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 'R'
- R.
- R.
- R.D.
- R.I.P.
- R.P.
- R.R.
- R.R., RT. REV.
- R.S.V.
- RABAT
- RABBI
- RACCOLTA
- RACHEL
- RAHAB
- RAPE
- RAPTURE
- RAS SHAMRA
- RASH JUDGMENT
- RATIFIED MARRIAGE
- RATIO
- RATIONAL FREEDOM
- RATIONALISM
- RATIONALIZATION
- RAVEN
- READER
- REAL DOUBT
- REAL PRESENCE
- REAL VOW
- REALISM
- REALITY
- REASON
- REASONABLENESS OF FAITH
- REBAPTISM
- REBEKAH
- RECESSIONAL
- RECIDIVISM
- RECOLLECTION
- RECONCILIATION
- RECONCILIATIONEM
- RECTO TONO
- RECTOR
- RECTORY
- RECUSANTS
- RED
- RED HAT
- RED MASS
- RED SACAPULAR
- REDACTION
- REDEMPTION
- REDEMPTORISTS
- REDUCTION
- REDUCTIONS, PARAGUAY
- REFECTORY
- REFLECTION
- REFORM
- REFORMATION
- REFORMATION DOGMA
- REFORMATION THEOLOGY
- REFUGE, CITIES OF
- REGENERATION
- REGESTA, PAPAL
- REGIMINI ECCLESIAE UNIVERSAE
- REGINA COELI
- REGISTERS, PAROCHIAL
- REGULAE JURIS
- REGULARS
- REIFICATION
- REINCARNATION
- RELATIONSHIP
- RELATIVE MYSTERY
- RELATIVELY SUPERNATURAL
- RELATIVISM
- RELATOR
- RELIC
- RELIGION
- RELIGION AS FEELING
- RELIGIONIST
- RELIGIONUM LAICALIUM
- RELIGIOUS APOSTASY
- RELIGIOUS FUGITIVE
- RELIGIOUS INDIFFERENCE
- RELIGIOUS INSTITUTE
- RELIGIOUS RULE
- RELIGIOUS STATE
- RELIQUARY
- REMARRIAGE
- REMISSION OF SIN
- REMORSE
- REMOTE OCCASIONS
- REMYTHOLOGY
- RENEWAL
- RENEWAL OF CONSENT
- RENOUNCING SATAN
- RENOVATIONIS CAUSAM
- RENUNCIATION
- REORDINATION
- REPAIRING SCANDAL
- REPARATION
- REPENTANCE
- REPOSITORY
- REPREHENSION
- REPROBATION
- REPUTATION
- REQ.
- REQUIEM
- REQUIESCAT IN PACE
- REREDOS
- RERUM NOVARUM
- RESCR.
- RESCRIPTS
- RESERVATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
- RESERVED CASES
- RESIDENTIAL SEE
- RESIGNATION
- RESISTING AGGRESSION
- RESOLUTION
- RESOLUTION OF AMENDMENT
- RESP.
- RESPECT
- RESPONSE
- RESPONSIBILITY
- RESPONSORIAL
- RESPONSORIAL PSALM
- RESPONSORY
- RESSENTIMENT
- RESTITUTION
- RESTORATION
- RESTORED NATURE
- RESURRECTION OF CHRIST
- RESURRECTION, BODILY
- RETALIATION
- RETREAT
- RETRIBUTION
- RETRIBUTISM
- RETROGRESSION
- REUBEN
- REV.
- REVALIDATION
- REVEALED LAW
- REVEALING SECRETS
- REVELATION
- REVELATION, BOOK OF
- REVELATIONS, PRIVATE
- REVENGE
- REVERENCE
- REVERSION
- REVIVIFICATION
- REVOLUTION
- REWARD
- RHYTHM
- RIGHT
- RIGHT INTENTION
- RIGHT TO LIFE MOVEMENT
- RIGHTEOUS ANGER
- RIGHTEOUSNESS
- RIGIDITY
- RIGORISM
- RING
- RING
- RING OF THE FISHERMAN
- RISUS PASCHALIS
- RIT.
- RITE
- RITE OF EXORCISM
- RITE OF PEACE
- RITIBUS EXSEQUIARUM
- RITUAL
- RITUAL UNIONISM
- RITUAL, ROMAN
- RIVERS OF PARADISE
- ROBBER COUNCIL OF EPHESUS
- ROCAMADOUR
- ROCHET
- ROGATION DAYS
- ROM.
- ROMAN CANON
- ROMAN CATACOMBS
- ROMAN CATHOLICISM
- ROMAN COLLAR
- ROMAN PRIMACY
- ROMAN QUESTION
- ROMAN RITE
- ROMAN ROTA
- ROMAN SEE
- ROMAN VESTMENTS
- ROMANESQUE
- ROMANIAN RITE
- ROMANISM
- ROMANIZATION
- ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE
- ROME
- ROOD
- ROSAC.
- ROSARY
- ROSE
- ROSE WATER
- ROSE WINDOW
- ROSICRUCIANS
- ROSMINIANISM
- ROTA
- ROTA "STUDIUM"
- RR.
- RUB.
- RUBR.
- RUBRICS
- RULE
- RULE OF FAITH
- RULES OF CONSCIENCE
- RUMOR
- RURAL DEAN
- RUTH
- RUTH, BOOK OF
- RUTHENIAN RITE