Index of Subjects
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Act of Succession, 251
Act of Supremacy, 253, 438
Action Française, 340
Advent, 517
Aeterni Patris, 92
Albigensianism, 24, 239, 317, 337–38, 364, 412
Alcanterines. See Franciscans of the Observance of St. Peter of Alcántara
All Saints, feast of, 4, 444–45
All Souls, feast of, 446–47
Ambrosians. See Society of St. Ambrose and St. Charles
anchoritism, 21
Annunciation of the Lord, feast of, 144–45
anti-Semitism, 321, 329
Apollinarianism, 498
Apostolic Tradition, The, 327
Archconfraternity of the Blessed Sacrament, 310
Arianism, 61, 74, 75, 79, 136, 186, 187, 202, 217–18, 451, 491, 498, 531; and Athanasius, 308–9; and the Council of Nicaea, 527–28; in Spain 131
Arles (353), Council of, 187
Ascent of Mount Carmel, The, 504
Assumption, dogma of, 58, 330, 331
Assumption, feast of, 330–32, 342
Athanasian Creed, 308
Augustinian Canons, 308
auricular confession. See Confession
Auschwitz, 320, 321
Baltimore (1852), First Council of, 67–68
Bari (1098), council of, 171
Barnabite order, 270
Baroque Catholicism, 535, 537
Basel (1431–49), Council of, 221
Basilians. See Order of St. Basil
basilicas. See St. John Lateran, St. Lawrence-Outside-the Walls, St. Mary Major, St. Paul-Outside-the-Walls, St. Peter’s
Battle of Hastings, 81
Beatific Vision, 7
beatification, 7, 43, 44–49
Beatitudes, 3
Beghards, 25
Beguines, 25, 468
Beheading of John the Baptist, feast of, 353–54
Benedictine Congregation of Our Lady of Monte Oliveto (Olivetans), 336
Benedictines, 74, 277, 278. See also Rule of St. Benedict
Benedictus Deus, 7
Bziers (356), synod of, 74
Birth of John the Baptist, feast of, 256–57, 367
Birth of Mary, feast of, 366–67
Blessed Sacrament Fathers, 309
Blue Benedictines, 477, 478
Boxer Rebellion, 394
Brest (1596), Union of, 458
Brethren of the Common Life, 26
Brigittine order, 142, 291–92
Brothers of the Christian Schools, 156, 285
Brothers of the Holy Cross, 69
Brothers of the Hospitaller Order of St. John of God, 127
calendars, liturgical, 11, 14, 15, 42
Calvinism, 85, 107, 366
Camaldolese order, 245, 246
Camillians. See Order of Camillians
Canonesses Regular of St. Augustine of the Congregation of Our Lady, 495
canonization, 9, 12, 43; and the Anglican Communion, 606; and infallibility, 49–50, 610; and the Lutheran churches, 606; and miracles, 46–47; and the Orthodox
churches, 606; and the papacy, 7; politics of, 50–54; process of, 42–49; rules for, post-1983, 47–49; rules for, pre-1983, 44–47
Canons Regular of Prémontré. See Norbertines
Canons Regular of St. Augustine, 71
Canossian Sisters, 160
Carmelites, 28, 284–85, 288–89, 381. See also Discalced Carmelites
Carmelites of the Ancient Observance, 504
Carmelites of Charity, 437
Carmelite spirituality, 28
Catharism, 155
Carthusians, 150, 151, 409–10
Catholic Worker Movement, 37, 275, 481
Catholicism: definition of, 605, n. 23
Celtic Church, 77, 110, 134, 215, 228–29, 235, 469, 474
cenobitism, 21
Chair of Peter, feast of, 113–15
Chalcedon (451), Council of, 73, 259, 327, 455, 532
Charismatic renewal, 39
Children of Mary, 83, 162, 272
China. See Martyrs of China
Chinese rites controversy, 196
Christian Family Movement, 37
Christmas. See Nativity of Our Lord
Church, the: as communion, 33–34, 40; as community of disciples, 10, 16, 20, 40; and holiness, 16, 37; militant, 16; as sacrament, 10; and state, 352; suffering, 16; triumphant,16
Church of England, 439
