Province, Ecclesiastical

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• province, ecclesiastical —    This term (from the Latin provincia, meaning a [conquered] territory ) refers to a group of dioceses,each with its own bishop but under the overall leadership of an archbishop …   Glossary of theological terms

• Ecclesiastical Province —     Ecclesiastical Province     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Province     The name given to an ecclesiastical administrative district under the jurisdiction of an archbishop. Ecclesiastical provinces first assumed a fixed form in the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Ecclesiastical province — An ecclesiastical province (or churchly province) is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church (both Latin and …   Wikipedia

• Ecclesiastical history (Catholicism) — Ecclesiastical history, for the Roman Catholic Church, is the history of the Roman Catholic Church as an institution, written from a particular perspective. There is a traditional approach to such historiography. The generally identified starting …   Wikipedia

• Ecclesiastical Seminary —     Ecclesiastical Seminary     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Seminary     I. TERMINOLOGY     The word seminary (Fr. séminaire, Ger. Seminar) is sometimes used, especially in Germany, to designate a group of university students devoted …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Ecclesiastical ordinances — are the bylaws of a Christian religious organization, especially that of a diocese or province of a church. They are used in the Anglican Communion, particularly the American Episcopal Church and Roman Catholic Church. Ecclesiastical Ordinances… …   Wikipedia

• Province of Quebec —     The Province of Quebec     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Province of Quebec     GEOGRAPHY     The province of Quebec occupies mainly the two slopes of the vast basin formed by the St. Lawrence River whose course runs chiefly between the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Ecclesiastical Courts —     Ecclesiastical Courts     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Courts     I. JUDICIAL POWER IN THE CHURCH     In instituting the Church as a perfect society, distinct from the civil power and entirely independent of it, Christ gave her… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Ecclesiastical Heraldry —     Ecclesiastical Heraldry     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Heraldry          Ecclesiastical heraldry naturally divides itself into various branches, principally: the arms of religious corporations, and other bodies; the insignia of… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Ecclesiastical Annals —     Ecclesiastical Annals     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Annals     The historical literature of the Middle Ages may be classed under three general heads: chronicles, annals, and lives of the saints.     CHRONICLES     Chronicles… …   Catholic encyclopedia