Divination
The seeking after knowledge of future or hidden things by inadequate means.
Divine Charity, Daughters of
Founded at Vienna, 21 November, 1868, by Franziska Lechner (d. 1894) on the Rule of St. Augustine, and approved by the Holy See in 1884 and definitively confirmed 22 July, 1891.
Divine Charity, Sisters of
Founded at Besançon, in 1799, by a Vincentian Sister, and modelled on the Sisters of Mercy of St. Vincent de Paul.
Divine Charity, Society of
Founded at Maria-Martental near Kaisersesch, in 1903 by Josepth Tallmanns.
Divine Compassion, Institute of the
Founded in the city of New York, USA, by the Rt. Rev. Thomas Stanislaus Preston.
Divine Redeemer, Daughters of the
Motherhouse at Oedenburg, Hungary; founded in 1863 from the Daughters of the Divine Saviour of Vienna.
Divine Savior, Society of the
Founded at Rome, 8 Dec., 1881, by Johann Baptist Jordan (b. 1848 at Gartweil im Breisgau), elected superior general as Father Francis Mary of the Cross.
Divine Word, Society of the
The first German Catholic missionary society established. It was founded in 1875 during the period of the Kulturkampf at Steyl, near Tegelen, Holland, by a priest, Rev. Arnold Jans…
Divisch, Procopius
Premonstratensian, b. at Senftenberg, Bohemia, 26 March, 1698; d. at Prenditz, Moravia, 21 December, 1765.
Divorce (in Civil Jurisprudence)
Defined in jurisprudence as "the dissolution or partial suspension by law of the marriage relation".
Divorce (in Moral Theology)
The subject is treated here under two distinct heads: First, divorce in moral theology; second, divorce in civil jurisprudence.
Dixon, Joseph
Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland, born at Coalisland, Co. Tyrone, in 1806; died at Armagh, 29 April, 1866.
Dobmayer, Marian
Benedictine theologian, born 24 October, 1753, at Schwandorf, Bavaria; died 21 December, 1805.
Dobrizhoffer, Martin
Missionary, b. in Graz, Styria, 7 Sept., 1717; d. in Vienna, 17 July 1791.
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