Circumcision of Jesus, feast of, 59, 331
Cistercian order, 23, 89, 337, 409
Citeaux, 89
City of God, The, 22, 351
Clairvaux, 337, 338
Claretians, 437
Clerks Regular of the Mother of God, 414, 415
Clerks Regular of St. Paul, 271
Cloud of Unknowing, The, 25
Cluny, 196, 277, 337
Code of Canon Law (1917), 70
Code of Canon Law (1983), 49, 341
Columbans, 475
communion, 33–34, 40. See also Church
Communion of Saints, 10, 11, 15–16, 40
Communism, 355
Compostela, 154, 295
Confession, 23, 77
Confessions (of St. Augustine), 347, 350, 422
confessors, 5, 21, 42
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, 415
Congregation for the Causes of Saints, 44–46, 48–49
Congregation of the Index, 184
Congregation of Jesus and Mary, 335–36
Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. See Redemptorists
Congregation of the Oratory, 212, 213
Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Refuge, 336
Congregation of the Passion, 431
Congregation of Rites, 43
Congregation of the Sisters of the Most Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, 410
Congregations of the Ursulines, 89
Congregation of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary, 500–1
Constance (1414–18), Council of, 155
Constantinianism, 21
Constantinople I (381), Council of, 61, 72, 136, 188
contemplative life, 23, 27
Crusades, 337, 338, 345
Cursillo movement, 37, 39, 87
Dark Night of the Soul, The, 504
Daughters of Charity, 160
Daughters of Charity of St. Joseph, 66
Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, 132
Daughters of the Cross, 197, 347
Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, 94, 199
Daughters of Wisdom, 179, 180
Dedication of the Churches of Peter and Paul, feast of, 467–68
Dedication of St. John Lateran, feast of, 454
Dedication of St. Mary Major, feast of, 312 Depositio Martyrum (354), 420
De Propaganda Fide, 176
Devil’s Advocate, 43, 44
Devotio Moderna, 19, 26, 309, 338–39
devotion: to the Holy Name of Jesus, 60, 204; to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, 198; to the Miraculous Medal, 58, 478–79; to Our Lady of Sorrows, 119; to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 19, 29, 30, 107, 108, 335, 425–26, 465, 537. See also Marian devotion
Dictatus papae, 209
Discalced Carmelites, 421–23, 503–4
discipleship, 9, 10, 11, 20, 529–30
dispensations, 184
Divine Milieu, The, 161
Divinus perfectionis Magister, 44, 47, 50
Dominicans, 24, 69, 90, 317–20, 365
Dominican spirituality, 24
Donation of Constantine, 528
Donatism, 227, 351, 509, 527
dualism, 36
dulia, 6
Easter, dating of, 110, 116, 215, 469
Ecclesiastical History of the English People, 74, 192, 208
ecumenism and spirituality, 38
Embers Days, 210, 421
English saints and martyrs of the Reformation era, commemoration of, 190
Ephesus (431), Council of, 57, 259
Epiphany, feast of, 68
Eucharist and spirituality, 33
Eudists. See Congregation of Jesus and Mary
Evangelii Nuntiandi, ix
Fátima. See Our Lady of Fátima
feminist spirituality, 39–40
Festival of Orthodoxy, 242
Filioque, 106, 171
Filippini Sisters, 145
First Friday devotion, 425–26, 537
First Vatican Council. See Vatican Council I
Florence (1439), Council of, 7
Forty Martyrs of England and Wales, 145, 354, 438–39, 482, 483, 484, 496
Forty Martyrs of Sabastea, 129
Fourteen Holy Helpers, 96, 223, 242, 295, 296–97, 357, 476
Franciscan Minim Friars, 151
Franciscan spirituality, 24–25
Franciscans, 24, 283, 404–7
