New Catholic Dictionary: B

NEW CATHOLIC DICTIONARY
B. BB. B.A. B.C. B.C.L. B.D. B.F.C.C. B.G.S. B.Se. B.T. B.U.J. B.V. B.V.M. Ba Ria, Viet Nam, diocese of Baal Baale Baalim Baaloth Babine Indians Babinet, Jacques Babism Babylon Babylonia Babylonian Captivity Bacchus, Saint bachelor Bacon, Nathaniel Bacon, Roger Badin, Stephen Theodore Baegert, Johann Jakob Baeumer, Suitbert Baffa Bagamoyo, East Africa, vicariate apostolic of Baggio, Anselmo Baghdad, Mesopotamia (Iraq), archdiocese of Baglivi, Giorgio Bahamas Bahia Bahr-el-Gazal, Sudanese Africa, vicariate apostolic of Bahr-el-Gebel, Central Africa, prefecture apostolic of Baie-Comeau, Quebec, diocese of Baithen Mor Baithen, Saint Baius, Michel Baker, David Augustine Baker, Francis Asbury Baker City, Oregon, diocese of Balaam Balbina, Saint Balboa, Vasco Nunez de Balbulus, Notker, Blessed baldachinum Baldassare Cossa Balde, Jakob Baldinucci, Anthony, Blessed Baldred, Saint Baldwin of Canterbury Ball and the Cross, The Ballarat, Australia, diocese of Ballerini, Antonio Ballerini, Girolamo Ballerini, Pietro balm Balmes, Jaime Luciano balsam Baltasar Baltimore Catechism Baltimore, Maryland, archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland, city of Baluze, Etienne Balzano, Bernhard Bamberg, Germany, city of Bamberg, Germany, diocese of bambino Bancroft, George banderole Bandinelli, Orlando Bañez, Domingo Bangor Abbey Bangor Antiphonary Bangor, Carnarvonshire, North Wales, diocese of Bangor, Use of Bangweolo, Northern Rhodesia, vicariate apostolic of Banim, John Banim, Michael Banmaw, Myanmar, diocese of banner banns Banta Maria, Augustin a Bantes Pagnino Baphomet Bapst, John Baptism Baptism, adult Baptism, Ceremonies of Baptism, Clinical Baptism, conditional Baptism, lay Baptism, private baptismal font baptismal grace baptismal name baptismal vows Baptist Union Baptist, John the, Saint Baptist, Peter, Saint baptistery Baptistines Baptists Baptists, Free Will Baptists, Hard Shell Baptists, Old School Baptists, Primitive Baptists, Regular Bar Convent Bar-Hebraeus Barabbas Baraga, Frederic Barat, Madeleine Sophie, Saint Barbara, Saint Barbarossa, Frederick Barbary States Barbelin, Felix Joseph Barber Family Barber, Chloe Barber, Daniel Barber, Virgil Barberi, Domenico Barbour, John Barcelona, Eulalia of, Saint Barcena, Alonzo de Barclay, William Bardic Schools in Ireland Bardsey Bardstown, Kentucky, diocese of Bari, Nicholas of, Saint Barjesus bark, Jesuit's bark, Peruvian Barlaam and Josaphat Barnabas, Saint Barnabites Barnaba Oriani Barnabo da Terni barocco style barocyclonometer barometer Baron, Bonaventura Baronius, Cesare Barrande, Joachim Barron, Edward Barrow, Isaac Barry, Gerald de Barry, John Bartholomaeus Anglicus Bartholomew Bartholomew Parvus Bartholomew the Little Bartholomew, Saint Bartolome Casaus Bartolome de Las Casas Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari Colomba Bartolomeo Dias Bartolomeo Eustachius Bartolomeo Platina Bartolommeo di Pagholo del Fattorino Bartolommeo Gavantus Bartolommeo, Fra Barton, Elizabeth Baruch Baruch, Book of Barzana, Alonzo de Bascio, Matteo of Basel, Confession of Basel, Council of Basil the Great, Saint Basilian Rule Basilians basilica Basilica, Ambrosian Basilica, Saint Peter's Basilides, Saint basilisk basin, ecclesiastical use of Bassein, India Bassett, Joshua Basutoland, vicariate apostolic of Bath Abbey Bath and Wells, diocese of Bathery, India, diocese of Bathilde, Saint Bathurst, Australia, diocese