Biard, Pierre
Jesuit missionary, born at Grenoble, France, 1576; died at Avignon, 17 November, 1622.
Bible Societies
Established for the purpose of publishing and propagating the Bible in all parts of the world.
Bibles, Picture
In the Middle Ages the Church made use of pictures as a means of instruction, to supplement the knowledge acquired by reading or oral teaching.
Biblia Pauperum
A collection of pictures representing scenes from Jesus' life with the corresponding prophetic types.
Biblical Commission, The
A committee of cardinals at Rome who, with the assistance of consultors, have to secure the observance of the prescriptions contained in the Encyclical "Providentissimus Deus" for …
Biel, Gabriel
Lengthy article on the last of the Scholastics. Biel, the first professor of theology at Tübingen, was a nominalist. He died in 1495.
Bienville, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de
French Governor of Louisiana and founder of New Orleans. (1680-1767)
Bigamy (in Canon Law)
Canonically viewed, bigamy denotes (a) the condition of a man married to two real or interpretative wives in succession, and as a consequence (b) his unfitness to receive, or exerc…
Bigamy (in Civil Law)
In civil jurisprudence, and especially in criminal law, is a "formal entering into of a marriage while a former one remains un-dissolved".
Bigne, Marguerin de la
French theologian and patrologist, b. about 1546 at Bernières-le-Patry, Normandy; d. about 1595.
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