Franciscans of the Observance of St. Peter of Alcántara (Alcantarines), 432, 434–35
Frankish Church, 229
French Revolution, 30, 65, 158, 217, 243
French school of spirituality, 32
Friar Servants of Mary. See Order of Friar Servants of Mary
Fulda, 229, 230
General Roman Calendar, 14, 55, 59
Ghibellines, 342, 362, 369, 441
Glories of Mary, The, 307
Gnosticism, 115, 260–61
Golden Legend, The, 173
Grail movement, 37
Great Awakening, the, 160
Great Western Schism, 101, 142, 155, 182, 221, 236, 283, 369, 408
Gregorian chant, 125, 341, 361
Gregorian Reform, 169, 209
Gregorian Sacramentary, 174
Gregorian University. See Pontifical Gregorian University
Grey Nuns, 515–16
Guardian Angels, feast of, 401
Guelfs, 342, 362, 369
Handmaids of Charity, 505
Handmaids of Mary, 416, 417
Haurietis aquas, 108
Heidenheim, 232
Hellenist Christians, 519
hermits, 21, 79
holiness, 3, 8–9, 12; and the Church, 16, 37; as wholeness, 36
Holocaust, 150, 321
Holy Grail, 355
Holy Name of Jesus. See devotion
Holy Spirit and spirituality, 12, 18, 33, 37
homoousios, 136
Humiliati, 450
Hundred Years’ War, 218
Hussites, 436
hyperdulia, 6
iconoclasm, 223, 241, 479–80, 488
Ignatian spirituality, 27, 34
illuminative way, 22, 32
Imitation of Christ, The, 26, 293, 302, 400
Immaculate Conception: dogma of, 58, 166, 453; feast of, 367, 493–95
Immaculate Heart of Mary. See devotion
indulgences, 8, 184
infallibility, 49, 327; and canonization, 49–50, 610
Inferno, The, 178
Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 84
Institute of Charity, 267
Interior Castle, The, 423–24
Introduction to the Devout Life, 85–86, 392
Iona, 235
Jansenism, 29, 107, 425
Jarrow, 74
Jerusalem (49/50), council of, 113, 189, 237, 265
Jesuits. See Society of Jesus
Jews, 300; conversion of, 70; and Edith Stein, 330; and Louis IX, 345; and Maximilian Kolbe, 330, and Pius V, 184; and Poland, 329
Joseph the Worker, feast of, 185–86, 189
Judaism, 321. See also Jews
“Justice in the World,” ix
Kingdom of God, 3, 22, 385; and spirituality, 20
Knights Templar, 337
koinonia. See communion
Kraków University, 286
Ku Klux Klan, 123
Lamentabili, 340
LaSallette, Marian apparition at, 58
Lateran basilica. See St. John Lateran, basilica of
latria, 6
laxism, 306
Lazarists. See Vincentians
Legion of Mary, 37
Lérins, 78
liberation spirituality, 40
Liberian Catalogue, 326
Life of Antony, 79, 187, 350
limbo, 352
Little Brothers (and Sisters) of Jesus, 80, 485
Little Brothers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 34
Little Sisters of the Abandoned Aged, 347
Little Sisters of the Poor, 354
liturgy and spirituality, 38
Lourdes, Marian apparition at, 30, 58, 166
love of God and love of neighbor, unity of, 35, 37, 38
Lutheran Book of Worship, 15
Lutheranism, 107
Lyons (1274), Second Council of, 91, 283
Macedonianism, 498
Madams of the Sacred Heart. See Society of the Sacred Heart
“Magnificat,” 220, 530
“Man for All Seasons, A,” 253
Manichaeism, 349–50, 351, 352
Manresa, 301, 302, 303
Marcionism, 115
Marialis cultus, 413
Marian devotion, 57–60. See also True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin
Marists, 178, 179
Marriage Encounter, 39
marriage and sanctity, 13–14, 50
martyrdom, 20–21, 78, 116
Martyrdom of Polycarp, 5
martryology, 42
martyrs, 5, 6, 11, 20–21, 42, 540; cult of, 604
Martyrs of China, 394–95
Martyrs of Gorkum, 274–75
Martyrs of Lyons, 223
Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 359
Martyrs of Tonkin, 475
