(Encyclopedia) NazarethNazarethnăzˈərĭth [key], town (1993 pop. 53,500), N Israel, in Galilee. As the home of Jesus, it is a great pilgrimage and tourist center. Nazareth is also the trade center for…
(Encyclopedia) Jesus or Jesus ChristJesus Christjēˈzəs krīst, jēˈzəz [key], 1st-century Jewish teacher and prophet in whom Christians have traditionally seen the Messiah [Heb.,=annointed one, whence…
(Encyclopedia) Agrapha of JesusAgrapha of Jesusăgˈrəfə [key] [gr.,=unwritten], sayings attributed to Jesus not found in the canonical Gospels, but found elsewhere in the New Testament, the Apocryphal…
(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)…
(Encyclopedia) Bar-jesusBar-jesusbär-jēˈzəs [key], called ElymasElymasĕlˈĭmăs [key], in the New Testament, Jewish sorcerer at Paphos who tried to divert a prospective Christian convert and was cursed…
Jesús T. PIÑERO, a Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico; born in Carolina, P.R., April 16, 1897; attended the grade schools, Colegio Janer (a private school), Baltimore, Md., and the…
