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In the News (Sun 29 Nov 09)

  
  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Thomas Christians
Of their earliest period tradition records that after the death of the Apostle his disciples remained faithful for a long time, the Faith was propagated with great zeal, and the Church increased considerably.
It further asserts that the Apostle Thomas, after preaching to the inhabitants of the Island of Socotra and establishing there a Christian community, had come over to Malabar and landed at the ancient port of Cranganore.
There is one incident of the long period of isolation of the St. Thomas Christians from the rest of the Christian world which they are never tired of relating, and it is one of considerable importance to them for the civil status it conferred and secured to them in the country.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/14678a.htm   (9710 words)

  
 News Digest
St Francis Xavier’s heart was burning with love for Jesus and therefore, he gave up his worldly riches for the sake of his Jesuit brethren and others, recalled Fr Vasco Rego, former Bom Jesus Rector on Friday.
Thomas Srampikal the rector of the St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary and Dr. Joseph Naduvilezham the President of the Paurasthya Vidya Peedhom participated in the function.
The appointment of the new bishop was announced at 1530 IST simultaneously from the Vatican and the Cardinal House at Ernakulam.
www.indianchristianity.com /html/NewsDigest.htm   (8052 words)

  
 Deism and Reason
During the second revolution and reign of terror in France in 1791-1792, the radical revolutionists...renamed Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, "The Temple of Reason," and went about the countryside attempting to transform Catholic churches into churches of the "Supreme Being." (They) were attempting to remake French society from the ground up...
From changing the calendar and the names of the days to rebuilding the church into a Deistic church, most of the constructive activities of the radical leaders of the second revolution and the terror aimed at this goal of rebuilding society on rational principles.
His main contribution was the elevation of the Apostle Paul and his "by faith" system over the Jewish sect Jesus founded headed by James and Peter.
www.sullivan-county.com /deism.htm   (6818 words)

  
 EVEN UNTO DEATH
The damage done by the ultra-Meichiorism in the sick minds of the two Jans also remains unto this day, for the caricature of the Reformation which is known as the kingdom of Münster is in the minds of many people a sample of the meaning of Anabaptism.
Best of all was the promise of the "apostles" that no blood would be shed in persecution, be cause God was about to clear the earth of all the godless tyrants and persecutors.
Their eyes were opened to the unreliable character of the apocalypticism preached by the Meichiorite "apostles." Obbe and Dirk took up in 1534 the task of shepherding the peaceful wing of the Melchiorites.
www.bibleviews.com /evenuntodeath.html   (19401 words)

  
 Timeline 1879-1882
1879 The Bishop’s House at 219-223 S.W. Stark St. in Portland, Oregon, was built by Archbishop Blanchet.
1882 Jan 31, Anna Pavlova, ballerina, choreographer, was born in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Matthew Maguire, a machinist and secretary of the New York City Central Labor Union, probably first suggested the celebration in 1882 to recognize the contributions of workers to America.
www.timelines.ws /1879_1882.HTML   (14473 words)

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