of Batiffol, Pierre Baton Rouge, Louisiana, diocese of Battandier, Albert Battle Abbey Baumgartner, Alexander Baumgartner, Gallus Jacob Bavaria Bay, Michel de Bayard, Chevalier de Bayer, Adele Bayer, Johann Baylon, Pascal, Saint Bayma, Joseph Bazzi, Giovanni Antonio beadle beads at prayer, use of beadsman bear Bearchan, Saint beard Bearded, George the Beardsley, Aubrey Vincent bearer, cross Beata Nobis Gaudia Beate Pastor Petre, clemens accipe Beatific Vision beatification beatitude beatitude of heaven beatitudes Beatitudes, Mount of Beaton, David Beaton, James (i) Beaton, James (ii) Beatrice Beatrix, Saint Beatus, Saint Beaufort, Henry Plantagenet Beaufort, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Pierre Roger de Beaulieu Beauly Beaumont College Beaumont, Leonce Elie de Beaumont, Texas, diocese of Beauteous Light of God's Eternal Majesty, The Beautiful Gate, The beauty Beccaria, Giovanni Battista Beccus, John Beche, John, Blessed Becquerel, Antoine César Becquerel, Antoine Henri bede Bede College bede house bede-roll Bede, The Venerable bedel bedell bedesman Bedford, Gunning Samuel Bedingfield, Sir Henry Bedini, Cajetan Bedlam bee beehive Beelphegor Beelzebub Beer, Oswald Beersheba bees Beethoven, Ludwig van Befana Beghards Begin, Louis Nazaire Beguines Behaim, Martin Behaviorism behemoth Behmen, Jakob Behminists Behold the Blessed Morning being Belasyse, John, Baron belfry Belgian College Belgian Congo Belgium Belial belief Belili Belize, vicariate apostolic of Belize City-Belmopan, diocese of bell-cot bell, altar bell, book, and candle Bell, Charles bell, curfew bell, passing Bella dum late furerent, et urbes Bellarmine Jug Bellarmine, Robert, Saint Bellary, India Bellasis, Edward Belle Guerin Belleville, Illinois, diocese of Bellini, Gentile Bellini, Giovanni Belloc, Elizabeth Rayner Parkes bells bells, blessing of	Belmont Abbey Belmont, Francois Vachon de Belmont, North Carolina, abbey nullius of belomancy Beltran, Luis, Saint bema bench, communion Benedetti, Jacopo Benedetto Gaetani Benedicamus Domino Benedicite, The Benedict I, Pope Benedict II, Saint, Pope Benedict III, Pope Benedict IV, Pope Benedict V, Pope Benedict VI, Pope Benedict VII, Pope Benedict VIII, Pope Benedict IX, Pope Benedict X anti-pope Benedict XI, Blessed, Pope Benedict XII, Pope Benedict XIII, Pope Benedict XIII, anti-pope Benedict XIV, Pope Benedict XIV, antipope Benedict XV, Pope Benedict Biscop, Saint Benedict Joseph Fenwick Benedict Joseph Flaget Benedict Joseph Labre, Saint Benedict of Aniane, Saint Benedict of Nursia, Saint Benedict of San Philadelphio, Saint Benedict Sestini Benedict the Moor, Saint Benedict, Medal of Saint Benedictbeurn Abbey Benedicti, Jacopo Benedictine Order Benedictines benediction Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament Benediction with Ciborium benedictional Benedictus, The benefice Benefices, Collation of Benefit of Clergy Benemerenti Medals Benevento benevolence Bengy, Anatole de Benignus, Saint Benin Coast, vicariate apostolic of Benincasa, Ursula, Venerable Benizi, Philip, Saint Benjamin Benjamin Sands Benjamin Thompson Benjamin, Tribe of Benno, Saint Benoit, Michel Benson, Robert Hugh Benthamism Bentivoglio, Annetta Bentley, John Francis Benvenuto Cellini Benziger, Joseph Charles bequests, charitable Berach, Saint Berard of Carbio, Saint Berchmans, John, Saint Bere, Richard, Blessed Berengarius of Tours Bergerac, Peace of Berlin, Germany, archdiocese of Berlin, Germany, city of