pub veritas: January 2011

Monday

We are at War...!

To win any war, the three most necessary things to know are: (1) that you are at war, (2) who your enemy is, and (3) what weapons or strategies can defeat him.

Below is a Great article posted by Peter Kreeft.. It would be a great article to print and keep for reference.. and refer to often!...

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The BIBLE Timeline...

This is an approximate timeline of the historical events of the Bible. Some dates may be slightly off, due to the inaccuracy of historical records.

Abraham Born – 2000 BC
Isaac born – 1895 BC
Jacob and Esau born – 1835 BC
Jacob’s 12 sons (the 12 tribes of Israel) and Dinah born – 1775 to 1734 BC.
Joseph sold to the Ishmaelites – 1727 BC
Jacob and sons move to Egypt – 1705 BC
Jacob dies – 1688 BC
Joseph dies – 1634 BC
Jacob's descendants prosper in Egypt – 1600 – 1450 BC
Pharaoh makes the Jews slaves – 1450 BC
Israel has Judges – 1380 BC
Moses is born - 1355 BC
Exodus from Egypt – 1275 BC
Jericho falls – 1234 BC
Samson is born – 1090 BC
Samuel is born – 1086 BC
Saul is born – 1054 BC
Samuel becomes a judge – 1050 BC
David is born – 1034
Saul becomes the first King of Israel – 1025 BC
David becomes King of Israel – 1004
David captures Jerusalem – 999 BC
Solomon is born – 989 BC
Solomon’s Temple is built in 7 years in Jerusalem – 961 BC to 954 BC
Israel is split into two kingdoms – Judah in the South (2 tribes), and Israel in the North (10 tribes) – 926 BC
Assyria invades the Northern Kingdom of Israel – 722 BC
Northern Kingdom assimilates with Assyria, become Samaritans – 700 BC
Temple destroyed in the Southern Kingdom of Judah – 587 BC
Babylonian Captivity of Southern Kingdom starts – 587 BC
Edict of King Cyrus that allows the Jews to return home – 539 BC
Southern Kingdom of Judah ceases to exist - 538 BC
New Temple is built – 516 BC
Alexander the Great Conquers Palestine – 332 BC
Temple is desecrated, starting the Maccabean Revolt- 167 BC
Temple is rededicated – 164 BC
Rome Conquers Jerusalem – 64 BC
Jesus Christ is born – 1 AD
Jesus starts his public ministry – 30 AD
Jesus is handed over to be crucified – 33 AD
Jesus rises from the dead – 33 AD
Peter and Paul martyred at Rome – 67 AD
Linus becomes the second pope – 67 AD
The Temple in Jerusalem is destroyed by the Romans – 70 AD
Nicene Creed established at the Council of Nicea – 325 AD
Councils of Rome, Hippo, and Carthage establish the 73 Books of the Bible – 382 AD, 393 AD, and 397 AD respectively.

The Beatitudes...

(8 Beatitudes)

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

Blessed are the meek: for they shall posses the land.

Blessed are they who mourn: for they shall be comforted

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy

Blessed are the clean of heart: for they shall see God

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called children of God

Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven

The 12 Apostles (in case you are asked)..

Peter
formerly "Simon," renamed "Kepha" or "Cephas" by Our Lord; preached in Antioch, Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, and Asia Minor, Rome; headed Roman Church (was first Pope); crucified upside-down in Rome, Italy; relics at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. Symbols: the Keys; upside-down Latin Cross; book. Feast: June 29 (along with St. Paul); August 1 (St. Peter's Chains).

Andrew
Peter's brother; preached in Scythia; Epirus; Achaia; Hellas; Cappadocia, Galatia, and Bithynia, Scythian deserts, Byzantium;Thrace, Macedonia, Thessaly, and Achaia; crucified in Patrae in Achaia; relics at Cathedral of Amalfi, Italy, and in St. Andrew's Church in Patras, Greece. Symbols: X-shaped Cross; anchor; fish; fishing net. Feast: November 30.

James the Greater
he and his brother (John) nicknamed by Jesus "Sons of Thunder" (Boanerges); a son of Zebedee; preached in Spain; beheaded by Herod Agrippa I to please the Jews; relics at Compostela, Spain. Symbols: seashells; pilgrim's staff; scroll; book; floppy hat; trampling a Moor; mounted on horseback. Feast: July 25.

John
he and his brother (James the Greater) nicknamed by Jesus "Sons of Thunder" (Boanerges); a son of Zebedee; the disciple whom Jesus loved; Evangelist; preached in Asia Minor (Ephesus). Symbols: chalice; eagle; serpent; sword; cauldron. Feast December 27.

Philip
preached in Hieropolis in Asia (?); relics at church of the Dodici Apostoli in Rome, Italy. Symbols: basket of loaves; T-shaped Cross. Feast: May 11 (with St. James the Less)

Bartholomew
preached in India, Mesopotamia, Persia, Egypt, Armenia, Lycaonia, Phrygia, shores of the Black Sea (?); beheaded or flayed alive and crucified, head downward in Albanopolis in Armenia; relics at St. Bartholomew-in-the-Island in Rome, Italy (?). Symbols: tanner's knife; flayed skin. Feast: August 24.

Matthew
"Levi"; Evangelist; preached in Ethiopia to the south of the Caspian Sea (not Ethiopia in Africa), Persia and the kingdom of the Parthians, Macedonia, and Syria, and to the Hebrews generally (?). Symbols: angel/man/winged man holding a pen or inkwell; bag of coins, money bag, money box, or purse; spear; sword; halberd; lance. Feast: September 21.

Thomas
"Didymus," meaning "Twin"; familiarly (not Scripturally) known as "Doubting Thomas"; preached in India; pierced through with spears by four soldiers at Syriac Mazdai; relics in Santhome Cathedral, Chennai, India. Symbols: T-square; spear. Feast December 21.

James the Less"James the Just" or "James the Younger";
son of Alphaeus (Clophas) and "brother of the Lord"; Bishop of Jerusalem Church; epistle writer; killed by Jews by being thrown off the Temple and clubbed to death. Symbols: fuller's club; book; windmill. Feast: May 11 (with St. Philip)

Jude
"Thaddaeus"; "brother of James (the Less)"; epistle writer. Symbols: shown with medallion with profile of Jesus around his neck; shown with flame above his head; oar; boat; axe; book; pen. Feast: October 28 (with St. Simon).

Simon
"Simon the Zealot" or "Simon the Canaanite."
Symbols: fish(es); man being sawn in two longitudinally; saw; lance. Feast: October 28 (with St. Jude).

Judas Iscariot
replaced after his suicide by Matthias (St. Matthias's Feast: February 24).

Note.. A little poem to help you remember:
Peter, Andrew, James and John,
Phil and Bart and Matt and Tom,
James the Less and Jude and Simon
--Then Judas who betrayed the God-man.

When did your Church begin?

What is the History of Your Church?
format:
Church-Year Established-Founder-Where Established

