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It was the only book, aside from the Roman Breviary, that the early Jesuit carried with him and constantly re-read during his missionary work in Portuguese India. St. Francis Xavier's copy of the book had been returned to Spain after his death and was long treasured in Madrid as a second class relic by the Society of Jesus.
A service in a Spanish synagogue, from the Sister Haggadah (c. 1350). The Alhambra Decree would bring Spanish Jewish life to a sudden end. The Alhambra Decree (also known as the Edict of Expulsion; Spanish: Decreto de la Alhambra, Edicto de Granada) was an edict issued on 31 March 1492, by the joint Catholic Monarchs of Spain (Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon) ordering the ...
Finally, between 1214 and 1247, construction of the abbey church was completed. The church's main design was heavily influenced by gothic architecture based on the inspirations imported from the French region of Burgundy. After the monks were kicked out in 1835 the church continued to offer religious services as a parish but under secular ...
Any bishop who violates the rules the council set down for a diocese that has believers with different languages and rites. Those who presume to impose taxes on the church. Crusaders who refuse to carry out vows they made to go on crusade. Those who fail to carry out the duties the council set on them for raising money for the crusade.
The 103-year-old believes the reason she was banned is because she spoke out about the church's pastor, Rev. Tim Maddox. "He told police he wanted to put us out, but the police told him 'you can't ...
The Calles Law (Spanish: Ley Calles), or Law for Reforming the Penal Code was enacted in Mexico in 1926, under the presidency of Plutarco Elías Calles, [1] with the proclaimed aim of enforcing the separation of church and state as set out in Article 130 of the Mexican Constitution of 1917. Among other acts against the Catholic Church, the ...
Michael Tullberg/Getty Images When John Stamos was 17 years old, he was allegedly recruited to join the Church of Scientology though his membership didn’t last long. “With me, I was in an ...
John Stamos talks rocking through Beach Boys stage fails, showtime hair, Bob Saget lessons "I wanted to be John Travolta, I still do," he said of the "Grease" actor, who joined the Church of ...