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bark, Jesuit’s A bark yielded by the cinchona tree, a native of South America and a genus of the evergreen tree belonging to the madder family. It is the source of five alkaloids, quinidine, cinchonine, cinchonidine, conquinamine, and, most important of all, quinine which is alleviative and preventative of fever, and an invaluable malaria antidote. … Continue reading “bark, Jesuit’s”

Barjona The son of Jonah. (Mat 16:17) Sometimes Jonah means pigeon. Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures Barjona [Bar-jo’na] ‘Son of Jonas,’ surname of Peter. Mat 16:17. Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary

Barjesus (or Elymas) (Son of Jesus) (wise, magician) A false prophet, struck temporarily blind for opposing Paul at Paphos in the conversion of Proconsul Sergius Paulus (Acts 13). Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Barjesus (Gr. Bariesous). A false prophet found in the company of the Proconsul Sergius Paulus by St. Paul and Barnabas during their stay … Continue reading “Barjesus”

Barjac, Gabriel a Genoese theologian who lived in the latter half of the 16th century, wrote Introductio in Artem Jesuiticam, in eorunm Gratiam qui ejus Artis Mysteriis ant jam Initiatii, aut prope Diem Initiandi sunt, Conscripta (1599) . See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Baris (, from Chald. , birah’, a fortress), the name attributed by Josephus to two structures. 1. A tower said to have been built by the prophet Daniel at Ecbatana, and described as a most elegant building, and wonderfully made, remaining in later times, where they bury the kings of Media, Persia, and Parthia to … Continue reading “Baris”

Baringer, John a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was a native of Montgomery County, Va. In 1828, then a young man, he joined the Holston Conference, and after filling important stations for about seven years located. In 1838 he re-entered the active ranks, and continued faithfully until 1842, when failing health caused him … Continue reading “Baringer, John”

Baring, Nicolaus a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born March 9, 1607, at Zarentin, in Mecklenburg. He studied at Helmstadt; in 1632 was army chaplain; in 1636 pastor at Wilkenburg; in 1641 pastor at St. Egidius’s’ in Hanover; and in 1642 commenced his theological lectures at Rostock, where he died in 1648. He wrote, Epithalamion … Continue reading “Baring, Nicolaus”

Baring, Daniel Eberhard a German librarian, was born Nov. 8, 1690, at Hamburg. He studied at Helmstadt; in 1719 was appointed librarian at Hanover, and died Aug. 19, 1753. He wrote, Beitrdge zur hannoverischen Kirchen-und Schulhistorie (Hanover, 1748): Das Leben Ant. Corvini (ibid. 1749). See Jocher, Allgem. Gelehrte-Lex., s.v.; Winer, Handb. der theol. Lit. i, … Continue reading “Baring, Daniel Eberhard”

Barindus SEE BARRFIN. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Barillon, Henri De bishop of Lucon, was born in Auvergne, March 4, 1639. He founded a’large number of charitable institutions, and died at Paris in April, 1699. He wrote, Statuts Synodaux de Lufon (1681): Ordonnances Synodales du Diocese de Lucon (Paris, 1685): Prones et Ordonnances du Diocese de Lugon (Fontenay, 1693). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. … Continue reading “Barillon, Henri De”