Catholic-33-Jesus Christ-Jerusalem

Orthodox-1054-Schismatic Catholic Bishops-Constantinople

Lutheran-1517-Martin Luther-Germany

Anabaptist-1521-Nicholas Storch & Thomas Munzer-Germany

Anglican-1534-Henry VIII-England

Mennonites-1536-Menno Simons-Switzerland

Calvinist-1555-John Calvin-Switzerland

Presbyterian-1560-John Knox-Scotland

Congregational-1582-Robert Brown-Holland

Baptist-1609-John Smyth-Amsterdam

Dutch Reformed-1628-Michaelis Jones-New York

Congregationalist-1648-Pilgrims and Puritans-Massachusetts

Quakers-1649-George Fox-England

Amish-1693-Jacob Amman-France

Freemasons-1717-Masons from four lodges-London

Methodist-1739-John & Charles Wesley-England

Unitarian-1774-Theophilus Lindey-London

Methodist Episcopal-1784-60 Preachers-Baltimore, MD

Episcopalian-1789-Samuel Seabury-American Colonies

United Brethren-1800-Philip Otterbein & Martin Boehn-Maryland

Disciples of Christ-1827-Thomas & Alexander Campbell-Kentucky

Mormon-1830-Joseph Smith-New York

Methodist Protestant-1830-Methodist-United States

Church of Christ-1836-Warren Stone & Alexander Campbell-Kentucky

Seventh Day Adventist-1844-Ellen White-Washington, NH

Christadelphian(Brethrenof Christ)-1844-John Thomas-Richmond, VA

Salvation Army-1865-William Booth-London

Holiness-1867-Methodist-United States

Jehovah's Witnesses-1874-Charles Taze Russell-Pennsylvania
Christian Science-1879-Mary Baker Eddy-Boston

Church of God in Christ-1895-Various churches of God-Arkansas

Church of Nazarene-c.1850-1900-Vari.religious bodies-Pilot Point, TX

Pentecostal-1901-Charles F. Parkham-Topeka, KS

Aglipayan-1902-Gregorio Aglipay-Philippines

Assemblies of God-1914-Pentecostalism-Hot Springs, AZ

Iglesia ni Christo-1914-Felix Manalo-Philippines

Four-square Gospel-1917-Aimee Semple McPherson-Los Angeles, CA

United Church of Christ-1961-Reformed & Congregationalist-Philadelphia, PA

Calvary Chapel-1965-Chuck Smith-Costa Mesa, CA

United Methodist-1968-Methodist & United Brethren-Dallas, TX

Born-again-c. 1970s-Various religious bodies-United States

Harvest Christian-1972-Greg Laurie-Riverside, CA

Saddleback-1982-Rick Warren-California

Non-denominational-c. 1990s-various-United States

Bishop Sheen

+ Hearing nuns’ confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.

+ An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support.

+ The best definition of an adult that was ever given is one who has stopped growing at both ends and has begun to grow in the middle.

+ Every mother, when she picks up the young life that has been born to her, looks up to the heavens to thank GOD for the gift which made the world young again. But here was a Mother, a Madonna, who did not look up. She looked down to Heaven, for this was Heaven in her arms.

Chesterton ~ from Orthodoxy...

It is quite easy to see why a legend is treated, and ought to be treated, more respectfully than a book of history. The legend is generally made by the majority of people in the village, who are sane. The book is generally written by the one man in the village who is mad.
- - -
...Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead.

...We will have the dead at our councils. The ancient Greeks voted by stones; these shall vote by tombstones.

It is all quite regular and official, for most tombstones, like most ballot papers, are marked with a cross.

Latin anyone?

PATER NOSTER, qui es in caelis, sanctificetur nomen tuum. Adveniat regnum tuum. Fiat voluntas tua, sicut in caelo et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie, et dimitte nobis debita nostra sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris. Et ne nos inducas in tentationem, sed libera nos a malo. Amen.
~~~
OUR FATHER, Who art in heaven hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. Amen.

what is Canon Law?

Canon Law, the oldest continuously functioning legal system in the western world, is the internal legal system of the Catholic Church. It is founded on the juridical-legislative heritage of Revelation and Tradition and affects virtually every aspect of the faith life of some one billion Catholic Christians throughout the world. But, as Pope John Paul II explained, canon law "is in no way intended as a substitute for faith, grace, charisms (gifts from the Holy Spirit), and especially charity in the life of the Church and of the faithful. On the contrary, its purpose is rather to create such an order in the ecclesial (pertaining to Church) society that, while assigning the primacy love, grace, and charisms, it at the same time renders their organic development easier in the life of both the ecclesial society and the individual persons who belong to it."

Church laws work to preserve the freedom of the Holy Spirit. The more Catholics at all levels in the Church understand their canonical rights and duties, the more effectively they can partake in the mission of the Church, a mission born from and leading to communion with God and his faithful people.