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Notable Catholics throughout history (Catholic DIR)

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Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was an Italian Baroque musical composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher, and priest. Born in Venice, the capital of the Venetian Republic, he is regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread across Europe. Wikipedia

...He died in poverty.
 

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Stephen Tyrone Colbert is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He is best known for hosting the satirical Comedy Central program The Colbert Report from 2005 to 2014 and the CBS talk program The Late Show with Stephen Colbert beginning in September 2015. Wikipedia
 

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Thomas Jeffrey Hanks is an American actor and filmmaker. Hanks is known for his comedic and dramatic roles in such films as Splash, Big, Turner & Hooch, A League of Their Own, Sleepless in Seattle, ... Wikipedia
 

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Francesco Maria Grimaldi was an Italian Jesuit priest, mathematician and physicist who taught at the Jesuit college in Bologna. He was born in Bologna to Paride Grimaldi and Anna Cattani.Wikipedia
 

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Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo, was an Italian polymath of the Renaissance whose areas of interest included invention, drawing, painting, sculpting, ... Wikipedia
 

Shiranui117

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I don't know... I know he was raised Catholic -but I wasn't aware he became Orthodox.
Yeah, says right on his Wikipedia page.

In any case, the Orthodox are Catholic too IMO, just minus the pope. ;)
And with a much cooler Liturgy, and more old-school theology. ;)
Also "The Orthodox are Catholic too IMO, just minus the Pope" Bruh I expect this from Protestants, not from Catholics :brokenheart:
 

Cooky

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Yeah, says right on his Wikipedia page.


And with a much cooler Liturgy, and more old-school theology. ;)
Also "The Orthodox are Catholic too IMO, just minus the Pope" Bruh I expect this from Protestants, not from Catholics :brokenheart:

Yeah, well I know where to find a Latin High Mass, done with total reverence. Chanting and all. Communion is taken on the knees only. :cool::p
 

metis

aged ecumenical anthropologist
Cesar Chavez, whom I had a chance to talk with back in the 80's, and who was head of the United Farm Workers, and also who advised his followers to read St. Francis of Assisi and Gandhi.

Cesar Chavez - Wikipedia
 

metis

aged ecumenical anthropologist
It sounds exciting talking to a person like that. He was on a postage stamp I saw several years ago.
Since you are active on the forum, and you seem to have a pretty open viewpoint, can I please ask how you would address the thread I made about double-mindedness or doubt:
Is double-mindedness or wavering "an earthly spirit, from the devil" as The Shepherd of Hermas says?
It's best for me to respond to that by using myself as an example.

After being away from Christianity for 20+ years, last fall I decided to try and return to Catholicism, but I needed to get the permission from our priest. I told him about my background (science-- anthropology), and that because of this I would always question things. But then I added that would I could do with a clear conscience is to commit myself to the Church and to doing the best that I can to help people. With that, he welcomed me back into the Church.

There's an old saying that goes like this: "If two people completely agree on everything, then only one of them is actually doing the thinking". A former priest at our church said much the same several decades ago when we were in conversation, namely that to question things is normal and good, but only to a point.

So, I don't see such questioning as being intrinsically negative, however it could be negative if it stops a person from making any moral commitment.

What do you think? And thanks for the compliment, btw.
 

exchemist

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William of Ockham.
From Wiki:
"...an English Franciscan friar, scholastic philosopher, and theologian, who is believed to have been born in Ockham, a small village in Surrey.[9] He is considered to be one of the major figures of medieval thought and was at the centre of the major intellectual and political controversies of the 14th century. He is commonly known for Occam's razor, the methodological principle that bears his name, and also produced significant works on logic, physics, and theology. In the Church of England, his day of commemoration is 10 April.[10]"

Even better, a Catholic Englishman. ;)
 
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