Monita Secreta
A code of instructions alleged to be addressed by Acquaviva, the fifth general of the Society, to its various superiors, and laying down the methods to be adopted for the increase …
Monogram of Christ
By the Monogram of Christ is ordinarily understood the abbreviation of Christ's name formed by combining the first two letters of the Greek form; this monogram was also known as th…
Monomotapa
Whatever may be the etymological meaning of the word Monomotapa, the origin of which is much disputed, it is certain, at any rate, that the Portuguese of the sixteenth century empl…
Monophysites and Monophysitism
Rejected the dual nature of Christ. Rejected by the Council of Chalcedon (451).
Monopoly, Moral Aspects of
According to its etymology, monopoly (monopolia) signifies exclusive sale, or exclusive privilege of selling. Present usage, however, extends the term to any degree of unified cont…
Monotheism
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,…
Monothelitism and Monothelites
A modification of Monophysitism proposing that Christ had no human free will. Rejected by the Third Council of Constantinople (680).
Monroe, James
A soldier, convert, born in Albemarle county, Virginia, U.S.A., 10 Sept., 1799; died at Orange, New Jersey, 7 Sept., 1870.
Monsabré, Jacques-Marie-Louis
A celebrated pulpit orator, born at Blois, France, 10 Dec., 1827; died at Havre, 21 Feb., 1907.
Monseigneur
A French honorific appellation, etymologically corresponding to the English "my lord," and the Italian monsignore.
Monsell, William, Baron Emly
Politician, born 21 Sept., 1812; died at Tervoe, Co. Limerick, Ireland, 20 April, 1894.
Monstrelet, Enguerrand de
A French chronicler, born about 1390 or 1395; died in July, 1453.
Montañés, Juan MartÃnez
A noted Spanish sculptor of the seventeenth century, died 1649, sometimes called "the Sevillian Phidias."
Montagna, Bartolomeo
Italian painter, chief representative of the Vicenza School, b. at Orzinuovi about 1450; d. at Vicenza, 11 October, 1523.
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