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Pacandus
Bartolommeo Pacca
St. Pachomius
George Michael Pachtler
Pacificus
Bl. Pacificus of Ceredano
St. Pacificus of San Severino
Lucas Pacioli
Diocese of Paderborn
Juan de Padilla
Diocese of Padua
University of Padua
Paganism
Mario Pagano
Ven. Anthony Page
Antoine Pagi
Santes Pagnino
Religious Painting
Pakawá Indians
Palæography
Palæontology
Juan de Palafox y Mendoza
Ven. Thomas Palasor
Rhenish Palatinate
Palatini
Prefecture Apostolic of Palawan
Diocese of Palencia
Paleopolis
Gabriele Paleotti
Archdiocese of Palermo
University of Palermo
Diocese of Palestrina
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Frederick Apthorp Paley
Pall
Andrea Palladio
St. Palladius
Palladius
Pietro Sforza Pallavicino
Pallium
Ven. Vincent Mary Pallotti
Palma Vecchio
William Palmer
Domenico Palmieri
Luigi Palmieri
Palm in Christian Symbolism
Palm Sunday
Palmyra
Francisco Palou
Paltus
Peter Paludanus
Pamelius
Diocese of Pamiers
St. Pammachius
St. Pamphilus of Cæsarea
Diocese of Pamplona
Republic and Diocese of Panama
Pandects
Pandulph
Panemotichus
Pange Lingua Gloriosi
Francesco Panigarola
Arnold Pannartz and Konrad Sweinheim
Arnold Pannartz and Konrad Sweinheim
Pano Indians
Panopolis
Panpsychism
Pantænus
St. Pantaleon
Pantheism
Onofrio Panvinio
Gregorio Panzani
Ven. Angelo Paoli
Papacy
Pápago Indians
Papal Arbitration
Papal Elections
Paphnutius
Paphos
St. Papias
Bernardus Papiensis
Nicholas Papini
Parables
Parabolani
Theophrastus Paracelsus
Paraclete
François Para du Phanjas
Parætonium
Paraguay
Books of Paralipomenon
Diocese of Parahyba
Parallelism
Psycho-Physical Parallelism
Paralus
Diocese of Paraná
Parasceve
Paray-le-Monial
Ignace-Gaston Pardies
Pardons of Brittany
Ambroise Paré
Francisco Pareja
Parents
Diocese of Parenzo-Pola
Giuseppe Parini
Paris
University of Paris
Alexis-Paulin Paris
Gaston-Bruno-Paulin Paris
Matthew Paris
Parish
Parium
Abbey of the Park
Anthony Parkinson
Parlais
Filippo Parlatore
Diocese of Parma
Antoine-Augustin Parmentier
Il Parmigiano
Parnassus
Parochial Mass
Parœcopolis
Dominique Parrenin
Parsis
Partnership
Paolo Paruta
Blaise Pascal
St. Pascal Baylon
Pasch or Passover
Pope Paschal I
Pope Paschal II
Paschal III
Paschal Candle
Paschal Tide
St. Paschasius
St. Paschasius Radbertus
Carlo Passaglia
Diocese of Passau
Ven. Joseph Passerat
Domenico Passignano
Domenico Passionei
Passionists
Passion Music
Commemoration of the Passion of Christ
Passion Offices
Devotion to the Passion of Jesus Christ
Passion of Jesus Christ in the Four Gospels
Passion Plays
Passions
Passion Sunday
Passiontide
Passos
Louis Pasteur
Diocese of Pasto
Pastor
Crusade of the Pastoureaux
Patagonia
Patara
Paten
Ven. William Patenson
Mental Pathology
Coventry Patmore
Patmos
Patras
Patriarch
Patriarch and Patriarchate
Patrician Brothers
St. Patrick
Francis Xavier Patrizi
Patrology
Feast of the Patronage of Our Lady
Patron and Patronage
Patron Saints
Diocese of Patti
St. Paul
Pope Paul I
Pope Paul II
Pope Paul III
Pope Paul IV
Pope Paul V
St. Paula
Johannes Pauli
Paulicians
St. Paulinus
St. Paulinus, Bishop of Nola
St. Paulinus II, Patriarch of Aquileia
Paulinus a S. Bartholomaeo
Paulinus of Pella
Paulists
Paul of Burgos
Paul of Middelburg
Paul of Samosata
St. Paul of the Cross
St. Paul the Hermit
St. Paul the Simple
Paulus Diaconus
Paulus Venetus
Diocese of Pavia
Nicolas Pavillon
Pax
Pax in the Liturgy
Mariano Payeras
Peter Pázmány
Peace of the Church
Peace Congresses
War of the Peasants (1524-25)
Peba Indians
John Pecham
Reginald Pecock
Pectoral
Pectorale
Pectorius of Autun
Pednelissus
Pedro de Cordova
Pelagia
Pope Pelagius I
Pope Pelagius II
Pelagius and Pelagianism
Ambrose Pelargus
Paul Pelisson-Fontanier
Pella
Pierre-Joseph Pelletier
Silvio Pellico
Guillaume Pellissier
Diocese of Pelotas
Théophile-Jules Pelouze
Pelusium
Diocese of Pembroke
Francisco Peña
Penal Laws
Luis Ignatius Peñalver y Cardenas
Penance
Henry Pendleton
Penelakut Indians
Los Hermanos Penitentes
Penitential Canons
Penitential Orders
Confraternities of Penitents
Diocese of Penne and Atri
Pennsylvania
Penobscot Indians
Ecclesiastical Pension
Pentacomia
Pentapolis
Pentateuch
Pentateuch (Biblical Commission)
Feast of Pentecost (of the Jews)
Diocese of Peoria
Peoria Indians
Pepin the Short
John Percy
Peregrinus
Benedict Pereira
Juan Perez
Ginés Pérez de Hita
Christian and Religious Perfection
Pergamus
Perge
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Pericui Indians
Diocese of Périgueux
Periodi
Periodical Literature
Perjury
Franz Michael Permaneder
Joseph Maria Pernter
Religious of Perpetual Adoration
Religious of the Perpetual Adoration
Sisters of the Perpetual Adoration
Perpetual Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament
Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour
St. Perpetuus
Diocese of Perpignan
Adolphe Perraud
Charles Perrault
Claude Perrault
Henri Perreyve
Giovanni Perrone
Stephen Joseph Perry
Persecution
Coptic Persecutions
Final Perseverance
Persia
Ignatius Persico
Person
Ecclesiastical Person
Personality
Robert Persons
Diocese of Perth
Publius Helvius Pertinax
Peru
Archdiocese of Perugia
Perugino (Pietro Vannucci)
Baldassare Peruzzi
Diocese of Pesaro
Pescennius Niger
Tilmann Pesch
Diocese of Pescia
Pessimism
Pessinus
Pestalozzi and Pestalozzianism
Denis Pétau
St. Peter
Epistles of St. Peter
Sarah Peter
Sts. Peter Baptist and Twenty-five Companions
Peterborough Abbey
Diocese of Peterborough
Bl. Peter Canisius
Peter Cantor
Peter Cellensis
St. Peter Chrysologus
St. Peter Claver
Peter Comestor
St. Peter Damian
Peter de Blois
Peter de Honestis
St. Peter de Regalado
Peter de Vinea
Bl. Peter Faber
St. Peter Fourier
Peter Fullo
St. Peter Gonzalez
Bl. Peter Igneus
Peter Lombard (2)
Bl. Pierre-Louis-Marie Chanel (1)
Peter Mongus
St. Peter Nolasco
St. Peter of Alcántara
St. Peter of Alexandria
Peter of Aquila
St. Peter of Arbues
Peter of Auvergne
Peter of Bergamo
Peter of Poitiers
St. Peter of Sebaste
St. Peter of Verona
Peterspence
Gerlac Peterssen
Peter the Hermit
St. Peter Urseolus
Petinessus
Matthieu Petit-Didier
Petitions to the Holy See
Petra
Francesco Petrarch
Family of Petre
Petrobrusians
St. Petronilla
St. Petronius
Diocese of Petropolis
Ottavio dei Petrucci
Petrus Alfonsus
Petrus Bernardinus
Petrus Diaconus
Petrus de Natalibus
Petun Nation
George von Peuerbach
Conrad Peutinger
William Peyto
Pez
Franz Pfanner
Johannes Pfefferkorn
Adolf Pfister
Julius von Pflug
Pforta
Phacusa
Pharao
Pharbætus
Pharisees
Pharsalus
Phaselis
Phasga
Phenomenalism
Philadelphia
Archdiocese of Philadelphia
Philanthropinism
St. Philastrius
Philemon
St. Philip the Apostle
Philip II (Augustus)
Philip II
Philip IV
St. Philip Benizi
St. Philip of Jesus
Philip of the Blessed Trinity
Philippi (1)
Philippi (2)
Epistle to the Philippians
Philippine Islands
Philippopolis (1)
Philippopolis (2)
St. Philip Romolo Neri
Peter Philips
Philip the Arabian
Philistines
Robert Phillip
George Phillips
Philo Judæus
Philomelium
St. Philomena
Philosophy
Philoxenus
Phocæa
Phœnicia
Photinus
Photius of Constantinople
Phylacteries
History of Physics
Physiocrats
Physiologus
Diocese of Piacenza
Giambattista Pianciani
Giovanni da Pianô Carpine
Piatto Cardinalizio
Piatus of Mons
Diocese of Piauhy
Diocese of Piazza Armerina
Giuseppe Piazzi
Ven. John Pibush
Jean Picard
Alessandro Piccolomini
Jacopo Piccolomini-Ammannati
Pichler
Vitus Pichler
Ven. Thomas Pickering
Bernardine a Piconio
François Picquet
Louis-Edouard-Désiré Pie
Piedmont
Peter Piel
Pie Pelicane, Jesu, Domine
Pierius
Bl. Pierre de Castelnau
Pierre de Maricourt
Jean Pierron
Philippe Pierson
Pietism
Albert (Pigghe) Pighius
Ven. Giuseppe Maria Pignatelli
Ven. William Pike
Nuestra Señora Del Pilar
Pontius Pilate
Ven. Thomas Pilchard
Pilgrimage of Grace
Pilgrimages
Piligrim
Pillar of Cloud
Pima Indians
Pinara
Diocese of Pinar del Rio
Ippolito Pindemonte
John de Pineda
Diocese of Pinerolo
Alexandre Guy Pingré
Mattheus Pinna da Encarnaçao
Fernão Mendes Pinto
Pinturicchio
Martín Alonso Pinzón
Sebastiano del Piombo
St. Pionius
Pious Fund of the Californias
Pious Society of Missions
Giambattista Piranesi
Ernricus Pirhing
Pirkheimer
Piro Indians
Archdiocese of Pisa
University of Pisa
Council of Pisa
Piscataway Indians
Piscina
Charles Constantine Pise
Pisidia
Synod of Pistoia
Diocese of Pistoia and Prato
Johann Pistorius
Pierre Pithou
Joseph Pitoni
Jean-Baptiste-François Pitra
John Pitts
Diocese of Pittsburg
Pityus
Pope St. Pius I
Pope Pius II
Pope Pius III
Pope Pius IV
Pope St. Pius V
Pope Pius VI
Pope Pius VII
Pope Pius VIII
Pope Pius IX
Pope Pius X
Piusverein
Francisco Pizarro
Galla Placidia
Galla Placidia
St. Placidus
Plagues of Egypt
Plain Chant
Henry Beaufort Plantagenet
Christophe Plantin
Plants in the Bible
Diocese of Plasencia
Joseph-Antoine Plateau
Bartolomeo Platina
Plato and Platonism
Pierre-Guillaume-Frédéric Le Play
Plegmund
Plenarium
Plenary Council
Joseph-Octave Plessis
Georgius Gemistus Plethon
Diocese of Plock
Charles Plowden
Edmund Plowden
Francis Plowden
Robert Plowden
Thomas Plowden
Thomas Percy Plowden
Charles Plumier
Ven. Oliver Plunket
Pluscarden Priory
Diocese of Plymouth
Plymouth Brethren
Pneumatomachi
Hebrew Poetry of the Old Testament
Giovanni Francesco Poggio Bracciolini
Diocese of Poggio Mirteto
Pogla
Diocese of Poitiers
Poland
John Bede Polding
Reginald Pole
Polemonium
Giovanni Poleni
Poles in the United States
Diocese of Policastro
Melchior de Polignac
Lancelot Politi
Politian
Science of Political Economy
Antonio and Piero Benci Pollajuolo
Marco Polo
Polybotus
St. Polycarp
Polycarpus
Polyglot Bibles
Polystylum
Polytheism
Pomaria
Marquis de Pombal
Pomerania
Pompeiopolis
Pietro Pomponazzi
John Ponce
Juan Ponce de León
Joseph Anthony de la Rivière Poncet
Archdiocese of Pondicherry
Pontefract Priory
Pope St. Pontian
Pontifical Colleges
Pontificale
Pontificalia
Pontifical Mass
Abbey of Pontigny
Pontius Carbonell
Diocese of Pontremoli
Pontus
Pools in Scripture
Diocese of Poona
Care of Poor by the Church
Little Sisters of the Poor
Poor Brothers of St. Francis Seraphicus
Poor Catholics
Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus
Poor Clares
Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ
Poor Laws
Sisters of the Poor of St. Francis
Poor Servants of the Mother of God
Archdiocese of Popayán
Alexander Pope
Pope
Election of the Popes
Chronological Lists of Popes
List of the Popes
St. Poppo
Popular Devotions
Theories of Population
Giovanni Antonio Pordenone
Odoric of Pordenone
Ven. Thomas Pormort
Porphyreon
St. Porphyrius
Serafino Porrecta
Carlo Porta
Giacomo della Porta
Diocese of Portalegre
Diocese of Port Augusta
Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince
Porter
Francis Porter
George Porter
Portiuncula
Diocese of Portland
Diocese of Port Louis
Archdiocese of Porto Alegre
Diocese of Porto Alegre
Diocese of Porto and Santa-Rufina
Archdiocese of Port of Spain
Porto Rico
Diocese of Portoviejo
Portraits of the Apostles
Port-Royal
Diocese of Portsmouth
Portugal
Portuguese East Africa
Portuguese West Africa
Diocese of Port Victoria
Positivism
Demoniacal Possession
Antonius Possevinus
St. Possidius
Postcommunion
Ven. Nicholas Postgate
Postulant
Postulation
Potawatomi Indians
Robert Joseph Pothier
Jean-François-Albert du Pouget
Thomas Pounde
Nicolas Poussin
Poverty
Poverty and Pauperism
Ven. Philip Powel
William Poynter
Andreas Pozzo
Diocese of Pozzuoli
Jean-Martin de Prades
Jerome de Prado
Praelatus Nullius
Pragmatic Sanction
Pragmatism
Archdiocese of Prague
University of Prague
Praxeas
Praxedes and Pudentiana
George Pray
Prayer
Prayer-Books
Feast of the Prayer of Christ
Preacher Apostolic
Order of Preachers
Preadamites
Prebend
Precaria
Precedence
Precentor
Canonical Precept
Precious Blood
Archconfraternity of the Most Precious Blood
Congregation of the Most Precious Blood
Congregations of the Precious Blood
Count Humbert-Guillaume de Precipiano
Preconization
Predestinarianism
Predestination
Preface
Prefect Apostolic
Prefecture Apostolic
Prelate
Joseph Henri Marie de Prémare
Premonstratensian Canons
Abbey of Prémontré
Presbyterianism
Presbytery
Prescription
Presence of God
Order of the Presentation
Religious Congregations of the Presentation
Right of Presentation
Presentation Brothers
Congregation of the Presentation of Mary
Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Prester John
Thomas Preston
Thomas Scott Preston
Presumption
Presumption (in Canon Law)
Pretorium
Pride
Priene
Priest
Assistant Priest
High Priest
Priesthood
Confraternities of Priests
Priests' Communion League
Priests' Eucharistic League
Primacy
Primate
Prime
The Primer
Primicerius
Sts. Primus and Felician
Diocese of Prince Albert
Prior
Prioress
Priory
St. Prisca
Priscianus
Priscillianism
Prisons
Ecclesiastical Prisons
Privilege
Ecclesiastical Privileges
Faltonia Proba
Probabilism
Marcus Aurelius Probus
Roman Processional
Processions
Sts. Processus and Martinian
St. Proclus
Proconnesus
Procopius of Caesarea
Adelaide Anne Procter
Procurator
Religious Profession
Divine Promise (in Scripture)
Promotor Fidei
Promulgation
Proof
Sacred Congregation of Propaganda
Society for the Propagation of the Faith
Property
Property Ecclesiastical
Ecclesiastical Property in the United States
Prophecy
Prophecy, Prophet, and Prophetess
Proprium
Franz Isidor Proschko
Proselyte
Prose or Sequence
Karl Proske
Tiro Prosper of Aquitaine
Protectorate of Missions
Protectories
Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America
Protestantism
Prothonotary Apostolic
Protocol
Protopope
Sts. Protus and Hyacinth
Father Prout
Léon Abel Provancher
Book of Proverbs
Congregations of Providence
Diocese of Providence
Divine Providence
Ecclesiastical Province
Provincial
Provincial Council
Canonical Provision
Statute of Provisors
Provost
Prudence
Aurelius Clemens Prudentius
Prudentius
Prüm
Prusias ad Hypium
Prussia
Diocese of Przemysl
Diocese of Przemysl, Sambor, and Sanok
Psalms
Alphabetic Psalms
Psalterium
Nicholas Psaume
Michael Psellus
Psychology
Psychotherapy
Ptolemais
Ptolemais (Saint-Jean d'Acre)
Ptolemy the Gnostic
Publican
Public Honesty (Decency)
Pueblo Indians
Pierre Puget
George Ellis Pugh
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
Victor-Alexandre Puiseux
Casimir Pulaski
Diocese of Pulati
St. Pulcheria
Luigi Pulci
Robert Pullen
Pulpit
Capital Punishment
Diocese of Puno
John Baptist Purcell
Purgatorial Societies
Purgatory
St. Patrick's Purgatory
Purim
Puritans
Pusey and Puseyism
Pustet
Putative Marriage
Erycius Puteanus
Joseph Putzer
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Puyallup Indians
Johann Ladislaus von Oberwart Pyrker
Pyrrhonism
Pythagoras and Pythagoreanism
Pyx







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