Mercedarians, 356, 518
“merits, treasury of,” 8
Milan (355), council of, 187
Minor Clerks Regular. See Order of Minor Clerks Regular
miracles and canonization, 46
Miraculous Medal. See devotion
Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales, 85
Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, 459
Modalism, 327, 421
Modernism, 243, 339, 340–41
monasticism, 21–23, 76, 361, 532; cenobitc, 194; in the East, 61, 148, 433; founding of, 79; in Ireland, 92; in Gaul, 457; in the West, 338, 350
Monenergism, 327
Monophysitism, 73, 327, 456, 489
Monothelitism, 163, 164, 327, 328
Monte Cassino, 232, 276–77
Montfort Fathers, 179, 180
Montserrat, 301
Moors, 129–30, 220, 295, 507, 518; conversion of, 70; in Morocco, 239; in Portugal, 111
Mount Athos, 75, 76
Mozarabic Rite, 153
Muratorian Canon, 428
Muslims, 507, 533; conversion of, 356; and Dominic, 406; mission to, 78
mysticism, 26–27
Nativity of Our Lord, feast of, 517–18
Nazism, 321, 328–29
nepotism, 184
Nestorianism, 146, 259
Nicaea (325), First Council of, 61, 63, 74, 79, 116, 136, 186, 238, 451, 527–28, 531
Nicaea (787), Second Council of, 6, 11
Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, 57, 309
Nichomachean Ethics, 12
Norbertines, 230
Norman conquest (1066), 230
novenas, 8
Oath of Supremacy, 482
Oblates of St. Ambrose, 450
Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, 85
Oblates of Tor de’Specchi, 128
Opus Dei, 52–54
Orange (529), second council of, 257
Oratorians. See Congregation of the Oratory
Oratory of Divine Love, 316
Oratory of St. Joseph (Montreal), 69
Order of Camillians, 280
Order of Friar Servants of Mary, 109, 246
Order of Minor Clerks Regular, 227
Order of the Most Holy Trinity, 506
Order of Our Lady of Mercy, 518
Order of the Pious Schools, 346
Order of Preachers. See Dominicans
Order of St. Basil, 458
Order of the Visitation, 85
Original Sin, 352, 493–94
Our Lady of Fátima, 58; feast of, 198
Our Lady of Guadalupe, 2, 495, 544; feast of, 499–500
Our Lady of Lourdes, feast of, 102–3, 167
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, feast of, 2, 284–85
Our Lady of the Rosary, feast of, 185, 198, 411–13
Our Lady of the Snows, feast of, 312
Our Lady of Sorrows, feast of, 374
Our Lady of Victory, feast of, 185
Oxford movement, 31, 324
pallium, 210, 215, 228, 360–61
Pallotines, 83
Pascendi gregis, 340
Passionists. See Congregation of the Passion
Pastoral Care, 22–23, 361, 440
Pelagianism, 257, 351
Penance, sacrament of, 77
perfection, 35–36, 37; and martyrdom, 78
Phenomenon of Man, The, 161
Piarists. See Order of the Pious Schools
Picpus Fathers, 165
pilgrimages, 6, 8, 23
Pneumatomachians, 61
Pontifical Biblical Institute, 341
Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, 225
Pontifical Gregorian University, 305, 378, 402
Pontifical Urban University, 370, 415
Poor Clares, 323
positio, 44, 45, 54
postulator, 44, 47, 48, 54
prelate theologian, 48
predestination, 257, 352
Premonstratensians. See Norbertines
Presentation sisters. See Sisters of Mary of the Presentation
Presentation of Mary, feast of, 470–71
Presentation of the Lord, feast of, 59, 95
Priests’ Eucharistic League, 310
Princeton University, 141
Priscillianism, 455
Promoter of the Faith, 44, 48
Propaganda. See Pontifical Urban University
Proper Calendar for the Dioceses of the U.S.A., 14, 55
Protestantism: and devotion to the saints, 26, 28
Protevangelium of James, 58, 157, 296, 366
