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through Pope John XXIII. Pope John expressed his intentions of calling an ecumenical council just three months after his election. This came as a shock to many because Pope John was almost eighty years old at the time and was known by many to be an uncontroversial man. His reasoning behind calling the council was pastoral in nature. This meant that Pope John wanted the council to focus on the lives of believers and their experience of living the faith in the world as it is today . Pope John wanted

social organization of the state and the rising of totalitarian regimes, which represented a threat to the principles of the individual that the Church defended. Popes Pius XI and Pius XII defended the rights of each person in their statements. These notions signified also a development in the idea of religious freedom. However, it would be Pope John XXIII and the Second Vatican Council who would affirm clearly the stance of the Church on this issue. The totalitarian states claimed an ethical state that

4. Describe the implications of the Reformation for the Catholic Church down to today. The events of the church during the reformation and counter-reformation helps us see implications on what the church did and how its benefitted the church we know today. The Christian church is still divided today because of the effect of the reformation period, but still works to build unity. The reformation period encouraged many people to interpret the likes of Lutheranism and Calvinism in their own

“The development of New Zealand Art from the 20th into the 21st Century” New Zealand is home to various great artists who have crafted and created a platform for current, new and upcoming New Zealand artists. Throughout the 19th Century New Zealand artwork was predominantly based around New Zealand’s scenery, artists during the 20th Century such as Rita Angus demonstrated through her artworks landscapes and sceneries of New Zealand whereas other New Zealand artists such as Gordon Walters incorporated

the appearance of the phrase “hierarchical communion” “weakens the idea of communion without actually saying anything new.” After Vatican II, Pottmeyer observes, “The fear of a shared governance by bishops” had remained. For example, in 1965, Pope Paul VI “established the synod of bishops and published the norms for its operation.” This form of “permanent participation of the bishops in the leadership of the church” also made many of the council fathers disappointed. Fifty years after Vatican

Fr R. Cantalamessa pointed out, “The prophetic intuition of Pope Paul VI had a determining role in this (recognition of the CCR by the Church). In that, on Pentecost of 1975 at a meeting with its leaders, he defined the Charismatic Renewal as a ‘chance’ for the Church.” Cardinal L.J. Suenens, a protagonist of CCR, recognized it as “a current of grace” and convinced Pope Paul VI of the need for the Church to accept and encourage the Renewal in order that it should not grow in isolation. In the summer

that a Council not be followed by great confusion.” Gaillardetz shows that the two major proponents for helping to understand the council documents were Pope Paul VI and John Paul II. There are several references to their writings as Pope that clarified misunderstandings or built upon the teachings in the documents. A key issue that Pope Paul VI built upon was the inclusion of the laity in the sensus fidei, in the discernment of church matters. Gaillardetz notes in the 1980s American bishops adopted

P Papacy The bishop of Rome became Pope, first because Rome was the capital of the Empire, the magnet city, the imperial seat and retained its dignity even after the removal of the emperors to Constantinople. In Western Europe it had no rival. The second reason was the tradition that Peter the apostle had led the church there, been persecuted and tortured there and died as a martyr. Among the apostles Peter had a special place as the spokesman and, according to Matthew 16, the rock on which

Pope John XXIII was one of the most influential Popes the Catholic Church had in the 20th century, and perhaps one of the most important in its history. What he was able to do for the Church in his short amount of time holding the Papacy was incredible. Originally seen as a transitional Pope, John XXIII was certainly much more than that. His work in connecting with those of different denominations of Christianity, as well as those of different faiths, has been instrumental to this day. And, most

stories where from interviews that the Pope had apologizing to five people who were molested as children by a priest where a march was held in London. FOX News and CNN are both great station that covers news that happens around the world. Both companies take pride in their works and want to make sure that their viewers