Hadrian, Saint
Article on this martyr, who died in about 306.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07105a.htm

Hyderabad-Deccan, Diocese of
Hyderabad, also called Bhagnagar, and Fakhunda Bunyad, capital of the Nizam's dominions, was founded in 1589, by Mohammed Kuli, King of Golconda.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07592b.htm

Hymnody and Hymnology
Hymnody means exactly "hymn song", but as the hymn-singer as well as the hymn-poet are included under (hymnodos), so we also include under hymnody the hymnal verse or religious lyric. Hymnology is the science of hymnody or the historico-philogical investigation and aesthetic estimation of hymns and hymn writers.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07596a.htm

Humbert of Romans
Fifth Dominican master general. (1194-1277)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07542a.htm

Hurtado, Caspar
A Spanish Jesuit and theologian, b. at Mondejar, New Castle, in 1575; d. at Alcalá, 5 August, 1647.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07583b.htm

Hyrtl, Joseph
Austrian anatomist, b. at Eisenstadt in Hungary, December 7, 1810; d. 17 July, 1894, on his estate near Vienna.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07611b.htm

Hypocrisy
The pretension to qualities which one does not possess, or, more cognately to the scope of this article, the putting forward of a false appearance of virtue or religion.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07610a.htm

Homoousion
The word used by the Council of Nicaea (325) to express the Divinity of Christ.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07449a.htm

Haceldama
The name given by the people to the potter's field, purchased with the price of the treason of Judas.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07103b.htm

Hussites
The followers of Jan Hus did not of themselves assume the name of Hussites. Like Hus, they believed their creed to be truly Catholic; in papal and conciliar documents they appear as Wycliffites, although Hus and even Jerome of Prague are also named as their leaders.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07585a.htm

Hospice
During the early centuries of Christianity the hospice was a shelter for the sick, the poor, the orphans, the old, the travellers and the needy of every kind.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07475b.htm

Hyssop
A plant which is referred to in a few passages of Holy Writ, and which cannot be identified with certainty at the present day.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07612a.htm

Hope
The desire of something together with the expectation of obtaining it.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07465b.htm

Hurter
Several members of this family detailed.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07583c.htm

Hergenröther, Joseph
Church historian and canonist, first Cardinal-Prefect of the Vatican Archives, b. at Würzburg, 15 Sept., 1824; d. at Mehrerau (Bodensee), 3 Oct., 1890.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07262a.htm

Haiti
An island of the Greater Antilles.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07114a.htm

Humeral Veil
The name given to a cloth of rectangular shape about 8 ft. long and 1 1/2 ft. wide.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07542b.htm

Habington, William
Poet and historian; born at Hindlip, Worcestershire, 1605; died 1654; son of Thomas Habington the antiquarian.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07099a.htm

Holy Humility of Mary, Sisters of the
Founded at Dommartin-sous-Amance, France, in 1855, by John Joseph Begel (b. 5 April, 1817; d. 23 Jan., 1884), pastor of the two villages of Laitre and Dommartin.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07418a.htm

Hussey, Thomas
Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, b. at Ballybogan, Co. Meath, in 1746; d. at Tramore, Co. Waterford, 11 July, 1803.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07590a.htm

Harold Bluetooth
Son of King Gorm the Old of Denmark. (911-986)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07141b.htm

Huysmans, Joris Karl
French novelist. (1848-1907)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07591a.htm

Haggith
One of David's wives (II Kings, iii,4).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07106a.htm

Hair (in Christian Antiquity)
The paintings in the catacombs permit the belief that the early Christians simply followed the fashion of their time. The short hair of the men and the waved tresses of the women were, towards the end of the second century, curled, frizzed with irons, and arranged in tiers, while for women the hair twined about the head forming a high diadem over the brow.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07113a.htm

Holy Childhood, Association of the
A children's association for the benefit of foreign missions.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07399a.htm

Halma, Nicholas
French mathematician; born at Sedan, 31 December, 1755; died at Paris, 4 June, 1828.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07120b.htm

Haberl, Francis Xavier
Music historian. (1840-1910)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16043b.htm

Hahn-Hahn, Ida
Countess, convert and authoress, born 22 June, 1805; died 12 January, 1880.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07109a.htm

