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11Ecclesiastical emancipation — The canon law of the Roman Catholic Church recognizes various meanings of the term emancipation .As release from ecclesiastical obedienceOne was the release of a pupil of a cathedral school, a domicellaris , from subjection to the authority of… …
12Ecclesiastical and Religious Vocation — Ecclesiastical and Religious Vocation † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical and Religious Vocation An ecclesiastical or religious vocation is the special gift of those who, in the Church of God, follow with a pure intention the… …
13Ecclesiastical polity — is the operational and governance structure of a church or Christian denomination. It also denotes the ministerial structure of the church and the authority relationships between churches. Polity is closely related to Ecclesiology, the study of… …
14Ecclesiastical Heraldry — Ecclesiastical Heraldry † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Heraldry Ecclesiastical heraldry naturally divides itself into various branches, principally: the arms of religious corporations, and other bodies; the insignia of… …
15Ecclesiastical Constitutions — Ecclesiastical Constitutions † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Constitutions The term constitution denotes, in general, the make up of a body, either physical or moral. Used in reference to civil or religious societies, the… …
16Ecclesiastical Censures — Ecclesiastical Censures † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Censures Medicinal and spiritual punishments imposed by the Church on a baptized, delinquent, and contumacious person, by which he is deprived, either wholly of in part …
17Ecclesiastical Abbreviations — Ecclesiastical Abbreviations † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Abbreviations The words most commonly abbreviated at all times are proper names, titles (official or customary), of persons or corporations, and words of frequent… …
18Ecclesiastical Canons — Ecclesiastical Canons † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Canons Ecclesiastical Canons are certain rules or norms of conduct or belief prescribed by the Church. The name is derived from the Greek kanon, the instrument used by… …
19Ecclesiastical Annals — Ecclesiastical Annals † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Annals The historical literature of the Middle Ages may be classed under three general heads: chronicles, annals, and lives of the saints. CHRONICLES Chronicles… …
20Ecclesiastical history (Catholicism) — Ecclesiastical history, for the Roman Catholic Church, is the history of the Roman Catholic Church as an institution, written from a particular perspective. There is a traditional approach to such historiography. The generally identified starting …