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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Jaen
Diocese in Southern Spain.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08267a.htm
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Jaenbert
Thirteenth Archbishop of Canterbury; died at Canterbury 11 or 12 August, 791.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08267b.htm
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Jaffa
A titular see in the Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08268a.htm
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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
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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
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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
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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
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James of Brescia
Theologian of the fifteenth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08277a.htm
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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
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James of Sarugh
A writer of the Syrian Church.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08278a.htm
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James of the Marches, Saint
Surnamed Gangala, civil lawyer, Franciscan priest, d. 1476.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08278b.htm
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James Primadicci
Born at Bologna; died in the same city in 1460.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08279a.htm
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Janssen, Arnold, Saint
Founder of the Society of the Divine Word.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16047a.htm
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Jassus
A titular see of Caria, and suffragan of Aphrodisias.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08325a.htm
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Jassy
Diocese in Rumania.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08325b.htm
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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
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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
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Jealousy
Taken to be synonymous with envy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08326b.htm
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Jean de La Bruyère
Born at Paris in 1645; died at Chantilly in 1696. He was the son of a comptroller general of municipal revenue.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08728a.htm
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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
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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
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Jean-Gabriel Perboyre, Saint
Vincentian priest, missionary to China, where he was tortured and martyred in 1840.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08327a.htm
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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
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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
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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
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Jehoshaphat
Fourth King of Juda after the schism of the Ten Tribes.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08502c.htm
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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
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Jehovah
Proper name of God in the Old Testament.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08329a.htm
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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
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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
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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
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Jenks, Silvester
Theologian, born in Shropshire, c. 1656; died in December, 1714.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08332d.htm
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Jennings, Sir Patrick Alfred
An Australian statesman, b. at Newry, Ireland, 1831; d. July, 1897.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08333a.htm
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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
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Jeremias
Name of several Old Testament figures.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08333c.htm
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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
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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
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Jeroboam
Name of two Israelitish kings.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08340a.htm
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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
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Jerome, Saint
Lengthy article on the life and works of St. Jerome.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08341a.htm
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Jerusalem (71-1099)
History in several periods to the first crusade.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08355a.htm
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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 its gates to Saladin (Yusuf ibn Ayyub, Salah-ed-din, Emir of Egypt, 1169-93); although fragments of the Latin kingdom in Palestine lasted into another ce
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08364a.htm
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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
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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
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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
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Jerusalem, Liturgy of
The Rite of Jerusalem is that of Antioch.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08371a.htm
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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
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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
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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
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Jesuit Generals Prior to the Suppression
Details of several who held the position.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14084a.htm
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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
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Jesuits, Distinguished
A list without details of the Jesuits. Does include links to articles when there is one about the person.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14109a.htm
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Jesuits, History of the (1773-1814)
The execution of the Brief of Suppression having been largely left to local bishops, there was room for a good deal of variety in the treatment the Jesuits might receive in different places.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14099a.htm
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Jesuits, History of the (1814-1912)
Pius VII had resolved to restore the Society during his captivity in France; and after his return to Rome he did so with little delay.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14100a.htm
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Jesuits, History of the (pre-1750)
Includes details of activities in various countries.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14086a.htm
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Jesuits, Suppression of the (1750-1773)
The most difficult part of the history of the Society.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14096a.htm
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Jesuits, The
A religious order founded by Saint Ignatius Loyola.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14081a.htm
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Jesus and Mary, Sisters of the Holy Childhood of
Several groups detailed.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08374b.htm
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Jesus Christ
An index of articles on the subject.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08374c.htm
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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
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Jesus Christ, Chronology of the Life of
Includes absolute and relative chronologies.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08377a.htm
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Jesus Christ, Devotion to the Heart of
Special form of devotion to Jesus. Discussion of what it is and what distinguishes it, its object, its foundations, and its proper act.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07163a.htm
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Jewish Calendar
Details include days, weeks, months, years, and eras.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03166a.htm
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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
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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
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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
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Jezabel
Wife of Achab, King of Israel.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08404a.htm
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Jíbaro 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
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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
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Joachim, Saint
According to apocryphal literature, the father of Mary.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08406b.htm
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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
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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
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Joanna of Portugal, Blessed
Princess, Dominican, d. 1490.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08409a.htm
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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
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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
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Jocelin
Cistercian monk and Bishop of Glasgow; d. at Melrose Abbey in 1199.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08418a.htm
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Jocelin de Brakelond
An English chronicler, of the late twelfth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08418b.htm
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Jocelin of Wells
Bishop of Bath and Wells, d. 19 Nov., 1242.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08418c.htm
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Joel
Old Testament prophet.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08419a.htm
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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
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Jogues, Saint Isaac
French Jesuit missionary to Canada, martyred in 1646.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08420b.htm
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John Amias, Blessed
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01428b.htm
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John and Cyrus, Saints
Celebrated martyrs of the Coptic Church.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04597b.htm
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John and Paul, Saints
Fourth-century martyrs.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08443a.htm
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John Baptist de la Salle, Saint
Founder of the Christian Brothers.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08444a.htm
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John Baptist de Rossi, Saint
Priest, canon, preacher, d. 1764.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08449a.htm
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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
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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
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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
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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
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John Britton, Blessed
A layman and martyr.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02793c.htm
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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
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John Cantius, Saint
Polish priest, professor of Sacred Scripture, d. 1473.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08451b.htm
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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
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John Cassian
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03404a.htm
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John Chrysostom, Saint
Preacher and Doctor of the Church. (347-407)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08452b.htm
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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
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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
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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
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John Damascene, Saint
Lengthy biographical article on the last of the Greek Fathers.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08459b.htm
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John de Britto, Saint
Portuguese Jesuit missionary to India, martyr, d. 1693.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08461a.htm
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John Duns Scotus, Blessed
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05194a.htm
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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
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08462a.htm
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John Finch, Blessed
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06076b.htm
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John Fisher, Saint
Cardinal, Bishop of Rochester, martyr, d. 1535.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08462b.htm
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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
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John Francis Regis, Saint
Jesuit priest and missionary, d. 1640.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08464a.htm
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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
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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
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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
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John III, Pope
A Roman surnamed Catelinus, d. 13 July, 574.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08422a.htm
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John Ingram, Blessed
English priest, tortured and twice imprisoned, martyred in 1594.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08008a.htm
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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
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John IX, Pope
Reigned 898-900.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08425a.htm
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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
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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
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John Lockwood, Blessed
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09322a.htm
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John Malalas
A Monophysite Byzantine chronicler of the sixth century.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08466c.htm
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John Nelson, Blessed
Jesuit priest, martyred at Tyburn in 1577/8.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08466d.htm
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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
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John of Antioch
There are four persons commonly known by this name.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08468a.htm
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John of Avila, Saint
Priest, preacher, author, d. 1569.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08469a.htm
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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
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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
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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
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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
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