Catholic Dictionary
Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations). Based on Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
Browsing by the letter 'B'
- B. SC.
- B., BB., B1.
- B.A.
- B.C.
- B.C.L.
- B.D.
- B.F.
- B.P.
- B.T.
- B.U.J.
- B.V.
- B.V.
- B.V.M.
- BABEL, TOWER OF
- BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY
- BAD EXAMPLE
- BAD FAITH
- BAIANISM
- BALAAM
- BALDACHINO
- BALM, BALSAM
- BALSAM
- BALTIMORE CATECHISM
- BALTIMORE, COUNCILS OF
- BAMBINO
- BANNEUX
- BANNEZIANISM
- BANNS
- BAPTISM
- BAPTISM OF BLOOD
- BAPTISM OF DESIRE
- BAPTISM OF MARTYRDOM
- BAPTISM, MATTER AND FORM
- BAPTISMAL COVENANT
- BAPTISMAL FONT
- BAPTISMAL GRACES
- BAPTISMAL NAME
- BAPTISMAL REGISTER
- BAPTISMAL VOWS
- BAPTISTERY
- BAPTISTS
- BAR.
- BARABBAS
- BAR-JONAH
- BARNABAS
- BARNABITES
- BAROQUE
- BARRETTINI
- BARSABBAS
- BARTHOLOMEW
- BARTIMAEUS
- BARUCH
- BASIL, RULE OF SAINT
- BASILIANS
- BASILICA
- BASILICA OF ST. PETER
- BASIN (ecclesiastical)
- BATH-SHEBA
- BEADLE
- BEADS
- BEARD
- BEATA VIRGO MARIA
- BEATI POSSIDENTES
- BEATIFIC VISION
- BEATIFICATION
- BEATITUDE
- BEATITUDES
- BEATTY PAPYRI
- BEAUPRÉ, ST. ANNE DE
- BEAURAING (shrine)
- BEAUTY
- BECOMING
- BEEHIVE
- BEELZEBUL (also Baalzebub, Beelzebub)
- BEFORE CHRIST (B.C.)
- BEGHARDS
- BEGUINES
- BEHAVIOR
- BEING
- BEING IN TIME
- BEL
- BELIAL
- BELIEF
- BELL-BOOK-CANDLE
- BELLS
- BELLS. BLESSING OF
- BEN
- BEN SIRA, BEN SIRACH
- BEN., BD.
- BENE ESSE
- BENE PLACITO
- BENEDICITE
- BENEDICT, RULE OF
- BENEDICTINES
- BENEDICTION OF THE BLESSED SAC- RAMENT
- BENEDICTUS
- BENEDICTUS DEUS
- BENEFICE
- BENEMERENTI AWARD
- BENEVOL
- BENEVOLENCE
- BENIGNITY
- BENJAMIN
- BEQUEST
- BERENGARIANISM
- BERGSONIANISM
- BERNARDINES
- BESTIALITY
- BETH
- BETHANY
- BETHEL
- BETHLEHEM
- BETROTHAL
- BETTING
- BIBLE
- BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
- BIBLICAL COMMISSION
- BIBLICAL THEOLOGY
- BIBLICISM
- BIBLIOMANCY
- BIDDING PRAYER
- BIGAMY
- BIGOTRY
- BILOCATION
- BINATION
- BIOCIDE
- BIOETHICS
- BIOGENESIS
- BIORHYTHM
- BIRETTA
- BIRITUALISM
- BIRTH CONTROL
- BIRTHDAY
- BISHOP
- BLACK
- BLACK FAST
- BLACK MADONNA, THE
- BLACK MAGIC (animism)
- BLACK SCAPULAR
- BLASPHEMOUS
- BLASPHEMY
- BLESSED
- BLESSED BREAD
- BLESSED SACRAMENT
- BLESSED TRINITY, SCAPULAR
- BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
- BLESSING
- BLISS
- BLONDELIANISM
- BLOOD OF ST. JANUARIUS
- BLUE
- BLUE ARMY
- BLUE LAWS
- BLUE SCAPULAR
- BOAT
- BOAZ
- BODILY IMMORTALITY
- BODILY RESURRECTION
- BODMER CODEX
- BODY
- BODY OF THE CHURCH
- BOGOMILES
- BOLLANDISTS
- BOLSHEVISM
- BONA FIDE
- BONARIA, OUR LADY OF
- BOND
- BOOK
- BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
- BOOK OF KELLS
- BOOK OF LIFE
- BORN AGAIN
- BORROW
- BOYCOTT
- BP
- BRAIN DEATH
- BRANCH THEORY
- BREAD (liturgical use)
- BREAD (symbolic)
- BREAKING OF THE HOST
- BREASTPLATE OF ST. PATRICK
- BREECHES BIBLE
- BREVIARY
- BRIBERY
- BRIDE OF CHRIST
- BRIEF
- BRIGITTINES
- BRO
- BROAD INTERPRETATION
- BROAD MENTAL RESERVATION
- BROTHER
- BROTHERS
- BROTHERS' INSTITUTES
- BROWN SCAPULAR
- BRUGES
- BUGIA
- BULL, PAPAL
- BULLARIUM
- BURIAL, CHRISTIAN
- BURSE
- BUSKINS
- BYZANTINE RITE
