Glagolitic
An ancient alphabet of the Slavic languages, also called in Russian bukvitsa.
Glaire, Jean-Baptiste
Priest, hebraist, and Biblical scholar; b. at Bordeaux, 1 April, 1798; d. at Issy, near Paris, 25 Feb., 1879.
Glanville, Ranulf de
Chief Justiciar of England; b. at Stratford, Suffolk, England, date unknown; d. before Acre, Palestine, 1190.
Glarean, Henry
Swiss humanist, poet, philosopher, geographer, mathematician, and musician, born at Mollis, near Glarus, Switzerland, in June, 1488, and died at Freiburg-im-Breisgau, 27 March, 156…
Glastonbury Abbey
Benedictine monastery, Somersetshire, England, pre-eminently the centre of early Christian tradition in England.
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
The great doxology (hymnus angelicus) in the Mass is a version of a very old Greek form". It begins with the words sung by the angels at Christ's birth (Luke, ii, 14). To this vers…
Glosses, Glossaries, Glossarists
To gloss is to interpret or explain a text by taking up its words one after another. A glossary is therefore a collection of words about which observations and notes have been gath…
Glosses, Scriptural
The word gloss designates not only marginal notes, but also words or remarks inserted for various reasons in the very text of the Scriptures.
Gloves, Episcopal
Liturgical gloves are a liturgical adornment reserved for bishops and cardinals.
Gnosticism
History of Gnosticism from its pre-Christian roots through its developed doctrines concerning cosmogony, the Sophia-myth, soteriology, and eschatology. Includes information on rite…
Goajira, Vicariate Apostolic of
The most northern portion of South America is a peninsula running into the Caribbean Sea.
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