Providence sisters. See Sisters of St. Anne of Providence
purgative way, 21, 32
purgatory, 8, 15, 446–47
Purification, feast of, 57
Quakers, 75
Queenship of Mary, feast of, 58, 341–42
Quietism, 29
reception (of doctrine), 608
Redemptorists, 67, 133, 305–8
Reformation Day, 441, 442
relics, 6, 7, 23, 26, 42, 605
retreats, 39
rigorism, 306
Rogation Days, 196
Roman Breviary, 184
Roman Canon, 15
Roman Catechism (1566), 183, 184
Roman College. See Pontifical Gregorian University
Roman Inquisition, 183
Roman Martyrology, 55
Roman Missal (1570), 184
Rosary, 320, 411–13
Rosminians, 267
Rule of Chrodegang of Metz, the, 145
Rule of St. Augustine, the, 109, 231, 316, 317, 318, 336
Rule of St. Basil, the, 61, 89
Rule of St. Benedict, the, 22, 23, 103, 125, 229, 276–77; and the Camaldolese order, 246; and Dunstan, 203; and Frances of Rome, 128; and Gotthard of Hildesheim, 190; and Hildegard of Bingen, 379, 380; and John Cassian, 293; and the Vallombrosian order, 278; and Wilfrid of York, 417
Rule of St. Dominic, the, 236
Rule of St. Francis, the, 101, 239–40
Russian Orthodox Church, 200
sacramentality, principle of, 10, 34, 605
Sacred Heart of Jesus. See devotion
St. Andrew’s Cross, 481
St. Anthony’s Bread, 240
St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, 344
St. Botulph Club, 244
St. Columban’s Foreign Missionary Society. See Columbans
St. John Lateran, basilica of, 257, 454, 510, 528
St. Lawrence-Outside-the-Walls, basilica of, 322
St. Major Major, basilica of, 57, 312
St. Paul-Outside-the-Walls, basilica of, 87, 468
St. Peter’s Basilica, 264, 265, 528
St. Victor’s, monastery of, 24
St. Vincent de Paul Society. See Society of St. Vincent de Paul
St. Vitus’s Dance, 242
Sainte-Chapelle (Paris), 345
saints: and baptismal names, 2; biographies of, 42; calendars of, 7; categories of, 4–5; and city names, 1; as “classics,” 608; as “cloud of witnesses,” 10; cult of, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 28; and discipleship, 10, 11; and ecumenism, 11; and grace of Christ, 4, 9; and health, 12, 36; and holiness, 3–4; and holiness of the Church, 12; imitation of, 11; and marriage, 50; and miracles, 2, 5; as models, 2, 9, 10–11; orthodoxy of, 44, 47; and parish names, 2; and poverty, 24; prayers to, 2; relics of, 42; as sacraments, 10, 54; and salvation, 12; and sexuality, 13–14; as signs of the Kingdom of God, 11; and sin, 3; and spirituality, 2; and “treasury of merits,” 8; and virtues, 12; and women, 14–15
Salesians of Don Bosco, 85, 94, 199. See also Daughters of Mary Help of Christians
sanctoral cycle, 7
Santa Sabina, church of, 319
Sardica (343), council of, 187
Sebastea, Forty Martyrs of. See Forty Martyrs of Sebastea
Second Vatican Council. See Vatican Council II
Seleucia (359), council of, 75, 136
Serbian Orthodox Church, 76
Serra Clubs, 267
Servant of God (title), 47, 48
Servants of Relief for Incurable Cancer, 275
Servites, 109, 246, 342
Seven Founders of the Order of Servites, feast of, 108–9, 246
Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary, devotion to, 109
Seven Storey Mountain, The, 35–36, 497
Seventy Apostles, the, 67
sexuality and sanctity, 13–14
Sillon, Le, 340
Silvestrine Benedictines, 477, 478
Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People, 122–23
Sisters of Charity, 132, 391, 392–93
Sisters of Charity of the General Hospital, 515–16
Sisters of Mary of the Presentation, 471
Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, 157
