This series has six easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: A Very Personal Poem.IntroductionDante’s Divine Comedy was the great
Gregory VII Flees Rome
Today's installment concludes Hildebrand's Papal Triumph,the name of our combined selection from Arthur Robert Pennington and Artaud De
Penance at Canossa
On the morrow, Matilda interceded with the Pope on behalf of Henry, and the conditions of the treaty were settled.Continuing Hildebrand's Papal
The Investiture Controversy
Gregory VII summoned a council at the Lateran (1075), which issued a decree against lay investitures.Continuing Hildebrand's Papal Triumph,with a
Hildebrand’s Papal Triumph
This series has four easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Hildebrand Becomes Pope Gregory VII.IntroductionThe separation of
Jesuits Choose Loyola to Lead Them
Today's installment concludes Founding of the Jesuits,our selection from Loyola, and Jesuitism in Its Rediments by Isaac Taylor published in
Jesuits Dispatch Missionary to the Far East
Xavier's apostleship in the East, with its real and with its romantic and exaggerated glories, was a fund upon which the society at home allowed
Jesuits Organize Their Constitution
The time was now come for effecting a permanent organization of the society and for installing a chief at its head.Continuing Founding of the
Jesuits Obtain Pope’s Approval
At Rome, Loyola, by his personal exertions, effected great reforms in liturgical services and restored to Romanism much of its vitality.Continuing