Quadragesima
Denotes a season of preparation by fasting and prayer, to imitate the example of Christ.
Quality
Various definitions of quality and its forms or divisions.
Quam singulari
1910 decree of the Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments on the age at which children are to be admitted to first Communion.
Quamichan Indians
Small tribe attached to Cowachan agency, at the southeast end of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Quantity
Interpretations of quantity as either a physical or theoretical abstraction.
Quapaw Indians
An early tribe from the lower Mississippi region.
Quaresmius, Franciscus
Seventeenth-century writer and Orientalist. (1583-1650)
Quebec, Archdiocese of
Comprises thirteen counties in Canada.
Queen's Daughters
American religious and charitable society, organized to supplement the work done by the members of the Conference of St. Vincent de Paul.
Quelen, Hyacinthe-Louis De
Archbishop of Paris. (1778-1839)
Quem terra, pontus, sidera
Ancient hymn in honour of the Blessed Virgin.
Querétaro, Diocese of
Located in Mexico; suffragan of Michoacan.
Quicumque Christum Quærtis
Opening line of the twelfth and last poem in the "Cathemerinon" of Prudentius.
Quierzy, Councils of
Series of five councils held in a French village between 838 and 858.
Quiet, Prayer of
A degree of contemplation in which the soul experiences an extraordinary peace and rest.
Quietism
Doctrine which declares that man's highest perfection consists in a sort of psychical self-annihilation and a consequent absorption of the soul into the Divine Essence even during the present life.
Quimper, Diocese of
French diocese, including the Department of Finistère.
Quintana, Agustín
Missionary and Indian philologist. (d. 1784)
Quirinus, Saints
Group of martyrs from the early Middle Ages.
Quito, Archdiocese of
Comprises two dioceses and four sees in Ecuador.
Qur'an, The
The Islamic sacred book, who regard it as the revelation of God.
Sts. Quiricus and Julitta
Mother and child martyred at Cilicia.