Website for Modern Church History

Ann T. Orlando; aorlando@mit.edu

Spring 2006

General Resources

New American Bible

Vatican Web Site

Catechism of Catholic Church

Stanford University Dictionary of Philosophy

Index of Religious Art

Map of Mediterranean Region

Historical Maps of Europe

European Timeline 1453-1700

Maps Europe 19^th, 20^th C

Common writing errors

Discussion of Primary and Secondary Sources

Week 1: Review 14^th, 15^th C

Fall of Constantinople

Spread of Black Death

Lectures on Medieval History thru 15^th C

Week 2: Early 16^th C and Martin Luther

Background on early Reformation

Cornell Course on 1400-1600

Martin Luther 95 Theses Version for Class

Peace of Augsburg Version for Class

Augsburg Confession Version for Class

Pope Leo X

Week 3: Swiss, Anabaptist, French, English Reformations

Zwingli Website

WSU Zwingli Website

John Calvin Institutes of Christian Religion

Who’s Who in 16^th C France

History of British Monarchy: Henry VIII

Week 4: Catholic Response

Ignatius Loyola Spiritual Exercises Version for Class

Theresa of Avila Autobiography Version for Class

Theresa of Avila, Way of Perfection Version for Class

Joint Declaration on Justification Version for Class

Degrees from Council of Trent

Renaissance and Baroque Architecture

Baroque Art

Week 5: Voyages of Discovery and Missionary Activities

Francis Xavier Letter from India Version for Class

Chinese Rites Documents Version for Class

Map of European Voyages 1340-1600

University of Calgary Voyages of Discovery

Week 6: Philosophy and Spirituality in 17^th C France

Descartes Life and Works

Blaise Pascal Pensees Series III Version for Class

Pascal’s Wager

Spirituality of St. Francis de Sales at de Sales University

Week 7: Midterm

Week 8: Church, Science and Enlightenment (18^th C)

Copernicus’ Introduction to Paul III On the Revolution of the Heavenly Bodies

Galileo Project

Robert Bellarmine Letter on Galileo Version for Class

Isaac Newton Biography

Alexander Pope Essay on Man

Charles Darwin. Origin of Species Version for Class

Article on Henry Newman’s Christianity and Scientific Investigation Version for Class

Christopher Cardinal Schonborn. “The Designs of Science” in First Things Jan 2006

John Locke A Letter Concerning Toleration Version for Class

Thomas Jefferson Letter to Danbury Baptists Version for Class

John Adams Constitution of Commonwealth of Massachusetts Version for Class

Civil Constitution of the Clergy Version for Class

St. Just Republican Institutes Version for Class

Week 9: Reaction to Enlightenment and 19^th C

Article on Chateaubriand

Biography of Joseph de Maistre

Pope Pius IX, Syllabus of Errors Version for Class

Reviews of Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara

Socialism in 19^th C

Week 10: Vatican I and Leo XIII

First Vatican Council, First Dogmatic Constitution on Church of Christ Version for Class

Leo XIII Rerum Novarum Version for Class

Week 11: Early 20^th C

Pius X Encyclical Against Modernism

Pius XI, Quadragesimo Anno

Week 12: Vatican II and Later

Documents of Vatican II

Humanae Vitae

Week 13: Catholic Church in America

CUA Website on Being a Catholic and an American at the Turn of the 20^th Century

John Courtney Murray and the American Experience

Wake Forest University lecture on Catholicism in America