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Balustrade is a range of small balusters supporting a coping or cornice, and forming a parapet or enclosure. Balustrum, a name sometimes applied to the chancel- rails, or cancelli (q.v.) Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Baluster (corruptly banister and ballaster) is a small pillar usually made circular, and swelling in the middle or towards the bottom (entasis), commonly used in a balustrade. A wide baluster-shaft occurs in the Romanesque styles of the 11th and 12th centuries in England and elsewhere. These have evidently been turned in a lathe in many … Continue reading “Baluster”

Balue, John De La a French cardinal, principal minister of Louis XI, was born about 1421 at Verdun. His father, a miller according to one authority, a shoemaker or tailor according to others, was made lord of the burgh of Angle, in Poitou, where Balue appears to have spent his early years. Having entered the … Continue reading “Balue, John De La”

Balue, Jean A French cardinal, b. probably c. 1421, in Poitou; d. 5 October, 1491, at Ripatransone (March of Ancona). He has been frequently, but erroneously, called “de la Balue”. He was graduated as licentiate in law about 1457, and at an early date entered the ecclesiastical state. He became so intimate with Jacques Juvénal … Continue reading “Balue, Jean”

Baltzer, Johann Baptist one of the most promi. nent Roman Catholic theologians of Germany in the 19th century, was born July 16, 1803, at Andernach on the Rhine. He studied at Bonn under Hermes, graduating in 1827; was ordained as priest, in 1829 at Cologne, made doctor of divinity in 1830, and appointed ordinary professor … Continue reading “Baltzer, Johann Baptist”

Baltzer, Adolf a German Protestant theologian, was born May 16, 1817, at Berlin, where he studied theology, which he continued at Halle. In 1845 he came to the United States, and commenced his labors in the state of Missouri. In 1849 he was called as pastor of St. Paul’s to St. Louis, but in the … Continue reading “Baltzer, Adolf”

Baltus, Jean Francois a Jesuit, born at Metz, June 8th, 1667. He became a Jesuit in 1682, and in 1717 was called to Rome to examine the books written by the members of his company. Returning to France, he was, in succession, rector of several colleges of his order, and died at Rheims, librarian of … Continue reading “Baltus, Jean Francois”

Baltus, Jean Franccedil;ois Theologian, born at Metz, 8 June, 1667; died at Reims, 9 March, 1743. He entered the Society of Jesus, 21 November, 1682, taught humanities at Dijon, rhetoric at Pont-à-Mousson, Scripture, Hebrew, and theology at Strasburg, where he was also rector of the university. In 1717, he was general censor of books at … Continue reading “Baltus, Jean Franccedil;ois”

Baltimore, Provincial Councils of These councils have a unique importance for the Church in the United States, inasmuch as the earlier ones legislated for practically the whole territory of the Republic, and furnished moreover a norm for all the later provincial councils of the country. This article touches on only those parts of the legislation … Continue reading “Baltimore, Provincial Councils of”

Baltimore, Plenary Councils of While the ecclesiastical province of Baltimore comprised the whole territory of the American Republic, the provincial councils held in that city sufficed for the church government of the country. When, however, several ecclesiastical provinces had been formed, plenary councils became a necessity for the fostering of common discipline. As a consequence, … Continue reading “Baltimore, Plenary Councils of”