not to permit Christ to come out‚ but to enable the disciples to go in. ~ Peter Marshall We live and die; Christ died and lived! ~ John Stott Do not abandon yourselves to despair: We are the Easter people‚ and Hallelujah is our song. ~ Pope John Paul II Christ has not only spoken to us by his life but has also spoken for us by his death. ~ Soren Kierkegaard If Christ has not been raised‚ our preaching is useless and so is your faith. ~ 1 Corinthians 15:14 Jesus did not die on the cross
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Mother Teresa’s life since she became a nun‚ she was working with people. Mother Teresa served the poorest of the poor for over 45 years. Thanks to Mother Teresa‚ now there are many places for the homeless‚ poor‚ the unwanted‚ and lots more. Pope John Paul II said “ Mother Teresa marked the history of our century with courage. She served all human beings by promoting their dignity and respect‚ and made those who had been defeated by life feel the tenderness of God.” Mother Teresa is my role
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Anna Ganser Period 6 THE GREAT SCHISM BETWEEN ROME AND CONSTANTINOPLE The schism between the Roman Catholics and the Orthodox Christians was mainly caused by heresy‚ in which the Orthodox Patriarchs deposed Pope Nicholas in 867 CE‚ the difference in language also caused controversy over the unity of one church so the Orthodox requested that there be two patriarchs‚ also when the Roman Church separated itself by the pretensions and became a monarchy without any further consultations from the Greeks
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country but she was doing it all over the world. This shows the extreme love she showed towards others. Her extreme love for others was not to be forgotten as we still remember her today 14 years + after her death. Also she was beatified by Pope John Paul II and given the title blessed Teresa of Calcutta. Beatified comes from the Latin word Beatus meaning blessed. It is the recognition accorded by the catholic church of a dead person’s entrance into heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals
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the understanding of the faith community. Through Divine Revelation the knowledge of God that we can only get when God helps us. These include Sacred Scripture. Other examples include Sacred Scripture and the Sacred Tradition. Blessed Pope John Paul II said that faith should not fear reason. What he meant that both faith and reason are needed to help us know and become closer to God. On or the other is not enough‚ because both of them are limited in this world. The statement was necessary
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Human Dignity; Call to Participation; Rights and Duties of the Human person and Promotion of Peace in reference to the current Alive O religious education programme. Human Dignity is at the core of all Christian teaching- according to the Vatican II Ecclesiology‚ “The Church is a sign and a safeguard of the dignity of the human person‚” in that the human person is sacred‚ constructed in the image and likeness of God‚ thus to work for social justice and human dignity is a deeply religious act.
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pastoral challenge and our response. It’s just the first part of it I find so in tune with what our readings are today. In this fourth part of the pastoral‚ we start off -- the bishops who wrote this recalling the first encyclical letter that John Paul II wrote after he became the bishop of Rome. In that letter‚ he says‚ "Membership in that body" talking about the body of the church "has for its source a particular call‚ united with the saving action of grace. Therefore‚ if we wish to keep this in mind
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split between the Avignon popes and the Vatican popes‚ and this conflict led to questions in papal authority and hostilities between the two factions‚ one supporting the Avignon popes and one supporting the Vatican popes. The Great Schism was a split in the Church between the two factions of the Avignon popes and the Italian popes. Many events lead up to the schism. One of which was the fact that there was fighting going on in Italy when Clement V was selected as the new pope‚ so instead
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Today Pope Francis gave five addresses in less than 10 hours. In his final day in Rio de Janeiro for World Youth Day‚ he did not disappoint. He is known for his crisp‚ clear and emphatic words‚ spoken in down-to-earth language (sometimes even making new words‚ but that’s a story for another day). What follows are the words he spoke to the youth of the world today‚ often shouting them out and using his hands to make his point. The youth responded with equal emotion. But these words aren’t solely
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Before the Second Vatican Council‚ the Catholic Church was regarded as having a relatively negative view towards other religions in the world. This idea came from a teaching by Saint Cyprian of Carthage in the third century and was widely followed since then until the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s. He used the Latin phrase‚ “Extra ecclesiam nulla salus‚” which translates to‚ “Outside the Church there is no salvation.” He wrote this in a letter that was sent during a time of question about
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