine that the bodies of men, after the resurrection, should be composed of flesh and bones, as they are now, only altered in quality. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

carnival (Latin: carnem levare, taking away of flesh) A time of feasting and revelry preceding the Lenten fast, chiefly observed in southern Europe; also, because in many places an occasion of immorality, a time of prayer and of practises of mortification and penance in order to repair the offenses against the Divine law. Fuente: New … Continue reading “Carnival”