Barlaamites

pl. ( Eccl. Hist.) A religious sect composed of the followers of Barlaam, a native of Calabria, and a monk of the order of St. Basil; who, in the controversy between the Greek and Latin churches, after supporting the cause of the latter, became an advocate of the former. He brought a complaint before the Patriarch of Constantinople, against the tenets of the Hesy chista, or "Quietists," the name given to the monks of Mount Athos. The cause was tried, and the monks acquitted, in 1337. In 1339, Barlaam was the Emperor's amba ador to the Pope, at Avignon, for a union of the two churches. The old controversy was afterwards renewed, and to such a pitch did it proceed, that a council was held at Constantinople, 11th June, 1341, in which the monks, with Palamos at their head, were victorious. The B. were condemned by subsequent councils, and Barlaam himself is said to have once more joined the Latins. He D. about 1348. Bar'le-Duc, or BAR-SUR-ORNAIN, a town of France, cap. of dep. of Meuse, on the Ornain, 128 m. E. of Paris. In one of the churches is the celebrated monument of René de Châlons, Prince of Orange, by Richier, pupil of Michael Angelo. - Manf . Yarn, cotton stuffs, hosiery, . Its confitures de groseilles are highly esteemed. Pop . 16,414.