Conani'ah (Heb. in the text Kaonanya'ku, ^n;>33b, L e. Konanya^hu, !in;»»is, but as read in the Maaoretic margin, Kananya^hu, W^^^^; settled by Jehovah f Sept Xuvtvlas v. r. Xaix«vcac, Yulg. Chonemcu), the name of two chief Levites.
1. A person appointed (with his brother Shimei) as "ruler** C^^) by HezeUah, to superintend the dis- posal of the sacred utensils of the Temple (2 Chron. xxxi, 12, 13, where the Auth. Yers. Anglicizes the name " Cononiah"). B.C. 726.
2. A person who, with several of his kindred, made large offerings for the Paschal sacrifices as renewed by Josiah (2 Chron. xxxv, 9). B.C. 628.
Ck>noeptlon of Christ. (1.) This was super- natural, by the agency of the Holy Spirit (Luke i, 85 ; Uatt i, 20). (2.) It was without the communication of original depravity (Heb. vii, 26 ; iv, 15, etc). For Bome of the literature of the subject, see Yolbeding, Index Dissert, p. 9 > Meyer, Kommentar, i, 54 sq. See Christ, Pkrsom or.
Conoei>tioii of the Yiroin Mart. 1. The /m- mscMkUe Conception of the Virgin Mary, a doctrine of the Church of Bome. See Immaculatb Cokcbp- noN. 2. Monastic Institutions of the Conception of Mary, (1.) Order of Knights of the Inmaeulate Con' erption of the Blessed Virgin, In 1617 three Italian noblemen of the fiunily De P^trignan announced their
intention to establish a military order under the above ' name, whose object was to be to fight against all infi- dels and heretics. The plan was not executed, but in 1 1618 an order under the same name was established in Yienna. According to some writers the first impulse came firom one of the brothers De P6trignan ; but the bull by which pope Urban YIII, in 1628, confirmed the order, menttons only Ferdinand, duke of Mantua, Charles, duke of Nevers, and Adolphus, count of Ath- lan, as founders. The order did not exist long. — ^HeU yot. Diet, des Ordres ReKg. i, 1077 sq. (2.) Nums of the ImrnaculaU Conception rf Mary, also called Con- ceptionists. An order nnder this name was in 1484 founded by Beatrix de Sylva at Toledo, in Spain. It was sanctioned in 1489 by pope Innocent YIII. Car- dinal Ximenes united this order with that of the Cla- risses, the rule of which they adopted with some mod- ifications. Pope Julius II, in 1511, gave to tiie Con- ceptionists a special rule, but they continued to be -a part of the order of the Clarisses. (3.) Congregation of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin was the name of congregations of lay-women which were established in connection with the convents of the congregation of Notre Dame, founded by Peter FoU' rier (q. v.).
Concha (Gr. KSyxn, * theU), the plain round or polygonal semi-dome that covers die apsis (q. v.) of a chur^ See Church Edifices.
Conoilia. See Councils.
Conoillabole, a term applied by Boman writers to synods and councils held by '* heretics and schis- matics."
Conolsion (Kararofjui, a cutting down, L e. entire nmtilation of the parts), a contemptuous term used by Paul in Phil, iii, 2, to denote the zealots for circum- cision. In classical writers the Greek word denotes a groove or channel, etc. (see liddeU and Scott, s. v.), but the apostle parodies the term previously employed, for the purpose of indicating more pointedly the real character of the sectaries in question ; instead of say- ing "beware of the circmncition" (rnpirofajv), name- ly, the party who pressed the necessity of still observ- ing that ordinance, he says " beware of the concision** (learaTOfifiv) ; as much as to say they no longer de- serve the old and venerable name ; what they stickle for is a mere concision, a flesh-cutting. He then goes on to state the reason, '* for loe^are tlie circumcision*' — the reality has now passed over into us, who believe in Christ and are renewed in the spirit of our minds. (See Sommel, Obss. PhUol. on this passage, Lond. 1798.) Similarly in Gal. v, 12, he says even more pointedly, " I would they [Uie same class of Judaizing teachers] were even cut off** (airoK^ovrai, would for themselves cut off wholly the organ drcnmdsed, and not be con- tent with a nftre scarification of it), i. e. make them- selves outri^t eunuchs (comp. the allusions to their impurity, ver. 18, 19, 24). So Chrysostom and Jerotne explain (wtpiKoirria^uHrip, eifscindaniur). See Cir- cumcision.
Conclave (Lat con, with, and elavis, a key, because f^m their strict seclusion its inmates as it were unam habent daoem comnmnem) is applied (1.) to the apart- ments in which the cardhials of the Roman Catholic Church meet to elect a new pope ; and (2.) to the as- sembly itself convened for tUs object. The place of assembling was frequently changed until 1^5, from which date to 1823 the conclave was held in the Yatican palace; since 1828 the Quirinal palace has been used for this purpose. When necessary, how- ever, another place, even if without the city of Rome, may be designated. Little chambers, techidcally call- ed cells, are prepared for the separate accommodation of each cardinal and his attendants, which are assigned by lot, and those foiling to the occupancy of cardinals created by the late pope are draped with some purple material as a badge of mourning, while green is used
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