Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Cardinal Vaughan School Founded by public subscription in 1914 as a memorial to Cardinal Herbert Vaughan. The aim of the school, which is “recognized” by the Board of Education and the London County Council, is to give Catholic boys a thorough public school education, and to prepare them for the universities, the professions, and commercial … Continue reading “Cardinal Vaughan School”

cardinal protector A cardinal to whose special solicitude are entrusted the interests of a particular religious institute or pious association. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Cardinal Protector Since the thirteenth century it has been customary at Rome to confide to some particular cardinal a special solicitude in the Roman Curia for the interests of a given … Continue reading “Cardinal Protector”

Cardinal Point and Value Psychological terms having to do with relationship of stimulus to the intensity of sensation. The point at which the proportionate increase of both is in a direct relation. — C.K.D. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

cardinal, palatine The title of certain cardinals whose position brings them into constant relationship to the pope. They are two in number, the cardinal-prodatary and the cardinal secretary of state. The latter resides in the Vatican. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Cardinal number Two classes are equivalent if there exists a one-to-one correspondence between them (see One-one). Cardinal numbers are obtained by abstraction (q. v.) with respect to equivalence, so that two classes have the same cardinal number if and only if they are equivalent. This may be formulated more exactly, following Frege, by defining the … Continue reading “Cardinal number”

Cardinal College Old name of Christ Church College. See Oxford. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Cardinal Bellarmine’s Catechism Appeared in two forms: “Dottrina Cristiana breve da impararsi a mente” (Compendium of Christian Doctrine to be Learned by Heart), 1597; and “Dichiarazione pili copiosa della dottrina Uristiana” (A More Thorough Explanation of Christian Doctrine), 1598 . The first is for pupils, the second for teachers. In the first the teacher asks … Continue reading “Cardinal Bellarmine’s Catechism”

Cardinal Altar means the high or principal altar; and from their attendance upon it two minor canons in some churches were called the senior and junior cardinals. Their duties were to take charge of the choir, to present defaulters to the dean on Fridays, to act as rectors of the choir, to administer the sacraments, … Continue reading “Cardinal Altar”

CARDINAL One of the chief governors of the Romish church, by whom the pope is elected out of their own number, which contains six bishops, fifty priests, and fourteen deacons: these constitute the sacred college, and are chosen by the pope. See POPE. Fuente: Theological Dictionary cardinal (Latin: cardo, hinge) An ecclesiastical prince of the … Continue reading “Cardinal (2)”

Cardim, Fernam a Portuguese Jesuit, was born in the 16th century. He early went to Bahia to assist in the first missions of Brazil, but was on the point of retiring in 1583. Being, however, a man of high cultstre, he was called to the office of rector of the college of Rio de Janeiro, … Continue reading “Cardim, Fernam”