Conciliation, Industrial
The discussion and adjustment of mutual differences by employers and employees or their representatives.
Concordances of the Bible
Lists of Biblical words arranged alphabetically with indications to enable the inquirer to find the passages of the Bible where the words occur.
Concordat of 1801, The French
This name is given to the convention of the 26th Messidor, year IX (July 16, 1802), whereby Pope Pius VII and Bonaparte, First Consul, re-established the Catholic Church in France.
Concordia, Diocese of
Erected 2 August, 1887, and is situated in the northwestern part of Kansas, U.S.A.
Concubinage
The meaning of the term in Roman law, and consequently in early ecclesiastical records and writings, was much the same; a concubine was a quasi-wife, recognized by law if there was…
Concupiscence
In its widest acceptation, concupiscence is any yearning of the soul for good; in its strict and specific acceptation, a desire of the lower appetite contrary to reason.
Condamine, Charles-Marie de la
Explorer and physicist, b. at Paris, 28 January, 1701; d. there 4 February, 1774.
Condillac, Ettiene Bonnot de
Article by G.M. Sauvage. Divides Condillac's career into an early Lockean phase and a later, more original phase.
Conecte, Thomas
Carmelite reformer, b. at Rennes towards the end of the fourteenth century; d. at Rome, 1433.
Conferences, Ecclesiastical
Meetings of clerics for the purpose of discussing, in general, matters pertaining to their state of life, and, in particular, questions of moral theology and liturgy.
Confession
Architectural term, originally used to designate the burial-place of a confessor or martyr, gradually came to have a variety of applications: the altar erected over the grave; the …
Confirmation
Describes its origin from Biblical texts and how it has been handed down through the ages. The rite is briefly described, and the minister, matter, form, recipient, effects, necess…
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