{"id":8137,"date":"2024-08-08T13:13:11","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T13:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/learn\/st-dominic\/"},"modified":"2024-08-08T13:13:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T13:13:11","slug":"st-dominic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/st-dominic\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Dominicus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%;margin-bottom: 25px\">\n                  <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dominic_8August.jpg?quality=80&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"display: block;margin: auto;max-width: 100%\" \/><br \/>\n                  <span style=\"text-align: right;font-style: italic\">St. Dominicus<\/span>\n              <\/div>\n<p>Feast date: Aug 08<\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">\u00c2\u00a0On Aug. 8, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of St. Dominic Guzman, who helped the cause of orthodoxy in the medieval Church by founding the Order of Preachers, also known as Dominicans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis great saint reminds us that in the heart of the Church a missionary fire must always burn,\u201d Pope Benedict XVI said in a February 2010 General Audience talk on the life of St. Dominic. In his life, the Pope said, \u201cthe search for God\u2019s glory and the salvation of souls\u201d went \u201chand in hand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Born in Caleruega, Spain around the year 1170, Dominic was the son of Felix Guzman and Joanna of Aza, members of the nobility. His mother would eventually be beatified by the Church, as would his brother Manes who became a Dominican. The family\u2019s oldest son Antonio also became a priest.<\/p>\n<p>\tDominic received his early education from his uncle, who was a priest, before entering the University of Palencia where he studied for ten years. In one notable incident from this period, he sold his entire collection of rare books to provide for the relief of the poor in the city.<\/p>\n<p>\tAfter his ordination to the priesthood, Dominic was asked by Bishop Diego of Osma to participate in local church reforms. He spent nine years in Osma, pursuing a life of intense prayer, before being called to accompany the bishop on a piece of business for King Alfonso IX of Castile in 1203.<\/p>\n<p>\tWhile traveling in France with the bishop, Dominic observed the bad effects of the Albigensian heresy, which had taken hold in southern France during the preceding century. The sect revived an earlier heresy, Manicheanism, which condemned the material world as an evil realm not created by God.<\/p>\n<p>\tDreading the spread of heresy, Dominic began to think about founding a religious order to promote the truth. In 1204 he and Bishop Diego were sent by Pope Innocent III to assist in the effort against the Albigensians, which eventually involved both military force and theological persuasion.<\/p>\n<p>\tIn France, Dominic engaged in doctrinal debates and set up a convent whose rule would eventually become a template for the life of female Dominicans. He continued his preaching mission from 1208 to 1215, during the intensification of the military effort against the Albigensians.<\/p>\n<p>\tIn 1214, Dominic\u2019s extreme physical asceticism caused him to fall into a coma, during which the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to him and instructed him to promote the prayer of the Rosary. Its focus on the incarnation and life of Christ directly countered the Albigensian attitude towards matter as evil.<\/p>\n<p>\tDuring that same year, Dominic returned to Tolouse and obtained the bishop\u2019s approval of his plan for an order dedicated to preaching. He and a group of followers gained local recognition as a religious congregation, and Dominic accompanied Tolouse\u2019s bishop to Rome for an ecumenical council in 1215.<\/p>\n<p>\tThe council stressed the Church\u2019s need for better preaching, but also set up a barrier to the institution of new religious orders. Dominic, however, obtained papal approval for his plan in 1216, and was named as the Pope\u2019s chief theologian. The Order of Preachers expanded in Europe with papal help in 1218.<\/p>\n<p>\tThe founder spent the last several years of his life building up the order and continuing his preaching missions, during which he is said to have converted some 100,000 people. After several weeks of illness, St. Dominic died in Italy on August 6, 1221. He was canonized in 1234 by Pope Gregory IX.<\/font><\/p>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/saint\/st-dominic-556\">Bronlink <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] St. Dominic Feast date: Aug 08 \u00c2\u00a0On Aug. 8, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of St. Dominic Guzman, who helped the cause of orthodoxy in the medieval Church by founding the Order of Preachers, also known as Dominicans. \u201cThis great saint reminds us that in the heart of the Church a missionary [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-8137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1723122793_Dominic_8August.jpg?fit=900%2C500&quality=80&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59867,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/a-dog-a-torch-and-a-saint-the-fiery-mission-of-st-dominic\/","url_meta":{"origin":8137,"position":0},"title":"A dog, a torch, and a saint: The fiery mission of St. Dominic","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"augustus 25, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cSt. Dominic of Guzman\u201d by Claudio Coello, circa 1685. \/ Credit: Claudio Coello, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Rome Newsroom, Aug 8, 2025 \/ 04:00 am (CNA). 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