Bermondsey Bermudas Bernabe Cobo Bernadette Soubirous, Blessed Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint Bernard of Menthon, Saint Bernard, Claude - physiologist Bernard, Claude - priest Bernardine of Feltre, Blessed Bernardine of Siena, Saint Bernardino de Sahagun Bernardino di Betto di Biagio Pinturicchio Berhard Bolzano Bernard, Father Bernardo O'Higgins Bernardo Paganelli Bernardo Pignatelli Bernhard Balzano Bernini, Giovanni Lorenzo Berno Bersabee Berthold Berthold Schwarz Bérulle, Pierre de Berzelius, Johan Jacob Beschi, Costanzo Giuseppe Besford Court Hospital Bessarion, Johannes Besse, Jean Martial Léon Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm bestiaries bestiary Bethania Bethany Bethel Bethlehem Bethlehem, of Noblest Cities Bethlehemites Bethphage Bethsabee Bethsaida betrothal betting Beuno, Saint Beuron Beverley, John of, Saint Bewcastle Cross Bhutan Biard, Pierre Bibiana, Saint Bible and the Popes, The Bible commentaries Bible in Public Schools Bible of the Poor Bible Reading by Laity Bible Societies Bible, Books of the Bible, Concordances of the Bible, Douay Bible, Editions of the Bible, Egypt in the Bible, Hebrew Bible, Luther's Bible, Names of the Bible, Study of the Bible, Use of the Bibles, chained Bibles, Picture Bibles, polyglot Bibles, rhymed Biblia Pauperum Biblical accommodation Biblical Chronology Biblical Commission Biblical criticism Biblical genealogies Biblical Institute at Rome, The Biblical Institute of Jerusalem, The Biblical introduction bibliomancy Bibliothecarius, Anastasius Bickell, Gustav Bickerstaffe-Drew, Francis bidding-prayer Biel, Gabriel Bielski, Marcin bier bigamy bigot Bill of Rights Billiart, Julie, Blessed Billuart, Charles René bilocation Biloxi, Mississippi, diocese of bination Binding and Loosing Binet, Jacques Philippe Marie biogenesis biology Biondo, Flavio Biot, Jean Baptiste biretta birds in symbolism Birgitta, Saint Birinus, Saint Birmingham, Alabama, diocese of Birmingham, England, archdiocese of Birmingham, England, city of Birt, Dom Henry Norbert birth control birth, defect of Bisbane, Sir Thomas Makdougall Bischof, Karl Gustav Biscop, Benedict, Saint bishop Bishop of Rome Bishop of the Camp bishop, army bishop, auxiliary bishop, boy Bishop, Consecration of a bishop, Methodist bishop, titular Bishop, William Bishops and Regulars, Congregation of Bismarck, North Dakota, diocese of Bismarck, Otto Eduard Leopold von Blaan, Saint black black fast Black Friars black letter Black Saturday Black Scapular of the Passion Black, Ewald the, Saint Blackwell, George Blairs College Blaise Pascal Blaise, Saint Blanche of Castile Blanchet, Augustin Magloire Blanchet, Francois Norbert Blandina, Saint Blane, Saint Blantyre, Malawi, archdiocese of Blasius, François Louis blasphemy Blathmac, Saint Blemmida, Nicephorus Blessed blessed ashes blessed bread blessed candles blessed cords blessed palms Blessed Sacrament, Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament, Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Little Office of blessing blessing of bells blessing of churches blessing of corner-stone Blessing of New Fire Blessing of Ships Blessing, Apostolic blessing, nuptial Blest Guardian of All Virgin Souls blind, Catholic work for the bliss Blood is the price of Heaven Blood, Precious Bloody Statute Blossom Sunday blue blue laws blue vestments BMT board, pax boat boat, incense Bobbio Missal Bobola, Andrew, Blessed Boccadipecora, Teobaldo Body and the