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Barreto, Francisco a Portuguese ecclesiastic, was born at Montemayor in 1588. He was a Jesuit, and was sent to the Indies as a missionary, where he taught philosophy and theology. As visitor of his society he afterwards went to Malabar and to Goa, and died at the latter place, Oct. 26, 1663. He wrote An … Continue reading “Barreto, Francisco”

BARRENNESS An affliction peculiarly lamented throughout the East, Gen 16:1 30:1-23 1Sa 1:6,19 Isa 47:9 49:21 Lu 1:25, especially by the Jewish women, who remembered the promised Messiah, Gen 3:15, and hoped for the honor of his parentage. The strength of this feeling is evinced by the extraordinary and often unjustifiable measures it led them … Continue reading “Barrenness”

Barren, Barrenness baren, baren-nes , cyah; , melehah; , shakhol; , ‘akar; , steros; , argos): (1) Of land that bears no crop, either (a) because it is naturally poor and sterile: cyah dry (Joe 2:20), melehah, salt (Job 39:6 the King James Version), shakhol, miscarrying (2Ki 2:19, 2Ki 2:21), or (b) because it is, … Continue reading “Barren, Barrenness”

Barren (when spoken of persons, properly , akar’, ). Barrenness is, in the East, the hardest lot that can befall a woman, and was considered among the Israelites as the heaviest punishment with which the Lord could visit a female (Gen 16:2; Gen 30:1-23; 1Sa 1:6; Isa 47:9; Isa 49:21; Luk 1:25; Niebuhr, p. 76; … Continue reading “Barren”

Barrell, Noah a Baptist minister, was born at Hartford, Washington Co., N. Y., May 5, 1794. He entered the ministry about 1822, and was pastor of’fifteen churches in the states of New York, Ohio, and Wisconsin. During his ministry, he baptized not far from twelve hundred converts. He is said to have been a man … Continue reading “Barrell, Noah”

Barrel (, kad [, cadus], a pitcher or pail), a vessel used for the keeping of flour (1Ki 17:12; 1Ki 17:14; 1Ki 17:16; 1Ki 18:33). The same word is in other places rendered pitcher, as the same vessel appears to have been also used for carrying water (Gen 24:14; Jdg 7:16; Ecc 12:6). It was … Continue reading “Barrel”

Barreira, Balthazar a Portuguese of Lisbon, entered the Company of Jesuits at Coimbra in 1556. During the dreadful plague of Lisbon in 1569, his charity and attention to the sick were unbounded, and continued even after he had himself sickened with the disease. His excellence being thus proved, he was sent as missionary to Angola … Continue reading “Barreira, Balthazar”

Barreira, Balthasar A Portuguese Jesuit missionary, born at Lisbon, 1531; died 1612, on the mission of Angola, south-west coast of Africa, the scene of his life’s labors. His literary works consist chiefly of “Relations” written to the supervisors of the Society of Jesus, describing the condition of the province with regard to both its political … Continue reading “Barreira, Balthasar”

Barreira (Or Barreria), Petrus SEE BARRIERE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Barre, Nicolas a French philanthropist, founded in 1678 the order of Brothers and Sisters of Christian and Charitable Schools. This order is obliged by its statutes to devote itself entirely to the education of poor children of either sex. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature