Spirit of Truth, High School > Course I > Unit 3
Chapter 8: Authentic Interpretation of Scripture
Jesus entrusted to the Church the authority to interpret Scripture, not personal interpretation.
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.
Spirit of Truth, High School > Course E > Unit 2
Chapter 6: Unity, Diversity, and Schism in the Early Church
The early Church operated under the principle of subsidiarity.
Spirit of Truth, High School > Course E > Unit 2
Chapter 7: The Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church
Until the year 1054, the Catholic Church and what we now call the Eastern Orthodox Church were one.
Spirit of Truth, High School > Course D > Unit 5
Chapter 14: The Nature and Forms of Consecrated Life
Everyone who enters consecrated life takes solemn vows that bind them to the practices of poverty, chastity, and obedience, in the imitation of Christ.
Spirit of Truth, High School > Course B > Unit 5
Chapter 12: In the New World
With the discovery of the New World, rich Western countries extended their territories, funded profit-making exploration, and simultaneously strove to spread the Catholic Faith to the far corners of the globe.
Spirit of Truth, High School > Course B > Unit 5
Chapter 14: The Church Comes to North America
Spanish colonies, French missionaries, and many immigrants expanded the Catholic faith into the Americas.
Spirit of Truth, High School > Course B > Unit 6
Chapter 16: Revolutions and Restorations
The Industrial Revolution swept across the world turning societies into mass consumers and bringing economic, political, social, and spiritual challenges.
Spirit of Truth, High School > Course B > Unit 6
Chapter 17: Labor, Catholic Immigration, and World War
Conflict brewing between the various European powers broke out into the First World War in 1914, bringing tragedy and destruction on a scale never before seen.
Spirit of Truth, High School > Course B > Unit 7
Chapter 18: The Battle for Civilization
The Church continued to work for peace and shine a spiritual light as the errors of Nazisism, communism, modernism, and war darkened the world.
Spirit of Truth, High School > Course B > Unit 7
Chapter 19: Renewing the Church
Following the grueling years of war and turmoil, the world and the Church needed renewal to move forward.
Spirit of Truth, High School > Course B > Unit 2
Chapter 5: The Middle Ages
The distinction between the Church and State became blurred during the Middle Ages.
Spirit of Truth, High School > Course B > Unit 3
Chapter 7: Reform and Revival
Learning was revived in Western Europe and accelerated around 1100 when the first universities were founded.
Spirit of Truth, High School > Course B > Unit 3
Chapter 8: The Plague and the Schism
After constant war, plague, and famine, the Middle Ages closed a tumultuous chapter in world history with a hopeful outlook toward the future.
Spirit of Truth, High School > Course B > Unit 3
Chapter 9: Rebirth
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.
