Society - Come on in and talk about people, religion, spirituality, philosiphy, politics, sexuality, women, men and more...
Religion and Spirituality - An open forum for the discussion of religion and spirituality. This forum is not intended solely for one religion nor is is intended to bash on any religion. It is for the discussion of any and all religions and forms of spirituality.
[ A
| B
| C
| D
| E
| F
| G
| H
| I
| J
| K
| L
| M
| N
| O
| P
| Q
| R
| S
| T
| U
| V
| W
| X
| Y
| Z
]
Ubaghs, Casimir - Born at Bergélez-Fauquemont, 26 November, 1800; died at Louvain, 15 February, 1875.
Ubaldus, Saint - Confessor, Bishop of Gubbio, born of noble parents at Gubbio, Umbria, Italy, towards the beginning of the twelfth centry; died there, Whitsuntide, 1168.
Ubanghi - Vicariate Apostolic; formerly part of the Vicariate of French Congo, erected on 14 Oct., 1890.
Ubanghi, Belgian - In Belgian Congo, separated on 7 April, 1911, from the Vicariate of the Belgian Congo and entrusted to the Capuchins.
Ubanghi-Chari - Prefecture Apostolic in Equatorial Africa.
Uberaba - Suffragan diocese of Marianna, in Brazil.
Ubertino of Casale - Leader of the Spirituals, born at Casale of Vercelli, 1259; died about 1330.
Ubiquitarians - A Protestant sect started at the Lutheran synod of Stuttgart, 19 December, 1559, by John Brenz.
Ultan of Ardbracca - Collected a life of the Irish saint for his pupil, St. Brogan Cloen of Rostuirc, on Ossory.
Ultramontanism - A term used to denote integral and active Catholicism.
Unam Sanctam - The Bull on papal supremacy issued 18 November, 1302, by Boniface VIII during the dispute with Philip the Fair, King of France.
Ungava - A Canadian territory lying north of the Province of Quebec.
Uniformity Acts - Statutes passed in an effort to secure uniformity in public worship throughout England.
Unigenitus - A celebrated Apostolic Constitution of Clement XI, condemning 101 propositions of Pasquier Quesnel.
Union of Brest - 1596. The union of the Ruthenians with Catholicism.
Union of Christendom - Includes the Catholic Church together with the many other religious communions which have either directly or indirectly, separated from it.
Unity - Characterizes the one Church founded by Christ.
Universalists - A liberal Protestant sect whose distinctive tenet is the belief in the final salvation of all souls.
Universals - Those ideas which, while excluding whatever constitutes the difference of things of the same genus or species, represent that which is necessary to their constitution, is essential, and is therefore common to all, remaining fixed in all vicissitudes.
Unyanyembe - Vicariate apostolic in German East Africa.
Upper Nile - Vicariate apostolic; separated from the mission of Nyanza, 6 July, 1894, comprises the eastern portion of Uganda.
Upper Rhine - Ecclesiastical province; includes the Archdiocese of Freiburg and the suffragan Dioceses of Fulda, Mainz, Limburg, and Rottenburg.
Upsala, Ancient See of - History of an episcopal see established at Old Upsala, the center of idolatrous worship not only for Sweden but for all Scandinavia.
Uranopolis - A titular see of Asia Minor, suffragan of Ancyra in Galatia Prima.
Urban I, Pope Saint - Died 230. Very little is known about his life, and even his burial place was in doubt for some time.
Urban II, Pope Blessed - Long article on the canon and later Cluniac prior, assistant to Pope Gregory VII. Urban was elected unanimously to the papacy in 1088, but was forced to spend years wandering southern Italy. He died in 1099.
Urban III, Pope - Reigned 1185-87, born at Milan; died at Ferrara, 19 October, 1187.
Urbs Beata Jerusalem dicta pacis visio - The first line of a hymn of probably the seventh or eighth century, comprising eight stanzas together with a doxology.
Urdaneta, Andrés - Augustinian, born at Villafranca, Guipúzcoa, Spain, 1498; died in the City of Mexico, 1568.
Utilitarianism - A modern form of the Hedonistic ethical theory which teaches that the end of human conduct is happiness, and that consequently the discriminating norm which distinguishes conduct into right and wrong is pleasure and pain.
Utopia - A term used to designate a visionary or an ideally perfect state of society first used by Sir Thomas More.
Utraquism - The principal dogma, and one of the four articles, of the Calixtines or Hussites.
Utrecht, Archdiocese of - Situated in the Netherlands, includes the Provinces of Utrecht, Friesland, Overyssel, Drenthe, Groningen, the larger part of Gelderland, and a small part of North Holland.
