Catholic Dictionary
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.
Browsing by the letter 'E'
- E., ECCL.
- E.M.
- EAGLE
- EASTER
- EASTER COMMUNION
- EASTER CONTROVERSY
- EASTER DUTY
- EASTER FIRE
- EASTER VIGIL
- EASTER WATER
- EASTERN CHURCHES
- EASTERN SCHISM
- EASTWARD POSITION
- EBIONITES
- ECCL
- ECCLESIA
- ECCLESIA DISCENS
- ECCLESIA DOCENS
- ECCLESIAE SANCTAE
- ECCLESIAL
- ECCLESIASTES
- ECCLESIASTICAL
- ECCLESIASTICAL LAW
- ECCLESIASTICAL OBEDIENCE
- ECCLESIASTICAL TRADITION
- ECCLESIASTICAL YEAR
- ECCLESIASTICUS
- ECKHARTISM
- ECLECTICSM
- ECSTASY
- ECUMENICAL
- ECUMENICAL THEOLOGY
- ECUMENISM
- EDEN
- EDICT OF NANTES
- EDIFICATION
- EDUCTION
- EFFECT
- EFFICACIOUS GRACE
- EFFICIENT CAUSE
- EGO
- EGOISM
- EGYPTIAN CROSS
- EIGHTH CRUSADE
- EINSIEDELN, OUR LADY OF
- EJACULATION
- EL
- EL SHADDAI
- ELDER
- ELDERS
- ELEAZAR
- ELECTION
- ELECTION BY COMPROMISE
- ELEGY
- ELEVATION OF THE HOST
- ELICITED ACTS
- ELIJAH
- ELIZABETH
- ELOHIM
- ELVIRA, COUNCIL OF
- EMANATION
- EMBALMING
- EMBER DAYS
- EMBLEM
- EMBOLISM
- EMINENT GOOD WORKS
- EMMANUEL
- EMMAUS
- EMOTION
- EMPATHY
- EMPIRICISM
- EMUS
- ENCHIRIDION SYMBOLORUM
- ENCLOSURE
- ENCOUNTER
- ENCOUNTER WITH CHRIST
- ENCYCLICAL
- END
- END OF THE WORLD
- ENDOMETRIOSIS
- ENDS OF THE MASS
- ENERGUMEN
- ENERGY
- ENJOYMENT
- ENLIGHTENMENT
- ENOCH
- ENS
- ENTABLATURE
- ENTELECHY
- ENTHRONEMENT OF THE SACRED HEART
- ENTITATIVE HABIT
- ENTITY
- ENTRUSTED SECRET
- ENVOY
- ENVY
- EP., EPUS., EPS., EPISC.
- EPACT
- EPARCHY
- EPHESIANS, EPISTLE TO THE
- EPHPHETA
- EPHRAIM
- EPICLESIS
- EPIGONATION
- EPIKEIA
- EPIKLESIS
- EPIPHANY
- EPISCOPACY
- EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE
- EPISCOPAL CURIA
- EPISCOPAL SEE
- EPISCOPALIANS
- EPISCOPALIS POTESTATIS
- EPISCOPATE
- EPISTEMOLOGY
- EPISTLE
- EPISTOLARIUM
- EQUALITY
- EQUIPROBABILISM
- EQUITY
- EQUIVOCAL
- ERASTIANISM
- EROS
- ERRONEOUS
- ERROR
- ESAU
- ESCHATOLOGY
- ESOTERIC
- ESPOUSALS
- ESPOUSALS, SPIRITUAL
- ESSE
- ESSENCE
- ESSENES
- ESSENTIAL HOLINESS
- ESTHER
- ESTRANGEMENT
- ESTREMADURA
- ET
- ETERNAL CITY
- ETERNAL DEATH
- ETERNAL LAW
- ETERNAL LIFE
- ETERNAL PUNISHMENT
- ETERNITY
- ETHICAL DUTY
- ETHICAL HOLINESS
- ETHICS
- ETHOS
- ETIOLOGY
- EUBULIA
- EUCHARIST
- EUCHARISTIAE SACRAMENTUM
- EUCHARISTIC ACCLAMATION
- EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS
- EUCHARISTIC DEVOTIONS
- EUCHARISTIC DOXOLOGY
- EUCHARISTIC ELEMENTS
- EUCHARISTIC FAST
- EUCHARISTIC INTERCESSION
- EUCHARISTIC INVITATION
- EUCHARISTIC MEAL
- EUCHARISTIC OBLATION
- EUCHARISTIC PRAYER
- EUCHARISTIC READINGS
- EUCHARISTICUM MYSTERIUM
- EUCHITES
- EUDAEMONIA
- EUDISTS
- EUGENIC STERILIZATION
- EUGENICS
- EULOGIA
- EULOGY
- EUNOMIANISM
- EUTHANASIA
- EUTYCHIANISM
- EVANG., EVGL.
- EVANGELICA TESTIFICATIO
- EVANGELICAL OBEDIENCE
- EVANGELISM
- EVANGELIST
- EVANGELIST OF MARY
- EVANGELIUM
- EVANGELIZATION
- EVANGELIZE
- EVE
- EVENING PRAYER
- EVENSONG
- EVESHAM
- EVIDENCE
- EVIDENCE, CIRCUMSTANTIAL
- EVIDENCE, EXTRINSIC
- EVIDENCE, INTRINSIC
- EVIDENCE, OBJECTIVE
- EVIDENCE, SUBJECTIVE
- EVIL
- EVIL DESIRE
- EVIL HABITS
- EVITERNITY
- EVOLUTION
- EVOLUTIONARY THEOLOGY
- EVOLUTIONISM
- EX
- EX CATHEDRA
- EX OPERE OPERANTIS
- EX OPERE OPERANTIS ECCLESIAE
- EX OPERE OPERATO
- EX VOTO
- EXAMEN, GENERAL
- EXAMEN, PARTICULAR
- EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE
- EXAMINER
- EXARCH
- EXC
- EXCARDINATION
- EXCELLENCY
- EXCESS
- EXCLAUSTRATION
- EXCLUSION, RIGHT OF
- EXCOMMUNICATION
- EXCUSE
- EXCUSE FROM DUTY
- EXEAT
- EXEGESIS
- EXEMPLARISM
- EXEMPLARY CAUSE
- EXEMPT BISHOP
- EXEMPTION
- EXEMPTION, CLERICAL
- EXEQUATUR
- EXISTENCE
- EXISTENTIAL ETHICS
- EXISTENTIALISM
- EXODUS
- EXORCISM
- EXORCIST
- EXOTERIC
- EXPERIENCE
- EXPERIMENT
- EXPERIMENTAL SPIRITUALITY
- EXPIATION
- EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
- EXSULTET
- EXTERN
- EXTERNAL ACT
- EXTERNAL GRACES
- EXTRA ECCLESIAM NULLA SALUS
- EXTRAORDINARY JURISDICTION
- EXTRAORDINARY MEANS
- EXTRAORDINARY MINISTER
- EXTRAVERSION
- EXTREME NECESSITY
- EXTREME UNCTION
- EXTRINSIC
- EYE
- EZEKIEL
- EZRA
