Joyeuse, Henri, Duc de
Born in 1563 and not, as is mistakenly stated in the "Biographic Michaud", in 1567; died at Rivoli, 28 Sept., 1608. He was the third son of Maréchal Guillaume de Joyeuse, and was …
Juan Bautista de Toledo
An eminent Spanish sculptor and architect; b. at Madrid (date not known); d. there 19 May, 1567.
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 s…
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 fort…
Judas Machabeus
Third son of the priest Mathathias who with his family was the centre and soul of the patriotic and religious revolt of the Jews against the King of Syria (I Mach., ii, 4).
Judde, Claude
French preacher and spiritual father; born at Rouen, about 20 December, 1661; died at Paris, 11 March, 1735.
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.
Judge, Ecclesiastical
An ecclesiastical person who possesses ecclesiastical jurisdiction either in general or in the strict sense.
Judges, The Book of
The seventh book of the Old Testament, second of the Early Prophets of the Hebrew canon.
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 th…
Judgment, General
To it the prophets of the Old Testament refer when they speak of the "Day of the Lord" (Joel 2:31; Ezekiel 13:5; Isaiah 2:12), in which the nations will be summoned to judgment. In…
Judgment, Particular
The Catholic doctrine of the particular judgment is this: that immediately after death the eternal destiny of each separated soul is decided by the just judgment of God.
Judica Sunday
Name given to the fifth Sunday of Lent, and derived from the first words of the Introit of that day.
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.
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