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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCHπ»π¦ποΈ π§΅
c. 33: First Christian Pentecost; descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples; preaching of St. Peter in Jerusalem; conversion, baptism and aggregation of some 3,000 persons to the first Christian community.
St. Stephen, deacon, was stoned to death at Jerusalem; he is venerated as the first Christian martyr.
c. 34: St. Paul, formerly Saul the persecutor of Christians, was converted and baptized. After three years of solitude in the desert, he joined the college of the apostles; he made three major missionary journeys and became known as the Apostle to the Gentiles; he was imprisoned twice in Rome and was beheaded there between 64 and 67.
39: Cornelius (the Gentile) and his family were baptized by St. Peter; a significant event signaling the mission of the Church to all peoples.
42: Persecution of Christians in Palestine broke out during the rule of Herod Agrippa; St. James the Greater, the first apostle to die, was beheaded in 44; St. Peter was imprisoned for a short time; many Christians fled to Antioch, marking the beginning of the dispersion of Christians beyond the confines of Palestine. At Antioch, the followers of Christ were called Christians for the first time.
49: Christians at Rome, considered members of a Jewish sect, were adversely affected by a decree of Claudius which forbade Jewish worship there.
51: The Council of Jerusalem, in which all the apostles participated under the presidency of St. Peter, decreed that circumcision, dietary regulations, and various other prescriptions of Mosaic Law were not obligatory for Gentile converts to the Christian community. The crucial decree was issued in opposition to Judaizers who contended that observance of the Mosaic Law in its entirety was necessary for salvation.
64: Persecution broke out at Rome under Nero, the emperor said to have accused Christians of starting the fire which destroyed half of Rome.
64 or 67: Martyrdom of St. Peter at Rome during the Neronian persecution. He established his see and spent his last years there after preaching in and around Jerusalem, establishing a see at Antioch, and presiding at the Council of Jerusalem.
70: Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus.
88-97: Pontificate of St. Clement I, third successor of St. Peter as bishop of Rome, one of the Apostolic Fathers. The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians, with which he has been identified, was addressed by the Church of Rome to the Church at Corinth, the scene of irregularities and divisions in the Christian community.
95: Domitian persecuted Christians, principally at Rome.
c. 100: Death of St. John, apostle and evangelist, marking the end of the Age of the Apostles and the first generation of the Church.
By the end of the century, Antioch, Alexandria and Ephesus in the East and Rome in the West were established centers of Christian population and influence.
c. 107: St. Ignatius of Antioch was martyred at Rome. He was the first writer to use the expression, βthe Catholic Church.β
112: Emperor Trajan, in a rescript to Pliny the Younger, governor of Bithynia, instructed him not to search out Christians but to punish them if they were publicly denounced and refused to do homage to the Roman gods. This rescript set a pattern for Roman magistrates in dealing with Christians.
117-38: Persecution under Hadrian. Many Acts of Martyrs date from this period.
c. 125: Spread of Gnosticism, a combination of elements of Platonic philosophy and Eastern mystery religions. Its adherents claimed that its secret-knowledge principle provided a deeper insight into Christian doctrine than divine revelation and faith. One gnostic thesis denied the divinity of Christ; others denied the reality of his humanity, calling it mere appearance (Docetism, Phantasiasm).
A Nobel Prize physicist says nothingness doesnβt exist
Roger Penrose isnβt some guy on a podcast. Heβs got the Nobel to his name, and his claim is that thereβs simply no such thing as nothing.
Then he goes further. Your soul is eternal, he says, because matter cannot be destroyed.
Let that land for a second.
Every particle that makes up you was around long before you arrived, and none of it gets erased when you leave. If nothing ever truly disappears, the question becomes what happens to the part of you that isnβt just atoms.
Death starts looking a lot less like an ending.
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The Spiritual Lineage of Protestantism
Martin Luther didn't like the Catholic Church & founded the Lutheran Church.
Calvin didn't like the Lutheran church & founded the Reformed or Calvinist church.
Henry VIII didn't like being denied Catholic marriage & founded the Anglican Church.
John Smith disliked the Anglican Church & founded the Baptist Church.
William Miller didn't like the Baptist Church & founded the Adventist.
Ellen G White didnβt like what William Miller said & founded the Seventh Day Adventist Church.
Charles T Russell didn't like the Adventist church & founded Jehovah's witnesses.
Joseph Smith disliked the Methodist Church & founded the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (the Mormons)
John Wesley disliked the Anglican Church & founded the Methodist Church.
Some pastors didn't like the Methodist Church & founded the Pentecostal Church.
Many did not like the Pentecostal Church & founded thousands of churches like, 'Stop Suffering, Assemblies of God, Light of The World', etc.
The Evangelical movement came from the Baptist Church, while the different βBorn Againβ movement came from the Evangelical Churches.
The βBorn Againβ faith emerged in the late 1930s from the US & it gained popularity in the 1970s & 1980s, its golden age. There are now 35,000 different so called Christian religions who claims their interpretation of the Bible is the right one.
Save yourself the frustration
Be Catholicπ»π¦ποΈ
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The Vatican has begun investigating a possible miracle attributed to the intercession of Pope Benedict XVIπ»π¦
This comes as the Church advances the cause for his sainthood. The reported miracle involves a young man from Colorado who, in 2012, suffered from advanced Hodgkinβs lymphoma.
