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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14 THE WARD CATHOLIC TAKES ON A NEW MEANING Catholic Church as we know it today took on its own form of the Apostles creed. and added‚ "Baptism for the remission of sin". Many changes are to take place within the Roman Catholic Church. Catholic Church as we know it today took on its own form of the Apostles creed. and added‚ "Baptism for the remission of sin". This is one of the steps that starts to leads them from the cardinal doctrines of the Bible. The Roman Catholic Church developed many
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The Catholic Church Submitted to Prof. Merle D. Valbuena English Dept.‚ CASS MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology By Stephen John S. Brillantes March 2005 Thesis Statement: The Roman Catholic Church and the past and the present of strengthened Christianity. I. Introduction II. Organization and Structure a. The Bishop b. The Clergy c. The Pope d. The Cardinal e. The Curia f. The Eastern Rite Churches III. Distinctive Doctrines a. The Bible b. The Traditions of the Church
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The Waldensians are a Christian branch of the early Roman Catholic Church that were founded in the late 1170s by Waldo of Lyons (also called Valdes). However‚ some people do believe the group predates Waldo‚ and only gained popularity while fleeing from prosecution to France. Their official symbol is that of a candle set on top of a bible‚ with the slogan “Lux Lucet in Tenebris” or “A light shining in the darkness.” Waldo was a wealthy merchant who gave away all his money and land to start preaching
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practices‚ including baptism of believers by immersion only‚ the separation of Church and state‚ and the autonomy of the local church. The Baptists are important for their emphasis on these and other beliefs and for their numbers. The history of the Baptist Church is traced to the early days of the Protestant Reformation-specifically‚ the division of the Reformation. John Smyth and Thomas Helwys founded the first Baptist church on Dutch soil at Amsterdam in 1609. Smyth returned to England and there in
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The Council of Trent (Latin: Concilium Tridentinum) was the 15th-century Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church. It is considered to be one of the Church’s most important[1] councils. It convened in Trent (then capital of the Prince-Bishopric of Trent‚ inside the Holy Roman Empire‚ now in modern Italy) between December 13‚ 1545‚ and December 4‚ 1563 in twenty-five sessions for three periods. Council fathers met for the first through eighth sessions in Trent (1545-1547)‚ and for the ninth
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1. What was the Reformation? The Reformation was the separation of the Church in England and the Roman Catholic Church. The authority before the Reformation was solely held by the Pope and the Prodestants didn’t feel that the Catholic Church could define Christian practices in the way they should be a the time and the Bible wasn’t translated to the people in ways that it was intended. 2. What were the key theological points of the Reformation? The key theological points of the Reformation were that
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and presently there are around 508‚000 Catholics in New Zealand‚ which is approximately twelve percent of the whole population. Since the arrival of the first Catholic settlers in the 1820’s‚ the number of Catholics in New Zealand has been rapidly increasing‚ and if this trend continues Catholicism will most likely be the biggest faith in the next New Zealand census. There are a diverse range of age and ethnicities represented in the New Zealand Catholic population. Catholicism is expressed throughout
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The Catholic Church The Church -from the Latin word “ecclesia” and from the Greek word “ek- kalein” which means convocation or assembly -It designates assembly of the people for the religious purpose. -In Christian usage‚ the word “church” The Church in God’s Plan -God the Father created the whole universe‚ and chose to raise up men to share in his own divine life. -God created the world for the sake of communion with his divine life‚ a communion brought about by the convocation of men
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One of the most widely accepted timeframes for the Middle ages extends from the end of the Western Roman Empire in the year 476 A.D.‚ up until the beginning of the Renaissance in the 15th century. However‚ the Middle Ages can be broken into three different parts for the purpose of this expository paper: Early Middles Ages‚ The High Middle Ages‚ and the Late Middle Ages. Each of these periods are characterized by the historical events that shaped Europe‚ but Western Europe and more specifically‚
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