Haller, Karl Ludwig von
A professor of constitutional law, b. 1 August, 1768, at Berne, d. 21 May, 1854, at Solothurn, Switzerland.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07119a.htm

Hegesippus, Saint
Second-century writer, opposed Marcionism and Gnosticism.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07194a.htm

Hug, Johann Leonhard
A German Catholic exegete, b. at Constance, 1 June, 1765; d. at Freiburg im Br., 11 March, 1846.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07515a.htm

Holy Name, Feast of the
Formerly the second Sunday after Epiphany, no longer on the Roman Calendar. Article's value is mostly historical. Mentions some of the more beautiful hymns addressed to Jesus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07420a.htm

Hallahan, Margaret
Foundress of the Dominican Congregation of St. Catherine of Siena (third order); b. in London, 23 January, 1803; d. 10 May, 1868.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07118a.htm

Haimhausen, Karl von
German missionary; b. at Munich, of a noble Bavarian family, 28 May, 1692; d. in Chile, 7 April, 1767.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07112a.htm

Hamsted, Adrian
Founder of the sect of Adrianists; born at Dordrecht, 1524; died at Bruges, 1581.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07127a.htm

Hamar, Ancient See of
Located in Norway.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16043c.htm

Hansiz, Markus
Historian, b. at Volkermarkt, Carinthia, Austria, 25 April, 1683; d. at Vienna, 5 September, 1766.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07130b.htm

Halicarnassus
A titular see of Caria, suffragan of Stauropolis.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07117a.htm

Homiliarium
A collection of homilies, or familiar explanations of the Gospels.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07447a.htm

Hardouin, Jean
Jesuit, and historian; b. at Quimper, Brittany, 23 Dec., 1646, son of a bookseller of that town; d. at Paris, 3 Sept., 1729.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07135c.htm

Hôpital, Guillaume-François-Antoine de L'
Marquis de Sainte-Mesme and Comte d'Entremont, French mathematician; b. at Paris, 1661; d. at Paris, 2 February, 1704.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07469a.htm

Herod
Herod was the name of many rulers mentioned in the N.T. and in history. It was known long before the time of the biblical Herods.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07289c.htm

Haydn, Franz Joseph
Famous composer. (1732-1809)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07158b.htm

Hardman, Mary Juliana
Known in religion as Sister Mary; b. 26 April, 1813; d. 24 March, 1884.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07135b.htm

Hanxleden, Johann Ernest
Jesuit missionary in the East Indies: b at Ostercappeln, near Osnabruck, in Hanover, 1681; d. in Malabar, 20 March, 1732.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07131a.htm

Harper, Thomas Morton
Priest, philosopher, theologian and preacher. Born in London 26 Sept., 1821, of Anglican parents, his father being a merchant of good means in the City; d. 29 Aug., 1893.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07141d.htm

Hadrumetum
A titular see of Byzacena.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07105b.htm

Harding, Thomas
Controversialist; b. at Combe Martin, Devon, 1516 d. at Louvain, Sept., 1572.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07135a.htm

Helen of Sköfde, Saint
Biography of the twelfth-century Swedish widow and martyr, killed in perhaps the year 1160.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07203b.htm

Huelgas de Burgos
Founded by Alfonso VIII at the instance of his consort, Doña Leonor of England, about the year 1180.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07512b.htm

Hypostatic Union
A theological term used with reference to the Incarnation to express the revealed truth that in Christ one person subsists in two natures, the Divine and the human.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07610b.htm

Harrison, William
Third and last archpriest of England, b. in Derbyshire in 1553; d. 11 May, 1621.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07143c.htm

Harris, Joel Chandler
Folklorist, novelist, poet, journalist; born at Eatonton, Georgia, U.S.A., 1848; died at Atlanta, Georgia, 3 July, 1908.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07142b.htm

Harrison, James
Priest and martyr; b. in the Diocese of Lichfield, England, date unknown; d. at York, 22 March, 1602.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07143b.htm

Harland, Henry
American novelist. (1861-1905)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16044a.htm

Hanthaler, Chrysostomus
A Cistercian, historical investigator and writer. (1690-1754)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07130c.htm

Haschka, Lorenz Leopold
A poet-author of the Austrian national anthem; b. at Vienna, 1 Sept. 1749, d. there 3 Aug., 1827, was in his youth a member of the Society of Jesus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07147b.htm

