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The New Testament narrative of the life of Jesus refers to several locations in the Holy Land and a Flight into Egypt. In these accounts the principal locations for the ministry of Jesus were Galilee and Judea, with activities also taking place in surrounding areas such as Perea and Samaria. [ 1 ] Other places of interest to scholars include ...
Ignatian spirituality. Ignatian spirituality, similar in most aspects to, but distinct from Jesuit spirituality, is a Catholic spirituality founded on the experiences of the 16th-century Spanish Saint Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuit order. The main idea of this form of spirituality comes from Ignatius's Spiritual Exercises, the aim of ...
The Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR) is a movement within the Catholic Church that is part of the wider charismatic movement across historic Christian churches. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The Renewal has been described as a "current of grace". [ 3 ] It began in 1967 when Catholics from Duquesne University attended a Protestant worship service and claimed to ...
Anamnesis(from the Attic Greekword ἀνάμνησις, lit. 'reminiscence' or 'memorial sacrifice')[1]is a liturgicalstatement in Christianityin which the Churchrefers to the memorial characterof the Eucharistor to the Passion, Resurrectionand Ascensionof Jesus. It has its origin in Jesus' words at the Last Supper, "Do this in memory of me ...
Healing the centurion's servant is one of the miracles performed by Jesus of Nazareth as related in the Gospel of Matthew [1] and the Gospel of Luke [2] (both part of the Christian biblical canon). The story is not recounted in the Gospels of either John or Mark. According to these accounts, a Roman centurion asks Jesus for his help because his ...
Matthew Fox (priest) Timothy James " Matthew " Fox (born December 21, 1940 [ 1 ]) is an American priest and theologian. Formerly a member of the Dominican Order within the Catholic Church, he became a member of the Episcopal Church following his expulsion from the order in 1993. Fox has written 35 books that have been translated into 68 ...
Contents. Jesus Prayer. Not to be confused with Lord's Prayer or prayers of Jesus. The Jesus Prayer, [ a ] also known as The Prayer, [ b ] is a short formulaic prayer, esteemed and advocated especially in Eastern Christianity and Catholicism: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. It is often repeated continually as a part ...
Mother Teresa. Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu MC (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Albanian: [aˈɲɛzə ˈɡɔndʒɛ bɔjaˈdʒi.u]; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), better known as Mother Teresa, [a] was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and the founder of the Missionaries of Charity. Born in Skopje, then part of the Ottoman Empire, [b] she was raised ...