Sisters of St. Andrew, 197
Sisters of St. Anne of Providence, 333
Sisters of St. Mary-Magdalen Postel, 285
Sisters of Notre Dame de Montreal, 81
Sisters of St. Dorothy, 237
Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, 67
Sisters of St. Joseph, 66, 85
Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart, 211
Sisters of the Poor of St. Francis, 505
Slavonic liturgy, 105, 106
Society for the Relief of Poor Widows with Children, 65
Society of the Catholic Apostolate. See Pallottines
Society of Jesus, 300–5, 462
Society of the Sacred Heart, 211
Society of St. Ambrose and St. Charles, 450
Society of St. Francis de Sales, 94
Society of St. Vincent de Paul, 367, 392
Society of the Precious Blood, 523
Sodalitium Pianum (League of Pius V), 341
Solemnity of Mary, feast of, 56–60
Solidarity movement, 433
Somascan Fathers, 101
“Song of Bernadette, The,” 167
Spanish Civil War, 201
Spiritual Exercises, The, 27, 302, 303
Spiritual Franciscans, 25, 272, 283
spirituality: Carmelite, 28; Christian (defined), 18; Christocentric, 31; and creation, 40; defined, 19; Dominican, 24; and ecumenism, 38; and the Eucharist, 33; feminist, 39–40; Franciscan, 24–25, 34; French school of, 32; and the Holy Spirit, 18, 33, 37; Ignatian, 27, 34; as incarnational, 39; liberation, 40; and marriage, 13–14, 50; schools of, 17, 18–40; Sulpician, 32; and the Word of God, 26
Stations of the Cross, 477
stigmata, 30, 181
Story of a Soul, The, 162, 400
Stylite saints, 207, 358–59, 499
Subiaco, 276
Sulpicians, 29, 32
Summa Contra Gentiles, 70
Summa Theologiae, 90–91
superstition, 26
synod of Whitby. See Whitby, synod of
Tertio millennio adveniente, 11
Theatines, 316
Theophilus legend, 58
Theotokos, 56, 57, 259. See also Mary, Blessed Virgin, as Mother of God
Third Order of St. Dominic, 408
Thirty Years’ War, 245
Thomas Christians, 269
Toulouse University, 318
Transfiguration, feast of, 313–14
translation of relics. See relics
“treasury of merits”. See “merits, treasury of”
Trent (1545–63), Council of, 8, 28, 184, 446, 494
Trinitarians. See Order of the Most Holy Trinity
Triumph of the Cross, feast of, 373–74
True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin, 180
Union of Brest. See Brest, Union of
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 225
unitive way, 22, 32
Ursulines. See Congregation of the Ursulines
Urbanianum. See Pontifical Urban University
Utopia, 252
Vallombrosian monks, 278
Vandals, 352
Vatican Council I (1869–70), 49, 324
Vatican Council II (1962–65), 9, 224, 439; and Cardinal Newman, 325; and Cyprian of Carthage, 378; and the Communion of Saints, 16, 445; and the Eucharist, 310; and Mary, 530; and Marian devotions, 58–59, 180, 331, 413; and Opus Dei, 52, 53; and spirituality, 32, 37–38
Venerable (title), 45
Veni Creator Spiritus, 97
Victorines, 608
Vikings, 97, 139, 470
Vincentians, 391, 392
virgins, 21
virtues, 12–13
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, feast of, 220–21, 256
Visitation sisters. See Congregation of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary
vita apostolica, 24
Vulgate, 397
Waldensianism, 24
Wearmouth, 74
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, 87
Westminster Abbey, 419
Whitby (664), synod of, 110, 139, 215, 235, 417, 440, 469
women: and the Roman Canon, 15; and sanctity, 14–15
World Council of Churches, 225
World Day of Peace, 59
Xavier University (New Orleans), 123, 149
Young Christian Workers, 37