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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 ]. | |||
| 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. | |||
| 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== | ==External links== | ||
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| * http://www.opusdei.org/ | * http://www.opusdei.org/ | ||
| * http://www.mond.at/opus.dei/ | * 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.