Hunter, Sylvester Joseph
English Jesuit priest and educator; b. at Bath, 13 Sept., 1829; d. at Stonyhurst, 20 June, 1896.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07563b.htm

Harrowing of Hell
This is the Old English and Middle English term for the triumphant descent of Christ into hell (or Hades) between the time of His Crucifixion and His Resurrection, when, according to Christian belief, He brought salvation to the souls held captive there since the beginning of the world.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07143d.htm

Harney
William Selby Harney, soldier, convert; b. near Haysboro, Tennessee, U.S.A., 27 August, 1800; d. at St. Louis, Missouri, 9 May, 1889. John Milton Harney, brother of foregoing, b. in Delaware, 9 March, 1789; d. at Somerset, Kentucky, 15 January, 1825.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07140a.htm

Hatred
In general, a vehement aversion entertained by one person for another, or for something more or less identified with that other.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07149b.htm

Habor River
A river of Mesopotamia in Asiatic Turkey, an important eastern affluent of the Euphrates.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07103a.htm

Harrisburg
Diocese in Pennsylvania.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07143a.htm

Hartmann, Georg
Mechanician and physicist; b. at Eckoltsheim, Bavaria, 9 Feb. 1489; d. at Nuremberg, 9 April, 1564.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07146b.htm

Hasak, Vincenz
Historian, b. at Neustadt, near Friedland, Bohemia , 18 July, 1812; d. 1 September, 1889, as dean of Weisskirchlitz, near Teplitz.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07147a.htm

Henry II
Biographical article that focuses on the King of England's constitutional and legal reforms, and his conflict with Thomas Becket.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07220b.htm

Huddleston, John
Monk of the Order of St. Benedict; b. at Farington Hall, Lancashire, 15 April, 1608; exact date of death unknown; buried at London, 13 September, 1698.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07511a.htm

Hagen, Gottfried
Town clerk of Cologne, and author of the Cologne "Reimchronik" (rhymed chronicle); died 1299.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07105d.htm

Hydatius of Lemica
Chronicler and bishop. (d. 468)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07592a.htm

Hauzeur, Mathias
A Franciscan theologian, b. at Verviers, 1589; d. at Liège 12 November, 1676, for many years professor of theology.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07153a.htm

Hauy, Valentin
Founder of the first school for the blind, and known under the name of "Father and Apostle of the Blind". (1745-1822)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07152b.htm

Hatton, Edward Anthony
Dominican, apologist; b. in 1701; d. at Stourton Lodge, near Leeds, Yorkshire, 23 October, 1783.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07150a.htm

Hardee, William J.
Soldier, convert, b. at Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A., 1817, d. at Wytheville, Virginia, 6 Nov., 1873.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07134a.htm

Hardey, Mary Aloysia
Of the Society of the Sacred Heart, who established all the convents of her order, up to the year 1883, in the eastern part of the United States, Canada, and Cuba; b. at Piscataway, Maryland, 1809; d. at Paris, France, 17 June. 1886.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07134b.htm

Haudriettes
A religious congregation founded in Paris early in the fourteenth century by Jeanne, wife of Etienne Haudry, a private secretary of St. Louis, King of France.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07150c.htm

Hymn
A derivative of the Latin hymnus, which comes from the Greek hymnos, derived from hydein, to sing.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07595a.htm

Haydn, Johann Michael
Younger brother of Franz Joseph Haydn. (1737-1806)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07158a.htm

Hassard, John Rose Greene
An editor, historian; b. in New York, U.S.A., 4 September, 1836; d. in that city, 18 April, 1888.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07148a.htm

Havestadt, Bernhard
German Jesuit; b. at Cologne, 27 February, 1714; died at Münster after 1778.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07155a.htm

Hasslacher, Peter
Preacher; b. at Coblenz, 14 August, 1810; d. at Paris, 5 July, 1876.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07149a.htm

Hawarden, Edward
Theologian and controversialist, b. in Lancashire, England, 9 April, 1662; d. in London, 23 April, 1735.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07155b.htm

Holy Name of Jesus
Reverence for the name of Jesus is not optional for believers. Article highlights the Scriptural reasons, and describes some customary ways of showing reverence.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07421a.htm

