story near and dear to their respective traditions. For most of human history‚ Jews and Christians have held their differences against each other‚ creating tension and discord with one another. Yet in the past 52 years‚ since the publication of Nostra Aetate in 1966‚ dialogue between these two religious traditions has emerged. The new discipline of formal interreligious dialogue has made great strides. Peter Phan‚ a Catholic theologian who favors religious plurality‚ is an exemplary leader from one
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The Second Vatican Council The Second Vatican Council (Latin: Concilium Oecumenicum Vaticanum Secundum) addressed relations between the Roman Catholic Church and the modern world. The council itself became ideally known for its renewal of Catholic doctrine in a modern timeline and perspective. Several institutional changes resulted from the council‚ such as the renewal of consecrated life with a revised charism‚ and ecumenical efforts towards dialogue with other religions and the expressive participation
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Some of the most important documents regarding religious diversity are the Vatican II documents (1965)‚ that were initiated by Pope John XXIII. Through these documents the Catholic Church recognised all other world religions and cultures. This was a watershed moment for theology (Thomas Grenham‚ lecture notes 2016) and changed the Catholic attitude towards other religions. This new attitude of openness to the world and dialogue with others is found explicitly in the way the Catholic church describes
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September 3‚ 2014 ARTCILE: HARVARD SCHOOL OF DIVINITY 1.Many people in their own religion cannot identify someone/something in their religion 2.It is important to study religion‚ so there is a better understanding of the people around us 3.Religion takes on the full affect of people around the world 4.People need to walk up to someone with good intention’s of them and not make a generic assumption 5. We need to study and continue to study in future generations about religion. The more knowledge
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‘Men‚ women and schools of thought have reformed and/or revitalised the Christian tradition.’ How well does this statement reflect the impact on Christianity of ONE significant person or school of thought‚ other than Jesus? Pope John XXIII was a highly influential‚ religious leader in the Catholic Church‚ whom was elected Pope on 28th October 1958. Although he was thought to be a transitional pope‚ John XXIII was often addressed as the ‘good pope’ due to his significant involvement in Catholicism
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rThe second Vatican council was initiated by Pope John XXIII to renew the church as being an instrument for God’s peace to all people of good will. John XXIII’s fruitfulness led him to bring the church to become less insular to the whole world. During the time period before Vatican II‚ the world was experiencing changes that affected how the church was seen to the rest of the world. In hopefulness to maintain aggiornamento‚ the main reasons for the councils initiation was due to the influences occurring
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Theological Foundations midterm topics & questions Remember the BIG STORY: Patriarchs‚ EXODUS‚ Covenant‚ Torah‚ Land‚ Monarchy‚ Temple‚ Split Kingdoms‚ North Destroyed‚ South in EXILE‚ Return to Land‚ rebuild Temple Return from the Exile … Second Temple Judaism Remember the BIG NAMES: Abraham (creator of 3 major religions‚ father of Jewish nation)‚ Isaac (son of Abraham was going to be sacrificed)‚ Jacob/Israel (fight with God‚ named changed to Israel‚ father of 12 tribes)‚ Twelve
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leading to a deeper appreciation of alternate traditions is a twentieth-century phenomenon. Among the official decrees of Vatican II‚ the watershed Roman Catholic Council of 196365‚ was Nostra Aetate‚ the Dogmatic Constitution on "The Relationship of the Church to Non-Christian Religions." In Nostre Aetate the world’s largest organized religious tradition‚ which has one billion adherents today and represents fully half of world Christendom‚ declared that "all peoples comprise a single
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protecting their families turned into criminals around the 1920’s (FBI). Since then‚ many mobsters have come to American from Italy illegally. Another section of the Mafia was created in the United States in the 1920’s called La Cosa Nostra‚ the American Mafia (FBI). La Cosa Nostra consists of a few different powerful families following the Mafia Law. In Sicily before someone could join the Mafia or these family groups‚ they would take an oath. This oath consisted of five rules; a code of silence‚ complete
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advantages and disadvantages to being a member? Cosa Nostra‚ aka Mafia‚ was born in Sicily in the 19th century from the emergence of capos‚ wealthy landowners who extracted tribute from locals by the threat of force.{ http://people.howstuffworks.com/mafia-quiz.htm} Retrieved on 08-23-09 online. During the 1920’s and 1930’s slowed the progression of Cosa Nostra. . A record was requested to be circulated among families in an effort to eliminate the possibility
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