Difference between revisions of "Quadragesima"
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_57149" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_57149" /> == | ||
<p> (fortieth day) is a name sometimes applied to the Lenten season, or more properly to the first Sunday of [[Lent]] (q.v.). It is so called by analogy with the three Sundays which precede Lent, and which are called respectively Septuagesima, seventieth; Sexagesima, sixtieth; and Quinquagesima, fiftieth. The whole period of [[Quadragesima]] is in the | <p> (fortieth day) is a name sometimes applied to the Lenten season, or more properly to the first Sunday of [[Lent]] (q.v.). It is so called by analogy with the three Sundays which precede Lent, and which are called respectively Septuagesima, seventieth; Sexagesima, sixtieth; and Quinquagesima, fiftieth. The whole period of [[Quadragesima]] is in the Roman [[Catholic]] Church accounted as tempus clausum. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_78532" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_78532" /> == | ||
<p> E . fortieth), a name given to Lent because it lasts forty days, and assigned also to the first Sunday in Lent, the three Sundays which precede it being called respectively Septuagesima, Sexagesima, and Quinquagesima. </p> | <p> [[E]] . fortieth), a name given to Lent because it lasts forty days, and assigned also to the first Sunday in Lent, the three Sundays which precede it being called respectively Septuagesima, Sexagesima, and Quinquagesima. </p> | ||
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