Holy Sepulchre, Fathers of the
Franciscan Fathers, who with lay brothers keep watch over the Holy Sepulchre and the sanctuaries of the basilica.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07427b.htm

Henry Morse, Saint
English Jesuit who made his novitiate in prison. He was martyred at Tyburn in 1644.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10578a.htm

Hazart, Cornelius
Controversialist, orator, and writer, b. 28 October, 1617, at Oudenarde in the Netherlands; entered the Society of Jesus, 24 Sept., 1634; d. 25 October, 1690, at Antwerp.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07162a.htm

Helena, Saint
The mother of Constantine the Great, she died about 330.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07202b.htm

Hunting, Canons on
From early times, hunting, in one form or another has been forbidden to clerics.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07563c.htm

Hauara
A titular see of Palestina Tertia, suffragan of Petra.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07150b.htm

Hare Indians
A Déné tribe which shares with the Loucheux the distinction of being the northernmost in America, their habitat being immediately south of that of the Eskimos.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07136b.htm

Haspinger, Johann Simon
A Tyrolese priest and patriot; b. at Gries, Tyrol, 28 October, 1776; d. in the imperial palace of Mirabell, Salzburg, 12 January, 1858.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07147c.htm

Heaven
In the Holy Bible the term heaven denotes, in the first place, the blue firmament, or the region of the clouds that pass along the sky. Gen., i, 20, speaks of the birds "under the firmament of heaven". In other passages it denotes the region of the stars that shine in the sky. Furthermore heaven is spoken of as the dwelling of God; for, although God is omnipresent, He manifests Himself in a special manner in the light and grandeur of the firmament.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07170a.htm

Hay, Edmund and John
Edmund Hay, jesuit, and envoy to Mary Queen of Scots, b. 1540?; d. at Rome, 4 Nov., 1591. John Hay, kinsman and contemporary of Edmund, of the family of Hay of Dalgetti; b., 1546; d. at Pont-à-Mousson, 1608; a well-known scholar, professor, and writer.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07157a.htm

Henry Heath, Blessed
Short biography of the English Franciscan, martyred for being a priest. He died in 1643.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07169a.htm

Habacuc (Habakkuk)
Article on the minor prophet of the Old Testament, and his book.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07097a.htm

Holy Family, Congregations of the
Details of various groups by this name.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07407c.htm

Hebrews, Epistle to the
The central thought of the entire Epistle is the doctrine of the Person of Christ and His Divine mediatorial office.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07181a.htm

Hay, George
Bishop and writer, b. at Edinburgh, 24 Aug., 1729; d. at Aquhorties, 18 Oct., 1811.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07157b.htm

Hefele, Karl Joseph von
Bishop of Rottenburg, b. at Unterkochen, Würtemberg, 15 March, 1890; d. at Rottenburg, 5 June, 1893.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07191a.htm

Hardyng, John
An English chronicler; b. 1378; d. about 1460.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07136a.htm

Hauteserre
Antoine Dadin d'Hauteserre, born 1602, died 1682; a distinguished French historian and canonist, dean of the faculty of law at the University of Toulouse. Flavius Hauteserre, younger brother of the above, died about 1670; professor of law at Poitiers.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07151c.htm

Haydock, George Leo
Priest and biblical scholar. (1774-1849)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07160a.htm

Hautefeuille, Jean de
French physicist, b. at Orléans, 20 March, 1647; d. there, 18 October, 1724.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07151b.htm

Hegesippus, The Pseudo-
Fourth-century translator of Josephus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07195a.htm

Herbert of Bosham
A biographer of St. Thomas Becket, dates of birth and death unknown.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07250a.htm

Heart of Jesus, Devotion to the Sacred
Description, spiritual significance, and historical background of devotion to the Sacred Heart.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07163a.htm

Heiligenkreuz
An existing Cistercian monastery in the Wienerwald, eight miles north-west of Baden in Lower Austria.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07198a.htm

Hebrew Bible
As compared with the Latin Vulgate, the Hebrew Bible includes the entire Old Testament with the exception of the seven deuterocanonical books, Tobias, Judith, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch, I and II Machabees, and the deuterocanonical portions of Esther (x, 4 to end) and Daniel (iii, 24-90; xiii; xiv).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07175a.htm

