Catholic(n.) "member of the Roman Catholic church," 1560s, fromCatholic(adj.). also from1560s Advertisement Trends ofcatholic Sharecatholic ‘cite’ https://www.etymonline.com/word/catholic Etymology of catholic by etymonline Harper, D. (n.d.). Etymology of catholic. Online Etymology...
Returning recently from a six months' visit to Europe, the Rev. John LaFarge, noted Catholic writer, warned at a dinner given in his honor that the destructive forces of "racism" are increasing in the United States, and that they could cause irreparable harm among the American people if imm...
In the Catholic Church, the Eucharist, meaning ''thanksgiving,'' is a sacrament where individuals partake in the literal blood and body of Christ (through transubstantiation of the elements of the Eucharist) by drinking the wine and eating the bread of Holy Communion. It commemorates Jesus' sac...
It’s interesting that King “Atlas” is said to have ruled “Atlantis” - an ancient sunken city in the “Atlantic” Ocean. There is also a Mount Atlas in Morocco and the etymology of Atlas/Atlantic is indeed from Atlantis. Strangely enough, however, as the Atlantean scholar Comyns Beaumo...
It is possible that this custom resulted from the confusion of May Day with the Feast of the Holy Cross, formerly observed by the Roman Catholic Church on May 3 ( see Exaltation of the Cross), and still observed by Catholics in Latin America ( see Día de la Santa Cruz) CONTACTS:...
Even today we can walk into any Catholic of Orthodox church and see vividly celebrated a continuation of the Greco-Roman world-view, which is based on bosses and slaves and not on the Biblical model of personal sovereignty. The crucifixes you'll see everywhere have nothing to do with Jesus...
The delay that is fundamental to etymology also makes it suitable for covert forms of communication, an insight that I show Jonson derives from contemporary Catholic polemic. John Milton displays some skepticism towards etymology in his early writing, until he comes to understand the political ...
As always, this orthographic research becomes a window into our past where one word leads to another. In the foreground to the left, reapers mow the crop with scythes. Scythe and its distant ancestor, the Proto Indo European root *sek- to cut, is the shared ancestral source of other ...
It is the Catholic Cathedral of Auckland. LEISURE IN AUCKLAND Auckland ranked third in a survey of the quality of life of 215 major cities of the world. Auckland is known as the “City of Sails” because of its sailing popularity across the region. There are 135,000 yachts and launches ...
rebirth comes after death. Actually, that’s exactly what the priest said at the only Catholic Sunday mass I’ve ever been to. My mom was raised Catholic but left the religion and didn’t raise us kids Catholic for many reasons. Still, the sermon was beautiful and profound. The priest ...