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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Index for U (1453 words) |
 | Unjust Aggressor - According to the accepted teaching of theologians, it is lawful, in the defense of life or limb, of property of some importance, and of chastity, to repel violence with violence, even to the extent of killing an unjust assailant |
| Upper Nile - Vicariate apostolic; separated from the mission of Nyanza, 6 July, 1894, comprises the eastern portion of Uganda |
| Utilitarianism - A modern form of the Hedonistic ethical theory which teaches that the end of human conduct is happiness, and that consequently the discriminating norm which distinguishes conduct into right and wrong is pleasure and pain |
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Augustine in Algeria (890 words) |
| Africa began at Carthage for the Romans and extended east and west along the coast for hundreds of miles. |
| Africa Proconsularis was the name of the province Carthage ruled, and it included Augustine's Hippo 200 miles to the west. |
| The modern geography of North Africa is a result of the interplay of medieval and modern Islamic history with the whims and conveniences of colonialists. |
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