Hegelianism
Article by William Turner, evaluating this school of thought.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07192a.htm

Henry Walpole, Saint
Converted to Catholicism by the death of Edmund Campion. Walpole became a Jesuit priest, and was arrested as soon as he returned to England. He was martyred in 1595.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15540a.htm

Heisterbach
A former Cistercian monastery in the Siebengebirge near the little town of Oberdollendorf in the Archdiocese of Cologne.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07202a.htm

Haeften, Benedict van
Benedictine writer, provost of the Monastery of Afflighem, Belgium; born at Utrecht, 1588; died 31 July, 1648.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07105c.htm

Hedonism
The name given to the group of ethical systems that hold, with various modifications, that feelings of pleasure or happiness are the highest and final aim of conduct; that, consequently those actions which increase the sum of pleasure are thereby constituted right, and, conversely, what increases pain is wrong.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07187a.htm

Heli
Discusses the Old Testament priest, and the New Testament father of Joseph.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07204b.htm

Hearse, Tenebrae
The triangular candlestick used in the Tenebrae service.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07162c.htm

Heinz, Joseph
Swiss painter. (1564-1609)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07201b.htm

Hospital Sisters of the Mercy of Jesus
These sisters are established in religion under the Rule of St. Augustine (q. v.), the institute being dependent on the pope represented by the bishop.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07488a.htm

Heeney, Cornelius
Merchant and philanthropist; b. in King's County, Ireland, 1754; d. at Brooklyn, U.S.A., 3 May, 1848.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07190a.htm

Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem
The most important of all the military orders, both for the extent of its area and for its duration.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07477a.htm

Hebron
An ancient royal city of Chanaan, famous in biblical history, especially at the time of the patriarchs and under David.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07184a.htm

Hail Mary
Analysis of the prayer Ave Maria: origins and development.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07110b.htm

Hairshirt
A garment of rough cloth made from goats' hair and worn in the form of a shirt or as a girdle around the loins, by way of mortification and penance.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07113b.htm

Henry II, Saint
Biography of the German king and Holy Roman Emperor, d. 1024.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07227a.htm

Hughes, John
Fourth bishop and first Archbishop of New York, born at Annaloghan, Co. Tyrone, Ireland, 24 June, 1797 of Patrick Hughes and Margaret McKenna: died in New York, 3 January, 1864.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07516a.htm

Heim, François Joseph
French historical painter, b. near Belfort, 1787, d. in Paris, 1865.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07199b.htm

Howard, Mary, of the Holy Cross
Poor Clare, born 28 December, 1653; died at Rouen, 21 Mary's 1735.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07502b.htm

Hawkins, Sir Henry
Raised to the peerage as Lord Brampton, eminent English lawyer and Judge, b. at Hitchin, Hertfordshire, 14 September, 1817; d. at London, 12 October, 1907.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07156b.htm

Heart of Mary, Devotion to the Immaculate
Description of this devotion, along with its history.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07168a.htm

Hours, Canonical
Essay on the practice of reciting the Divine Office according to set hours.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07500b.htm

Henoch, Book of (Ethiopic)
Introductory article.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01602a.htm

Heilsbronn
Formerly a Cistercian monastery in the Diocese of Eichstatt in Middle Franconia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07198b.htm

Helenopolis
A titular see of Bithynia Prima, suffragan of Prusa.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07204a.htm

Hauy, René-Just
Mineralogist; b. at Saint-Just (Oise), 28 Feb., 1743; d. at Paris, 3 June, 1822.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07152a.htm

Hecker, Isaac Thomas
Missionary, author, founder of the Paulists; b. in New York, 18 December, 1819; d. there, 22 Dec., 1888.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07186a.htm

Hell, Maximilian
Astronomer, b. at Schemnitz in Hungary, 15 May, 1720; d. at Vienna, 14 April, 1792.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07211a.htm

Hengler, Lawrence
Catholic priest and the inventor of the horizontal pendulum, b. at Reichenhofen, Würtemberg, 3 Feb., 1806; d. at Tigerfeld, 1858.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07215b.htm

Heis, Eduard
German astronomer, b. at Cologne, 18 February, 1806; d. at Münster, Westphalia, 30 June, 1877.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07201c.htm

