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Encyclopedia of Catholicism JA :F Encyclopedia of Buddhism Encyclopedia of Catholicism Encyclopedia of Hinduism Encyclopedia of Islam Encyclopedia of Judaism Encyclopedia of Protestantism Encyclopedia of World Religions nnnnnnnnnnn Encyclopedia of Catholicism JA :F Frank K. Flinn J. Gordon Melton, Series Editor Encyclopedia of Catholicism Copyright © 2007 by Frank K. Flinn All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher. For information contact: Facts On File, Inc. An imprint of Infobase Publishing 132 West 31st Street New York NY 10001 ISBN-10: 0-8160-5455-X ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-5455-8 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Flinn, Frank K. Encyclopedia of Catholicism / Frank K. Flinn. p. cm.—(Encyclopedia of world religions) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8160-5455-X 1. Catholic Church—Encyclopedias. I. Melton, J. Gordon. II. Title. III. Series. BX841.F55 2006 282.03—dc22 2006009645 Facts On File books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk quantities for businesses, associations, institutions, or sales promotions. Please call our Special Sales Department in New York at (212) 967-8800 or (800) 322-8755. You can find Facts On File on the World Wide Web at http://www.factsonfile.com Text design by Erika Arroyo Cover design by Cathy Rincon Illustrations by Dale Williams Printed in the United States of America VB Hermitage 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This book is printed on acid-free paper. To my family: Alice, My Beloved Adam Pablo and Kristin Mark Hosteen and Jenny Lolita and Caleb Aunt Rhoda and Uncle Leland Lyle, Paula, and Michael Serena and Barry Edward, Allison, and Haley contents K About the Editor viii List of Illustrations ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii Catholicism: An Introduction xiv Chronology xxiii Chronological List of Popes and Antipopes xxviii ENTRIES A TO Z 1 Bibliography 642 Index 647 about the editor K Series editor J. Gordon Melton is the director of the edited more than three dozen books and antholo- Institute for the Study of American Religion in gies as well as numerous papers and articles for Santa Barbara, California. He holds an M.Div. scholarly journals. He is the series editor for Reli- from the Garrett Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. gious Information Systems, which supplies data from Northwestern University. Melton is the author and information in religious studies and related of American Religions: An Illustrated History, The fields. Melton is a member of the American Acad- Encyclopedia of American Religions, Religious Lead- emy of Religion, the Society for the Scientific Study ers of America, and several comprehensive works of Religion, the American Society of Church His- on Islamic culture, African-American religion, tory, the Communal Studies Association, and the cults, and alternative religions. He has written or Society for the Study of Metaphysical Religion. viii list of illustrations K Adam and Eve in the Garden Exterior view, Arian Baptistery, Church of the Priest Felix, of Eden with serpent on Ravenna 52 Kélibia, Tunisia 88 tree, by Dürer 6 Flying buttresses 53 Pope Benedict XVI 95 Wood door panel of Christ Bernini’s baroque colonnade, Arcosolium (Via Latina carrying cross, by Lamidi St. Peter’s Basilica 54 Catacomb, Rome) 132 Olonade Fakeye 7 Baroque cathedral, Altersheim, Cutaways of Romanesque and The Archangel Gabriel Switzerland 54 Gothic naves 137 announces to Mary the Cathedral Church of Mexico Chartres Cathedral 138 coming birth of the Messiah, City 55 Parchment showing the as Holy Spirit hovers over Assumption Cathedral 56 Offertory prayer and her 24 Cathedral Basilica of St. Communion chant antiphon St. Anthony in the desert 27 Louis 57 for the pre–Vatican Reconstruction of crucifixion Church of Our Lady of Loreto, II feast of St. Joseph of ben HGQWL. 44 St. Mary’s College, Notre Calasanctius 145 Tomb trophaion of St. Peter Dame, Indiana 57 Icon of Christos beneath the high altar of St. Notre-Dame-du-Haut 57 Pantokrator 152 Peter’s Basilica 45 Cathedral of Our Lady of the Ivory diptych showing 18 Drawing of house-church at Angels 58 scenes from the Passion of Dura Europos 46 Xishiku Cathedral, Beijing, Christ to the Ascension into Ground Plan of New St. China 66 heaven 154 Peter’s 47 Vietnamese houseboat Drawing of labarum 183 Side view of Sarcophagus of church, on Ton Le Sap Woodcut from Speculum Junius Bassus, 359. 48 Lake near Siem Reap, passionis (1519) showing Baptistery at Dura Cambodia 68 Mary the Mother of Jesus Europos 50 St. Augustine with angel 74 and the apostle John beneath Nave of Old St. Peter’s 51 Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan Christ on the cross 210 Scene of pilgrims entering the River 85 Pilgrims touching the top of Tomb of Christ 51 Mosaic inlaid baptismal font, the Hill of Golgotha 211 ix
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