Eagles, The Body of Christ, Feast of the body, purity of body, relation of soul and body, resurrection of Boehme, Jakob Boerhaave, Hermann Boggiani, Pio Boggiani, Tommaso Bogomili Bogota, Colombia Bohemia, Agnes of, Blessed Bohemian College Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas Boise, Idaho, diocese of Boisgelin, Jean de Dieu Raymond de Cucé de Boisil, Saint Bokenham, Osbern Bolivia Bollandists Bologna, Catherine of, Saint Bologna, Italy Bologna, University of Bolshevism Bolzano, Bernhard Bombay, archdiocese of Bona Mors Confraternity, The Bona, Giovanni Bonaparte, Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaventura Baron Bonaventure Giffard Bonaventure, Saint Bondone, Giotto di bones, human Boni Homines Bonibarone, Elias Boniface I, Saint, Pope Boniface II, Pope Boniface III, Pope Boniface IV, Saint, Pope Boniface V, Pope Boniface VI, Pope Boniface VII, anti-pope Boniface VIII, Pope	Boniface IX, Pope Boniface Franco Boniface of Querfurt, Saint Boniface, Saint martyr Boniface, Saint missionary Bonnard, John Louis, Blessed Bonner, Edmund Bonusbaro, Elias bonze book Book of Advertisements Book of Aggeus Book of Armagh Book of Baruch Book of Common Prayer Book of Concord Book of Esther Book of Habacuc Book of Haggai Book of Habakkuk Book of Hosea Book of Hours Book of Job Book of Joel Book of Jonas Book of Josue Book of Judges Book of Judith Book of Kells Book of Life Book of Martyrs, Foxe's Book of Nahum Book of Osee Book of Proverbs Book of Psalms Book of Revelation Book of Ruth Book of the Dead Book of the Sentences Books of Chronicles Books of Kings Books of the Bible Books, Caroline Books, Censors of books, liturgical books, sapiential Books, Sibylline Booth Taylor Bordone, Paris Bore, Eugene Borgia, Francis, Saint Borie, Pierre Rose Ursule Dumoulin, Blessed Borromeo, Charles, Saint Borromeo, Federico Borrus, Christopher Bosco, Don, Saint Bosco, John, Saint Boscovich, Ruggiero Giuseppe Bosjemans Boso Bosom, Abraham's Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne Boston College Boston, Massachusetts, city of Boston, Massachusetts, archdiocese of botany Botolph, Saint Botticelli, Sandro Botuid, Saint Botuidus, Saint Botulph, Saint Botwid, Saint Botwinus, Saint Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, diocese of Bouguereau, Guillaume Adolphe Bouguereau, William Adolphe Bouillon, Godfrey of bountifulness bounty Bourdaloue, Louis Bourdin, Maurice Bourgeoys, Marguerite, Saint Bourget, College Bouvet, Joachim Bowden, Henry Sebastian bowing Bowyer, Sir George boy-bishop Boy Scouts Boyce, John boycott Boyle Abbey Boyle, Robert boys, altar Bracan, Saint Bracton, Henry de Brady, William Maziere Braganza, Catharine of Brahe, Tycho Brahma Brahmanism Braille, Louis Bramante, Donato branch Branch Sunday Branch Theory branch, just Brandenburg, Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Albert of Branley, Edward brasses, memorial brasses, monumental Bratton, Henry de Brayers, Jacques Brazil Bread of Life bread, altar bread, blessed Bread, Breaking of bread, daily bread, liturgical use of Breaking of Bread Breakspear, Nicholas breast, striking of the breastplate Brébeuf College Brechin Bremen Brenach, Saint Brendan, Saint Brentwood, England, diocese of Brescia, Arnold of Brescia, Fortunato of Bressani, Francesco Giuseppe Brest, Union of Brethren Brethren Church Brethren of the Common Life Brethren of the Lord Brethren, Church of Brethren, Exclusive Brethren, Open Brethren, Plymouth