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1 The History of our Catholic Church Highlights and a Few Lowlights, too! Cindy Kravec

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5 Our Catholic Church 4 Characteristics Catholic

6 Our Catholic Church 4 Characteristics Catholic One

7 Our Catholic Church 4 Characteristics Catholic One Holy

8 Our Catholic Church 4 Characteristics Catholic One Holy Apostolic

9 Patristic Period AD st Century Spread of the church

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12 Patristic Period AD st Century Spread of the church AD 64 Nero First persecutions begin

13 2 nd and 3 rd Century Church Definite leadership form The hierarchy of the church as we know it today First empire wide persecutions

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16 4 th Century Church Constantine Edict of Milan Religious tolerance throughout the Roman Empire Churches Sundays and Holy Days Council of Nicaea Arian crisis Father and the Son are of the same substance

17 4 th Century Church AD 381 Council of Constantinople Father and Son are one in being Beginnings of our profession of faith Official religion of the Roman Empire

18 5 th Century Church AD 431 Council of Ephesus Mary honored as the Mother of God AD 451 Council of Chalcedon Jesus exists in 2 natures (divine and human) which come together to form the one undivided person of Jesus Christ

19 The Church of the Middle Ages AD Christendon

20 7 th Century Church 6 th Ecumenical Council AD Jesus had both a divine and human nature and therefore he had to have both a divine and human will

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22 8 th - 10 th Century Church Charles the Great ( ) Lay investiture Baptized with water or blood Political instability Weak popes Fall of monasteries

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25 11 th Century Pope Gregory VII Dictatus Papae Pope has universal authority in the Church 1054 Schism between Church of the East and Church of the West

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27 12 th Century The Crusades st Crusade nd Crusade rd Crusade Transubstantiation

28 13 th Century Pope Innocent II 4 th Lateran Council Duties of Catholics

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30 13 th Century Pope Innocent II 4 th Lateran Council Duties of Catholics The Inquisition

31 th Century Church Late Middle Ages The Great Schism of the Popes Council of Constance

32 The Protestant Reformation Causes Simony

33 The Protestant Reformation Causes Simony Indulgences Popes preoccupied with political affairs 5 th Lateran Council Reforms called for, but never put into effect

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36 The Protestant Reformation Martin Luther 95 Theses 2 nd Major split of Christianity

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38 The Protestant Reformation Martin Luther 95 Theses 2 nd Major split of Christianity Jean Calvin Predestination Differences between Protestant and Catholic view of Church

39 The Catholic Reformation Renewal of existing religious orders and founding of new ones The Council of Trent ( ) Pope Paul III Affirmation of 7 sacraments Revelation through the Bible AND apostolic tradition Mass as a representation of Jesus sacrifice on Calvary Abolishment of indulgences Proper devotion to Mary and the saints Seminaries Encouraged communion at least 1 time per week Receive penance more often Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

40 The Modern World th and 18 th Century Age of enlightenment Secularization Deists 19 th Century New forms of representative government

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42 1800 s - An Active Time Pius IX 1854 Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception st Vatican Council Rome Dei Filus Pastor Aeternus Infallibility

43 1800 s - An Active Time 1891 Church becomes a social advocate Rerum Novarum Pope Leo XIII Catholics called on to be activists in standing up against the injustices of the Industrial Revolution

44 20 th Century Church The Century of Christian Martyrs Pius X Code of Canon Law Pius XI Treaties with Communist leaders Vatican City Feast of Christ the King (1925)

45 20 th Century Church Pius XII 1950 Dogma of the Assumption Had been believed and celebrated for 1500 years

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47 The Second Vatican Council

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49 The Second Vatican Council John XXIII Paul VI ( )

50 Vatican II Documents Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Mystery of the Church Church is Hierarchical Laity Mary Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy Active participation Mass in the vernacular

51 Vatican II Documents Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation Declaration on Christian Education Decree on Ecumenism Acknowledges share of blame for the division of Christianity Guidelines for ecumenical activity

52 Vatican II Documents Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World Dignity of the Human Person Dignity of Marriage and Family life Declaration on Non-Christian Religions Decree on the Church s Missionary Activity Declaration on Religious Liberty Decree on the Means of Social Communication

53 20 th Century Church Pope Paul VI Humanae Vitae Office of permanent deacon is restored 1 st women religious added to the Roman Curia

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