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Robert H. Sarkissian

Island of Freedom: St. Augustine

For Students 9th - 10th
St. Augustine (354-430) is profiled and links are provided to full-text translations of his City of God and other works.
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Other

Hawaii Online: Lateran Pacts of 1929

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the actual full text of the Lateran Treaty that Benito Mussolini made with the Vatican.
Website
Britain Express

Britain Express: History: Medieval Britain: Medieval Monasteries in England

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides details on monastery life in Medieval England.
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The History of Italy

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed history of the Italians and their role in European history.
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New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Basilica

For Students 9th - 10th
This encyclopedia article explores the term "Basilica," in both the architectural and the canonical sense. Also provides several links sprinkled into the text, where you'll find more information on a particular word. Please note that...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Augustus Tolton

For Students 9th - 10th
Summarizes the life and career of Augustus Tolton, an American religious leader who is regarded as the first African American ordained as a priest in the Roman Catholic Church.
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Curated OER

Unesco: Slovakia: Wooden Churches of Slovak Part of the Carpathian Mountain Area

For Students 9th - 10th
The Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of Carpathian Mountain Area inscribed on the World Heritage List consist of two Roman Catholic, three Protestant and three Greek Orthodox churches built between the 16th and 18th centuries. The...
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Rice University

Galileo Project: Historical Overview of the Inquisition

For Students 9th - 10th
This article defines an inquisition, which is a legal proceeding of the Catholic Church and not restricted to a particular institution such as the Spanish Inquisition.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Chaldeans

For Students 9th - 10th
Today the term "Chaldean" is used to refer to a branch of the Nestorian Orthodox church that became affiliated with Rome while preserving its liturgical language and ecclesiastical customs. For example, Chaldean priests, unlike their...
Website
Other

Women in the Bible and the Lectionary

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed look at Biblical women and their incorporation into the Roman Catholic Church's lectionary.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Queen Elizabeth

For Students 9th - 10th
Queen Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry VIII, by Anne Boleyn. Her reign is one of the most remarkable in English history. It lasted from 1558 to 1603, and in those years England's glory was brighter than it had ever been before....
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Thomas Cardinal Wolsey

For Students 9th - 10th
Thomas Cardinal Wolsey (c.1470~1471 - November 28 or November 29, 1530), who was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, was an English statesman and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Wolsey's affairs prospered and by 1514 he had...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John Wycliffe

For Students 9th - 10th
John Wycliffe (mid-1320s - 31 December 1384) was an English theologian, translator and reformist. Wycliffe was an early dissident in the Roman Catholic Church during the 14th century. He is considered the founder of the Lollard movement,...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John Wycliffe

For Students 9th - 10th
John Wycliffe (mid-1320s - 31 December 1384) was an English theologian, translator and reformist. Wycliffe was an early dissident in the Roman Catholic Church during the 14th century. He is considered the founder of the Lollard movement,...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Pope Paul Iii

For Students 9th - 10th
Pope Paul III (February 29, 1468 - November 10, 1549), born Alessandro Farnese, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1534 to his death in 1549. He also called the Council of Trent in 1545. Born in Canino, Latium (then part of the...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sculpture of John Wycliffe

For Students 9th - 10th
A sculpture of John Wycliffe, an English theologian, lay preacher, translator and reformist. Wycliffe was an early dissident in the Roman Catholic Church during the 14th century. His followers are known as Lollards, a somewhat rebellious...
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Eserver

E Server: Was Hegel Christian or Atheist?

For Students 9th - 10th
Author makes an original argument that Hegel was interested more in Christian ethics than Christian religion at this site from EServer.org. Contends that traditional Catholic orthodoxy is authoritarian. Unfortunately, the author...
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Henry Iv Letter to Gregory Vii

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains the full text of Henry IV's response to Gregory VII after being called a "usurper," in which Henry refers to Gregory IV as a "false monk."
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Ban on Lay Investitures

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains the full text of Gregory VII's decrees which banned lay investiture.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Lay Investitures Forbidden

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains the full text of Gregory VII's decree banning investitures.
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Curated OER

Pope Francis I, Jorge Mario Bergoglio

For Students 9th - 10th
Pope Francis I, Jorge Mario Bergoglio.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Martin Luther

For Students 9th - 10th
Martin Luther was born at Eisleben in 1483. He was the son of a poor miner, had entered the Augustinian order, and had become professor of theology at Wittenberg. In the course of his studies he had come to question the practice of the...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John Cardinal Fisher

For Students 9th - 10th
John Cardinal Fisher (c.1469 - 22 June 1535), from 1935 Saint John Fisher, was an English Catholic bishop, cardinal and martyr. He shares his feast day with Saint Thomas More on June 22 in the Roman Catholic calendar of saints and 6 July...
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Carmel Mission

For Students 9th - 10th
The second Roman Catholic California Mission Church, this was the headquarters of the padre presidente, Father Fermin Francisco de Lasuen . It was destroyed in the mid-19th century and restored in 1884 and 1920. It remains a parish...