Jesuits are the Society of Jesus‚ a Roman Catholic order of priests and brothers founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola. After being seriously wounded in the Battle in 1521‚ he underwent a spiritual conversion while in recovery from his injuries to leave his military life and devote himself to labor for God‚ following the example of Francis of Assisi. Between 1524 and 1537‚ Ignatius studied theology and Latin in at university in Spain and then in Paris. Ignatius emerged as a religious leader during
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The glory that was Greece‚" in the words of Edgar Allan Poe‚ was short-lived and confined to a very small geographic area. Yet it has influenced the growth of Western civilization far out of proportion to its size and duration. The Greece that Poe praised was primarily Athens during its golden age in the 5th century BC. The English poet John Milton called Athens "the eye of Greece‚ mother of arts and eloquence." Athens was the city-state in which the arts‚ philosophy‚ and democracy flourished. At
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“Arabs‚ came armed with Islam as a force of conquest. Caliphs lead a caliphate beginning in the holy lands and continued on Westward towards Morocco‚ South through Northern Africa and North towards Europe. Spain had a good deal of Muslim influence until Catholics later forced them out. However‚ Islam yielded the Arabs power for less than one hundred years The golden
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Saxony‚ a thousand years of Catholic unity are about to be undone. Martin Luther‚ an Augustan monk and professor of theology at Wittenberg University has written his 95 Thesis which within weeks will spread all across the Holy Roman Empire and beyond. Of all the trials that had faced the Catholic Church over the last two centuries‚ none was more damaging then the Reformation. Faced with the spreading support of Lutheranism by the people and princes of the Empire‚ the Church required an overhaul unheard
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the face of the church. At the same time‚ as we confess our sins let us forgive the faults committed by others towards us.” Pope John Paul II On March 12‚ the first Sunday of Lent‚ John Paul II will publicly ask the Lord’s forgiveness for past and present faults of the children of the Church. Interestingly‚ when I heard this I am really surprise how the Catholic top religious leader admittedly and reflective in behalf of his leadership to sin committed by the Catholic Church in the service
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the Catholic Church but also the legitimacy of the institution entire. Up to the sixteenth century‚ Catholicism was the dominant form of Christianity in all of Christendom (Christian world). Other Christian sects existed such as the Coptic Church in North Africa and Orthodoxy in Eastern Europe‚ but none had the power and authority held by the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church wielded total spiritual authority over Europe at this time‚ as well as holding temporal power through its influence on European
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For more than 50 years‚ the cold war grabbed the attention of many of the world’s nations. This happened due to the evident rising powers of the United States and the Soviet Union. Both of them wanted an upper hand on the power influence and hence half the century was spent under conflict and unsettled disputes. Later the Soviet Union broke down and divided into separate republics‚ giving freedom to the West. But this liberation led to uncertainties for the West’s future leadership. Many issues arose
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Western civilization is what is presently called modern or contemporary society that mainly comprises Western Europe and North America. It is believed that civilization came in through the influence of ancient cultures the two main ones being Greek and Roman. The influence by Greece was mainly by their golden age and Rome with its great Empire and Republic. Ancient Rome formed the law code much like the one used in the present time in many countries. The belief that a person is innocent until proven
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CATHOLIC CHURCH VIEWS OF ORDAINING WOMEN Sexism in the Catholic Church In partial fulfillment of the requirement for REL201 Professor Date May 2007 Abstract The purpose of this brief is to provide you with an overview of how the Catholic Church view women being ordained in the church. The views are based on the traditional and doctrinal references that the Catholic religion is based on. The views are from various resources such as the
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Pope Francis said that‚ “The church must speak truthfully and also by her witness: the witness of poverty. If a believer speaks about poverty or the homeless and lives like a pharaoh‚ this is not good.” The Catholic Church consistently teaches about helping the poor and vulnerable but as individuals‚ are people truly acting upon this? In our society‚ homelessness has become a major crisis; it is not only a political‚ economic‚ and social issue but also a moral issue. Through the Scriptures‚ the
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