Saxons. As he conquered‚ he converted them to Christianity by threatening to kill them. Pope Hadrian then asked for his help in the south‚ calling on Charles to deliver him from the Lombards. Charles obliged and quickly compelled the Lombard king to retire to a monastery. He took the crown in 774‚ and now ruled over much of what is modern Italy. During an Easter visit to Rome that year he was greeted by the pope with the words; "Behold another Constantine‚ who has risen in our times.” His triumph
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CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING * is a body of doctrine developed by the Catholic Church on matters of poverty and wealth‚ economics‚ social organization and the role of the state. Its foundations are widely considered to have been laid by Pope Leo XIII’s 1891 encyclical letter Rerum Novarum‚ which advocated economic Distributism and condemned both Capitalism and Socialism‚ although its roots can be traced to the writings of Catholic thinkers such as St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Augustine of Hippo‚ and
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A Thomasian Accountant Viewpoint Reaction on the Article “Is Thomistic Philosophy Relevant in Seminary Formation?” Cl. Marc Will R. Lim‚ SDB It gives me hard time to react on an article written by someone whom I perceived belongs to the rule makers‚ standard bearers and theory setters. Having graduated from a Pontifical University run by Dominicans and with a degree afar from the course which subjects everything to critical reflection‚ I found myself on the verge of completely adhering. But
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The veneration of icons had been banned by Emperor Leo III because he suspected Christians as executing Idolatry among religious matters but he died in AD 741 but the iconoclasm hasn’t been stopped there because it was continued by his successors especially his son Constantine V‚ In 754 Constantine summoned the Council of Hieria in which some 330 to 340 bishops participated and which was the first church council to concern itself primarily with religious imagery. Constantine seems to have been closely
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St. John Vianney Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney St. John Vianney original name is Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney. He was born May 8‚ 1786 in the French town of Dardilly‚ and was baptized the same day. His parents are Matthieu Vianney and Marie Beluze. They had six children ‚of whom John was the fourth. His family were devout Catholics. They helped the poor and gave hospitality to St. Benedict Joseph Labre (he was passing through Dardilly on his pilgrimage to Rome). In 1790‚ during the French
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peninsula instead of one single uprising. Another reason for the failings were due to the Pope (Pope Pius IX) refusing to bless the Italian army before battle. This caused great angry for the republicans and weakened morale and the self-confidence of the Italian army. Many republicans condemned the Pope as a traitor to his own people. The Pope became very bitter and implacable enemy of Italian nationalism. Pope Pius then called on powers to help liberate Rome from the ‘Godless republicans’ who have
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Doğaç Hüseyin KUTLU Professor Metin TOPRAK 3. Class Evening 090112062 December 21‚ 2012 Ideas of Alexander Pope in Essay On Criticism 1. Introduction to Age of Enlightenment & Essay on Criticism The Age of Enlightenment was a widespread literary and intellectual movement took place in Europe and England. This age encouraged intellectual freedom as well as freedom from prejudice‚ religious beliefs‚ and politics. In that age‚ Neoclassical Movement which on literature and
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Interpretation of “Doreen Pope” by M. Loudon The text under analysis “Doreen Pope” is a type of publicistic writing‚ feature article. The author M. Loudon managed to make this text informative and entertaining for the reader. The article concentrates on an interesting theme. The theme of the article is about the role of a teacher in the system of education in GB. The author embodies the theme into incomparable character. The story reveals the image of ideal teacher. M. Loudon convinces us of the
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Pope Francis: The Peoples Pope The Catholic Church has a rocky history. From the Spanish Inquisition and the Crusades‚ to sex and money abuse scandals. The Church‚ with such a dark past‚ needed to have a beacon of light to bring it out of its dark history. 2013 marked a landmark in church history. It saw Pope Benedict XVI resign‚ the first Pope to do so since 1415. Following in the steps of this trend of new‚ the Church also saw its first South American Pope. Pope Francis has ushered in a new era
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visions of God‚ telling her that soon she would be welcomed to heaven and to keep strong in her faith here on earth. In the year 1250‚ Alice died‚ finally receiving the peace she had been awaiting for more than half of her life. In the year 1907 Pope Pius X canonized Alice as a saint. Her feast day is celebrated on June 15th. Alice is the Patron Saint of Those Suffering of Paralysis and Blindness. I am considering choosing St. Alice as my patron saint because she was brave‚ courageous‚ and graceful
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