Holy Sepulchre, Knights of the
A secular confraternity which gradually grew up around the most august of the Holy Places.
Holy Synod
The name of the council by which the Church of Russia and, following its example, many other Orthodox Churches are governed.
Holy Water
In the earliest Christian times, water was used for expiatory and purificatory purposes, to a way analogous to its employment under the Jewish Law.
Holyrood Abbey
Located in Edinburgh, Scotland; founded in 1128 by King David I for the Canons Regular of St. Augustine, probably brought from St. Andrews.
Holzhauser, Bartholomew
Parish priest, ecclesiastical writer, and founder of a religious community; born 24 Aug., 1613, at Laugna in the Diocese of Augsburg, Bavaria; died 20 May, 1658.
Homoousion
The word used by the Council of Nicaea (325) to express the Divinity of Christ.
Honoratus a Sancta Maria
A Discalced Carmelite; born at Limoges, 4 July, 1651 ; died at Lille, 1729.
Honoratus, Saint
Founder of the famous monastery at Lérins, Archbishop of Arles, d. 429.
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