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History of the Jesuits; Their Origin, Progress, Doctrines, and Designs by Giovanni Battista Nicolini</b>
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The author conveys the character and aims of the brotherhood of Loyola. The author says that in no other epoch of history have the Jesuits been more dangerous and threatening for England.
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The pope attempted to subordinate certain churches in southern Italy that were subordinate to the Patriarch of Constantinople, while the latter then closed the Latin monasteries and churches located in Constantinople. The matter could not be resolved. Finally, a dispute over the exact wording of the Nicene Creed would result in each church excommunicating the other in 1054 AD. This is called the Great Schism, and was perhaps the inevitable culmination of many political, and perhaps to a lesser extent, theological disputes. Hereafter, the Roman church would call itself Catholic (Universal) and the Greek church would call itself "Orthodox".
The Germanic Christians (later day Lutherans or Protestants) would be the doctrinal descendants, with some variance, of the Arians. When in 343 AD the Greek church was relegated to playing second fiddle in the Roman empire, it pushed eastward converting Aryan Germany and then the Pagan kingdoms east of Germany. Thus converted, the German nobles started to attack the Empire. Rome finally fell in 476 AD to General Odoacer. He tolerated Roman Christianity but remained faithful to his Aryan beliefs. This infuriated the pope who foresaw the papal treasury declining under a non-Christian ruler. The victorious German Aryan Kings refused to accept the edict of Valerian III, that proclaimed the supremacy of the Roman Pontiff under the "primacy of St. Peter" (Petrine doctrine).
But the Pontiff would get the support of Gaul (modern day France). France followed the Roman Church. Left without support from the empire after Constantine switched sides, the Roman Church would negotiate a "Perpetual Pact" with the Moravingian dynasty of France and this would be sealed during the fifth century, about the same time as the Germanic invasion. It would make France as the final political and military authority in Europe. In return, Rome would retain the spiritual and religious supremacy over all other denominations in Europe. In the year 752 AD, pope Zacharias blessed an overthrow of the Moravingian monarchy, and appointed Pepin the Short, the chief steward of the French (Frankish) rulers, to be king. This marks the start of Carolingian rule of France. In return Pepin, seized the Germanic Lombard tribe the lands conquered by them in Italy. He delivered into the Pope's hands the keys to twentyÂtwo cities and the Ravenna Exarchate, which had previously belonged to the Byzantine Empire. The Perpetual Pact with France would be very significant, and we shall see the critical role it played in the chapter on the French Revolution.
The eastern church would face invasions of far more serious magnitude. Already weakened by fights with neighbouring Persia, it would finally succumb to the massive and brutal islamic invasions initially led by Umar, the second caliph, who defeated them in the battle of Yarmuk in 636 AD, and the provinces of Syria and Egypt would soon fall to the islamic Arabs. Byzantine would reconquer Syria and Palestine, but this would fall again to the Ottomans and by 1092 AD, not a single major city in Asia Minor would be under the Christians. The battle of Maznikert in 1071 AD, where the Greek Emperor Diogenes was made a captive heralded the complete loss of control over Asia Minor. Inspite of the Great Schism, the Byzantine Emperor Michael VII in 1073 AD requested the assistance of the pope Gregory VII, and his descendant pope Urban II. This resulted in the unified first crusade, with the victorious Christians marching into Jerusalem. They were dislodged by Saladin in 1187 AD. However, although they had lost control in Asia Minor, they had by then succeeded in converting the Slavic kingdoms and Russia. In the process, they overtook, displaced and persecuted the Jews who had already fled to these areas. This would enable them to spring back in the recent past.
We have thus attempted to show our reader in comfortable detail, the seeds of the internal conflicts within Christianity. Although the future dynamics would be more complex, we hope this will provide a starting base on which more accurate models can be built. It should not surprise our reader now that Christian NATO, Christian Croats, backed by the Vatican actually helped the muslims and went against the Christian Serbs in the recent events in Yugoslavia of 1996. Nor should it surprise him to know that when in 2001, after a lapse of thirteen centuries, a Papal head (pope John Paul II) chose to visit Greece, on a replay of Apostle Paul's travels, not a single member of the Greek Orthodox clergy was at the airport to receive him. He was received by a military guard, while on the streets, the Greek clergy were waving placards "pope go home". His apology for "sins of commission and omission" was received coldly by the Patriarch, Christodolous, who said "much work to be done".