Brethren, Plymouth I Brethren, Plymouth II Brethren, Plymouth III Brethren, Plymouth IV Brethren, Plymouth V Brethren, Plymouth VI Brethren, River Brethren, Unity of breviary Breviary, Aberdeen Brewster, David Briant, Alexander, Blessed bribery Bride of Christ Bridge, Milvian bridge-building brotherhood bridegroom Bridegroom and the Wedding Guests Bridget of Ireland, Saint Bridget of Sweden, Saint Bridgett, Thomas Edward Bridgewater, John Bridgeport, Connecticut, diocese of brief Brief Life Is Here Our Portion Brieuc, Saint Brigid, Saint Brigittines Brindisi, Lawrence of, Saint Brinkley, Stephen Brioc, Saint Briocus, Saint Brisbane, Australia, archdiocese of Brisson, Louis Alexander Alphonse Bristol British Empire British Guiana British Honduras Brittany, Pardons of Britto, John de, Blessed bro. Broad Church Party Broccan, Saint Brochan, Saint Brogan, Saint Broglie, Auguste Theodore Paul Broglie, Jacques Victor Albert Broglie, Maurice Jean de Broken Hill, prefecture apostolic of Brook of Cedron Brook of Kidron Brooklyn, New York, diocese of Broome, Australia, diocese of Brother Ignatius brotherhood brotherhood, bridge-building Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God Brothers of Charity Brothers of Christ general Brothers of Christ Christadelphians Brothers of Christian Instruction of Ploëmel Brothers of Christian Instruction of Saint Gabriel, Congregation of the Brothers of Our Lady of the Fields Brothers of Saint Gabriel Brothers of Saint Joseph Brothers of Saint Patrick Brothers of the Christian Schools of Ireland Brothers of the Cross of Jesus Brothers of the Holy Ghost Brothers of the Holy Infancy and Youth of Jesus Brothers of the Sacred Heart brothers, lay Brothers, Patrician Brothers, Penitent Browne, Charles Farrar Brownism Brownists Brownson, Orestes Augustus Brownsville, Texas, diocese of Bru, Saint Bruges, Belgium Brun of Querfurt, Saint Brunelleschi, Filippo Brunellesco, Filippo Brunetiere, Ferdinand Brunforte, Ugolino Bruno, Giordano Bruno, Saint 925-965 Bruno, Saint 1030-1101 Bruno of Querfurt, Saint Brussels, Belgium Bruté, Simon Gabriel Bucer, Martin Buckfast Abbey buckler Buckler, Reginald Buckley, Sir Patrick Alphonsus Budapest Buddha Buddhism Bude, Guillaume Budkiewicz, Constantine Buea, Camaroon, diocese of Buenaventura Sitjar Buenos Aires, Argentina Buffalo, New York, city of Buffalo, New York, diocese of Buglio, Louis Builder, Parable of the builder's rule Buisson de Saint-Côme, Jean François Bujumbura, Burundi, archdiocese of Bukoba, vicariate apostolic of Bulgaria bull bull-fight bull, papal Bullion, Angélique Buoncompagni, Ugo Burchard, Saint Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Burgos, Spain burial, ecclesiastical Burke, Thomas Nicholas Burlington, Vermont, diocese of Burnand, Sir Francis Cowley Burnett, Peter Hardeman burning bush Buonarroti, Michelangelo Burgoa, Francisco bursary burse Bursfeld, abbey of Bury Saint Edmunds, abbey Busembaum, Hermann Bushmen bush, burning buskins Buston, Thomas Stephen butcher's knife Bute, John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Buteux, Jacques Butler's Catechism Butler, Alban Butler, Charles buttress Butzer, Martin Buxar, India, diocese of By Mary's Inspiration Led By the Crib Wherein Reposing By the Favor of the Apostolic See by the grace of God and favor of the Apostolic See bye altar Byrd, William Byrne, William Byzantine architecture Byzantine art Byzantine Empire Byzantine Rite catholic Byzantine Rite orthodox