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Pontifical Maronite College
The Pontifical Maronite College (Italian: ''Pontificio Collegio dei Maroniti'') is one of the Roman Colleges of the Catholic Church. Founded originally in 1584 in order to educate Maronite Church, Maronite priests, the college provides now higher education to priests from also other Eastern denominations and serves as the pastoral mission for the adjacent San Marone, Rome, church of St Maron and the Procuracy of the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch, Patriarchate of Antioch of the Maronites to the Holy See. History Background When the Crusaders arrived in the Near East, they were welcomed mostly warmly by the Maronites and attempts to renew or create a union between the Catholic and Maronite church followed. The papacy might have accepted the Maronites into union around 1181/82 and the Maronite Patriarch Jeremiah al-ʿAmshiti visited Rome in 1213, receiving from the pope the pallium, sign of a formal Roman acceptance of his position as patriarch. After the Mamluk expulsion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seminary
A seminary, school of theology, theological college, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called seminarians) in scripture and theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as clergy, in academics, or mostly in Christian ministry. The English word is taken from , translated as 'seed-bed', an image taken from the Council of Trent document which called for the first modern seminaries. In the United States, the term is currently used for graduate-level theological institutions, but historically it was used for high schools. History The establishment of seminaries in modern times resulted from Roman Catholic reforms of the Counter-Reformation after the Council of Trent. These Tridentine seminaries placed great emphasis on spiritual formation and personal discipline as well as the study, first of philosophy as a base, and, then, as the final crown, theology. The oldest Catholic seminary in the United States is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nasser Gemayel
Nasser Gemayel (born 6 January 1951, in Ain-Kharroubé, Lebanon) is the first and current eparch of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris. Life Gemayel was born in 1951 at Ain-Kharroubé in Antélias Archeparchy of the Maronites. He attended the seminar at Ghazir and, for some years, the Conservatory of Beirut, while he studied philosophy and theology at the University Institutional Holy Spirit University of Kaslik. He received from the same University and a licentiate in theology and at the Saint Joseph University in the philosophy of Beirut. In 1977 he obtained a masters in philosophy at the Catholic University of Lyon and in 1984 and a doctorate in literature and humanities at the Paris-Sorbonne University in Paris He was ordained as a priest on 30 August 1981 for the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Antelias. Throughout his career, he has served in various parishes, including "Notre Dame du Bon Secours" in Zalka from 1984 to 1985 and "Tues Shaaya" in B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Luigi Assemani
Giuseppe Luigi Assemani (1710 on Mount Lebanon Tripoli, Lebanon, TripoliFebruary 9, 1782 in Rome) was a Lebanon, Lebanese Catholic priest, an oriental studies, orientalist and a Professor of Oriental languages in Rome. Assemani came from a well known family of Lebanon, Lebanese Maronite Christianity in Lebanon, Maronites that included several notable Orientalists. His uncle was Archbishop Giuseppe Simone Assemani whom he helped with his writings; besides assisting his uncle he also studied in Rome and was appointed by the Pope, firstly as the Professor of Syriac at the Sapienza and later as the Professor of liturgy by Pope Benedict XIV. The Pope also made Assemani a member of the Academy for Historic Research which had just been established. Assemani and his uncle between them laid the foundations of modern historical research with their work on publishing the correct editions of various early and Middle Age writers as well as their work on the decrees of the various general, nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istifan Al-Duwayhi
Istifan al-Duwayhi or Estephan El Douaihy ( / ALA-LC: ''Isṭifānūs al-thānī Buṭrus al-Duwayhī''; ; ; ; 2 August 1630 – 3 May 1704) was the 57th Patriarch of the Maronite Church, serving from 1670 until his death. He was born in Ehden, Lebanon. He is considered one of the major Lebanese historians of the 17th century and was known as “The Father of Maronite History”, “Pillar of the Maronite Church”, “The Second Chrysostom”, “Splendor of the Maronite Nation”, and “The Glory of Lebanon and the Maronites”. After his death, he was declared a Servant of God by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. On 3 July 2008 Pope Benedict XVI declared him Venerable. On August 2, 2024, he was beatified at a ceremony held in Bkerké, Lebanon. Biography Early life El Douaihy was born to a noble family ( El Douaihy). At the age of sixteen, recognized as a brilliant young talent, he was sent to the Maronite College (Seminary) in Rome. He studied there for fourteen yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Ecchellensis
Ibrahim al-Haqilani (February 18, 1605July 15, 1664; Latinized as Abraham Ecchellensis) was a Maronite Catholic philosopher and linguist involved in the translation of the Bible into Arabic. He translated several Arabic works into Latin, the most important of which was the '' Chronicon orientale'' attributed to Ibn al-Rahib. Born in Haqil, Lebanon, his last name derived from his place of birth. Ibrahim was educated at the Maronite College in Rome. After taking his doctorate in theology and philosophy, he returned for a time to his native land. Ibrahim was ordained as a deacon and later taught Arabic and Syriac, first in Pisa and then in Rome in the College of the Propaganda. In 1628, he published a Syriac grammar. Called to Paris in 1640 to assist Guy Michel Lejay in the preparation of his polyglot Bible, Ibrahim contributed to that work the Arabic and Latin versions of the ''Book of Ruth'' and the Arabic version of ''3 Maccabees.'' In 1646, Ibrahim was appointed professor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Omaira