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History of the Jesuits; Their Origin, Progress, Doctrines, and Designs by Giovanni Battista Nicolini</b>
Description
The author conveys the character and aims of the brotherhood of Loyola. The author says that in no other epoch of history have the Jesuits been more dangerous and threatening for England.
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The pope attempted to subordinate certain churches in southern Italy that were subordinate to the Patriarch of Constantinople, while the latter then closed the Latin monasteries and churches located in Constantinople. The matter could not be resolved. Finally, a dispute over the exact wording of the Nicene Creed would result in each church excommunicating the other in 1054 AD. This is called the Great Schism, and was perhaps the inevitable culmination of many political, and perhaps to a lesser extent, theological disputes. Hereafter, the Roman church would call itself Catholic (Universal) and the Greek church would call itself "Orthodox".
The Germanic Christians (later day Lutherans or Protestants) would be the doctrinal descendants, with some variance, of the Arians. When in 343 AD the Greek church was relegated to playing second fiddle in the Roman empire, it pushed eastward converting Aryan Germany and then the Pagan kingdoms east of Germany. Thus converted, the German nobles started to attack the Empire. Rome finally fell in 476 AD to General Odoacer. He tolerated Roman Christianity but remained faithful to his Aryan beliefs. This infuriated the pope who foresaw the papal treasury declining under a non-Christian ruler. The victorious German Aryan Kings refused to accept the edict of Valerian III, that proclaimed the supremacy of the Roman Pontiff under the "primacy of St. Peter" (Petrine doctrine).
But the Pontiff would get the support of Gaul (modern day France). France followed the Roman Church. Left without support from the empire after Constantine switched sides, the Roman Church would negotiate a "Perpetual Pact" with the Moravingian dynasty of France and this would be sealed during the fifth century, about the same time as the Germanic invasion. It would make France as the final political and military authority in Europe. In return, Rome would retain the spiritual and religious supremacy over all other denominations in Europe. In the year 752 AD, pope Zacharias blessed an overthrow of the Moravingian monarchy, and appointed Pepin the Short, the chief steward of the French (Frankish) rulers, to be king. This marks the start of Carolingian rule of France. In return Pepin, seized the Germanic Lombard tribe the lands conquered by them in Italy. He delivered into the Pope's hands the keys to twentyÂtwo cities and the Ravenna Exarchate, which had previously belonged to the Byzantine Empire. The Perpetual Pact with France would be very significant, and we shall see the critical role it played in the chapter on the French Revolution.
The eastern church would face invasions of far more serious magnitude. Already weakened by fights with neighbouring Persia, it would finally succumb to the massive and brutal islamic invasions initially led by Umar, the second caliph, who defeated them in the battle of Yarmuk in 636 AD, and the provinces of Syria and Egypt would soon fall to the islamic Arabs. Byzantine would reconquer Syria and Palestine, but this would fall again to the Ottomans and by 1092 AD, not a single major city in Asia Minor would be under the Christians. The battle of Maznikert in 1071 AD, where the Greek Emperor Diogenes was made a captive heralded the complete loss of control over Asia Minor. Inspite of the Great Schism, the Byzantine Emperor Michael VII in 1073 AD requested the assistance of the pope Gregory VII, and his descendant pope Urban II. This resulted in the unified first crusade, with the victorious Christians marching into Jerusalem. They were dislodged by Saladin in 1187 AD. However, although they had lost control in Asia Minor, they had by then succeeded in converting the Slavic kingdoms and Russia. In the process, they overtook, displaced and persecuted the Jews who had already fled to these areas. This would enable them to spring back in the recent past.
We have thus attempted to show our reader in comfortable detail, the seeds of the internal conflicts within Christianity. Although the future dynamics would be more complex, we hope this will provide a starting base on which more accurate models can be built. It should not surprise our reader now that Christian NATO, Christian Croats, backed by the Vatican actually helped the muslims and went against the Christian Serbs in the recent events in Yugoslavia of 1996. Nor should it surprise him to know that when in 2001, after a lapse of thirteen centuries, a Papal head (pope John Paul II) chose to visit Greece, on a replay of Apostle Paul's travels, not a single member of the Greek Orthodox clergy was at the airport to receive him. He was received by a military guard, while on the streets, the Greek clergy were waving placards "pope go home". His apology for "sins of commission and omission" was received coldly by the Patriarch, Christodolous, who said "much work to be done".
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