Individual’s struggle
in search for truth"
Praxis 6
Guadalupe Acosta
Joseph Didiana
Mariana Gasca
Desiree Gardner
Beverly Peterson
Joel Salvador
Struggle for Religious Freedom
Throughout history the dominant religion in any
given nation has had power either in a direct or
indirect way in areas such as government ,
education , art , and science .
These members of the Roman Curia began to sell indulgences and had taxes
increased. Whoever went against their decisions was accused of heresy and
persecuted.
Their oppression was not only towards lay members, it also reached the majority
of the Church’s priests, missionaries, and religious clergies who had remained
faithful to the Church’s teachings. Their efforts towards justice, charity, and their
work in education, art, and literature were hindered by the cruelty, lack of
tolerance, and oppression of the Roman Curia.
Protestant Reformation
The more land Catholicism covered , the greater the power
of its leaders . A division in doctrine meant a threat to
their power and wealth . Those who had dared confront their
corruption , contradict or disobey the Roman Curia were
accused of heresy and persecuted .
“ There are many paths to
enlightenment . Be sure to
take one with a heart .” – Lao Tzu
The greatest
United States
Declaration of
Independence
Author: Thomas Jefferson United States
Bill of Rights
Document declaring Author: James Madison
independence from Great
Britain: Marked limits on the
“We hold these truths to be self- government to protect
evident, that all men are created
equal, that they are endowed by American personal
their Creator with certain limits.
unalienable Rights, that among
these are Life, Liberty and the
pursuit of Happiness.”
Suggested Readings
In The Enlightenment: The
Rise of Modern Paganism,
Peter Gay analyzed the
struggle about the
philosophes that pitted
classical pagan thought
against their Christian
heritage. In The Science of
Freedom, the second book is
a brilliant reinterpretation of
the philosophes begun in
the first book. The second
book describes the
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