George Omaira (born in 1570?, Ehden, Lebanon - died in 1644) was the 53rd Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronite Church (1634-1644). Life Georges Omaira was born in Ehden. He was sent to Rome in 1583 to study at the Pontifical Maronite College. He returned to Lebanon in 1595 under Pope Clement VIII. In 1596, he published a Syriac and Chaldean grammar in Latin, one of the first in Europe, and also a translation of the New Testament into Syriac. Omaira was consecrated auxiliary bishop in 1600 by Maronite Patriarch Youssef Rizzi el-Bkoufani. In 1608, became bishop of Ehden. Omaira returned to Europe when Patriarch Makhlouf sent him on a diplomatic mission to Rome and Tuscany to seek an alliance against the Ottoman government. He further encouraged Latin missionaries to come to Lebanon. On 26 December 1634, with the death of Patriarch Makhlouf, he was elected Maronite Patriarch of Antioch. Omaira was the first student of the Maronite College to be chosen for this position, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergius Gamerius
Sergius Gamerius (or Sarkis al-Gamri; 1610 in Ehden, Lebanon – 1668 in Marseille, France) was an Arabist and Maronite bishop. Life After study (from 1625) and be ordained a priest in Rome, and after a visit to Nicolas Peiresc in 1635 in Aix-en-Provence, he asked before his return to Lebanon in January 1642 to Cardinal Richelieu to buy Greek and Oriental manuscripts for him in the Orient. Apparently, in vain, because he was suspected by Englishmen and Dutchmen due to still rare oriental sort for sale. Between 1648 and 1656 he worked, beside his nephew and successor Gabriel Sionita, as professor of Arabic at the Collège de France. On 25 January 1658 Gamerius became the Maronite Archbishop of the Damascus and more later of Cyprus but stayed from 1659 in Paris letter of 3 April 1660 Sergius, "Archbishop of Damascus", in Paris handed down the Cod. Paris. SYR 331st; cf. F. Nau:. Notices of manuscrits syriaques. In: Revue de l'Orient Chrétien 16 (1911) 292nd/ref> and in 1662 tempor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Christian Churches
Eastern Christianity comprises Christian traditions and church families that originally developed during classical and late antiquity in the Eastern Mediterranean region or locations further east, south or north. The term does not describe a single communion or religious denomination. Eastern Christianity is a category distinguished from Western Christianity, which is composed of those Christian traditions and churches that originally developed further west. Major Eastern Christian bodies include the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches, along with those groups descended from the historic Church of the East (also called the Assyrian Church), as well as the Eastern Catholic Churches (which are in communion with Rome while maintaining Eastern liturgies), and the Eastern Protestant churches. Most Eastern churches do not normally refer to themselves as "Eastern", with the exception of the Assyrian Church of the East and its offshoot, the Ancient Church of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pontifical Oriental Institute
The Pontifical Oriental Institute, also known as the Orientale, is a Catholic institution of higher education located in Rome and focusing on Eastern Christianity. The plan of creating a school of higher learning for Eastern Christianity had been on the agenda of the Catholic Church since at least Pope Leo XIII, but it was only realized in 1917 by Pope Benedict XV. The Orientale forms part of the consortium of the Pontifical Gregorian University (founded in 1551) and the Pontifical Biblical Institute (founded in 1909), both in Rome. All three institutions are run by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). While the Orientale depends on the Holy See, its management is entrusted to the Society of Jesus. Its chancellor is the Prefect of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches and its vice-chancellor is the superior general of the Society of Jesus, while the Congregation for Catholic Education is the dicastery competent for approving the academic programmes of the Orientale. Each year, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludovisi (rione Of Rome)
Ludovisi () is the 16th ''rione'' of Rome, Italy, identified by the initials R. XVI and located within the Municipio I. Its coat of arms depicts three golden bands and a golden dragon on a red background. It is the coat of arms of the noble Ludovisi family, which here owned the beautiful villa bearing the same name. The villa and the surrounding gardens, except for a single building, the Villa Aurora, were destroyed at the end of the 19th century to build the new district. History The ''rione'' was born after the unification of Italy (such as San Saba, Testaccio and Prati), from the convention, signed in 1886, between the Boncompagni (heirs of the Ludovisi) and the Municipality of Rome. With this act, the Lords of Piombino assigned to the housing development the area of Villa Ludovisi: about 25 hectares of park between the walls and the historical ''rioni'' of Trevi and Colonna, which between the 17th and 19th centuries had extended eastward up to Porta Salaria (the presen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pope Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIII (; born Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci; 2March 181020July 1903) was head of the Catholic Church from 20 February 1878 until his death in July 1903. He had the fourth-longest reign of any pope, behind those of Peter the Apostle, Pius IX (his immediate predecessor), and Pope John Paul II, John Paul II. Born in Carpineto Romano, near Rome, Leo XIII is well known for his intellectualism and his attempts to define the position of the Catholic Church with regard to modern thinking. In his 1891 Papal encyclical, encyclical ''Rerum novarum'', Pope Leo outlined the Workers rights, rights of workers to a fair wage, Occupational safety and health, safe working conditions, and the formation of trade unions, while affirming the rights to property and Market economy, free enterprise, opposing both Atheism, atheistic socialism and ''laissez-faire'' capitalism. With that encyclical, he became popularly called the "Social Pope" and the "Pope of the Workers", also having cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