Henry VIII
Lengthy article which concentrates on Henry's break with the Church of Rome.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07222a.htm

Hauréau, Jean-Barthélemy
Historian and publicist; b. at Paris, 1812; d. there, 1896.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07150d.htm

Helmont, Jan Baptista van
Born at Brussels, 1577; died near Vilvorde, 30 December, 1644. This scientist, distinguished in the early annals of chemistry, belonged to a Flemish family.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07212b.htm

Henry III
German king and Holy Roman Emperor. (1017-1056)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07228a.htm

Harlez de Deulin, Charles-Joseph de
A Belgian Orientalist, domestic prelate, canon of the cathedral of Liège, member of the Academic Royale of Belgium; b. at Liège, 21 August, 1832; d. at Louvain, 14 July, 1899.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07138a.htm

Holy Sepulchre, Canonesses Regular of the
Concerning the foundation there is only a tradition connecting it with St. James the Apostle and representing St. Helena as invested with the habit by St. Macanus, Bishop of Jerusalem.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07427a.htm

Hermann of Fritzlar
With this name are connected two works on mysticism written in German.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07267b.htm

Helpers of the Holy Souls, Society of the
A religious order of women founded in Paris, France, 1856, with the object of assisting the Holy Souls, by [Blessed] Eugénie Smet (in religion, Marie de la Providence).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07213a.htm

Holy Infancy, Brothers of the
Founded in 1853 by the Right Rev. John Timon, the first Bishop of Buffalo. The special aim of this congregation is the sanctification of its members and the care of destitute and wayward boys.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07418b.htm

Henoch
The name of the son of Cain (Gen., iv, 17, 18), of a nephew of Abraham (Gen., xxv, 4), of the first-born of Ruben (Gen., xlvi, 9), and of the son of Jared and the father of Mathusala (Gen., v. 18 sq.).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07218a.htm

Hamilton, Ontario, Diocese of
Located in Ontario, Canada; a suffragan of Toronto.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07123a.htm

Helinand
Medieval poet, chronicler, and ecclesiastical writer.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07206a.htm

Halloy, Jean-Baptiste-Julien D'Omalius
Belgian geologist, b. at Liège, Belgium, 16 February, 1783; d. at Brussels, 15 January, 1875.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07120a.htm

Herder
The name of a German firm of publishers and booksellers.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07251c.htm

Henry of Langenstein
Theologian and mathematician; b. about 1325 at the villa of Hainbuch (Hembuche), near Langenstein in Hesse; d. at Vienna, 11 Feb., 1397.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07236b.htm

Holy Family, Archconfraternity of the
This archconfraternity owes its origin to Henri Belletable, an officer in the Engineers' Corps, Liege, Belgium.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07407b.htm

Hierapolis
Titular see of Phrygia Salutaris.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07322b.htm

Henríquez, Enrique
Jesuit theologian, b. at Oporto, 1536; d. at Tivoli, 28 January, 1608.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07220a.htm

Hammer-Purgstall, Joseph, Baron von
A distinguished Austrian Orientalist; b. at Graz, 9 June, 1774; d. at Vienna, 23 November, 1856.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07124a.htm

Henschen, Godfrey
Jesuit, hagiographer; b. at Venray (Limburg), 21 June, 1601; d. at Antwerp, 11 Sept., 1681.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07240a.htm

Heilsbronn, Monk of
This name indicates the unknown author of some small mystical treatises, written about the beginning of the fourteenth century at the Cistercian Abbey of Heilsbronn.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07199a.htm

Hermann of Altach
A medieval historian; b. 1200 or 1201; d. 31 July, 1275.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07267a.htm

Henryson, Robert
Scottish poet, born probably 1420-1430; died about 1500.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07238b.htm

Heraldry, Ecclesiastical
Information on heraldry as it is used in and by the Catholic Church.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07243a.htm

Heereman von Zuydwyk, Freiherr von
Catholic statesman and writer on art, b. 26 Aug., 1832, at Surenburg near Riesenbeck, Westphalia; d. 23 March, 1903, at Berlin.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07190b.htm

