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    Adnu

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    Philippines | Hymn | Ateneo Marching Song | Colors | Blue and gold | Nickname | Golden Knights | Website | www.adnu.edu.ph | | | Ateneo de Naga University (AdNU) or (AdeNU) is a private university in Naga City run by the Society of Jesus. Established in 1940‚ AdNU has been accredited by Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools‚ Colleges and Universities (PAASCU). It was the first university to reach the Level III status of PAASCU in the region. In 1979‚ the college and

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    foot on Japanese soil around 1543; they landed on the small island of Tanegashima off of the coast of Kyushu. At the time‚ Europe was aflame with the fervor of the Counter Reformation‚ and the King of Portugal had recently formed a military Society of Jesus. Around this time the Europeans introduced the gun to the Japanese‚ which would forever change

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    St. Xavier’s Social Service Centre in Nakhipot‚ on the southern outskirts of Kathmandu‚ can accommodate 16 mentally and physically challenged men like Gurung‚ whom society has effectively discarded. Gurung uses a wheelchair to move around the grounds‚ unable to walk due to a spinal problem and leprosy. "Whatever has been happening in my life is God’s will‚" the Hindu man told UCA News on Nov. 13. "This center has given me fresh hope of reuniting with my family‚" said Gurung‚ who comes from Rupandehi

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    Catholic population completely dedicating themselves to their religion. The Jesuits were also very important during the Catholic Counter Reformation. When Ignatius of Loyola decided to dedicate his will to the will of the church‚ he organized the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). The Jesuits are known as the key of the Catholic Reformation. The Jesuits helped educate others and spread the Catholic faith. They sent missionaries abroad and made efforts to reconvert the Protestants. They were eventually able to

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    struggles that the Jesuits faced in converting Tupi Indians to Catholicism. Also the chapter highlights the controversy of unorthodox practices that are used for conversion in Colonial Latin America‚ and the questionable means used to sustain a Jesuit Society and Catholic infrastructures‚ both physically and spiritually‚. From the surface controversy can be attributed to the Jesuits pushing against the Eurocentric ideas of what conversion practices should be like in Colonial Latin America in comparison

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    The Sparrow

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    Christianity has a close relationship with Judaism‚ both historically and theologically. Despite its Jewish origins‚ it was not long before Christianity regarded itself as something other than a new Jewish sect. Christians have criticized Jews for rejecting Jesus as their messiah‚ and Jews have criticized Christians for corrupting the concept of one God and following a false messiah. Within the novel‚ Sofia ’s keeps her religious opinions to herself. Although she does say a few Jewish phrases here and there

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    RETRACTION

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    conduct has been contrary to my quality as a son of the Catholic Church. I believe and profess whatever she teaches and I submit myself to whatever she commands. I abominate Masonry‚ as the enemy that it is of the Church‚ and as a Society prohibited by the Church. The Diocesan Prelate can‚ as the Superior Ecclesiastical authority‚ make public this spontaneous manifestation of mine in order to repair the scandals the my acts have caused and so that God and the people

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    Jose Rizal Reaction Paper

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    Philippines. It covers his life from his childhood to his execution at the hands of the Spanish forces occupying the Philippines in the late 19th century. We are also thrown into the world of Rizal’s novels. So we get a glimpse of how he viewed Filipino society under the Spanish heal. One note‚ this movie is not for the faint of heart. There are graphic depictions of violence and even torture. The opening few scenes depict some episodes from Rizal’s novels. In one a Catholic priest rapes a Filipina.

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    only God’s will could bring this group of people with the perfect combination of knowledge and experience together at the moment when the alien signal was detected. These were the people who‚ with three other Jesuit priests‚ were chosen by the Society of Jesus to travel to the planet‚ using an interstellar vessel made out of a small asteroid. Sandoz tells about how the asteroid flew to the planet Rakhat‚ and how the crew tried to acclimatize themselves to the new world‚ experimenting with eating local

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    a constitution‚ so that everyone would stay good. And in 1556 he would be laid to rest. Ignatius of Loyola was important because‚ he founded the Jesuits‚ that would soon put their focus on education and missionary work. Ignatius founded the Society of Jesus in 1540; these members would soon be known as the Jesuits. The Jesuits were a group of priests that believed education was key to being successful. Ignatius was so high on education that every Jesuit had to be trained to be a scholar and clerics

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