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Jesus, Society of

(Encyclopedia)Jesus, Society of, religious order of the Roman Catholic Church. Its members are called Jesuits. St. Ignatius of Loyola, its founder, named it Compañia de Jesús [Span.,=(military) company of Jesus];...

Jesus (Jesus Christ)

(Encyclopedia)Jesus or Jesus Christ jēˈzəs krīst, jēˈzəz [key], 1st-century Jewish teacher and prophet in whom Christians have traditionally seen the Messiah [Heb.,=annointed one, whence Christ from the Gree...

Agrapha of Jesus

(Encyclopedia)Agrapha of Jesus ăgˈrəfə [key] [gr.,=unwritten], sayings attributed to Jesus not found in the canonical Gospels, but found elsewhere in the New Testament, the Apocryphal Gospels, the early Fathers...

Little Flower of Jesus

(Encyclopedia)Little Flower of Jesus: see Theresa, Saint (Theresa of the Child Jesus). ...

Jesus Christ

(Encyclopedia)Jesus Christ: see Jesus.

Jesus Island

(Encyclopedia)Jesus Island or Île-Jésus, Que., Canada: see Laval. ...

Jesus Justus

(Encyclopedia)Jesus Justus: see Jesus (2.) ...

Île Jésus

(Encyclopedia)Île Jésus, Que., Canada: see Laval. ...

Bar-jesus

(Encyclopedia)Bar-jesus ĕlˈĭmăs [key], in the New Testament, Jewish sorcerer at Paphos who tried to divert a prospective Christian convert and was cursed with blindness. ...

Friends, Religious Society of

(Encyclopedia)Friends, Religious Society of, religious body originating in England in the middle of the 17th cent. under George Fox. The members are commonly called Quakers, originally a term of derision. The org...