Steve Weidenkopf

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The Cleaving of Christendom The Catholic Church
In the 2nd Millennium
Steve Weidenkopf
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• Time Periods
• Mustard Seed (33 99)
• Persecution (100 312)
• Conversion Councils (313 499)
• Missionaries the Emperor (500 999)
• Crusaders Scholars (1000 1299)
• Weak Leaders Schism (1300 1499)
• Protestors Defenders (1500 1544)
• The Catholic Reformation (1545 1699)
• Revolutions Modernism (1700 1913)
• A World at War (1914 1957)
• The New Springtime (1958 1977)
• The Threshold of Hope (1978 present)

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Revolutions Modernism
Bl. Pius IX (1846 1878)
First Vatican Council (1869 - 1870)
1700-1913 Revolutions Modernism
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Revolutions Modernism
St. Pius X (1903 - 1914)
1700-1913 Revolutions Modernism
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1914-1957 A World at War
A World at War
First World War (1914 - 1918)
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1914-1957 A World at War
A World at War
Mexico
Russia
Spain
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1914-1957 A World at War
A World at War
Germany
Pius XI (1922 1939)
1937 Mit Brennender Sorge (With Burning Concern)
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1914-1957 A World at War
A World at War
Pius XII (1939 1958)
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The New Springtime
Second Vatican Council (1962 1965)
Bl. John XXIII (1958 1963)
Paul VI (1963 1978)
1958-1977 The New Springtime
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The New Springtime

• 4 Major Constitutions of Vatican II
• Sacrosanctum Concilium 1963
• On the Sacred Liturgy
• Lumen Gentium 1964
• On the Church
• Dei Verbum 1965
• On Divine Revelation
• Gaudium et Spes 1965
• On the Church in the Modern World

1958-1977 The New Springtime
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The New Springtime
Ecclesial Movements Opus Dei
1928 - Founded by St. Josemaría Escrivá (1902
1975)
Mission spread the message that work and the
circumstances of everyday life are occasions for
growing closer to God, for serving others, and
for improving society.
1958-1977 The New Springtime
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The Threshold of Hope
John Paul II (1978 2005)
1978-Present The Threshold of Hope
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Conclusion
Benedict XVI (2005 present)

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Conclusion
Life is like a voyage on the sea of history,
often dark and stormy, a voyage in which we watch
for the stars that indicate the route. The true
stars of our life are the people who have lived
good lives. They are lights of hope. Certainly,
Jesus Christ is the true light, the sun that has
risen above all the shadows of history. But to
reach Him we also need lights close by people
who shine with His light and so guide us along
our way. - Benedict XVI Spe Salvi, 49
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