Reformation of the corrupt Church The Catholic Church we know today has been transformed tremendously over thousands of years and‚ fortunately‚ for the better. Us twenty-first century Catholics would be so appalled if we went back to the sixteenth century and saw how the Church was. There were numerous problems in the Church‚ but during this time no one knew any better because that was what they were taught from birth so they didn’t think any different about it. The Church obviously had to much
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the Catholic Church The Catholic Church had many close encounters of failure in the first 400 years of its being‚ yet it is still standing 2‚000 years later. Jesus said “the gates of hell will never prevail against it”‚ meaning that no matter what‚ the church shall never fall.1 Through the hardships of the Church‚ the Church still stands strong due to the guidance of the Holy Spirit guiding the members of the Church on to the right path. In the first 400 years of the Church‚ the Catholic faith
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Important People and Events in the Formation of the Catholic Church The catholic church has a long and extravagant history that begins itself over two thousand years ago when Jesus died and left behind his “church” to do His work. There have been many key people and events that have shaped the church through its two thousand year‚ roller-coaster history. Secular rulers and religious leaders‚ popes and laity have all played a significant role in this event filled history. In particular‚ Saint Peter
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The Catholic vision for an ideal society is centred on the implications of the faiths three distinctive belief‚ which is Most Holy Trinity‚ Jesus Divinity and Humanity and Jesus Death and Resurrection. This ideal society is based upon the belief in a Triune God‚ a God of love‚ for example Trinitarian love encourages us to have creative redemptive and sanctifying relationships. To be Alter-Christ‚ or Christ like by embarking on a threefold mission‚ which is to be a Priest‚ Prophet and King. Finally
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Physical Suffering: The Medieval Church and Women’s Bodies The common belief among most scholars is that Medieval Christianity was anti body; that they were more focused on their spiritual self‚ and tried to forget their materiality bodies. This belief is supported by the focus on meditation and contemplation and the increase in self-inflicted physical suffering. This is also further supported by the abstractness of their art and how it focuses more on the message than the bodies. I disagree because
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"The Responsibility of a Catholic Citizen in a Free Society” Our first and foremost responsibility is to Christ. We really should go to Mass at least weekly. We should also confess our sins‚ do our penance‚ and take Holy Communion‚ as well as spread the word of God to everyone. Our second responsibility as good Catholic citizens in a free society is to protect the dignity of the human being at all levels. This comes in different forms. First‚ we are to protect the dignity of human life by opposing
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Religion A Catholic Church Experience Christianity today is one of the dominant religions in the world. Christianity has a variety of beliefs‚ exercises and forms‚ despite the many denominations all have one common belief‚ which is faith in Jesus Christ and that He is our Lord and Savior. I am a strong believer in God and Jesus Christ. I am of the Christian religion and the church I attend in The Bahamas is a non-denominational one. My choice for this class site visit was to attend St. Maximilian
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to be free in expressing his thoughts .He has to be unique and different.Each individual must believe in his \her moral worth. Society has to promote the exercise of one’s goals and desires and so value independence . Each one must have the freedom to oppose external interference upon one’s own interests by society or institutions such as the government. Advanced societies are chiefly concerned with protecting individual freedom against obligations imposed by social institutions .Each one must be
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For my field research and final paper‚ I went to a Catholic church by the name of St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church‚ which is located in Dana point‚ California. In the 1960’s Father Ozias Cook was the pastor of Our lady Fatima in San Clemente. It was from here that the Father gathered people to build a chapel to serve the people of that area (what is now Dana Point). In the early days as the parish was being formed the Baltimore Catechism was taught along with the traditional Prayer. As the
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consequence of wilful disobedience to the law of God” (Catholic Encyclopedia: Evil). Pain can bring about two different ends‚ which depends on how one responds to his suffering‚ the Catholic Church teaches “God is infinitely good and all his works are good. Yet no one can escape the experience of suffering or the evils which seem to be linked to the limitations proper to creatures: and above all to the question of moral evil” (Catechism of The Catholic Church‚ 385). One of the effects of suffering is that
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