| Directory > Society > Religion and Spirituality > Christianity > Denominations > Catholicism > Reference > Catholic Encyclopedia James of the Marches, Saint Surnamed Gangala, civil lawyer, Franciscan priest, d. 1476. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08278b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jesus Christ, Origin of the Name of Article examines the name Jesus and Christ separately. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08374x.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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James the Greater, Saint What we can know of St. James, son of Zebedee and brother of John, from Scripture. Also discusses the tradition that St. James preached in Spain and that his body was translated to Compostela. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08279b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jude, Epistle of Saint One of the so-called antilegomena; but, although its canonicity has been questioned in several Churches, its genuineness has never been denied. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08542b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Julian the Apostate Roman emperor 361-63, b. at Constantinople in 331, d. 26 June, 363, son of Julius Constantius, the half-brother of Constantine the Great. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08558b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jacquier, François French mathematician and physicist, born at Vitry-le-Francois, 7 June, 1711; died at Rome, 3 July, 1788. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08266b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jacob of Jüterbogk Theologian and canonist, born of poor parents near Jüterbogk, Brandenburg, Germany, 1381; died at Erfurt in 1465. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08261b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Julian of Eclanum Born about 386; died in Sicily, 454; the most learned among the leaders of the Pelagian movement and Bishop of Eclanum near Beneventum. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08557b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Julian of Speyer A famous composer, poet, and historian of the thirteenth century, b. at Speyer, d. at Paris about 1250. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08558a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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James of Brescia Theologian of the fifteenth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08277a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jaca, Diocese of Located in the Spanish province of Huesca. Jaca, the chief town of the mountain district of Sobrarbe. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08260a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Juvenile Courts Tribunals for the trial of children charged with crimes or offences. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08586c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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James of Edessa A celebrated Syrian writer, b. most likely in A.D. 633; d. 5 June, 708. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08277b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Justinianopolis A titular see of Armenia Prima, suffragan of Sebaste. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08580b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jacotot, Joseph French educator, b. at Dijon, March, 1770; d. at Paris, 30 July, 1840. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08265a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Judas Iscariot The Apostle who betrayed Jesus. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08539a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Justinian I Roman Emperor (527-65). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08578b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Justice In its ordinary and proper sense, signifiies the most important of the cardinal virtues. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08571c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Josias A pious King of Juda (639-608 B.C.), who ascended the throne when he was only eight years of age. He was the son of Amon and the grandson of Manasses. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08523a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Juda The name of one of the Patriarchs, the name of the tribe reputed to be descended from him, the name of the territory occupied by the same, and also the name of several persons mentioned in the Old Testament. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08536a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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James the Less, Saint Identifies James the Less with James the Apostle, son of Alpheus, and with James the brother of the Lord. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08280a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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James Thompson, Blessed Also called James Hudson. Priest who was imprisoned and then martyred at York in 1582. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08281a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Januarius, Saint Bishop of Beneventum, martyr, believed to have died in the Diocletian persecution, c. 305. Article has a lengthy discussion of the liquefaction of the saint's blood. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08295a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Joseph of Issachar A man of the tribe of Issachar, and the father of Igal who was one of the spies sent by Moses to traverse Chanaan and report on the country (Numbers 13:8). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08508a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Joseph, Sisters of Saint Founded at Le Puy, in Velay, France, by the Rev. Jean-Paul Médaille of the Society of Jesus. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08511a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Berchmans, Saint Biography of this Jesuit who died in 1621 at the age of 22. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08450a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jacobus de Teramo Canonist and bishop, born in 1349 at Teramo in Italy; died in 1417 in Poland. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08262a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Janner, Ferdinand Theologian, born at Hirschau, in the Upper Palatinate (Bavaria), 4 Feb., 1836; died 1 November, 1895. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08283a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Janow, Matthew of A medieval ecclesiastical author, born in the fourteenth century in Bohemia; died at Prague, 30 Nov., 1394. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08284a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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James, Epistle of Saint The author is commonly identified with the Lord's brother, the Bishop of Jerusalem; the view that the Lord's brother must be identified with James, the son of Alpheus, is by far the most probable. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08275b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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James of Sarugh A writer of the Syrian Church. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08278a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Janssen, Arnold, Saint Founder of the Society of the Divine Word. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16047a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jarlath, Saint Studied under St. Benen, founded a college at Cloonfush, was noted for his fasting, d. about 540. Feast day: 6 June. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08323c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jarric, Pierre de Missionary writer, born at Toulouse in 1566; d. at Saintes, 2 March, 1617. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08324a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jaffna, Diocese of Situated in the northern portion of Ceylon, Jaffna comprises the northern and north-central provinces of the island. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08269a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Justiniani, Benedetto Theological and Biblical writer. (1550-1622) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08580a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney, Saint Curé of Ars, born at Dardilly, near Lyons, France, on 8 May, 1786; died at Ars, 4 August, 1859. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08326c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John of Nikiû An Egyptian chronicler who flourished in the latter part of the seventh century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08475a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jacob The son of Isaac and Rebecca, third great patriarch of the chosen people, and the immediate ancestor of the twelve tribes of Israel. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08261a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jogues, Saint Isaac French Jesuit missionary to Canada, martyred in 1646. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08420b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John of Winterthur Historian, born about 1300 atWinterthur (Switzerland); died subsequently to 1348, probably at Zurich. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08482a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Joshua The name of eight persons in the Old Testament, and of one of the Sacred Books. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08524a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jason A Greek name adopted by many Jews whose Hebrew designation was Joshua (Jesus). In the Old Testament, it is applied to three or four persons connected with the period of the Machabees. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08324c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jansen, Cornelius Exegete, born at Hulst, Flanders, 1510; died at Ghent, 11 April, 1576. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08284b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jaenbert Thirteenth Archbishop of Canterbury; died at Canterbury 11 or 12 August, 791. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08267b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Chrysostom, Saint Preacher and Doctor of the Church. (347-407) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08452b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jacques de Vitry Historian of the crusades, cardinal Bishop of Acre, later of Tusculum, b. at Vitry-sur-Seine, near Paris, probably about 1160; d. at Rome, 1240. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08266a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jeanne de Valois, Saint Biography of St. Jeanne, also known as Jéhanne de France or Jane of Valois, queen, founder of the Annonciades. She died in 1505. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08327b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jeningen, Venerable Philipp Born at Eichstätt, Bavaria, 5 January, 1642;d, at Ellwangen, 8 February, 1704. Entering the Society of Jesus, 19 January, 1663, he became a most successful popular missionary at the shrine of Our Lady of Schönenberg, near Ellwangen in Swabia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08332c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Janssen, Johann Historian, born 10 April, 1829, at Kanten, Germany; died 24 December, 1891, at Frankfort-on-the-Main. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08284c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jealousy Taken to be synonymous with envy. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08326b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jedburgh Augustinian abbey, in the town of the same name, established as a priory by David I, King of Scots, in 1118, and colonized by Canons Regular of St. Augustine from the Abbey of St-Quentin, at Beauvais, France. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08328b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Janauschek, Leopold Cistercian, born at Brünn, Moravia, 13 October, 1827; died 23 July, 1898, at Baden, near Vienna. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08282a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Job One of the books of the Old Testament, and the chief personage in it. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08413a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jaro Diocese in the Philippine Islands, formerly a part of the Diocese of Cebú, was made a separate diocese on 27 May, 1865. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08323d.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jamay, Denis Franciscan, missionary, date and place of birth unknown; died in France, 1625; an important figure in the early history of the Church in Canada. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08275a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jerome, Saint Lengthy article on the life and works of St. Jerome. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08341a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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James Primadicci Born at Bologna; died in the same city in 1460. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08279a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jovianus, Flavius Claudius Roman Emperor, 363-4. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08529b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jerome Emiliani, Saint Founder of the Order of Somascha; b. at Venice, 1481; d. at Somascha, 8 Feb., 1537; feast, 20 July. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08343a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jacopone da Todi More properly called Jacopo Benedetti. Lawyer, widower, Franciscan poet sympathetic to the Spirituals, died about 1306. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08263a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Judith, Book of The book exists in distinct Greek and Latin versions, of which the former contains at least eighty-four verses more than the later. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08554a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jassus A titular see of Caria, and suffragan of Aphrodisias. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08325a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jehoshaphat Fourth King of Juda after the schism of the Ten Tribes. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08502c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jackson, Henry Moore Knight, born in Grenada, 1849; died in London, 29 August, 1908. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08260b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jainism A form of religion intermediate between Brahminism and Buddhism, originated in India in pre-Christian times. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08269b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jeremias Name of several Old Testament figures. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08333c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jesuits, The A religious order founded by Saint Ignatius Loyola. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14081a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jean Eudes, Saint French missionary and founder of the Eudists and of the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity; author of the liturgical worship of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary; b. at Ri, France, 14 Nov., 1601; d. at Caen, 19 Aug., 1680. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05596a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jubilee, Year of (Hebrew) According to the Pentateuchal legislation contained in Leviticus, a Jubilee year is the year that follows immediately seven successive Sabbatic years (the Sabbatic year being the seventh year of a seven-year cycle). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08534a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jehoshaphat, Valley of Mentioned in only one passage of the Bible (Joel, iii-Heb. text, iv). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08503a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jouffroy, Claude-François-Dorothée de Mechanician, b. at Abbans, near Besançon, 30 Sept., 1751; d. at Paris, 18 July, 1832. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08526b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jaricot, Pauline-Marie Foundress of the Society of the Propagation of the Faith and the Association of the Living Rosary, born at Lyons, 22 July, 1799; died there, 9 January, 1862. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08323b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John of Saint Thomas Theologian, born at Lisbon, 9 June, 1589; died at Fraga, Spain, 17 June, 1644. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08479b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jerusalem, Assizes of The code of laws enacted by the Crusaders for the government of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02001a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jehu The derivation of the name is uncertain. By some it is translated "Yahweh is he". Several by this name are noted in the article. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08332a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jerusalem (71-1099) History in several periods to the first crusade. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08355a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jesuit Apologetic The accusations brought against the Society have been exceptional for their frequency and fierceness. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14103a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jouin, Louis Linguist, philosopher, author, b. at Berlin, 14 June, 1818, d. at New York, 10 June, 1899. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08527a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jemez Pueblo An Indian pueblo situated upon the north bank of the river of the same name about twenty miles north-west of Bernalillo, New Mexico. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08332b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jerusalem (Before A.D. 71) This article deals with the destruction by the Romans after it had become the scene of the Redemption. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08344a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jaen Diocese in Southern Spain. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08267a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John of Falkenberg Author, b. at Falkenberg, Pomerania, Prussia, date unknown; d. about 1418 in Italy. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08471a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jerusalem, Latin Kingdom of (1099-1291) Founded as a result of the First Crusade, in 1099. Destroyed a first time by Saladin in 1187, it was re-established around Saint-Jean d'Acre and maintained until the capture of that city in 1291. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08361a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jesus Christ, Holy Name of Reverence for the name of Jesus is not optional for believers. Article highlights the Scriptural reasons, and describes some customary ways of showing reverence. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07421a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jesus Christ, Chronology of the Life of Includes absolute and relative chronologies. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08377a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jesus Christ, Character of The surpassing eminence of the character of Jesus has been acknowledged by men of the most varied type. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08382a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jews (as a Religion) Judaism designates the religious communion which survived the destruction of the Jewish nation by the Assyrians and the Babylonians. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08399a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jesus Christ, Genealogy of Offers the geneology according to Saint Matthew and Saint Luke. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06410a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jurisdiction, Ecclesiastical The right to guide and rule the Church of God. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08567a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jesu Dulcis Memoria A poem ranging from forty two to fifty three stanzas (in various manuscripts), to form the three hymns of the Office of the Holy Name. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16047b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Joseph Calasanctius of the Mother of God, Pious Workers of Saint Founded at Vienna, 24 November, 1889, by Father Anton Maria Schwartz for all works of charity, but especially the apostolate among workingmen. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08519a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jansenius and Jansenism The subject of this article lived three-quarters of a century later than his namesake. He was born 28 October, 1585, of a Catholic family, in the village of Accoi, near Leerdam, Holland; died at Ypres, 6 May, 1638. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08285a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jeaurat, Edmond French engraver, b. at Vermenton, near Auxerre, 1688; d. at Paris, 1738. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08328a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jesus Christ An index of articles on the subject. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08374c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Joachim, Saint According to apocryphal literature, the father of Mary. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08406b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jeremias the Prophet Lived at the close of the seventh and in the first part of the sixth century before Christ; a contemporary of Draco and Solon of Athens. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08334a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jericho Three cities of this name have successively occupied sites in the same neighbourhood. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08339a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Justification A biblio-ecclesiastical term; which denotes the transforming of the sinner from the state of unrighteousness to the state of holiness and sonship of God. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08573a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Joachim of Flora Cistercian abbot and mystic; b. at Celico, near Cosenza, Italy, c. 1132; d. at San Giovanni in Fiore, in Calabria, 30 March, 1202. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08406c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Joan, Popess The fable about a female pope, who afterwards bore the name of Johanna (Joan), is first noticed in the middle of the thirteenth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08407a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Joanna of Portugal, Blessed Princess, Dominican, d. 1490. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08409a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Joseph Calasanctius, Saint Priest, founder of the Piarists, d. 1648. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08518d.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jandel, Alexandre Vincent General of the Dominican order, born at Gerbevilliers (Lorraine), 18 July, 1810; died at Rome, 11 December, 1872. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08282b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Joan of Arc, Saint Her brief life, her trial and death, swift rehabilitation, and her beatification in 1909. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08409c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jerusalem, Liturgy of The Rite of Jerusalem is that of Antioch. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08371a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John I, Pope Saint A Tuscan warmly received in Constantinople, but upon his return to Rome, was imprisoned by King Theodoric. He died in prison in 526. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08421a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jumièges, Abbey of Founded in 634 by St. Philibert, who had been the companion of Sts. Ouen and Wandrille at the Merovingian court. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08566a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jezabel Wife of Achab, King of Israel. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08404a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jews, History of the Of the two terms, Jews and Judaism, the former denotes usually the Israelites or descendants of Jacob (Israel) in contrast to Gentile races; the latter, the creed and worship of the Jews in contrast to Christianity and others. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08386a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jenks, Silvester Theologian, born in Shropshire, c. 1656; died in December, 1714. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08332d.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jesi Diocese in the Province of Ancona, Italy, immediately subject to the Holy See. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08372a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Judaizers A party of Jewish Christians in the Early Church, who either held that circumcision and the observance of the Mosaic Law were necessary for salvation and in consequence wished to impose them on the Gentile converts, or who at least considered them as still obligatory on the Jewish Christians. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08537a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jane Frances de Chantal, Saint Biography of the widowed baroness, mother, founder of the Congregation of the Visitation, who died in 1641. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08282c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John II, Pope A Roman and the son of Projectus; if not born in the second region (Coelimontium) he had at least been a priest of St. Clement's Basilica. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08421b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John III, Pope A Roman surnamed Catelinus, d. 13 July, 574. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08422a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John IV, Pope A native of Dalmatia, and the son of the scholasticus (advocate) Venantius. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08422b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John V, Pope A Syrian whose father was one Cyriacus; when he was born is not known; d. 2 August, 686. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08422c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John VI, Pope A Greek, the date of whose birth is unknown; d. 11 January, 705. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08423a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John XV (XVI), Pope Enthroned 985; d. April, 996. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08427c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John XVI (XVII) Antipope 997-998; d. probably in 1013. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08428a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John XVII (XVIII), Pope Date of birth unknown; d. 6 Nov., 1003. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08428b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John XVIII (XIX), Pope Successor of John XVII, consecrated Christmas, 1003; d. June, 1009. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08429a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Cantius, Saint Polish priest, professor of Sacred Scripture, d. 1473. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08451b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John XIX (XX), Pope Enthroned in 1024; d. 1032. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08429b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John XXI (XX), Pope Born at Lisbon between 1210 and 1220; enthroned, 1276; died at Viterbo, 20 May, 1277. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08429c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John and Cyrus, Saints Celebrated martyrs of the Coptic Church. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04597b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jauregui, Juan de A Spanish painter and poet, born at Seville c. 1570, or, according to some, as late as 1583; died at Madrid c. 1640-1. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08325c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jewish Calendar Details include days, weeks, months, years, and eras. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03166a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John and Paul, Saints Fourth-century martyrs. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08443a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Baptist de la Salle, Saint Founder of the Christian Brothers. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08444a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Baptist de Rossi, Saint Priest, canon, preacher, d. 1764. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08449a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Capistran, Saint Lawyer, governor, ambassador, became a Franciscan priest and a renowned preacher, died in 1456. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08452a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Boste, Saint Or John Boast. Priest, martyred at Durham in 1594. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02702a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John de Britto, Saint Portuguese Jesuit missionary to India, martyr, d. 1693. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08461a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Josaphat and Barlaam The main characters of a seventh-century Christian legend. Barlaam, a hermit, converted the prince Josaphat to Christianity, despite the efforts of Josaphat's father Abenner to prevent such a thing. Although Barlaam and Josaphat are included in the Roman Martyrology and in the Greek calendar, the story is actually a Christianized version of a legend about Buddha. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02297a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Amias, Blessed (Catholic Encyclopedia) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01428b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Javouhey, Blessed Anne-Marie Founder of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny, missionary to Africa and South America, d. 1851. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08326a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Cornelius and Companions, Blessed Born of Irish parents in Cornwall, studied for the priesthood at Reims. For 10 years he worked as a missionary in England till he was martyred in 1594 for being a Catholic priest, and three companions were also martyred for aiding him. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08459a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Climacus, Saint Sometimes called Scholasticus or the Sinaita. Sixth-century Syrian abbot of Mt. Sinai. He is called "Climacus" because he wrote the spiritual classic "The Ladder of Divine Ascent," "Klimax" being the Greek for "ladder." http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08457a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Beche, Blessed English Benedictine abbot and martyr; date of birth unknown; d. at Colchester, England, l December, 1539. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02381a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Colombini, Blessed Sienese husband and father whose life was transformed by reading the life of St. Mary of Egypt. Founder of the Jesuati. He died in 1367. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08458a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Damascene, Saint Lengthy biographical article on the last of the Greek Fathers. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08459b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Buckley, Saint Alias John Jones. Welsh Franciscan priest, martyred at Tyburn in 1598. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08451a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jacopo de Voragine, Blessed Dominican, a renowned preacher, provincial, and Archbishop of Genoa. He died in about 1298. Biographical article. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08262b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Felton, Blessed Martyr, date and place of birth unknown, was executed in St. Paul's Churchyard, London, 8 August, 1570, for having, about eleven o'clock at night on the previous 24 May, affixed a copy of the Bull of St. Pius V excommunicating the queen to the gates of the Bishop of London's palace near St. Paul's. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08462a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Julia Billiart, Saint Biographical article on the founder of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08559a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Fisher, Saint Cardinal, Bishop of Rochester, martyr, d. 1535. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08462b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Forest, Blessed English Franciscan, served as confessor to Queen Catherine, was burned at the stake at Smithfield in 1538. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08463a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Francis Regis, Saint Jesuit priest and missionary, d. 1640. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08464a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Hambley, Venerable English martyr (suffered 1587), born and educated in Cornwall, and converted by reading one of Father Persons' books in 1582. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07121a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Ingram, Blessed English priest, tortured and twice imprisoned, martyred in 1594. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08008a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Joseph of the Cross, Saint Italian Franciscan priest, had the gift of miracles, d. 1739. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08466a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Larke, Blessed Parish priest and friend of St. Thomas More. Martyred at Tyburn in 1543/4, along with another priest (Bl. John Ireland) and the layman Bl. German Gardiner. