My first point: the church building is not to be hoarded‚ but is for the benefit of the local community. In the words of William Temple‚ "The Church is the only organisation that exists for the wellbeing and fraternity of its non-members." The Church is called to participate in‚ as D. L. Migliore put it‚ "God’s society of love" — His restorative plan for the whole of creation. For local churches‚ this work begins in the local community‚ and it is our conviction that the church building can and must
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Because of this‚ there was no need for huge churches because they didn ’t need to accommodate mass numbers of people. However‚ the eleventh century brought an established need for any devoted Christian to make a pilgrimage. (Adams‚ 379) Romanesque church architecture flourished at approximately the same time as the eruption of these pilgrimages. Due to this‚ the Romanesque architects had to construct churches big enough for the abundance of pilgrims. (Adams‚ 382) These churches also had to accommodate
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Ukrainian Catholic Church of Toronto to attend the Holy Mass‚ which they call the “Great Matins” which starts at 8:30 a.m. The Holy Eucharist Church is located at 515 Broadview Avenue‚ in Toronto. I decided to visit this Catholic Church because after calling several churches to find out if I could visit to do my visitation report‚ this Church seemed to be more interesting because it was the only Eucharist Catholic Church nearby my grandparents’ house. This beautiful church sits atop the Don Valley
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The Church as Moral Authority The church acts as the moral authority to determine what is right and wrong based on certain circumstances. The official teaching of the church on these moral situations is called the magisterium. The magisterium consists of the bishops and the pope. In order to accomplish this mission to teach the faith the bishops will delegate and designate others to teach‚ or they will teach directly themselves. The bishops also give a teaching mission to theologians and to all
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of the Catholic Church The Catholic Church had many close encounters of failure in the first 400 years of its being‚ yet it is still standing 2‚000 years later. Jesus said “the gates of hell will never prevail against it”‚ meaning that no matter what‚ the church shall never fall.1 Through the hardships of the Church‚ the Church still stands strong due to the guidance of the Holy Spirit guiding the members of the Church on to the right path. In the first 400 years of the Church‚ the Catholic faith
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Filipinos Reaction towards Papal Visit: More on Filipinos or by Pope Francis presence? Philippines is one of the two Catholic predominant countries in Asia‚ other than East Timor and it is the third largest Catholic country in the world after Brazil and Mexico. As the religion acquired by Spanish colonization with the wonder of its tradition and style and despite of the fact that the country has different languages‚ 80 percent of the Filipinos are Roman Catholic that shared a common way of life
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Orthodox Church The Greek Orthodox Church is one of the three major branches of Christianity‚ which "stands in today ’s society as one of the communities created by the apostles of Jesus in the region of the eastern Mediterranean‚ and which spread by missionary activity throughout Eastern Europe" (Meyendorff 5).The word orthodox comes from Greek‚ meaning right-believing. currently the orthodox religion has more than 174 million followers throughout the world. The Greek Orthodox church is autocephalous
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teachings of scripture. He first went to Rome and was outraged by the priests of Rome‚ prostitution‚ and many other unholy acts. After his visit h wrote ninety-five pages Thesis to Archbishop Albert who needed money. Albert was acquiring money through five pages Thesis to Archbishop Albert who needed money. Albert was acquiring money through selling his indulgences. The church at the time allowed the selling of indulgences which was like a get out of jail free card for your sins. In doc A they describe a
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Topic: Moral teachings of the Catholics church Introduction: Catholics believes that acting morally means acting in accordance with the eternal laws of God‚ which are written into the human hearts so deeply that even those who know nothing of God can follow the path of morality. According to Cynthia Stewart‚ Nature law‚ as this interior marking is called‚ comes to humans through their capacity to reason‚ which sparks the conscience to respond to the eternal law. This means that people of
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Religious Site Visit For my Religious Site Visit I went to a Roman Catholic Mass‚ at St. Annes church in Hagerstown. I attended the Mass with my Girlfriend as my guide. When we walked in we blessed ourselves with holy water that they had at the entrance to the main chamber of the room. After that we took our seats. The first portion of the service was something my girlfriend said was called “Pray the Rosary”. This was a process were you say a prayer called a Rosary using the aid of a physical Rosary
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