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BAAL Lord,1. In the Old Testament denotes an idol of the Phoenicians, and particularly of the Tyrians, whose worship was also introduced with great solemnities among the Hebrews, and especially at Samaria, along with that of Astarte, Jdg 6:25-32 2Ki 10:18,28 . See ASHTORETH, plural ASH’TAROTH. The plural, Baalim, signifies images or statues of Baal, … Continue reading “Baal”

Baainah (Hebrews Baanak’, , another form of the name Baani [q.v.]; Sept. .), the name of four men. 1. One of the two sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, captains of bands in Saul’s army, who assassinated Ishbosheth (2Sa 4:2); for which murder they were slain by David, and their mutilated bodies hung up over the … Continue reading “Baainah”

Baail-berith (Hebrews Ba’al Berith’, covenant-lord; Sept. v. r. Jdg 9:4)is the name of a god worshipped by the people of Shechem (Jdg 8:33), who, on account of the signification of the name, has been compared to the of the Greeks, and the Latin Deus Fidius. Bochart and Creuzer think that this name means God of … Continue reading “Baail-berith”

Baader, Tobias a Bavarian sculptor, lived in the latter half of the 17th century. He executed several works for the churches and convents of his native country. Chief among them we notice, Christ on the Cross, with his Mother: The Virgin with the Infant Jesus: and a Madonna, designed for the Church of the Hospital … Continue reading “Baader, Tobias”

Baader, Johann Michael a German painter, was born in 1736. He studied at Paris in 1759, and in 1788 went to Eichstadt, his native city, to serve as painter to the bishop of that place. He painted pictures of home life and also historical subjects, among others The Daughter of Jephthah. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. … Continue reading “Baader, Johann Michael”

Baader, Franz Xaver von German philosopher, born at Munich, 1765; died at the same place, 23 May, 1841. I. The idealistic stream of German philosophy which started with Kant and culminated, in two divergent branches, in Hegel and Schopenhauer, encountered on the one side an opposing current of empirical realism setting back from Herbart, and … Continue reading “Baader, Franz Xaver Von”

Ba Ria, Viet Nam, diocese of Founded on 22 November 2005; its first bishop of Thomas Nguyn Van Trm. Suffragen of the archdiocese of Thnh-Ph H Ch Minh. See also Catholic-Hierarchy.Org New Catholic Dictionary Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

B.A. = Order of Basilians of Aleppo of the Melkites Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Ba (the soul), in Egyptian mythology, was one of the five component parts of the human being. SEE KAH, KHA, KHABA, etc. It was represented as. a human-headed bird, often with a cross in its claws. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological … Continue reading “Ba”

B. = beatus (blessed) = Clerics Regular of Saint Paul; Barnabites Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Azzur (Hebrews Azzur’, and , helper), the name of three men. SEE AZOR. 1. (Sept. .) The father of Hananiah of Gibeon, which latter was the prophet who falsely encouraged King Zedekiah against the Babylonians (Jer 28:1, where the name is Anglicized Azur). B.C. ante 595. 2. (Sept. v. r. ) The father of Jaazaniah, … Continue reading “Azzur”