Diplomatics, Papal
The word diplomatics denotes in English the science of ancient official documents, more especially of those emanating from the chanceries of popes, kings, emperors, and other autho…
Direction, Spiritual
Personal guidance according to individual needs. Criticizes excesses at both ends of the spectrum: heavyhanded directors, and people who think that since they have the Holy Spirit …
Directories, Catholic
Directorium simply means guide, but in the later Middle Ages it came to be specially applied to guides for the recitation of Office and Mass.
Discernment of Spirits
In the restricted sense, spirits indicate the various spiritual agents which, by their suggestions and movements, may influence the moral value of our acts.
Disciples of Christ
A sect founded in the United States of America by Alexander Campbell.
Discipline of the Secret
A theological term used to express the custom which prevailed in the earliest ages of the Church, by which the knowledge of the more intimate mysteries of the Christian religion wa…
Discussions, Religious
Oral dialectical duels, more or less formal and public, between champions of divergent religious beliefs.
Disparity of Cult
A diriment impediment introduced by the Church to safeguard the sanctity of the Sacrament of Marriage.
Dispensation
An act whereby in a particular case a lawful superior grants relaxation from an existing law.
Dispersion of the Apostles
A feast in commemoration of the missionary work of the Twelve Apostles.
Distraction
Distraction (Lat. distrahere, to draw away, hence to distract) is here considered in so far as it is wont to happen in time of prayer and in administering the sacraments.
Distributions
Canonically termed disturbtiones quotidianae, are certain portions of the revenue of a church, distributed to the canons present at Divine service.
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