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| '''Opus Dei''' ("God's Work") is a powerful and influential conservative ] organization founded in ] by '''Josemaria Escriva''' (who styled himself with the aristocratic title "de Balaguer"). ] gave Opus Dei the status of his personal prelature in ], and ] Josemaria Escriva in ]. | |||
| They are regarded by some as a religious ]. Their detractors accuse them of being influenced by ] ideas: Escriva was certainly a supporter of ]. | |||
| They practice ], viewed by some as a form of ]. Josemaria Escriva is recorded as having whipped himself until the wall of the room were splattered with blood. | |||
| :"Blessed be pain. Loved be pain. Sanctified be pain. . . Glorified be pain!" | |||
| :(Josemaria Escriva, founder of Opus Dei, The Way, 208) | |||
| ==External links== | |||
| * http://www.opusdei.org/ | |||
| * http://www.mond.at/opus.dei/ | |||
| * http://www.odan.org/ | |||
| * http://www.odan.org/archives_corporal.htm | |||
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| Opus Dei ("God's Work") is a personal prelature of the Catholic Church. It was founded in Madrid on October 2, 1928, by St. Josemaría Escrivá. Currently over 80,000 people from every continent belong to the prelature. Its headquarters, together with its prelatic church, are in Rome. | Opus Dei ("God's Work") is a personal prelature of the Catholic Church. It was founded in Madrid on October 2, 1928, by St. Josemaría Escrivá. Currently over 80,000 people from every continent belong to the prelature. Its headquarters, together with its prelatic church, are in Rome. | ||
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Opus Dei ("God's Work") is a powerful and influential conservative Roman Catholic organization founded in 1928 by Josemaria Escriva (who styled himself with the aristocratic title "de Balaguer"). Pope John Paul II gave Opus Dei the status of his personal prelature in 1983, and canonized Josemaria Escriva in 2002.
They are regarded by some as a religious cult. Their detractors accuse them of being influenced by fascist ideas: Escriva was certainly a supporter of Francisco Franco.
They practice mortification of the flesh, viewed by some as a form of algolagnia. Josemaria Escriva is recorded as having whipped himself until the wall of the room were splattered with blood.
- "Blessed be pain. Loved be pain. Sanctified be pain. . . Glorified be pain!"
- (Josemaria Escriva, founder of Opus Dei, The Way, 208)
External links
- http://www.opusdei.org/
- http://www.mond.at/opus.dei/
- http://www.odan.org/
- http://www.odan.org/archives_corporal.htm
Opus Dei ("God's Work") is a personal prelature of the Catholic Church. It was founded in Madrid on October 2, 1928, by St. Josemaría Escrivá. Currently over 80,000 people from every continent belong to the prelature. Its headquarters, together with its prelatic church, are in Rome.
The Second Vatican Council taught that all the baptized are called to follow Jesus Christ, by living according to the Gospel and making it known to others. The aim of Opus Dei is to contribute to that evangelizing mission of the Church. Opus Dei encourages Christians of all social classes to live consistently with their faith, in the middle of the ordinary circumstances of their lives, especially through the sanctification of their work.
In order to fulfill this mission, the prelature offers spiritual formation and pastoral care to its members, as well as to many others. With the help of this pastoral attention they are encouraged to put the teachings of the Gospel into practice, through exercising the Christian virtues and sanctifying their work.
For the faithful of the prelature, sanctifying work means working according to the spirit of Jesus Christ: with the greatest possible competence, for the glory of God and the service of others, thus contributing to the sanctification of the world, by making the Gospel present in all human endeavours.
The faithful of the prelature carry out their individual task of evangelization in the various sectors of society in which they live and work. Their apostolic work is not limited to specific fields such as education, care for the sick, or other forms of direct social aid. The prelature seeks to remind people that all Christians, whatever their background or situation, must cooperate in solving the problems of society in a Christian way, and bear constant witness to their faith.
External links
- http://www.opusdei.org/ (official page)
- http://www.mond.at/opus.dei/ (adversary page)