Throughout history a people’s hopes have enabled them to triumph against all odds. The militiamen of colonial America were able to protect their independence from the British‚ who at the time had the largest‚ most powerful military in the world. In more recent years‚ the passengers of a commercial airliner included in the 9/11 tragedy were able to crash their plane before it reached its unknown‚ but surely‚ life-devastating destination. These were ordinary people were able to overtake armed‚ savagely
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Christopher Kolibab Mr. Schum R201/R202 17 February 2017 St. Robert Bellarmine The astounding St. Robert Bellarmine was gifted us with his faith between the 16th and 17th centuries. From Pope Benedict XV‚ he earned the title “hammer of heresies” for his style of teaching doctrine‚ zealous attitude‚ and polemic works. Most famously‚ St. Bellarmine authored‚ “Disputations about Controversies of the Christian Faith against Heretics of this Age” in which he protected the most crucial of Church faiths
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Why was Galileo so condemned when he held the correct view of the universe? Essentially Galileo was condemned for questioning the accepted‚ traditional explanation of the universe as supported by the Catholic Church at the time. Not only was Protestantism dealing heavy religious and political blows to the Church’s dominance in Europe‚ so to was an increasingly questioning scientific community of which Galileo seemed to be the most vocal combatant. Whilst he certainly didn’t question God’s involvement
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Chapter I INTRODUCTION Project Context As major technologies for recording and processing information have been invented‚ new capabilities have appeared just like the fast development of system software. System software are mostly used this days which abandoned the manual way of processing data specially on office‚ through the use of computer and other technologies. It causes revolutionary change in many fields‚ schools and especially offices abandoned the traditional manual system of processing
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Selfness is a virtue of humanity and generosity is an offshot of selfness. It is the virtue of bringing a smile onto other peoples faces. For the most part‚ it is good to be generous. In the Prince‚ Machiavelli argues that there are boundaries on when and to what extend a prince should be generous before his people take advantage of him or are no longer satisfied with his generosity and expect more from him. Through his text and my understanding of Machiavelli perspective on generosity you will be
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A Thomasian Accountant Viewpoint Reaction on the Article “Is Thomistic Philosophy Relevant in Seminary Formation?” Cl. Marc Will R. Lim‚ SDB It gives me hard time to react on an article written by someone whom I perceived belongs to the rule makers‚ standard bearers and theory setters. Having graduated from a Pontifical University run by Dominicans and with a degree afar from the course which subjects everything to critical reflection‚ I found myself on the verge of completely adhering. But
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Augustus’ rule restored morale in Rome after a century of discord and corruption and ushered in the famous pax Romana–two full centuries of peace and prosperity. He instituted various social reforms‚ won numerous military victories and allowed Roman literature‚ art‚ architecture and religion to flourish. Augustus ruled for 56 years‚ supported by his great army and by a growing cult of devotion to the emperor. When he died‚ the Senate elevated Augustus to the status of a god‚ beginning a long-running
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Marcus Cocceius Nerva‚ was a roman emperor who ruled from 96 to 98 A.D. He was born on November 8th in the year 30 A.D in Navia‚ Umbria. He was descended from a family of senatorial origins‚ having history with the previous emperors. Nerva’s great grandfather was consul during the year 36 B.C‚ and Governor of Asia in the same year. Nerva’s mother was the great granddaughter of Tiberius‚ therefore he had connections to the Julio- Claudian line. Nerva did not seek to hold any military or public
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consequently‚ he was adopted by his grandfather who was a relative of the Roman emperor Hadrian. Hadrian adored Marcus‚ and when he chose his heir‚ Antoninus Pius‚ he requested that Antoninus adopt Marcus and Lucius Verus as sons. During his childhood Marcus was educated by famous teachers‚ and he showed skill in philosophy. He gained power as Antoninus’ successor and became emperor in 161 CE. He ruled with his brother‚ Lucis Versus‚ until Lucis died in 169. At that time he became the sole ruler
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How the Eucharist was understood by the early Church following First Apology of St. Justin Martyr (Cap. 66-67: PG 63-72) on the Eucharist . Introduction St. Justin Martyr was born in born at Flavia Neapolis (Nablus) about A.D. 100. He is one of the most famous apologists‚ that is to say one who defends in writing the Christian religion against the attacks and misconceptions of the pagans . As early as the second century St. Justin Martyr was converted at the age of 30. In his writing describes
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