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Lesson 15

Light and Darkness

Enlightenment thought, spearheaded by renowned thinkers and philosophers such as Francis Bacon, Galileo, Descartes, Voltaire, and Rousseau led to a perceived conflict between religion and science, faith and reason, which are in truth allies. This conflict eventually opened the door to modern relativism.

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Lesson Topics
Faith & Reason Marian Teaching World Religions
Essential Lessons
Lesson Vocabulary

  • Scientific Method
    :
    (n.): Process of acquiring an understanding of the natural world through systematic observation, formulation of hypotheses, and testing and refining of those hypotheses through experimentation.
  • Enlightenment
    :
    (n.): A philosophical movement of the eighteenth century that derived the value of faith and maintained that reason alone leads us to truth and holds the potential to solve the problem of evil.
  • Heliocentrism
    :
    (n.): The model of the solar system with the sun at the center. Heliocentrism, developed by Nicolaus Copernicus in 1543, replaced geocentrism (with the earth as the center) as the accepted model.
  • Imprimatur
    :
    (n.): An official license from the Church to print a book about the Catholic Faith. From Latin imprimere, meaning to imprint or impress.
  • Deism
    :
    (n.): The belief that an all-powerful god created the universe but is not actively involved in sustaining it.
  • Relativism
    :
    (n.): A dangerous philosophy that says moral principles are a matter of individual preference based on personal experience, socioeconomic status, education, and particular culture, rather than based on absolute objective moral truths. Relativism denies the existence of good and evil and harms our ability choose the good.
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus
    :
    (n.): Devotion begun by St. Marguerite-Marie Alacoque, whom Jesus told to establish through reception of the Eucharist on the first Friday of each month, a Holy Hour on Thursdays, and a yearly feast of the Sacred Heart.
  • Reign of Terror
    :
    (n.): Period of unrelenting, bloody execution during the French Revolution from September 1793 to July 1794. About 17,000 were guillotined and about 10,000 more died in prison.
  • Cult of Reason
    :
    (n.): The official state-sponsored atheism of the French Revolution, which later became "the Cult of Supreme Being."
  • Miraculous Medal
    :
    (n.): Roman Catholic sacramental medal whose design comes from a vision of Our Lady received by St. Catherine Labouré.

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