ecclesiastics
31Lord Chancellor — For other uses, see Lord Chancellor (disambiguation). Not to be confused with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain …
32Corcoran — is an Irish surname. The original Gaelic version being Ó Corcráin meaning descendant of Corcrán . The personal name Corcrán is a diminutive of the personal name Corcra.[1] The personal name Corcra is derived from corcair meaning purple (corcair… …
33Canons Regular — are members of certain bodies of Canons (priests) living in community under the Augustinian Rule ( regula in Latin), and sharing their property in common as a type of vow of poverty. Distinct from monks, who live a cloistered, contemplative life… …
34In Coena Domini — was a recurrent papal bull between 1363 and 1770, so called from its opening words (Latin At the table of the Lord , referring to the liturgical feast on which it was annually published in Rome: the feast of the Lord s Supper), formerly issued… …
35Assembly of the French clergy — The Assembly of the French Clergy ( Assemblée du Clergé de France ) was in its origins a representative meeting of the Clergy of France, held every five years, for the purpose of apportioning the financial burdens laid upon the clergy of the… …
36Apostolicae Servitutis — was a papal bull issued by Pope Benedict XIV, 23 February, 1741, against secular pursuits on the part of the clergy. In spite of many prohibitive laws of the Church some ecclesiastics had drifted into the habit of occupying themselves with… …
37Philip IV — 1. (Philip the Fair) 1268 1314, king of France 1285 1314. 2. 1605 65, king of Spain 1621 65 (son of Philip III). * * * I French Philippe known as Philip the Fair born 1268, Fontainebleau, France died Nov. 29, 1314, Fontainebleau King of France… …
38Investiture Controversy — Struggle between the papacy and the secular rulers of Europe over the latter s presentation of the symbols of office to churchmen. Pope Gregory VII condemned lay investiture in 1078 as an unjustified assertion of secular authority over the… …
39Assemblies of the French Clergy — • Meetings of the Clergy of France for the purpose of apportioning the financial burdens laid upon the Church by the kings of France, and incidentally for other ecclesiastical purposes Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Assemblies of the… …
40Beccus, John — • Patriarch of Constantinople in the second half of the thirteenth century, one of the few Greek ecclesiastics who were sincerely in favour of reunion with the Church of Rome Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Beccus, John …
