Catholic Word of the Day: TABULA RASA, 01-04-10

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TABULA RASA

Clean slate or erased tablet. The term is used in scholastic philosophy to describe the human mind before it has acquired any ideas from sense experience and reasoned reflection.

All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

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It would seem then that we have all experienced having a tabula rasa!

Can't remember it, though! LOL!

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Casualism	Victim	Frustulum
Unity	Isaiah	Episcopal Curia
Wake	Canonical Age	Paschal Candle
Doctrinal Demythology	Pro Armenis	Lamb
Responsory	Dogma	Roman Martyrology
Greek Rites	Anglican Orders	Attritionism
Ciborium	Paenitemini	Amice
Feast of the Visitation	Our Lady Protectress of Rome (Salus Populi Romani)	Tosefta
Györ	Poverty of Sharing	Sollicitudo Omnium Ecclesiarium
Penalty, Penitential	Intuition	Witness
Sanctuary of [Our] Sorrowful Mother	Basilians	Evil Habits
Orate Fratres	Codex Sinaiticus	Clothing of Religious
Unam Sanctam	Eckhartism	Christendom
Herodias	Tower of Babel	Tabula Rasa

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As an aside, Marvel Comics all too frequently uses “tabula rasa” as a plot device. Some superhero or villain gets their memory wiped, as part of a “retcon” (retroactive continuity), where they explain away some other plot device.

You know those comics where he suddenly knew everyone’s secret identity, and was going to tell all to the media? Not gonna happen. The aliens got him and wiped his mind. Doesn’t remember anything about it.

He is a “tabula rasa”.

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Earlier Catholic Words of the Day

Casualism	Victim	Frustulum
Unity	Isaiah	Episcopal Curia
Wake	Canonical Age	Paschal Candle
Doctrinal Demythology	Pro Armenis	Lamb
Responsory	Dogma	Roman Martyrology
Greek Rites	Anglican Orders	Attritionism
Ciborium	Paenitemini	Amice
Feast of the Visitation	Our Lady Protectress of Rome (Salus Populi Romani)	Tosefta
Györ	Poverty of Sharing	Sollicitudo Omnium Ecclesiarium
Penalty, Penitential	Intuition	Witness
Sanctuary of [Our] Sorrowful Mother	Basilians	Evil Habits
Orate Fratres	Codex Sinaiticus	Codex Sinaiticus
Unam Sanctam	Eckhartism	Christendom
Herodias	Tower of Babel	Tabula Rasa