Introduction Any body without a rule‚ a guide or law is doomed to chaos‚ anarchy‚ and disharmony. Any group without a guiding principle will be more disorganized than organized. A people without a distinguishing mark will surely be buried in the sand of time. They will suffer extinction wrought about by their irrelevance which is the consequence of the absence of laws and hence‚ absence of a pattern of behavior. The church is both organized and relevant. It follows then that she must have a law
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References: 1 “The Creed – The Apostolic Faith in Contemporary Theology‚” Marthaler‚ Berard L.‚ Twenty Third Publications‚ © 2007‚ pgs. 268-272. 2 http://www.essortment.com/all/cannonzationbib_rbnd.htm 3 "canon." Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House‚ Inc. 13 Apr. 2008. Dictionary
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Robene Caracta 4-IT-A Reflection Familiaris Consortio Familiaris Consortio means "On the Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World". It is an Apostolic Exhortation given by Pope John-Paul II on the 22nd of November‚ 1981 and is mainly about the family‚ the married couple‚ the children‚ parenting. In today’s society it is easy to lose sight of what marriage is‚ it is often rushed and have been based on materialistic things and the social stature an individual such as wealth‚ appearance
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held secret for 40 years. In the process of reopening the case‚ journalist Jerry Mitchell and teacher Barry Bradford uncovered his real name.[2] The opening scenes of the movie were some of the most harrowing ever seen in any film of the 1980s. An Apostolic church was the first building seen in the film‚ ablaze with the Ku Klux Klan calling card - a wooden cross -
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of personal religious beliefs or practices. Nowadays‚ there are many popular forms and denominations of Christianity beside Roman Catholicism. Although the Catholic Church continues to teach that it alone has carried on the true tradition of the apostolic church and follows the holy curriculum of the Christ. The Second Vatican Council declared all other Christians who follows any other Christian denominations which are also called " Baptized Christians " to be in a certain ‚ although imperfect ‚ communion
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promoted Catholic publications and founded an academy of St Michael for artist and literary persons. In Cuba‚ he also tried to uplift the general population in founding a school of agriculture in‚ but he did not succeed. However‚ he did found the Apostolic Institute of Mary Immaculate. His efforts made a huge deal of hostility. That is precisely why we ask in the Opening Prayer that we may “work generously for God’s kingdom and gain our brothers and sisters for Christ.” In the Office of Readings
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his pontificate three theological virtues which are faith‚ hope and love that is linked to the Year of Faith. Faith enables us to recognize Christ. Without faith‚ we cannot love Him as we love others. As written in Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s Apostolic Letter ‘Porto Fidei’‚ we‚ Christians‚ take faith for granted because we are more concerned with the impending consequences of the social‚ cultural and political aspects of life that we think faith is just a mere manifested assumption. Personally
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Benedict XI appoineted him as the Italian President of the Society of the Propagation of the Faith in 1921 (Society 1). The goal of the society was to help missionaries through prayer and alm giving (Society 1). He was prometed again in 1925 as Apostolic Vistor to Bulgaria‚ this also made him eligible to be concecrated a bishop (Pope 1). The motto he chose was
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casino -works: “Rule of St. Benedict” legacy: popularized monasticism -humility and hospitality -lectio divinia-divine office Eastern Orthodox Spirituality: ~Orthodox Tradition: -meaning: correct/right belief -2nd largest denomination -apostolic authority -great schism KEYS: -The way of the Heart- Jesus Prayer The Deification of Humanity Divine Liturgy-liturgical worship Center of orthodox spirituality Icons Deification: idea that we are Gods‚ in process of becoming theosis
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Event: The Italian Renaissance begins Cause People like Petrarch who were obsessed with ancient Greece and ancient Rome; felt that the middle age was a “Dark age”‚ so they recovered the Latin text such as some of Cicero’s work. Fall of Constantinople‚ which Greeks scholars fled to Italy with Ancients texts. Plato’s work was translated in Latin. Another cause is humanism which is the prominent works of Greek‚ Roman‚ and biblical literature. Petrarch is called “The father of humanism”. The Printing
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