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Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Really Helpful Synopsis

Dead Theologians has posted a very helpful summary of Conciliar teachings. No hold's barred...and an excellent reference for those of us who don't memorize dates as well as we should...

1. Prayers for the dead . ………………AD 300.
2. Making the sign of the cross ………………………… …300.
3. Veneration of angels and saints ……………….375.
4. Use of icons in worship………………………………… . 375.
5. The Mass as a daily celebration……………………………… 394.
6. Beginning of the exaltation of Mary; the term Theotokos applied at the Council of Ephesus…431 A.D.
7. Extreme Unction instituted (Last Rites)……………………………… ..526.
8. Doctrine of Purgatory-Gregory I…………………………… .593.
9. Prayers to Mary & saints ……………………………… .600.
10. Veneration of the cross, images & relics ……………………… … 786.
11. Canonization of saints ………………………………… ..995.
12. Celibacy of priesthood …………………………………… …1079.
13. The Rosary ……………………………………………… … 1090.
14. Indulgences ……………………………………………… …..1190.
15. Transubstantiation-(Innocent III) …………………………… 1215.
16. Auricular Confession of sins …………………… 1215.
17. Adoration of the Host…………………………… .. 1220.
18. Cup forbidden to the people at Communion (revoked) …………………..1414.
19. Purgatory proclaimed as a dogma……………………………..1439.
20. The doctrine of the Seven Sacraments confirmed …………….1439.
21. The role of tradition in the interpretation of Scripture, Council of Trent..1545.
22. Apocrypha affirmed……………….1546.
23. Immaculate Conception of Mary……………………………….1854.
24. Papal Infallibility, Vatican I …1870.
25. Assumption of the Virgin Mary...1950.
26. Mary proclaimed Mother of the Church……………………… 1965.