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  • 11Sacrifice of the Mass — • The word Mass (missa) first established itself as the general designation for the Eucharistic Sacrifice in the West after the time of Pope Gregory the Great, the early Church having used the expression the breaking of bread (fractio panis) or… …

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  • 12Epistle To the Romans —     Epistle to the Romans     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Epistle to the Romans     This subject will be treated under the following heads: I. The Roman Church and St. Paul; II. Character, Contents, and Arrangement of the Epistle; III.… …

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  • 13Scholastic Lutheran Christology — The Scholastic Lutheran Christology studies Jesus Christ in theology of Lutheran Orthodoxy. On the general basis of the Chalcedonian christology, and following the indications of the Scriptures as the only rule of faith, the Protestant,… …

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  • 14saving — savingly, adv. /say ving/, adj. 1. tending or serving to save; rescuing; preserving. 2. compensating; redeeming: a saving sense of humor. 3. thrifty; economical: a saving housekeeper. 4. making a reservation: a saving clause. n. 5. a reduction or …

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  • 15redeem — verb a) To recover ownership of something by paying a sum. b) To liberate by payment of a ransom. Syn: buy back, repurchase Ant …

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  • 16Redemptorist — noun A member of the Roman Catholic missionary congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (i.e. Jesus Christ), founded in 1732 by Saint Alphonsus Maria of Liguori See Also: redeemable, redeemer, redemption, redemptioner, redemptor, redemptory …

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  • 17saving — I. a. 1. Preserving, sparing, redemptory. 2. Economical, frugal, sparing, thrifty, careful. 3. Reserving. II. prep. 1. With exception, excepting, in favor of. 2. Without disrespect to. III. n …

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  • 18saving — adj 1. rescuing, delivering, freeing, releasing, liberating. 2. protective, protecting, safeguarding; preservative, preserving, maintaining, sustaining, upholding, conservative; restorative. 3. compensating, reparatory, reparative, restitutory;… …

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  • 19redemptive — [ri demp′tiv] adj. [ML redemptivus] 1. serving to redeem 2. of redemption: Also redemptory …

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  • 20redemptorial — |rēˌdem(p)|tōrēəl adjective Etymology: redemptory + al : redemptive …

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