Spirit of Truth, High School > Course I > Unit 3
Chapter 9: The Bible in Relation to Science and History
Scripture teaches you real truths about the world and the history of the relationship between God and man.
Scripture teaches you real truths about the world and the history of the relationship between God and man.
The controversy over which books were truly inspired ultimately led to the formation of the Biblical canon, or list of inspired books.
We come to know divine revelation from both Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition.
A major stumbling block to interreligious dialogue is religious violence. Catholics and Muslims should work together to establish peace and mutual respect through interreligious dialogue.
Even though the Catholic Faith has its deepest roots in the Jewish Faith, there are fundamental differences.
Until the year 1054, the Catholic Church and what we now call the Eastern Orthodox Church were one.
The early Church operated under the principle of subsidiarity.
Everyone who enters consecrated life takes solemn vows that bind them to the practices of poverty, chastity, and obedience, in the imitation of Christ.
The Council of Trent reaffirmed and again definitively established some of the principles that the Catholic Church had always taught such as the true sacrifice of the Mass, Christs Real Presence in the Eucharist through Transubstantiation, the canon of Scripture, and that we are justified by the grace of God, our good works also merit grace, and that grace is communicated through the Sacraments.
The Renaissance was a time of rebirth in art, architecture and thought; the Gothic and Romanesque styles were replaced by a more classical realism coming from Greek and Roman statues and buildings.
After constant war, plague, and famine, the Middle Ages closed a tumultuous chapter in world history with a hopeful outlook toward the future.
Learning was revived in Western Europe and accelerated around 1100 when the first universities were founded.
The distinction between the Church and State became blurred during the Middle Ages.
Protestantism took root in Germany, and other Protestant movements quickly swept across Europe, inspired as much by politics as differences in theology.
Following the grueling years of war and turmoil, the world and the Church needed renewal to move forward.