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Counter Reformation:
Roman Catholic response to Protestant Reformation
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Jesuit focus on
scholasticism and missionary work as a way to educate the people as to what
the "correct" church thinking is to be.
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Council of Trent
(1545-63) reaffirmed basic Catholic doctrine and practice and sought to
stress moral reform among clergy within the Church
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The Roman Catholic
Church maintained an anti-modernity, anti-Protestant attitude until Vatican
Council II in 1963-65
Modern 20th century
theology has seen such developments as:
speaks to the down and out members of society esp. to third world countries,
the underprivileged and subjugated lands. It is especially prevalent in
South America
Process Theology
associates the creation and the Creator and sees humanity as playing a key
role in the continuation and completion of the creative act. Process theology
also suggests that, as creation advances and changes so too does the Creator. Paul
Tillich referred to the "God above the God of Theism" as the
power of "Being Itself". Rather than seeing God as one Superior
Being among and apart from other beings Tillich saw God as the underlying essence
of all being not merely as the creator at the beginning of time (e.g., Aquinas’
"First Cause")
Today’s Christianity
is divided more by differences between liberal and Conservative
(fundamentalist) perspectives than by denominational differences.
The past 100 years has seen
a development of ecumenical activities and non-denominational churches.
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