How Teresa and Maria Margaretha migrated to Nordstrand: Translation of Relics and Transformation of a German Island into a Catholic Dutch enclave in the 17th century

When on 26 May 1662 the founding first stone was laid for a new church on the island Nordstrand at the coast of Schleswig, relics of Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) and of the Dutch Carmelite abbess Maria Margaretha ab Angelis (1605-1658) were inserted. This church was built for Dutch dyke builders who were called to reconstruct the island after its destruction by flood in 1634; coming from a Catholic background and from the Dutch Republic which was at war with Spain at that time, the dyke builders and their families were guaranteed religious freedom in the Lutheran duchy of Holstein. In this paper, the reasons for the choice for the Spanish mystic Teresa of Avila and for the Dutch Carmelite abbess Maria Margaretha are discussed. The latter patroness was never beatified but had died in the smell of holiness; after her death several miracles were ascribed to her. It is understandable that migrants brought relics of their appreciated holy persons who would remind them of their homeland. The paper will first shortly introduce the two patronesses of the church. In the second part, the reasons for this choice will be discussed. Behind this translation of relics not only spiritual reasons played a role. The function of the translation of the saints was first to keep up geographical and political connections with the old country (both Spain and the Netherlands), secondly to perpetuate personal-familial relationships (esp. with Maria Margaretha), thirdly to strengthen the confessional identity in a non-Catholic environment. Fourthly the transfer brought a certain model of Christian life and reform to the new place of living, which in the second part of the 17th century became marked as “Jansenist”. The paper shows the transformation of the island into an enclave of Dutch Catholic culture.

Influence of Religious Institutions in the Creation and Implementation of Public Policy: The Case of Roman Catholic Argentina and Secular Uruguay

The strong presence of religious institutions in Latin America, especially the Roman Catholic Church, and their participation in the creation and implementation of public policy within a sovereign state can be counter-productive for the social development and progress of that specific country. Argentina and Uruguay and the social controversy of social issues of abortion and same-sex marriage are used as examples to establish the accuracy of the above statement. Historical, statistical, and legislative information about both topics in both countries show that the political power that the Roman Catholic Church has in the region is more an outdated influence than a reality, and the principle of secularization appears to be the most stabilizing philosophy for modern nations.

The role of the Church and the folk in the development of the early drama in New Mexico.

Thesis--Univ. of Pennsylvania.

Forgotten shrines; an account of some old Catholic halls and families in England, and of relics and memorials of the England martyrs,

Mode of access: Internet.

The ancient liturgy of the Church of England, according to the uses of Sarum, York, Hereford, and Bangor, and the Roman liturgy arranged in parallel columns with preface and notes,

Appendix (p. [279]-333):--Liturgia S. Clementis.--The Order of the Communion, 1548.--The Supper of the Lorde, 1549.

An inquiry into the Catholic truths hidden under certain articles of the creed of the church of Rome /

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

A letter to the Protestants of the United Kingdom, exhibiting the real principles of the Roman Catholic bishops and priests in Ireland, as contained in their standard of theology adopted in 1808 ...

Mode of access: Internet.

Declaration of the catholic bishops, the vicars apostolic and their coadjutors in Great Britain.

Mode of access: Internet.

The hierarchical despotism : lectures on the mixture of civil and ecclesiastical power in the governments of the Middle Ages : in illustration of the nature and progress of despotism in the Romish Church /

A reply to Bishop John Hughes' "A lecture on the mixture of civil and ecclesiastical power, in the governments of the Middle Ages."

An inquiry into the merits of the Reformed doctrine of "imputation," as contrasted with those of "Catholic imputation;" or, The cardinal point of controversy between the Church of Rome and the Protestant high church: together with miscellaneous essays on the Catholic faith,

On cover: Catholic imputation.

Minutes of a correspondence between the Right Rev. John Dubois, Roman Catholic Bishop of New York, and the trustees of St. Joseph's Church, relative to the pastorship thereof.

The portrait (front.) is of Charles Constantine Pise, a parish priest at St. Joseph's Church at that time.

The end of religious controversy : in a friendly correspondence between a religious society of Protestants and a Catholic divine.

Mode of access: Internet.

A debate on the Roman Catholic religion : between Alexander Campbell, Bethany, Va. and Right Reverend John B. Purcell, Bishop of Cincinnati : held in the Sycamore Street Meetinghouse, Cincinnati, from the 13th to the 21st of January, 1837 : taken down by reporters and revised by the parties.

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A debate on the Roman Catholic religion : held in the Sycamore-Street Meeting House, Cincinnati, from the 13th to the 21st of January, 1837 /

Spine title: Alexander Campbell's works : catholicism.

The church of Christ, in its idea, attributes, and ministry : with a particular reference to the controversy on the subject between Romanists and Protestants /

Mode of access: Internet.