Holy Child Jesus, Society of the
Founded in England in 1840 by Mrs. Cornelia Connelly, née Peacock, a native of Philadelphia, U.S.A., who had become a convert to the Catholic Faith in 1835.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07400a.htm

Henry IV
German king and Holy Roman Emperor. (1050-1108)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07230a.htm

Hossche, Sidron de
Poet and priest; born at Mercken, West Flanders, in 1596; died at Tongres in 1653.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07489b.htm

Henten, John
John Henton, Biblical exegete, born 1499 at Nalinnes Belgium; died 10 Oct., 1566.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07241a.htm

Holy Agony, Archconfraternity of
An association for giving special honour to the mental sufferings of Christ during His Agony in the Garden of Gethsemani.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07397c.htm

Henrion, Mathieu-Richard-Auguste
Baron, French magistrate, historian, and journalist; b. at Metz, 19 June, 1805; d. at Aix, September, 1862.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07219b.htm

Hawes, Stephen
Poet; b. in Suffolk about 1474; d. about 1523.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07155c.htm

Hermann of Salza
Fourth Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, descendant of the noble Thuringian house of Salza; b. 1180 at Langensalza in Thuringia; d. 19 March, 1239, at Barletta in Southern Italy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07267d.htm

Hamatha
A titular see of Syria Secunda, suffragan of Apamea.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07120c.htm

Heresy
St. Thomas defines heresy: "a species of infidelity in men who, having professed the faith of Christ, corrupt its dogmas".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07256b.htm

Hermite, Charles
Mathematician, born at Dieuze, Lorraine, 24 December, 1822; d. at Paris, 14 January, 1901;
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07279a.htm

Hermopolis Magna
A titular see of Thebais Prima, suffragan of Antinoe, in Egypt.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07289a.htm

Haito
Bishop of Basle; b. in 763, of a noble family of Swabia; d. 17 March, 836, in the Abbey of Reichenau, on an island in the Lake of Constance.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07115a.htm

Heredity
The offspring tends to resemble, sometimes with extraordinary closeness, the parents.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07254a.htm

Henri de Saint-Ignace
A Carmelite theologian, b. in 1630, at Ath in Hainaut, Belgium; d. in 1719 or 1720, near Liège.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07219a.htm

Hello, Ernest
19th-century French philosopher and essayist. Article by Susan Tracy Otten.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16044b.htm

Herbart and Herbartianism
Article on the life and philosophy of Johann Friedrich Herbart, by Michael Maher.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07248a.htm

Hermann of Minden
Provincial of the German province of Dominicans; b. at or near Minden on an unknown date; d. shortly after 1294.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07267c.htm

Hermits
Also called anchorites, men who fled the society of their fellow-men to dwell alone in retirement.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07280a.htm

Heart of Mary, Congregations of
Details on several congregations under this name.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07167a.htm

Herbert of Lea, Lady Elizabeth
English authoress and philanthropist. (1822-1911)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16044c.htm

Heroic Virtue
St. Augustine first applied the pagan title of hero to the Christian martyrs.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07292c.htm

Henry Suso, Blessed
Biography of this German Dominican mystic, d. 1366.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07238c.htm

Hypsistarians
A distinct Jewish-pagan sect which flourished from about 200 B.C. to about A.D. 400, mostly in Asia Minor (Cappadocia Bithynia, Pontus) and on the South Russian coasts of the Euxine Sea.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07611a.htm

Hermeneutics
Derived from a Greek word connected with the name of the god Hermes, the reputed messenger and interpreter of the gods.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07271a.htm

Herodias
Wife of Herod Philip, and mistress of Herod Antipas.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07292a.htm

Henry of Kalkar
Carthusian writer, b. at Kalkar in the Duchy of Cleves in 1328; d. at Cologne, 20 December, 1408.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07236a.htm

Heortology
The science of sacred festivals, embracing the principles of their origin, significance, and historical development, with reference to epochs or incidents in the Christian year.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07241b.htm

Hierapolis
Titular Archdiocese, metropolis of the Province of Euphrates, in the Patriarchate of Antioch.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07322a.htm

Hermann I
Landgrave of Thuringia (1190-1217), famous as a patron of medieval German poets.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07265b.htm

Herdtrich, Christian Wolfgang
An Austrian Jesuit missionary in China; born at Graz, Styria, 25 June, 1625; d. 18 July, 1684.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07253a.htm

