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Dominicans
Dominicans , Roman Catholic religious order, founded by St. Dominic in 1216, officially named the Order of Preachers (O.P.). Although they began locally in evangelizing the Albigenses, before St. Dominic's death (1221) there were already eight national provinces. The rule and constitutions had... Read more |
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Francisco de Vitoria
Francisco de Vitoria The Spanish theologian and political theorist Francisco de Vitoria (ca. 1483-1546) was the first great theorist of modern international law. He provided an updated, if uneasy, justification for Spain's conquests in the New World. Little is known of the early life of... Read more |
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friar
friar [Lat. frater =brother], member of certain Roman Catholic religious orders, notably, the Dominicans , Franciscans , Carmelites , and Augustinians . Although a general form of address in the New Testament, since the 13th cent. it has been used to describe members of orders forbidden to... Read more |
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friars
friars (from fratres, i.e. brothers) belonged to the so-called mendicant (i.e. begging) monastic orders. The four most important were the Franciscans, Dominicans, Carmelites, and Augustinians. In addition most orders had communities of associated nuns. The friars emerged in the early 13th cent.,... Read more |
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Erfurt
Erfurt , city (1994 pop. 200,800), capital of Thuringia , central Germany, on the Gera River. It is an industrial and horticultural center and a rail junction. Industries include metalworking and the manufacture of electrical apparatus, shoes, and clothing. The city is also a major exporter of... Read more |
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Augustinians
Augustinians religious order in the Roman Catholic Church. The name derives from the Rule of St. Augustine (5th cent.?), which established rules for monastic observance and common religious life. The canons regular, made up of ordained clergy, adopted this rule in the 11th cent. and became known as... Read more |
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Augustinian friars
Augustinian friars (the order of Hermits of St Augustine), a religious order that established eleven houses in Ireland between 1282 and 1341. Founded from England, they initially gravitated towards Anglo‐Norman settlements. At first they were directly governed by the English provincial as... Read more |
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Sorbonne
Sorbonne , first endowed college in the Univ. of Paris , founded by Robert de Sorbon (1201-74), chaplain of Louis IX, and opened in 1253 for the purpose of providing quarters for theology students who were not friars. Gaining academic and theological distinction in the late Middle Ages and early... Read more |
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