Last week was Founder's Week and on Thursday, instead of attending the world history II class, we took a mini tour of the school. Our tour guide was a sister named Roseanne (I'm not really sure how to spell her name). We started the tour at the beginning of the class, meeting inside the chapel. When class started, the Sister started explaining about how the stained and etched glass in the church each represented different stories and unfortunately on the day we went it was raining because the Sister had said that if we were to be there when it was sunny, it would be absolutely stunning. Because I am not religious, I never had any sort of religious background so I was shocked to hear that the stories that she told were interesting. I always thought it was boring to be learning about the history and how there is someone above you and that you had to worship Him even though you had never seen him before.
After, we headed to the St. Joes common room, the Sister told us that where the fireplace was, there were three tiles on each side of the fireplace and one of them was the symbol for the school, even though I never went into the common room, because I commute, I found it interesting that there's so much history etched into the school. If I were to not go on the tour, I would have missed so many aspects of what the school has to offer because I just go from class to class and leave when class is over.
I think it was so inspiring to listen to the different stories of each of the sisters of Notre Dame and how this school was originally in San Jose (I'm not entirely sure but I'm pretty sure it was in the Bay Area). She also told us about the different hallmarks and that was why each class was supposed to help us embrace these hallmarks and try to make ourselves a better person if we have something to live by.
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Week 3
Chapter 15
- Christians all across the world do missionary work in Europe and North America
- the Scientific Revolution changed the world and how people viewed it
- in the 1500s Christianity was mainly in Europe
- some Christianity floating around in Egypt, Ethiopia, southern India, and Central Asia
- the people who decided to change or convert to Christianity was what brought more people in and in a way shaped the
- were defensive against Islam
- Roman Catholic v. Eastern Orthodox (some controversy, people were taking sides)
- Martin Luther posted the Theses, asking for debate about the religious abuses happening
- Martin Luther was not the only one who criticized these views
- questioned the hierarchy, even the pope
- talked about the social tension in the society, told people to not only focus on the religious standpoints because there was so much more going on besides Christianity
- commoners liked this idea because it gave them more "power" in a way
- 1562–1598: French Wars of Religion, this was the Catholics vs. Huguenots
- 1618–1648: the Thirty Year War
- there were new religious orders
- Reformation made people skeptical and people wanted change
- people wanted to spread Christianity
- when people started to travel to spread their faith and what they believed in, others were doing the same and the explorers combined their religious interests
- missionaries were most successful in Spanish America and the Philippines
- the blending of 2 traditions were common
- Christianity reached China during the Ming and Qing dynasties
- the missionaries did not "give" much to the Chinese and were not really needed
- slaves that came to America, they brought their religons and traditions with them
- Confucian and Hindu cultures didn’t spread widely in early modern period
- Scientific Revolution came to be in the mid-sixteenth century and the early eighteenth century.
- it challenged the teachings of the religion
- figured out that Earth was not the center of the universe, it was the sun
- Scientific Revolution mainly consisted of male scientists
- many practices differed because of the Scientific Revolution proved something else and people started to think
- Christians all across the world do missionary work in Europe and North America
- the Scientific Revolution changed the world and how people viewed it
- in the 1500s Christianity was mainly in Europe
- some Christianity floating around in Egypt, Ethiopia, southern India, and Central Asia
- the people who decided to change or convert to Christianity was what brought more people in and in a way shaped the
- were defensive against Islam
- Roman Catholic v. Eastern Orthodox (some controversy, people were taking sides)
- Martin Luther posted the Theses, asking for debate about the religious abuses happening
- Martin Luther was not the only one who criticized these views
- questioned the hierarchy, even the pope
- talked about the social tension in the society, told people to not only focus on the religious standpoints because there was so much more going on besides Christianity
- commoners liked this idea because it gave them more "power" in a way
- 1562–1598: French Wars of Religion, this was the Catholics vs. Huguenots
- 1618–1648: the Thirty Year War
- there were new religious orders
- Reformation made people skeptical and people wanted change
- people wanted to spread Christianity
- when people started to travel to spread their faith and what they believed in, others were doing the same and the explorers combined their religious interests
- missionaries were most successful in Spanish America and the Philippines
- the blending of 2 traditions were common
- Christianity reached China during the Ming and Qing dynasties
- the missionaries did not "give" much to the Chinese and were not really needed
- slaves that came to America, they brought their religons and traditions with them
- Confucian and Hindu cultures didn’t spread widely in early modern period
- Scientific Revolution came to be in the mid-sixteenth century and the early eighteenth century.
- it challenged the teachings of the religion
- figured out that Earth was not the center of the universe, it was the sun
- Scientific Revolution mainly consisted of male scientists
- many practices differed because of the Scientific Revolution proved something else and people started to think
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