During a general audience in St. Peterβs Square, the then-Pope placed his hand on the young manβs chest, directly over the tumor, and blessed him. What followed was a complete, unexplained recovery that doctors could not scientifically account for. Today, that same man is a priest!
This is a beautiful sign of Godβs continued work through the holy lives of His servants. Pope Benedict XVI, the great theologian and gentle shepherd, continues to inspire faith even after his passing.
Let us pray for the success of this investigation and for the glorification of this faithful servant of the Church.
In addition, a lay-initiated signature campaign has been launched, petitioning the Vatican to accelerate the cause for the beatification and canonization of Pope Benedict XVI. To date, the petition has already gathered over 1,900 signatures.
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βCan someone please explain Protestant theology to me like Iβm 5!?β
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WHEN YOU VISIT A PRIEST, PLEASE REMEMBER...π»π¦
That a priest isn't married, nor will he have a family of his own. No wife, no children. His family is his parishioners. He is a spiritual father in faith to the community he serves. His future is in celebrating the Eucharist at mass every day, listening to confessions, anointing the sick, serving those who come to him for help.
A priest may serve a parish only for a minimum of five to seven years. After that he may be transfered to another parish or assigned a different role in the Church. He relies on his team of volunteers, staff and the lay faithful. Don't expect him to be there all the time for you.
When you give money to the Church, you may be surprised to know that the money isn't for him because no priest earns a fixed salary. They receive a stipend to meet their basic expenses of food, clothing and travel. They save every penny to go for a vacation and much of the money is gifted by friends, relatives and well wishers as they don't get paid leave like the rest of us who work. While we work for a fixed amount of hours with two days off a week , priests are expected to be on stand by 24/7. So don't be angry if they don't respond to you when you need them. They are humans as well with the same frailty as us.
If you hear anyone speaking badly about a particular priest, please correct that person and don't engage in idle gossip without knowing the facts. Remember that they are alone and at times would need company. Pay attention to their emotional, physical and mental needs. Accompany them if needed or offer a helping hand or even a lift.
It's not easy to go out alone at 2 or 3 in the morning especially in dangerous neighborhoods for counseling or even anointing someone on their death bed. If someone comes to them at such an hour for help, they have to get up from their deep sleep and still be expected to celebrate Mass in the morning. Who is there for them when they are ill or have emergencies in the middle of the night? Yet they are required to perform their duties because if not them, who?
Remember their birthdays, ordination anniversaries and important events in their lives. Celebrate with them, cry with them. Offer a shoulder to lean on. If they fall, don't judge or criticize. Lift them up and help them on their journey in life. Don't be offended if they don't live up to your expectations. No priest is perfect.
So take care of your priests, remember the ones who baptized, confirmed, married and anointed you. The ones who offer masses for your intentions and pray for you. May God bless our priests in Jesus name, our eternal High Priest. Amen.
People are so grossly uneducated today that utterances like this sound profoundβ¦and they are, profoundly stupid.
The unstated beginning of every proposition or assertion of anything are the words βit is true thatβ¦β
This woman is asserting the truth value of the statement βIt is true that there is no moral truth.β
Do you see it? Completely nonsensical statement that is meaningless. If there is no truth, you cannot yourself make a true statement.
Congratulations, you should get off the internet now.
Many people ask, often through tears, whether their beloved pets will be with them in heaven. While the Church teaches that animals do not possess immortal souls like humans, that is not the end of the story.
Heaven is the place of perfect joy in the presence of God. If the companionship of the animals we loved on earth would increase our happiness there, it is entirely within Godβs goodness to allow it. Nothing that is truly good is lost in Him.
St. Francis of Assisi spoke of animals as brothers and sisters. Scripture shows the Lordβs tender care for every creature. A God who notices every sparrow that falls is not indifferent to the pets who shared our homes and captured our hearts.
In a recent reflection, Fr. David Michael Moses offered this same hope-filled perspective, inviting the faithful to trust in the goodness of God.
So we can hold this hope with peace: the God who created such faithful and affectionate companions is more than able to restore whatever is needed for our complete joy. In heaven, love is never diminished. It is only made perfect.
A little skeptical of this one because if the child was really in danger, the clown recording it could have easily set the phone down & actedβ¦or maybe the βguardian angelβ became visible to alert said clown to protect the toddler
"One day, all of us who are here are going to die too."
The final reflection of Father Patricio SΓ‘nchez Molinari minutes before he tragically passed away during Mass in Guayaquil, Ecuador, after a heavy cross from the altar fell on him.
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For the first time in five years, the number of Catholic priests worldwide has risen, according to statistics released by the Vaticanβs Fides agency ahead of the 100th World Mission Sunday this Sunday.
The total now stands at 407,421 priests, an increase of 425 compared with the previous year. The growth was driven by Africa, which added 1,676 priests, and Asia, which gained 1,065.
The Americas also reversed a prior decline, adding 199. Europe, however, recorded a loss of 2,483 priests, while Oceania saw a small decrease of 32. The overall rise came mainly from diocesan priests, while the number of religious order priests fell slightly.
At the same time, the global Catholic population reached 1.422 billion, an increase of nearly 16.7 million, representing about 17.8% of the worldβs population. Despite the modest gain in priests, the average number of Catholics per priest rose to 3,491. The number of major seminarians continued to decline.
These figures, drawn from the Statistical Yearbook of the Church (as of December 31, 2024), highlight both signs of growth in the Global South and ongoing challenges in other regions as the Church marks World Mission Sunday under the theme βOne in Christ, united in mission.β