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08466b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Nelson, Blessed Jesuit priest, martyred at Tyburn in 1577/8. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08466d.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Nepomucene, Saint Biography of the vicar general of the Archdiocese of Prague, who was tortured and then thrown into the Moldau and drowned, by order of King Wenceslaus IV, in 1393. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08467a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jewish Tribe The earlier Hebrew term rendered in English versions by the word "tribe" is shebet, while the term matteh, prevails in the post-exilic writings. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15039a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John of Avila, Saint Priest, preacher, author, d. 1569. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08469a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John of Beverley, Saint Benedictine bishop of Hexham and later of York, monastic founder, d. 721. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08469b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John, Gospel of According to the traditional order, the Gospel of St. John occupies the last place among the four canonical Gospels. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08438a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John of Fermo, Blessed The immemorial cultus of Blessed John was approved by Leo XIII in 1880, and his feast is kept in the Order of Friars Minor on 9 August. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08472a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John of God, Saint Portuguese shepherd, soldier, bookseller, finally found his niche caring for the health of the poor in Granada, became de facto founder of a religious order, d. 1550. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08472c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John of Antioch There are four persons commonly known by this name. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08468a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jocelin of Wells Bishop of Bath and Wells, d. 19 Nov., 1242. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08418c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Britton, Blessed A layman and martyr. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02793c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jaffa A titular see in the Patriarchate of Jerusalem. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08268a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John of Hauteville Moralist and satirical poet of the twelfth century (flourished about 1184). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08473a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John of Biclaro Chronicler, born in Portugal, probably about the middle of the sixth century; died after 621. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08470a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jarcke, Karl Ernst Born 10 November, 1801, at Danzig, Prussia; died 27 December, 1852, at Vienna. He belonged to a Protestant merchant family. He took up the study of jurisprudence, and became at an early age professor of criminal law at Bonn and later in Berlin. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08323a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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JÃbaro Indians An important tribal group of Ecuador, comprising a great number of small subtribes speaking a common language with dialectic variants, and together constituting a distinct linguistic stock. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08405a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John of Janduno An Averroistic philosopher, theologian, and political writer of the fourteenth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08473b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jesuit's Bark On account of its alkaloids, is the most celebrated specific remedy for all forms of malaria. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08372b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John of Montecorvino A Franciscan and founder of the Catholic mission in China, b. at Montecorvino in Southern Italy, in 1246; d. at Peking, in 1328. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08474a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John, Epistles of Three canonical books of the New Testament written by the Apostle St. John. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08435a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John of Genoa Grammarian; born at Genoa, date unknown; died there about 1298. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08472b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Lockwood, Blessed (Catholic Encyclopedia) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09322a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John of Rupella Franciscan theologian, b. at La Rochelle (Rupella), towards the end of the twelfth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08477b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John of Fécamp Ascetic writer, b. near Ravenna about the beginning of the eleventh century; d. at Fécamp, Normandy, 22 February, 1079. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08471b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Juvencus, C. Vettius Aquilinus Fourth-century Christian Latin poet. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08586b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John of the Cross, Saint Article on the life and teaching of this Discalced Carmelite associated with St. Teresa of Avila. Mystic, Doctor of the Church, d. 1591. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08480a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John of Montesono Theologian and controversialist, born at Monzón, Spain; dates of birth and death unknown. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08474b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John of Ephesus Syriac historian, born at Amida (Diarbekir, on the upper Tigris), about 505; d. about 585. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08470c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jocelin de Brakelond An English chronicler, of the late twelfth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08418b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John of Victring Chronicler, b. probably between 1270 and 1280; d. at Victring, Austria, 12 November, 1347. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08481a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jubilees, Book of An apocryphal writing, so called from the fact that the narratives and stories contained in it are arranged throughout in a fanciful chronological system of jubilee-periods of forty-nine years each; each event is recorded as having taken place in such a week of such a month of such a Jubilee year. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08535a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Rigby, Saint Rigby, an unmarried layman, appeared in court on behalf of his employer's daughter and admitted that he was himself a Catholic. He was martyred in 1600. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13055a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Bosco, Saint St. Giovanni Melchior Bosco, commonly called Don Bosco or John Bosco. Founder of the Salesians, d. 1888. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02689d.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Judgment, Divine Divine judgment (judicium divinum), as an immanent act of God, denotes the action of God's retributive justice by which the destiny of rational creatures is decided according to their merits and demerits. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08549a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Roberts, Saint A Welsh Benedictine, the first prior of Downside, was arrested six times, exiled four times, and finally martyred at Tyburn in 1610. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13098c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Rochester, Blessed Brief biography of this English Carthusian priest and martyr, d. 1537. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08483b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Sarkander, Saint Priest, tortured for refusing to break the seal of confession, and died in prison in 1620. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08484a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Scholasticus Patriarch of Constantinople, the author of an important collection of ecclesiastical laws; b. at Sirimis near Antioch; d. 577. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08484b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Stone, Saint English Augustinian friar, martyred probably in 1539. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08485a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Story, Blessed Or Storey. Member of Parliament, was arrested but escaped and became a Spanish subject. Kidnapped in Flanders, he was carried to the Tower, where he was tortured repeatedly. Died a martyr in 1571. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08485b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Talaia Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria (481-482) at the time of the Monophysite troubles. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08485c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John the Baptist, Saint Lengthy article on the Precursor. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08486b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John the Evangelist, Saint Brother of James and son of Zebedee. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08492a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John of Segovia A Spanish theologian, b. at Segovia towards the end of the fourteenth century; d. probably in 1458. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08479a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John the Faster Patriarch of Constantinople (John IV, 582-595), famous chiefly through his assumption of the title "œcumenical patriarch"; d. 2 September, 595. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08493a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Twenge, Saint English saint. (1319-1379) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15105b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Johnson, Blessed Robert Born in Shropshire, entered the German College, Rome, 1 October, 1571. Brief biography. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14689e.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Joannes de Sacrobosco John Holywood, a monk of English origin, lived in the first half of the thirteenth century as professor of astronomy at Paris; died in that city, 1256. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08409b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Johnson, Blessed Thomas The last of nine London Carthusians to die of starvation in prison in 1537. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14689b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Johnston, Richard Malcolm Educator, author, b. 8 March, 1822, at Powellton, Georgia, U.S.A.; d. at Baltimore, Maryland, 23 September, 1898. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08484c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John of Paris Theologian and controversialist; born at Paris, date unknown; died at Bordeaux, 22 September, 1306. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08475b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jeroboam Name of two Israelitish kings. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08340a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jesus and Mary, Sisters of the Holy Childhood of Several groups detailed. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08374b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jamaica The largest of the British West Indian islands, situated in the Caribbean Sea. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08270a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Joinville, Jean, Sire de Seneschal of Champagne, historian, b in 1225; d. at Joinville, 1317. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08495b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jassy Diocese in Rumania. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08325b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Joliette Diocese created by Pius X, 27 January, 1904 by division of the Archdiocese of Montreal; comprises three counties, Joliette, Berthier, and Montcalm, with four parishes of L'Assomption County. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08496b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jordanis Historian, lived about the middle of the sixth century in the Eastern Roman Empire. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08501b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Malalas A Monophysite Byzantine chronicler of the sixth century. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08466c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jus Spolii A claim, exercised in the Middle Ages, of succession to the property of deceased clerics, at least such as they had derived from their ecclesiastical benefices. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08571a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Josaphat Kuncevyc, Saint Lithuanian martyr. (1580-1623) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08503b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John of Salisbury Born about 1115; died 1180; a distinguished philosopher, historian, churchman, and scholar. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08478b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jesus, Daughters of Founded at Kermaria, in the Diocese of Vannes, France, in 1834, for the care of the sick poor, and the education of girls. