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  • 21Diocese of Plasencia —     Diocese of Plasencia     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Diocese of Plasencia     (PLACENTINA)     Plasencia comprises the civil provinces of Cáceres, Salamanca, and Badajoz. Its capital has a population of 8044. The city of Plasencia was founded… …

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  • 22Diocese of Zamora (Spain) —     Diocese of Zamora     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Diocese of Zamora     (ZAMORENSIS), suffragan of Valladolid. It is bounded on the north by Leon, on the east by Valladolid, south by Salamanca, west by Orense and Portugal. It comprises the… …

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  • 23The Seal of Confession —     The Law of the Seal of Confession     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Law of the Seal of Confession     In the Decretum of the Gratian who compiled the edicts of previous councils and the principles of Church law which he published about 1151,… …

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  • 24The Slavs in America —     The Slavs in America     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Slavs in America     The Slavic races have sent large numbers of their people to the United States and Canada, and this immigration is coming every year in increasing numbers. The… …

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  • 25Diocese of Borgo San-Sepolcro —     Borgo San Sepolcro     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Borgo San Sepolcro     Diocese situated in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy. The city is believed by some to be the ancient Biturgia mentioned by Ptolemy, and is so designated in the… …

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  • 26Diocese —    The territorial limits of a Bishop s Jurisdiction. Properly speaking the Diocese is the real unit of Church life. Originally the Bishop went first in the establishing of the Church in any nation or country; out of this Jurisdiction grew the… …

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  • 27Diocese of Copenhagen — The Cathedral of Copenhagen seen from Rundetårn This article is about the Evangelical Lutheran dicosese. For the Roman Catholic body, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Copenhagen. The Diocese of Copenhagen (Danish: Københavns Stift) is a diocese… …

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  • 28The Church —     The Church     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Church     The term church (Anglo Saxon, cirice, circe; Modern German, Kirche; Sw., Kyrka) is the name employed in the Teutonic languages to render the Greek ekklesia (ecclesia), the term by which… …

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  • 29The Rite of Constantinople (Byzantine Rite) —     The Rite of Constantinople     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Rite of Constantinople     (Also BYZANTINE RITE.)     The Liturgies, Divine Office, forms for the administration of sacraments and for various blessings, sacramentals, and exorcisms …

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  • 30The Leopoldine Society —     The Leopoldine Society     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Leopoldine Society     Established at Vienna for the purpose of aiding the Catholic missions in North America. When the Society for the Propagation of Faith was founded at Lyons, in… …

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