Hewett, John
English martyr; son of William Hewett of York; date of birth unknown; executed at Mile End Green, 6 October, 1588.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07309a.htm

Hermes, George
Joseph Schulte's treatment of this German religious thinker.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07276c.htm

Henoticon
The unsuccessful law made by the Emperor Zeno in order to conciliate Catholics and Monophysites.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07218b.htm

Hermopolis Parva
A titular see of Ægyptus Prima, suffragan of Alexandria.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07289b.htm

Hierarchy of the Early Church
The word hierarchy is used here to denote the three grades of bishop, priest, and deacon (ministri).
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07326a.htm

Husenbeth, Frederick Charles
Writer and editor, born at Bristol, 30 May, 1796; died at Cossey, Norfolk, 31 October, 1872.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07589a.htm

Hermann Contractus
Chronicler, mathematician, and poet. (1013-1054)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07266a.htm

Huntington, Jedediah Vincent
Clergyman, novelist; born 20 January, 1815, in New York City; died 10 March, 1862, at Pau, France.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07564a.htm

Humphrey Middlemore, Blessed
English Carthusian priest and martyr, was executed in 1535 for unwillingness to take the oath of supremacy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07544a.htm

Hingston, Sir William Hales
Canadian physician and surgeon, b. at Hinchinbrook near Huntingdon, Quebec, June 29, 1829; d. at Montreal, 19 February, 1907.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07359a.htm

Haymo
Benedictine bishop. (d. 853)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07160b.htm

Hilarius of Sexten
Moral theologian. (1839-1900)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07348a.htm

Henríquez, Crisóstomo
A Cistercian of the Spanish Congregation; b. at Madrid, 1594; d. 23 December, 1632, at Louvain.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07219c.htm

Higden, Ranulf
Benedictine chronicler. (d. 1364)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07346a.htm

Hidalgo, Miguel
Mexican patriot. (1753-1811)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16045a.htm

Holy Faith, Sisters of the
Founded at Dublin, in 1857, by Margaret Aylward, under the direction of Rev. John Gowan, C.M., for the care of Catholic orphans.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07407a.htm

Hieronymites
In the fourth century, certain Roman ladies, following St. Paula, embraced the religious life in Bethlehem, putting themselves under the direction of St. Jerome, who had founded a monastery in that city.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07345a.htm

Hendrick, Thomas Augustine
Twenty-second Bishop of Cebú, Philippine Islands, b. at Penn Yan, New York, U.S.A., 29 Oct., 1849; d. at Cebú, 29 Nov., 1909.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07215a.htm

Hillel
Short essay on the Jewish rabbi and philosopher.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07354c.htm

Hippolytus, Saints
Several mentions of a saint or saints named Hippolytus occur in the Roman Martyrology. Some must be identified with Hippolytus of Rome, but at least one (a "Greek martyr") cannot possibly be the same person as the Roman presbyter.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07362a.htm

Habit
Habit is an effect of repeated acts and an aptitude to reproduce them, and may be defined as "a quality difficult to change, whereby an agent whose nature it is to work one way or another indeterminately, is disposed easily and readily at will to follow this or that particular line of action".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07099b.htm

Hewit, Augustine Francis
Priest and second Superior General of the Institute of St. Paul the Apostle. (1820-1897)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07309b.htm

Hinderer, Roman
A German missionary in China, born at Reiningen, near Mülhausen, in Alsace, 21 Sept., 1668; died 24 Aug., 1744.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07358a.htm

Hinduism
The conglomeration of religious beliefs and practices existing in India that have grown out of ancient Brahminism.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07358b.htm

Hippo Regius
Titular see of Numidia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07360b.htm

Hierarchy
This word has been used to denote the totality of ruling powers in the Church, ever since the time of the Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagita (sixth century), who consecrated the expression in his works, "The Celestial Hierarchy" and "The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy".
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07322c.htm

Hervetus, Gentian
French theologian and controversialist; b. at Olivet, near Orléans, in 1499; d. at Reims, 12 September, 1584.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07298a.htm

Heptarchy
By the term heptarchy is understood that complexus of seven kingdoms, into which, roughly speaking, Anglo-Saxon Britain was divided for nearly three centuries, until