How Did Peter Influence The Church
Peter was born May 8, 1521 in Holland.. In the 1500’s the Roman Catholic Church was all powerful in Western Europe. There were no other choices. The Catholic Church was very controlling and protected its position amongst the society. Anybody who was willing to have gone against the Catholic Church was labelled a heretic and burnt at the stake. There was no other way. The Catholic Church did not tolerate anyone going against its doctrine. Anyone who expressed an interest in going against the teachings of the Catholic Church were considered soft and a sign of weakness. This weakness could be exploited and the church was not tolerant of this.
Peter was educated at the University of Cologne. He got his master degree at age 19. He taught …show more content…
What was a simple errand in our day, was dangerous in the sixteenth century. The first messenger who tried to carry the decrees through territory of hostile Protestants and vicious thieves was robbed of the precious documents. Rome needed someone brave and someone above belief. They chose Peter Canisius. At 43 he was a well known Jesuit who had founded colleges that even Protestants respected. They gave him a cover as official "visitor" of Jesuit foundations. Peter could not hide the decrees like today in secret computers or hard drives. He had Peter traveled from Rome and crossed Germany successfully. He was loaded down with the Tridentine tomes, 250 pages each, and the three sacks of books he took along for his own university. For a half-century Jesuit Father Peter Canisius led the Catholic Reformation in Austria, Bavaria, and Bohemia. For that reason he is reckoned an apostle to Germany. With great energy he preached and taught in parishes, reformed and founded universities, wrote many books including popular catechisms, restored lapsed Catholics, converted Protestants, preached retreats, and found time to care for the sick. In his last thirty years traveling more than twenty thousand miles on foot or horseback, St. Peter Canisius spearheaded the renewal of the Catholic faith in southern
Peter was educated at the University of Cologne. He got his master degree at age 19. He taught …show more content…
What was a simple errand in our day, was dangerous in the sixteenth century. The first messenger who tried to carry the decrees through territory of hostile Protestants and vicious thieves was robbed of the precious documents. Rome needed someone brave and someone above belief. They chose Peter Canisius. At 43 he was a well known Jesuit who had founded colleges that even Protestants respected. They gave him a cover as official "visitor" of Jesuit foundations. Peter could not hide the decrees like today in secret computers or hard drives. He had Peter traveled from Rome and crossed Germany successfully. He was loaded down with the Tridentine tomes, 250 pages each, and the three sacks of books he took along for his own university. For a half-century Jesuit Father Peter Canisius led the Catholic Reformation in Austria, Bavaria, and Bohemia. For that reason he is reckoned an apostle to Germany. With great energy he preached and taught in parishes, reformed and founded universities, wrote many books including popular catechisms, restored lapsed Catholics, converted Protestants, preached retreats, and found time to care for the sick. In his last thirty years traveling more than twenty thousand miles on foot or horseback, St. Peter Canisius spearheaded the renewal of the Catholic faith in southern