Capacity Any ability, potentiality, power or talent possessed by anything, either to act or to suffer. It may be innate or acquired, dormant or active. The topic of capacity figures, in the main, in two branches of philosophy(a) in metaphysics, as in Aristotle’s discussion of potentiality and actuality, (b) in ethics, where an agent’s capacities … Continue reading “Capacity”
Capaccio and Vallo
Capaccio and Vallo (CAPUTAQUENSIS ET VALLENSIS) Suffragan diocese of Salerno. Capaccio is a city in the province of Salerno (Italy), in an unhealthy region, not far from the ruins of the ancient Paestum. It is believed that Capaccio was built after the destruction of Paestum by the Saracens (915), and that the see was transferred … Continue reading “Capaccio and Vallo”
Capa (Or Cappa)
Capa (Or Cappa) SEE COPE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Cap Haiuml;tien
Cap Haiuml;tien (CAPITIS HAITIANI) Erected by Pius IX, 3 October, 1861, in the ecclesiastical Province of Port au Prince, territorially corresponds to the Department of the North of the French-speaking negro Republic of Haiti. In 1906 the jurisdiction of the See of Cap Haïtien covered some 650,000 Catholics, or rather more than one-fourth of the … Continue reading “Cap Haiuml;tien”
Cap (Or BONNET
Cap (Or BONNET pileolus), in clerical dress. Cardinal Richelieu is said to be the first who wore the calotte, or cap, in France. The red cap is peculiar to the college of cardinals. The bonnet or cap worn by the Jesuits, Barnabites, Theatines, and by the Italians generally, is three-cornered and square, and worn without … Continue reading “Cap (Or BONNET”
Cap
Cap A square-tapped cap is worn in the English universities, like that of the theologists before the Reformation, except that it has stiffening, and a tassel in lieu of a tuft. In Flanders the priest wore his cap at baptisms. A round, low cap, sometimes having a broad brim, which was doubled down on reaching … Continue reading “Cap”
Caoult, Walerand
Caoult, Walerand a Flemish theologian and hagiographer, lived at the commencement of the 17th century. He was priest and sacristan of the church of St. Amant, at Douay. He wrote, Miracula Virginis Deiparice apud Tungros in Hannonia (Douay, 1600) :-Oraison de Jean Tritheme (ibid. 1604) :- Miracula Domince Gaudiorunm in Picardia, ab 1081-1605 (ibid. 1606). … Continue reading “Caoult, Walerand”
Caornan
Caornan SEE CAERNAN. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Caomhan
Caomhan SEE CAEMHAN (3). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Caol
Caol SEE CAEL (2). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature