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Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations). Based on Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

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PARDONERS

A person licensed to preach and collect alms. In the Middle Ages the name was given to preachers of indulgences who gathered alms for building churches and supporting the Crusades. So many abuses resulted from the practice that the Council of Trent forbade the granting of any indulgence that was conditioned on a money contribution for a specified object.

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Memorial of St. John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

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The Church celebrates the Memorial of St. John Chrysostom (347-407). St. John was born in Antioch. His powerful eloquence earned him the surname of Chrysostom, or golden mouthed. With St. Athanasius, St. Gregory Nazianzen and St. Basil, he forms the group of the four great doctors of the Eastern…

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