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Jun 6, 2020 · However, according to a Vatican curator, the Vatican Hill takes its name from the Latin word Vaticanus, a vaticiniis ferendis, in allusion to the oracles, or Vaticinia, which were anciently delivered here. So, we can conclude that the origin of the name Vatican is unclear, but most researchers think the name was borrowed from the Etruscan language.
Aug 16, 2019 · The Church decided that this name needed to be replaced with the words “God” and “Lord” and so “Yahweh” was stricken from all the passages and the scrolls were kept in the Apostolic archives of the Vatican and hidden from public knowledge as the name of the God was to be known by the Pope only.
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Vatican II. In 1959 Pope John XXIII called for an ecumenical council of the Catholic Church that would later be known at Vatican II. As a result of this council, the Catholic Church would dramatically change or reconsider its stance towards the world, it’s celebration of the liturgy, salvation, and the roles of clergy and the laity.
Oct 10, 2012 · The 1960s was a decade of change, with protests against racism, war, sexual behavior, the status quo and authority in general. “If that’s going on in the world and in society, that’s bound ...
In the view of many churchmen, the renewal achieved by Vatican II challenges Protestantism to put its own houses of God in order and revise its attitude toward the church against which the ...
1929: The independent state of the Vatican comes into existence. 1934: The first and the only railway station was opened. 1950: Declared a Holy Year by Pope Pius XII. 1943: During World War 2, Vatican city remained neutral and while the German troops occupied the city of Rome, the Vatican City wasn’t occupied.
Oct 11, 2012 · Andrew Brown. Thu 11 Oct 2012 04.00 EDT. The distinguished Roman Catholic historian Eamon Duffy called it the most significant religious event of the last 500 years; the second Vatican council ...
