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Biblical literalism first became an issue inthe 18th century, enough so for Diderot to mention it in his Encyclopédie. When was the first Bible canonized? Evidence suggests that the process of canonization occurredbetween 200 BC and 200 AD, and a popular position is that the Torah was canonized...
When was organum created? Sometime during the ninth century, music theorists in the Church began experimenting with the idea of singing two melodic lines simultaneously at parallel intervals, usually at the fourth, fifth, or octave. The resulting hollow-sounding music was called organum and very ...
And when he stood before it, he’d always known an odd longing to fling himself down and – well, worship – it was the only word – the towering tree. His father had told him his forebears had done that very thing, but always when alone and at certain seasons of the year. ...
Canada’s residential school system operated from the late 1800s until the 1990s. It was part of a wider colonial project that aimed to take over Indigenous lands and forcibly assimilate First Nation, Metis and Inuit children. Various churches, including most notably the Roman Catholic Church, ra...
Dwyer left the Catholic Church for good in 1991, new to the decade and to her own sexuality. Having never dated anyone seriously, initiating contact with other women was daunting for her: Even more intimidating was dating women for the first time. In high school, I had attended the occasion...
Now, I want to be clear that during this period there were solid Protestants who completely opposed abortion, but as we seem, one of the problems was that they refused to work with Catholics so their voices didn’t get heard. Even today, I know Catholic groups that have trouble getting ...
’s doing, not man’s determination. The Bible is canonical whether or not anyone recognizes or acknowledges it. Inspiration establishes canonicity. The construction of the canon was the act of God, independent of man: God inspired the books of Scripture. In doing so, the canon was created....
A decade before the Duran Chapel was built, a sister chapel was built in 1828. This first one, built in honor of San Juan de Los Lagos, remains in good condition and in active use as a chapel of ease for the famous church of St. Francis. The presence of these two chapels named ...