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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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WRONG

Not right; erroneous. Applied to human actions that deviate from the firection they should be taking, i.e., leading a person to his final, heavenly destiny. Wrong is the same as evil but has the notion of being contrary to the truth, whereas evil is contrary to the good.

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Memorial of Sts. Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs

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Today's Memorial of Saints Cornelius (d. 253) and Cyprian (190-258) commemorates two friends in the service of Christ and his Church. Cornelius, a Roman, was the twenty-first Pope during the reign of the Emperor Gallus and Volusian. He had to oppose Novatian, the first anti-pope, who believed that apostates…

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