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Showing 1 to 20 of 77 for “"Roman Catholic Church"”.
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Saint Barbara: a Roman Catholic Church
The design of the complex addresses Roman Catholic and pre-Christian legends, symbols, and signs. It transforms them based on our understandings of ourselves and our universe today. Saint Barbara is a Roman Catholic Church located on a suburban site in Chantilly, Virginia on the eastern coast of …
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American Imperialism and the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines
This dissertation argues that the Roman Catholic Church enabled the rise and expansion of US overseas empire in the Philippines in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. It asserts that US colonialism in the Philippines was the catalyst for rapprochement between the Holy See and the …
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Faith, politics and reconciliation: the Roman Catholic Church, New Zealand Maori and indigenous Australians
The Roman Catholic Church claims from Jesus Christ a mission to teach consistently religious ideals in accordance with its understanding of God’s constant truth. These ideals include the belief that human creation in the image and likeness of God establishes rights to dignity, to culture, to …
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An analysis of the socio-political role of the Roman Catholic Church in contemporary South Africa
… of the form and content of the opposition of the Roman Catholic Church in South Africa to the policy and practice of apartheid during the period 1948-1989. It is argued that the divisions, tensions and contradictions of the Catholic Church reflect the socially divided character of the broader …
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Lay Ecclesial Ministry as Vocation: A Particular Call To Mission for Laity in the Roman Catholic Church
… part of the experience of ministry in the Catholic Church today. The numbers of those engaged in lay ecclesial ministry, particularly in the United States, continues to rise. Yet questions as to how, or if, to describe lay ecclesial ministry as a vocation continue to cause tensions in the …
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A study of the functions of school boards in the educational system of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States
… the era of Vatican Council II in the mid-1960’s, Catholic elementary and secondary schools functioned within a clearly established authority structure. Parochial schools operated under the authority of the pastor of the parish and diocesan or central schools under that of the bishop of the diocese …
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A critical survey of the history and development of the present ban on the ordination of women in the Roman Catholic Church.
The Roman Catholic Church maintains that women cannot be ordained to the ministerial priesthood because of its unbroken tradition that only men can be priests, based on the example of Jesus, who chose only men to be ‘Apostles’. Vatican documents published during the late twentieth century use the …
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The foundation of human rights according to Roman Catholic Church natural law in comparison with the UN Declaration of Human Rights and the African Charter
… rights according to the Social Teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, the UN Declaration of human rights and the African Charter. However, the African Charter reflects the carbon copy of the UN Declaration and they both demonstrate that the origin of human rights is human dignity and the worth …
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Christian Family As Church? Inquiry, Analysis, and Pastoral Implications
… in what sense the Christian family can be called Church: not at all, analogically, and/or univocally. Integral to the dissertation is that the hierarchical magisterium of the Roman Catholic Church has developed significantly the ecclesial nature of the Christian family during the past three …
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Vliv odluky na financování církví
… - English This thesis analyses current state of churches financing. Following implementation of the Act of Property Settlement with churches and religious societies, the churches receive state contribution intended for churches' service reduced by 5 per cent from the original compensation amount …
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The Catholicity of the Church: Pneumatological Exclusivism for the Universal Presence of Christ in the People of God
… for the constitution and salvation of the church catholic of the new covenant. In chapter 1, this dissertation provides an outline of this project containing its thesis, methodology, history of research, significance, and argument. In chapter 2, this dissertation demonstrates …
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Toward the Development of Roman Catholic Teaching About Contraception in Light of the Experience of South Korean Catholic Women
… contraception has been hotly debated in the Roman Catholic Church. Many theologians and ethicists have challenged the hierarchical church teachings in the last fifty years. The opening chapter of the dissertation reviews Catholic Church teachings on birth control throughout history, and in …
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Technology in Society: The Pipe Organ in Early Modern England
… of pipe organs in cathedrals and parish churches across the land. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, this ecclesiastical instrument figuratively embodied and literally gave voice to the Roman Catholic Church. Because this ancient technology was perceived to be emblematic of …
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Just As I Was: The Presence of Sacramentalism in the Methods of Southern Baptist Revivalism
… will compare the ideas of sacramentalism in the Roman Catholic Church to the ordinances in Southern Baptist churches. For the section on Roman Catholicism, three major figures will be examined: Augustine, Lombard, and Aquinas. One will then see how the work of those three functions within the …
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Anglican-Roman Catholic Ecumenical Dialogue: A Case for a Rahnerian Logic of Symbol
… examines the ecumenical relationship between the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion and the necessity for a symbolic cognitive and narrative conversion in both communions. Drawing upon Karl Rahner's theology of symbol, this dissertation argues that such a cognitive and narrative …
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Cecilian reform in Baltimore, 1868-1903
… in Baltimore, 1868-1903"" traces the reform of Roman Catholic liturgical music during one of its most controversial and least researched phases. Focusing on a single American city illustrates how a portion of the ethnically diverse, rapidly growing American Catholic church responded to the …
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The Accompaniment of Gregorian Chant
… today, particularly in the services of the Roman Catholic Church, the common practice is to use some type of organ accompaniment to the chant sung by the choir or congregation. The present thesis proposes to trace briefly the history of chant and accompaniments to chant melodies, to review …
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A wall between the sacred and the profane
… expanding boundaries. The design scheme, for a Roman Catholic church, consists of a K fellowship hall, meditation garden, and sanctuary surrounded by a protective wall. This scheme responds to the traditions of the Church as well as the spiritual needs of the surrounding community.
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Homiletics at the Threshold: Pope Benedict XVI's Invitation
This dissertation explores whether or not the Roman Catholic Church is reticent towards preaching and if it is, why is this so? In an age when people often prefer to hear the Word preached to personal likings and individualistic needs, why would an ecclesial institution, such as the Catholic …
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