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• Juan Bautista de Toledo: An eminent Spanish sculptor and architect; b. at Madrid ...
• Jubilate Sunday: The third Sunday after Easter, being so named from the first ...
• Jubilee, Holy Year of: The ultimate derivation of the word jubilee is disputed, but ...
• Jubilee, Year of (Hebrew): According to the Pentateuchal legislation contained in ...
• Jubilees, Book of: ( ta Iobelaia ). An apocryphal writing, so called from ...
• Juda: The name of one of the Patriarchs, the name of the tribe reputed ...
• Judaism: At the present day, the term designates the religious communion ...
• Judaizers: (From Greek Ioudaizo , to adopt Jewish customs -- Esther ...
• Judas Iscariot: The Apostle who betrayed his Divine Master . The name Judas ( ...
• Judas Machabeus: Third son of the priest Mathathias who with his family was ...
• Judde, Claude: French preacher and spiritual father; born at Rouen, about 20 ...
• Jude, Epistle of Saint: The present subject will be treated under the following heads: ...
• Judea: Like the adjective Ioudaios , the noun Ioudaia comes from ...
• Judge, Ecclesiastical: (J UDEX E CCLESIASTICUS ) An ecclesiastical person who ...
• Judges, The Book of: The seventh book of the Old Testament , second of the Early ...
• Judgment, Divine: This subject will be treated under two heads: I. Divine ...
• Judgment, General: (Judicium Universale, Last Judgment). I. EXISTENCE OF THE ...
• Judgment, Last: (Judicium Universale, Last Judgment). I. EXISTENCE OF THE ...
• Judgment, Particular: A. Dogma of Particular Judgment The Catholic doctrine of the ...
• Judica Sunday: Name given to the fifth Sunday of Lent, and derived from the ...
• Judith, Book of: HISTORY Nabuchodonosor, King of Nineveh, sends his general ...
• Julia Billiart, Saint: ( Also Julia). Foundress, and first superior-general of the ...
• Julian and Basilissa, Saints: Husband and wife; died at Antioch or, more probably, at ...
• Julian of Eclanum: Born about 386; died in Sicily, 454; the most learned among ...
• Julian of Speyer: Often called J ULIANUS T EUTONICUS . A famous composer, ...
• Julian the Apostate: (FLAVIUS CLAUDIUS JULIANUS). Roman emperor 361-63, b. at ...
• Juliana Falconieri, Saint: Born in 1270; died 12 June, 1341. Juliana belonged to the noble ...
• Juliana of Liège, Saint: Nun, b. at Retinnes, near Liège, Belgium, 1193; d. at ...
• Juliana of Norwich: English mystic of the fourteenth century, author or recipient of ...
• Juliana, Saint: Suffered martyrdom during the Diocletian persecution. Both the ...
• Julie Billiart, Saint: ( Also Julia). Foundress, and first superior-general of the ...
• Juliopolis: Titular see in the province of Bithynia Secunda, suffragan of ...
• Julitta and Quiricus: Martyred under Diocletian. The names of these two martyrs, ...
• Julius Africanus: (c. 160-c. 240; the full name is Sextus Iulius Africanus, Greek ...
• Julius I, Pope Saint: (337-352). The immediate successor of Pope Silvester, ...
• Julius II, Pope: (GIULIANO DELLA ROVERE). Born on 5 December, 1443, at ...
• Julius III, Pope: (GIAMMARIA CIOCCHI DEL MONTE). Born at Rome, 10 September, ...
• Jumièges, Abbey of: Jumièges, situated on the north bank of the Seine, ...
• Junípero Serra: Born at Petra, Island of Majorca, 24 November, 1713; died at ...
• Jungmann, Bernard: A dogmatic theologian and ecclesiastical historian, born at ...
• Jungmann, Josef: Born 12 Nov., 1830, at Münster, Westphalia ; died at ...
• Jurisdiction, Ecclesiastical: The right to guide and rule the Church of God. The subject is ...
• Jus Spolii: (RIGHT OF SPOIL; also called JUS EXUVIARUM and RAPITE CAPITE) ...
• Jussieu, De: Name of five French botanists. (1) ANTOINE DE JUSSIEU, ...
• Juste: The name conventionally applied to a family of Italian ...
• Justice: Justice is here taken in its ordinary and proper sense to ...
• Justification: (Latin justificatio ; Greek dikaiosis .) A ...
• Justin de Jacobis, Blessed: Vicar Apostolic of Abyssinia and titular Bishop of ...
• Justin Martyr, Saint: Christian apologist, born at Flavia Neapolis, about A.D. 100, ...
• Justina and Cyprian, Saints: Christians of Antioch who suffered martyrdom during the ...
• Justinian I: Roman Emperor (527-65) Flavius Anicius Julianus Justinianus ...
• Justiniani, Benedetto: (GIUSTINIANI). Theological and Biblical writer, born at ...
• Justiniani, Nicholas: Date of birth unknown, became monk in the Benedictine ...
• Justinianopolis: A titular see of Armenia Prima, suffragan of Sebaste. This ...
• Justus, Saint: Fourth Archbishop of Canterbury ; died 627 (?). For the ...
• Juvencus, C. Vettius Aquilinus: Christian Latin poet of the fourth century. Of his life we ...
• Juvenile Courts: Tribunals for the trial of children charged with crimes or ...

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