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  • 111Huron Indians — • If language may be taken as a fair criterion to go by, the Hurons proper were the original stock from which sprang all the branches of the great Iroquoian family, whether included in the primitive federation of the Five Nations, or standing… …

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  • 112Immaculate Conception — • In the Constitution Ineffabilis Deus of 8 December, 1854, Pius IX pronounced and defined that the Blessed Virgin Mary in the first instance of her conception, by a singular privilege and grace granted by God, in view of the merits of Jesus… …

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  • 113Inquisition — • By this term is usually meant a special ecclesiastical institutional for combating or suppressing heresy Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Inquisition     Inquisition      …

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  • 114Judas Iscariot — • The Apostle who betrayed Jesus Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Judas Iscariot     Judas Iscariot     † …

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  • 115MacHale, John — • Born March 6, 1791 at Tubbernavine, Co. Mayo, Ireland; died at Tuam, November 4, 1881 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. MacHale, John     John MacHale …

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  • 116Monotheism — • A word coined in comparatively modern times to designate belief in the one supreme God, the Creator and Lord of the world, the eternal Spirit, All powerful, All wise, and All good, the Rewarder of good and the Punisher of evil, the Source of… …

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  • 117Nahum — • Essay on the Old Testament prophet and the book which bears his name Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Nahum     Nahum     † …

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  • 118Natural Law — • In English this term is frequently employed as equivalent to the laws of nature, meaning the order which governs the activities of the material universe. Among the Roman jurists natural law designated those instincts and emotions common to man… …

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  • 119Oracle — • A Divine communication given at a special place through specially appointed persons; also the place itself. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Oracle     Oracle      …

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  • 120Predestination — • Those divine decrees which have reference to the supernatural end of rational beings, especially of man Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Predestination     Predestination …

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