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 'F'
- FACULTIES
- FACULTY
- FAIRNESS
- FAITH
- FAITH AND REASON
- FAITH HEALER
- FAITH VERSUS FATALISM
- FAITH, ACT OF
- FAITH, VIRTUE OF
- FAITHFUL, THE
- FALDSTOOL
- FALL
- FALL OF ADAM
- FALLACY
- FALLEN NATURE
- FALSE
- FALSE CONSCIENCE
- FALSE WITNESS
- FAMILY
- FAMILY PLANNING
- FAMILY ROSARY
- FANATICISM
- FANTASM
- FASTING
- FATALISM
- FATE
- FATHER
- FATHERS OF THE CHURCH
- FATHERS OF THE DESERT
- FÁTIMA INVOCATION
- FÁTIMA SECRET
- FÁTIMA, OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY OF
- FEAST
- FEAST OF PRECEPT
- FEBRONIANISM
- FEEBLEMINDEDNESS
- FEELING
- FEL. MEM.
- FEL. REC.
- FELICITY
- FELIX, ANTONIUS
- FELLOWSHIP
- FEMINISM
- FER
- FER. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- FERIA
- FERIAL
- FERTILITY DRUG
- FERULE (ferula)
- FESTIVAL
- FESTUS, PORCIUS
- FETICIDE
- FIDEISM
- FIDEJUSSOR
- FIDELITY
- FIDES DIVINA
- FIDES DIVINA DEFINITA
- FIDES ECCLESIASTICA
- FIFTEEN MARKS OF THE CHURCH
- FIFTH CRUSADE
- FIGHTING
- FILIAL FEAR
- FILIOQUE
- FILOMTECA VATICANA
- FINAL CAUSE
- FINAL CONSUMMATION
- FINAL PERSEVERANCE
- FINALITY
- FINGER BOWL
- FINITE
- FIORETTI
- FIRE OF HELL
- FIRE OF PURGATORY
- FIRST CAUSE
- FIRST CENTURY MAN
- FIRST COMMUNION
- FIRST CONFESSION
- FIRST CRUSADE
- FIRST FRIDAYS
- FIRST FRUITS
- FIRST GRACE
- FIRST MASS
- FIRST PARENTS
- FIRST PLANK
- FIRST SATURDAYS
- FIRSTBORN
- FISH
- FISH WITH BREAD
- FISHERMAN'S RING
- FIVE SCAPULARS
- FIVE WAYS
- FIVE WOUNDS
- FIXED ALTAR
- FIXED FEASTS
- FL
- FLAGELLANTS
- FLATTERY
- FLESH (biblical)
- FLEUR-DE-LIS
- FLOOD or DELUGE
- FLOWERING ROD
- FLOWERS
- FLOWERS (biblical)
- FONT
- FORBIDDEN BOOKS
- FORCE
- FOREIGN MISSIONS
- FORENSIC JUSTIFICATION
- FOREORDINATION
- FORGERY
- FORGIVENESS
- FORGOTTEN SINS
- FORM
- FORM CRITICISM
- FORMAL
- FORMAL CAUSE
- FORMAL CO-OPERATION
- FORMAL EVIL
- FORMAL HERESY
- FORMULA
- FORNICATION
- FORTITUDE
- FORTUNE-TELLING
- FORTY HOURS DEVOTION
- FORUM
- FOUNDER
- FOUNDER'S CHARISM
- FOUNTAIN
- FOUR HORSEMEN
- FOUR LAST THINGS
- FOUR TEMPERAMENTS
- FOURTH CRUSADE
- FOURVIÈRES
- FR., F.
- FRAGRANT ODORS
- FRANCISCAN CROWN
- FRANCISCANS
- FRANKINCENSE
- FRATERNAL CHARITY
- FRATERNAL CORRECTION
- FRATICELLI
- FRAUD
- FREE CATHOLICISM
- FREE CAUSE
- FREE CHURCHES
- FREE LOVE
- FREE SPEECH
- FREE WILL
- FREEDOM
- FREEDOM OF CONTRADICTION
- FREEDOM OF GOD
- FREEDOM OF SPECIFICATION
- FREEDOM OF SPEECH
- FREEDOM OF SPONTANEITY
- FREEDOM OF THOUGHT
- FREEDOM OF WORSHIP
- FREEMASONRY
- FREETHINKER
- FRENCH REVOLUTION
- FREQUENT COMMUNION
- FREQUENT CONFESSION
- FREUDIANISM
- FRIAR
- FRIARS MINOR
- FRIARS MINOR CAPUCHIN
- FRIARS MINOR CONVENTUAL
- FRIARS PREACHERS
- FRIARY
- FRIDAY
- FRIDAY ABSTINENCE
- FRIENDSHIP
- FRUITS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
- FRUITS OF THE MASS
- FRUSTULUM
- FULFILLMENT
- FULL OF GRACE
- FUNCTION
- FUNCTIONAL LOVE
- FUND
- FUNDAMENTAL OPTION
- FUNDAMENTAL THEOLOGY
- FUNERAL RITES
- FUTURE
- FUTURIBLE
- FUTUROLOGY
