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 'H'
- H.B.
- H.E.
- H.H.
- H.O.
- HABAKKUK
- HABIT
- HABIT, RELIGIOUS
- HABITUAL GRACE
- HABITUAL INTENTION
- HAC IN URBE ROMA
- HACELDAMA
- HADES
- HAGGAI
- HAGIOGRAPHY
- HAGIOLOGY
- HAIL MARY
- HAIL, HOLY QUEEN
- HAIR SHIRT
- HALLELUJAH
- HALLOW
- HALLUCINATION
- HALO
- HANDBOOK OF INDULGENCES
- HAPPINESS
- HARMONY, GOSPEL
- HARSHNESS
- HAT, ECCLESIASTICAL
- HATRED
- HEADED CROSS
- HEALING MINISTRY
- HEALING, SACRAMENT OF
- HEALTH AND APOSTOLIC BENEDICTION
- HEART
- HEARTS OF JESUS AND MARY, SCAPULAR
- HEATHEN
- HEAVEN
- HEBD
- HEBDOMADARIAN
- HEBER
- HEBREW CALENDAR
- HEBREWS
- HEBREWS, EPISTLE TO THE
- HEDGE SCHOOLS
- HEDONISM
- HEGELIANISM
- HEIDEGGERIANISM
- HELI
- HELL
- HELLENISM
- HELP OF CHRISTIANS
- HELP OF THE SICK, SCAPULAR
- HENOTHEISM
- HEORTOLOGY
- HEPTATEUCH
- HERALDRY, ECCLESIASTICAL
- HEREDITY, LAW OF
- HERESIARCH
- HERESY
- HERESY IN PROTESTANTISM
- HERETIC
- HERMENEUTICS
- HERMESIANISM
- HERMIT
- HERMITAGE
- HEROD
- HEROD ANTIPAS
- HEROD PHILIP
- HERODIANS
- HERODIAS
- HEROIC ACT
- HEROIC VIRTUE
- HERRENMORAL
- HESYCHASM
- HETERONOMY
- HEXAMERON
- HEXAPLA
- HEXATEUCH
- HIERARCHY
- HIERARCHY OF BEING
- HIEROMONK
- HIERONYMITES
- HIERURGIA
- HIGH MASS
- HIGHER RELIGIONS
- HINDERING IMPEDIMENT
- HINNOM
- HIRAM
- HIS HOLINESS
- HISTORICAL DETERMINISM
- HISTORICISM
- HISTORICITY
- HISTORY OF DOGMA
- HOLINESS
- HOLINESS, ESSENTIAL
- HOLINESS, MORAL
- HOLINESS, OBJECTIVE
- HOLINESS, SUBJECTIVE
- HOLOCAUST
- HOLOFERNES
- HOLY ALLIANCE
- HOLY CHILDHOOD ASSOCIATION
- HOLY CHRISM
- HOLY COAT
- HOLY COMMUNION
- HOLY CROSS CONGREGATION
- HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION
- HOLY DOORS
- HOLY FACE, SCAPULAR
- HOLY FAMILY, DEVOTION TO THE
- HOLY FATHER
- HOLY GHOST
- HOLY GRAIL
- HOLY HILL
- HOLY HOUR
- HOLY INNOCENTS
- HOLY LAND
- HOLY MARY
- HOLY NAME
- HOLY NAME SOCIETY
- HOLY OFFICE
- HOLY OILS
- HOLY ORDERS
- HOLY PLACES
- HOLY ROOD
- HOLY ROSARY, FEAST OF THE
- HOLY SATURDAY
- HOLY SEE
- HOLY SEPULCHER
- HOLY SHROUD
- HOLY SOULS
- HOLY SPIRIT
- HOLY THURSDAY
- HOLY WATER
- HOLY WEEK
- HOLY WELL
- HOLY WOMEN
- HOLY WRIT
- HOLY YEAR
- HOM
- HOMICIDE
- HOMILETICS
- HOMILY
- HOMOOUSIOS
- HOMOSEXUALITY
- HONOR
- HONORARIUM
- HOPE
- HOPE, ACT OF
- HOPE, VIRTUE OF
- HOR
- HORIZONTALISM
- HORMISDAS, FORMULA OF
- HOROLOGION
- HOSANNA
- HOSEA
- HOSPITAL
- HOSPITALERS
- HOSPITALITY
- HOST
- HOSTIA
- HOUR
- HOUSE BLESSING
- HOUSE OF GOD
- HOUSE OF GOLD
- HOUSE, RELIGIOUS
- HUGUENOTS
- HUMAN ACT
- HUMAN NATURE
- HUMAN POSITIVE LAW
- HUMANAE PERSONAE DIGNITATEM
- HUMANAE VITAE
- HUMANISM
- HUMANITARIANISM
- HUMANITY
- HUMERAL VEIL
- HUMILIATI
- HUMILITY
- HUR
- HUSBAND
- HUSSITES
- HYLOMORPHISM
- HYLOTHEISM
- HYLOZOISM
- HYMN
- HYMNODY
- HYPAPANTE
- HYPERDULIA
- HYPNOTISM
- HYPOCRISY
- HYPOSTASIS
- HYPOSTATIC UNION
- HYPOTHESIS
- HYPOTHETICAL MORALITY
- HYSSOP
- HYSTERECTOMY
- HYSTERIA
- HYSTERON PROTERON
