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DreamHaven Books, a book store in Minneapolis using the famous quote in its store during the aftermath of the George Floyd protests. " With great power comes great responsibility " is a proverb popularized by Spider-Man in Marvel comics, films, and related media. Introduced by Stan Lee, it originally appeared as a closing narration in the 1962 ...
Veritatis splendor. Veritatis splendor (Latin: The Splendor of the Truth) is an encyclical by Pope John Paul II. It expresses the position of the Catholic Church regarding fundamentals of the Church's role in moral teaching. The encyclical is one of the most comprehensive and philosophical teachings of moral theology in the Catholic tradition.
Theology of Pope Francis. Pope Francis in Quito, Ecuador, in 2015. Elected on 13 March 2013, Francis is the first member of the Society of Jesus to be appointed pope and the first non-European to hold the office since the 8th century. [1] He described his papal name as pointing to what he wants to emulate in Saint Francis of Assisi: to have a ...
Order of Christian Initiation of Adults. The Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (Latin: Ordo initiationis christianae adultorum), or OCIA, is a process developed by the Catholic Church for its catechumenate for prospective converts to the Catholic faith above the age of infant baptism. Candidates are gradually introduced to aspects of ...
Gaudium et spes (Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈɡau̯di.um et ˈspes], "Joys and Hopes"), the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, is one of the four constitutions resulting from the Second Vatican Council in 1965. It was the last and longest published document from the council and is the first constitution published by an ...
Didache manuscript. The Didache (/ ˈ d ɪ d ə k eɪ,-k i /; Greek: Διδαχή, translit. Didakhé, lit. "Teaching"), [1] also known as The Lord's Teaching Through the Twelve Apostles to the Nations (Διδαχὴ Κυρίου διὰ τῶν δώδεκα ἀποστόλων τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, Didachḕ Kyríou dià tō̂n dṓdeka apostólōn toîs éthnesin), is a brief anonymous ...
A Canticle for Leibowitz is a post-apocalyptic social science fiction novel by American writer Walter M. Miller Jr., first published in 1959.Set in a Catholic monastery in the desert of the southwestern United States after a devastating nuclear war, the book spans thousands of years as civilization rebuilds itself.
Love and Responsibility. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., London and Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Inc., New York City. Love and Responsibility is a book written by Karol Wojtyła before he became Pope John Paul II and was originally published in Polish in 1960 and in English in 1981. [1][2][3] A new translation was published in 2013. [4]