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08374a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Janssens, Abraham Flemish painter, b. at Antwerp about 1573; d. probably in the same place about 1631. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08294a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Joseph of Cupertino, Saint Mystic from a very young age, priest, d. 1663. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08520b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Joseph's Society for Foreign Missions, Saint A society of priests and laymen whose object is to labour for the conversion of heathens in foreign countries. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08521d.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jephte One of the judges of Israel. The story of Jephte is narrated in chapters xi and xii of the Book of Judges. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08333b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Janssens, Johann Hermann Catholic theologian, b. at Maeseyck, Belgium, 7 Dec., 1783; d. at Engis, 23 May, 1853. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08294b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Joseph's Society for Colored Missions, Saint This organization began its labours in 1871, when four young priests from Mill Hill were put in charge of St. Francis Xavier's church, with a large congregation of black Catholics, in Baltimore. Other black missions were soon begun at Louisville, Charleston, Washington, Richmond, Norfolk, and other places in the South. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08521c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John Ogilvie, Saint (Catholic Encyclopedia) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11223b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Joseph of Leonessa, Saint Capuchin missionary, confessor, d. 1612. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08521b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John of Cornwall Lived about 1176. Author of a treatise written against the doctrine of Abelard. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08470b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jouffroy, Jean de French prelate and statesman; b. at Luxeuil (Franche-Comté) about 1412; d. at the priory of Rulli, in the Diocese of Bourges, 24 November, 1473. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08526c.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Joseph, Saint Information on the entire life of St. Joseph. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08504a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Japan Called in the language of the country Nihon or Nippon (Land of the Rising Sun), and Dai Nihon or Dai Nippon (Great Japan), situated north-west of the Pacific Ocean and east of the Asiatic continent. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08297a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Josephus, Flavius Jewish historian, born A.D. 37, at Jerusalem; died about 101. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08522a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jonathan Name of several persons mentioned in the Old Testament. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08499b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jesus Mary, Religious of Founded at Lyons, France, in October, 1818, by Claudine Thevenet, in religion, Mother St. Ignatius. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08385a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Joest, Jan Dutch painter, b. at Calcker, or Calcar, about 1460; d. at Haarlem in 1519. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08420a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jesus Christ, Early Historical Documents on Divided into three classes: pagan sources, Jewish sources, and Christian sources. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08375a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jordanus of Giano Italian Minorite, b. at Giano in the Valley of Spoleto, c. 1195; d. after 1262. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08502a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jonas The fifth of the Minor Prophets. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08497b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Joseph The eleventh son of Jacob, the firstborn of Rachel, and the immediate ancestor of the tribes of Manasses and Ephraim. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08506a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John the Deacon Article about four historians of the Middle Ages who bear this name. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08491a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John of Roquetaillade (de Rupescissa) Franciscan alchemist, date of birth unknown; d. probably at Avignon, 1362. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08477a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Joseph of Exeter A twelfth-century Lain poet; b. at Exeter, England. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08521a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jones, Inigo A biography with references of the London-born architect who drew his inspiration from the Classical forms of Italy. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08500b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jorg, Joseph Edmund Historian and politician, b. 23 Dec., 1819 at Immenstadt (Ahgau); d. at Landshut, 18 Nov., 1901. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08502b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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John of Ragusa Dominican theologian. (1380-1443) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08476a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jesus Christ, Resurrection of Resurrection is the rising again from the dead, the resumption of life. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12789a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Josephites A congregation devoted to the Christian education of youth, founded in the Diocese of Ghent (Belgium) by Canon van Crombrugghe, in 1817. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08519b.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jesus Christ, Knowledge of "Knowledge of Jesus Christ," as used in this article, does not mean a summary of what we know about Jesus Christ, but a survey of the intellectual endowment of Christ. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08675a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jouvenet, Jean French painter, b. at Rouen in 1644, d. at Paris, 5 April, 1717. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08528a.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Jerusalem (After 1291) The Latin dominion over Jerusalem really came to an end on 2 October, 1187, when the city opened |