sanctification - a religious ceremony in which something is made holy Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy Eastern Church, Eastern Orthodox, Eastern Or...
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He's not an official Catholic saint yet, but in October the Church beatified Nazi resister Franz Jagerstatter at the cathedral in Linz, Austria--thus taking the second of three steps toward official canonization or sainthood.As writer and activist Jeanie Wylie said, "We smile to think of the...
We have not a complete command over our mind and our heart. We cannot wholly prevent the intrusions of certain thoughts and feelings. Sometimes indeed they take such forcible possession of us that without perceiving it, we are led to pursue in spirit the thought or design that thus presents ...
Just as revelations of massive abuse at residential schools began to become public in the late 1980s, two major plays appeared on Canadian stages chronicling the damages done to First Nations by the Catholic Church. Tomson Highway's "Dry... J Wasserman - 《Journal of Canadian Studies》 被引...
He’ll laugh. So, she’s a nice Catholic girl. What are you afraid of? She could become a nun, your mother will say. She could lock herself away in a convent somewhere, and we won’t be able to prevent it. He’ll laugh. “A nun? You’re serious?” He can’t picture his li...
Supported by conservative factions of the catholic church, the military took upon themselves the task of "re-establishing" moral order in their respective countries. In their eyes, this civilizing mission justified the use of violence. In this way, the dictators could continue seeing themselves as...
Anyone can model the energy supplies of a finite world as a bucket of sand and a scooper. If the scooper is used to remove the sand from the bucket, it will eventually become empty. If we start with a larger bucket of sand, perhaps the process can be delayed. Or,...
The Rule of Saint Benedict: Initiation into the Monastic Tradition 4 (review) In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by James A. Wiseman O.S.B. The Rule of Saint Benedict: Initiation into... JA Wiseman - 《Catholic Historical Review》...
Teilhard's primary book,The Phenomenon of Man, set forth a sweeping account of the unfolding of the cosmos. 9.Mother Teresa of Calcutta(Paragraph 20)Mother Teresa(1910-1997) was an AlbanianRoman Catholic nun with Indian citizenship who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India in ...