A dictionary of miracles : imitative, realistic, and dogmatic ... / by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer.

  • E. Cobham Brewer
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1884
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    DATES: FESTIVALS—MONASTIC ORDERS. Council of Orleans in 541. In England ordained by Act 2 and 3 Edward VI. c. 19, 1549. V Saturday and Sunday are non-fast days. The one in commemoration of the finished work of creation, the other in commemoration of the Resurrection. (Yet we find S4\turduy frequently held as a fast-day by the saints, in memory of the entombment.) Festivals : John Baptist, Paul, Peter, Stephen, all introduced in the fourth century. Filioque introduced into the Nicene Creed in 830. The Missi of Charlemagne pressed the jyope to declare any one who rejected the new dogma “salvus esse non potest; ” but Leo 111. refused to do so. Funeral Orations. The first was June 5, 1382, pronounced over Andrea Contarini, the doge. The first in France was in 1389, over the constable Dugticslin. Holy Ashes. Gregory the Great (590- 604) introduced the practice of sprinkling the ashes on the first of the four days added to Lent by Felix III. in 487. The ceremony of distributing them was intro- duced March 28, 1091, by the Council of Benevento. Holy Bread. Bread blessed by the priest and distributed on Sunda}'s and other fete-days, was first introduced in 655 at the Council of Nantes. Holy Oil in extreme unction is based on James v. 14 ; Mark vi. 13 ; but it was not formally ordained till the Council of Trent, 1545-1563. Holy Oil in chrism was first used about 1541. Holy Water introduced by Leo (682- 683). First used in exorcisms by Alex- ander II., 1070. For this purpose it is still kept in Roman Catholic countries. Used in exorcisms by the Indians, Persians, Tibetians, and Mexicans. Immaculate Conception made a dogma of the Church by Pius IX. in 1854. Indulgences. First bestowed in 1002 by Ponce, bishop of Arles, to those who aided him in building his monastery. In 1087 Victor III. promised indulgences to those who took up arms against the Saracens. The first plenary indulgence, extending over “ this life ancf the life to come,” was given by the Council of Clermont in 1095, in favour of Cru- saders. Infallibility of the Pope first claimed in 750. Inquisition established in 1232. Interdicts. An ecclesiastical inter- dict was laid on a parish in his diocese by Hincmar, bishop of Laon, in 870. One was laid on France by Gregory V. in 998. Very rare till 1073, in the ponti- ficate of Gregory VII. Kissing the Pope’s Toe introduced in 708. Abolished by Clement XIV. in 1773. Lenten Fast (a tithe of the year, or thirty-six clays) introduced in the fourth century. Felix III., in 487, added four days. ” The number forty fixed by the Council of Orleans 547. Matthew. The first two chapters do not occur in the Ebronite copies, said to be the “ original Hebrew.” Mark. The two oldest Greek MSS. terminate this Gospel with ver. 9, chap, xvi. See “New Version.” The last eleven verses were introduced subse- quently. Monastic Orders. The monastic system originated with Pachomius in Egypt (320-330). Introduced into Pales- tine by Hilarion in 328; at Rome by Athanasius in 340; into Gaul by Martin of Tours in 370. Paul the first hermit 251. Annunciades, an order for women, established by Joan, daughter of Louis XI. and wife of Louis XII., in 1501; in England in 1105. Auyustines, established by Alexander IV. in 1256 ; in France in 1596. Benedictines, established in 529. Bernardinos, established in 1113. Brothers of Charity, founded by Vin- cent de Paul in 1617. Sisters of Charity in 1634. Camaldulcs (Reformed Benedictines), introduced by Romuald in 1010. Cappucines (Reformed Franciscans), by Matthew Baschi in 1528. Carmelites, established in 1171. Con- firmed by Iionorius III. in 1224. White Friars. Cannes, founded by Albert, patriarch of Jerusalem, in 1209. Confirmed by Flonorius III. in 1227. Bare- footed Cannes founded by St. Theresa in 1562. Carthusians (Reformed Benedictines), by Bruno in 1057. Clarisscs, an order for women, founded by St. Francis in 1224. Cordeliers, founded by St. Louis in 1215. Doctrinaires, founded by Caesar de Bus in 1592. Dominicans, founded by Dominic in the Albigensian war, 1215. First Dominican convent built in 1218. Black Friars. c 3