Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Caquetaacute; Apostolic prefecture situated in South America on the southern border of the Republic of Colombia, in the angle formed by the Central Cordilleras and the Cordilleras del Caquetá, on the river Caquetá, which, after changing its name into Japura, empties into the Amazon. According to an agreement of 27 December, 1902, between the Government … Continue reading “Caquetaacute;”

Caputium (1) is a university hood. (2) The hood of a monastic habit. (3) The hood of a cope. (4) The hood of a chasuble. It was the custom of certain religious orders in the Middle Ages to turn the hood of their habit over the back of the chasuble when the latter was assumed. … Continue reading “Caputium”

CAPUTIATI A denomination which appeared in the twelfth century, so called from a singular kind of cap which distinguished their party. They wore upon their caps a leaden image of the Virgin Mary, and declared publicly that their purpose was to level all distinctions, to abrogate magistracy, and to remove all subordination among mankind, and … Continue reading “CAPUTIATI”

Caputi, Antonio an Italian biographer of the Capuchin order, a native of Apulia, who lived in the middle of the 17th century, wrote, La Vita del P. Archangelo Scoto Capuccino (Naples, 1650; Bologna, 1656):La Vita Della S. Febronia Vergine (Venice, 1660). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Caput Jejunii is a Latin term for SEE ASH-WEDNESDAY (q.v.). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Caput Extorum was the convex upper portion of the liver, in animals, from the appearance of which, in the victims slain in sacrifice, the ancient Roman soothsayers drew their angluries. If that portion of the liver was unhealthy or wanting, the omen was unfavorable; but if it was healthy and well developed, the omen was … Continue reading “Caput Extorum”

Capulla was a white hood, worn by the person to be baptized (“Si propriam capullam propter paupertatem … non habeant .. baptizandus cum capulla cum qua et alius fuerat baptizatus, baptizetur “-Martene, Thes. Anecd. iv, 686 b, 1026 e). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Capugnano, Girolamo Giovanni Di all Italian theologian, a native of Venice, who lived in 1646, left, among other works, Oficium Hebdomadce Sanctce (Venice, 1636):-Degno e Ancora di Sapere, etc. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Capuciati Or Caputiati: (1.) A sect which arose about A.D. 1186, named from a cowl or cap which they wore as a badge. It was founded by one Durand, reputed to have been a carpenter (others say a butcher), who published that the Virgin had appeared to him and given him her image, and that … Continue reading “Capuciati Or Caputiati:”

Capuciati (From caputium, hood — So named from the headgear which was one of their distinctive marks.) I. A short-lived confraternity founded in 1182 or 1183 in France for the restoration and maintenance of peace. It was one of the various attempts to put an end to the incessant wars and feuds which were spreading … Continue reading “Capuciati”