Alogi
··· A heresy which denies the Word and the Gospel of St. John.
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Angel
··· A spirit messenger intermediate between God and men.
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Animism
··· Doctrines or theories regarding the nature of the soul.
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Antipopes
··· A false claimant of the Holy See and Papal Chair.
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Apostasy
··· The leaving, desertion, or giving-up of the Faith.
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Apostolic Succession
··· The inheritance, or continuation, of Apostolic authority.
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Arianism
··· The 4th century heresy that denies the Divinity of Jesus Christ.
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Arminianism
··· Heretical doctrines of Calvinists in the Netherlands.
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Astrology
··· An error regarding the influence of stars on the fate of man.
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Atheism
··· A system of thought which is formally opposed to theism.
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Baptism
··· The first of the Seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church.
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Brahminism
··· A complex religious and social system, know also as Hinduism.
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Calvinism
··· The heretical 16th century protestant religion of John Calvin.
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Carmelite Order
··· One of the mendicant orders.; Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
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Cosmology
··· A branch of philosophical study specific to the material world.
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Corpus Juris Canonici
··· The collection of canonical legislation documents.
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Divination
··· Seeking after knowledge or hidden things by inadequate means.
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Divine Providence
··· The act of God by which in His wisdom He so orders all events.
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Donatists
··· A 4th century schism in Africa lead by Donatus of Mascula.
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Eastern Schism
··· Schism that produced the separated "Orthodox" Church.
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Emanationism
··· Heretical ideas contrary to the doctrines of creation.
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Eutychianism
··· Heresy which rejects the dogmatic "Two Natures" of Christ.
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Excommunication
··· The most serious penalty the Church can apply against error.
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Fetishism
··· The religion of Fetish, referred to as another form of animism.
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Filioque
··· The Procession of the Holy Ghost from both Father and Son.
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Gallicanism
··· A heretical attempt to limit the authority of the pope.
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Gnosticism
··· The heretical notion that salvation is gained by knowledge.
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Grace
··· Actual, Sanctifying, Controversies, and Supernatural Adoption.
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Heresy
··· Abandonment of truth by the corruption or denial of dogma.
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Hierarchy, Early Church
··· Used here to denote the three grades of Holy Orders.
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Historical Criticism
··· Distinguishing the true from the false facts of the past.
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Humanism
··· A literary and scientific movement opposing Scholastics.
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Hussites
··· The followers of Jan Hus, also know as the Utraquists.
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Iconoclasm
··· A heresy that condemned the use of images in worship.
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IHS monogram
··· An explaination regarding the monogram of Jesus Christ.
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Islam (Concept)
··· An Arabic word denoting the religion of Mohammed.
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Jansenism
··· Heresy of Cornelius Jansen against supernatural order..
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Justification
··· Denotes the transformation of a sinner to holiness.
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Lutheranism
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Magi
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Messiah
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Miracle
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Modernism
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Mohammedanism
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Monarchians
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Monism
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Monophysitism
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Monotheism
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Monothelitism
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Montanists
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Naturalism
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Nestorianism
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Novatianism
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Occultism
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Pantheism
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Paulicians
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Pelagianism
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Predestination
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Protestantism
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Rationalism
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Reformation
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Roman Curia
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Schism
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Secularism
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Servants of Mary
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Servite Order
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Socinianism
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Tradition
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Toleration
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The Blessed Trinity
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The Church
··· On the term Church, a definition and meaning of the word.
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Western Schism
··· The 40 year religious division of the 14th and 15th century.
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Worship
··· An article dealing with certain aspects of Christian worship
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