scholarly journals Pilgrimages from the District of Wieluń to the Jasna Góra Monastery (1921–1939)

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-210
Author(s):  
Michał Adam Widera
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Special Respect ◽  
The City ◽  
Distinguishing Features ◽  
The Catholic Church

Deep religiousness, beside a typically agricultural character of employment, was one of the most distinguishing features of the inhabitants of the district of Wieluń. It was manifested by i.e., a huge engagement in new forms of Christian ministry, which were initiated in circumstances of unrestricted activity of the Catholic Church after 1918. Irrespectively of it, the inhabitants of the Wieluń district were characterised by deep Marian piety, which was expressed in many ways. Beside their participation in services devoted to Our Lady, engagement in the Confraternity of the Rosary, distribution of magazines devotedto this issue as well as special respect paid to images of Our Lady, they took part in numerous pilgrimages. The Jasna Góra Monastery was the main goal of pilgrims. The faithful of this area accounted for the biggest group among all the groups from the whole Diocese of Częstochowa taking part in pilgrimages to the city of Częstochowa.

The First Albanian Autobiography

2020 ◽  
pp. 255-273
Author(s):  
Noel Malcolm
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Personal Narrative ◽  
Early Education ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Italian Culture ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
The City ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Catholic Church

This essay presents a hitherto unknown work: the first autobiography ever written by an Albanian. It was composed in 1881–2 by a young man (born in 1861) called Lazër Tusha; he wrote it in Italian, and the manuscript has been preserved in an ecclesiastical archive in Italy. Tusha was the son of a prosperous tailor in the city of Shkodër, which was the administrative centre of the Catholic Church in Albania. He describes his childhood and early education, which gave him both a love of Italian culture and a strong desire to serve the Church; at his insistence, his father sent him to the Catholic seminary there, run by the Jesuits. He describes his disappointment on being obliged, after six years, to leave the seminary and resume lay life, and his failed attempts to become either a Jesuit or a Franciscan. Some aspects of these matters remain mysterious in his account. But much of this unfinished draft book is devoted to things other than purely personal narrative: Tusha writes in loving detail about customs, superstitions, clothes, the city of Shkodër, its market and the tailoring business. This is a very rich account of the life and world of an ordinary late-nineteenth-century Albanian—albeit an unusually thoughtful one, with some literary ambition.

Bombay Politics-Pluralism or Polarization?

1961 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry C. Hart
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Textile Industry ◽  
Rural Villages ◽  
City Dweller ◽  
Big Cities ◽  
The City ◽  
The Catholic Church

There is a sense in which urbanization recapitulates civilization. More than seventy per cent of Bombay's people came from outside the city, most of them probably from rural villages. When they arrived, they found their old affiliations and loyalties supplemented, sometimes challenged, by new ones. The important village affiliations—it would be misleading to call them memberships or associations—were made at birth and sanctioned by ritual and long usage. Urban affiliations, including the vital ones of job, union, and “brotherhood” (for men without families sharing the same tenement room), are made by choice and derive their rightness not from faith but from their serviceability to the city dweller. Traditionally, it has been the intrinsic problem as well as the opportunity of cities to bring hitherto isolated tribes, religions, and trades into interaction. Both V. Gordon Childe and Ralph Turner declare that the resolution of this problem yields civilization. In a limited sense, it is always being solved in big cities: one can study it in caste interplay in the managing agencies of the Bombay textile industry, in the system of the Catholic church, or in the precinct organization of Boston. In this study, I will call this aspect of urbanization the competition of loyalties.

Religion and Violence from Christian Theological Perspectives

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Kimball
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Just War ◽  
Just War Theory ◽  
First Century ◽  
War And Peace ◽  
The Third ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
City State ◽  
The City ◽  
The Catholic Church

This chapter reviews the movement from pacifism to Just War and Crusade. It also tries to demonstrate the ways prominent Catholic and Protestant leaders have harshly used violent measures within their communities, and determines contemporary manifestations of these three approaches among twenty-first-century Christians. The Crusades constitute the third type of response to war and peace among Christians, joining the ongoing Just War and pacifist traditions. The Inquisition within the Catholic Church and the city-state of Geneva under John Calvin's leadership within the emerging Protestant movement are elaborated. These examples show how pervasive the use of violence in the name of religion had become. The Just Peacemaking Paradigm is the alternative to pacifism and Just War theory, an effort that tries to change the focus to initiatives which can help prevent war and foster peace.

Reconquista and Reconciliation in the Dutch Revolt: The Campaign of Governor-General Alexander Farnese (1578-1592)

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Violet Soen
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Contextual Analysis ◽  
Low Countries ◽  
Dutch Revolt ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City ◽  
The Catholic Church

Abstract The campaign in the Low Countries led by governor-general Alexander Farnese from October 1578 onwards resulted in the reconquest of more cities for the King of Spain than had been achieved by any of his predecessors or successors. It serves here as a starting point for a contextual analysis of the relationship between the ruler and the city defiant during the Dutch Revolt, not only to cast new light on the oft-neglected and complex Spanish Habsburg policies, but also to understand the broader context of questions of resistance and reconciliation during the Dutch Revolt. Most capitulation treaties accorded by Farnese show at least four features at odds with the pattern of repression of urban revolts. The governor aimed at keeping the civic patrimony intact, he granted full pardon and oblivion, he conditionally restored urban privileges and he often felt obliged not to insist on immediate reconciliation with the Catholic Church. The divergent reactions to this Habsburg policy indicate that the Dutch Revolt showed striking features of a civil war, in which not only the conditions of revolt but also of reconciliation caused discord.

scholarly journals THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AS A STRUCTURING AGENT FOR THE CITY OF SALVADOR IN THE COLONIAL PERIOD

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (31) ◽  
pp. 30-64
Author(s):  
Pedro Vasconcelos
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
The State ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
Religious Orders ◽  
Portuguese Empire ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
The City ◽  
The Catholic Church

Salvador was the capital of the Portuguese America from 1549 until 1763. It was also the second city of the Portuguese Empire up to the 19th century. The Catholic Church together with the State was the main agents that structured the city of Salvador during the whole colonial period. The Secular Church related to the State through the Padroado was responsible for the implementation and maintenance of the Cathedral, churches and parishes; the religious orders with their convents were important structural elements of the urban space while the laic orders owned churches and many urban properties and corresponded to the structuring of a slave society.

scholarly journals “Arbitrators, but not only that...”: The clergy in the magistrates’ book of the City of Płock between 1489 and 1517

1970 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 97-102
Author(s):  
Waldemar Graczyk
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Local Church ◽  
Local Community ◽  
The City ◽  
Made In ◽  
The Catholic Church

Entries made in the Płock magistrates’ book between 1489 and 1517 mention a total of nineteen clergymen, who were primarily associated with the local church environment. Evident in these entries is the clergy’s involvement as arbitrators in legal disputes. They are also mentioned as executors of testaments or recipients of legacies, parties in deeds of sale, holders of deposits, and prudent stewards of church property. Entries in the Płock magistrates’ book involving the local clergy seem to indicate that that the representatives of the Catholic Church were greatly trusted and esteemed by the local community.

scholarly journals Sociedad de Beneficencia San Vicente de Paúl en Medellín (Antioquia, Colombia), 1890-1930

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 173-192
Author(s):  
Paola Andrea Morales Mendoza
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Local History ◽  
The Political ◽  
Historical Approach ◽  
Political Role ◽  
The City ◽  
The Catholic Church

El artículo estudia la Sociedad de Beneficencia San Vicente de Paúl en Medellín (Colombia) entre 1890 y 1930. El texto ofrece una síntesis sobre su origen y sus prácticas sociales. Analiza su carácter religioso y la participación de la Iglesia Católica, el papel de la mujer y la política en la organización. Además, rinde cuenta de las distintas obras sociales y de beneficencia realizada en la ciudad. La autora desarrolla un enfoque histórico teniendo cuenta un acervo documental y uso de técnicas tradicionales propias de la disciplina.Palabras clave: Sociedad San Vicente de Paul, beneficencia, filantropía, historia local, Medellín. Sociedad de Beneficencia San Vicente de Paúl in Medellin (Antiquia, Colombia), 1890-1930 AbstractThis article studies the Sociedad de Beneficencia San Vicente de Paúl in Medellin, Colombia from 1890 to 1930. It offers a summary on its origin and social practice. It analyses its religious character and the participation of the Catholic Church, the woman’s role and the political role in its organization. It also presents the different social and charitable works done in the city. The author develops a historical approach taking into account a cultural heritage, and the use of traditional techniques typical of the discipline. Keywords: Sociedad San Vicente de Paul, Charity, Philanthropy, Local History, Medellin.

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