The Order of the Holy Trinity (or Trinitarians) is a Roman Catholic order that was founded in the area of Cerfroid, some 80 km northeast of Paris, at the end of the twelfth century. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city The founder was St. John de Matha, whose feast day is celebrated on 17 December. Saint John of Matha was a Christian Saint of the 12th century and founder of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity. The Calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a Liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more Saints Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Pope Innocent III granted the order and its rule approval with his letter Operante divine dispositionis clementia, issued on 17 December 1198. Pope Innocent III ( February 22, 1161 &ndash June 16, 1216) born Lotario de' Conti di Segni, was Pope from January Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Throughout the centuries, the Trinitarian Rule underwent several revisions, notably in 1267 and in 1631. It has been complemented by Statutes and Constitutions. A statute is a formal written enactment of a Legislative authority that governs a Country, State, City, or County. A constitution is a system for government often Codified as a written document that establishes the rules and principles of an autonomous political entity From the very outset, a special dedication to the mystery of the Holy Trinity has been a constitutive element of the Order's life. SSC RF "Troitsk Institute of Innovative and Termonuclear Research" or TRINITY for shprt Троицкий Институт инновационных и термоядерных The founding-intention for the Order was the ransom of Christians held captive by non-believers during the time of the Crusades. Ransom is the practice of holding a prisoner to extort money or property to secure their release or it can refer to the sum of money involved The Crusades were a series of military campaigns of a religious character waged by much of Christian Europe against external and internal opponents
Soon after papal approbation, the Trinitarian ministry to Christian captives was incorporated into the Order's title: Order of the Holy Trinity and of Captives . . . Order of the Holy Trinity for the Ransom of Captives. In addition to the Order's purpose of ransoming Christian captives, each local community of Trinitarians served the people of its area. In biological terms a community is a group of interacting Organisms sharing an environment. And so, their ministry included: hospitality, care of the sick and poor, churches, education, etc. In Christian churches, a minister is someone who is authorized by a church or religious organization to perform clergy functions such as teaching of beliefs Eventually, the Trinitarians also assumed the work of evangelization. Evangelism is the Christian practice of proselytisation. The intention of most evangelism is to effect Eternal salvation to those who do not follow the
Brother John's founding intention expanded quickly beyond the three initial foundations (Cerfroid, Planels, Bourg-la-Reine) into a considerable network of houses committed to the ransom of Christian captives and the mercy-works of their locales. Bourg-la-Reine is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. The first generation of Trinitarians could count some fifty foundations. In northern France, the Trinitarians were known as “Mathurins” because they were based in the church of Saint-Mathurin in Paris from 1228 onwards. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city [1] Fundraising and economic expertise constituted important aspects of the Order's life. The Rule's requirement of "the tertia pars" -- that one-third of all income to be set aside for the ransom of Christian captives -- became a noted characteristic of the Order.
The thirteenth century was a time of vitality and achievement. The following centuries, however, proved to be periods of difficulty and decline. The Council of Trent (1545-1563) was a major turning-point in the life of the Church. The Council of Trent was the 19th Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church. Its twenty-fifth session dealt with regulars and nuns and the reform of religious orders. Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given Religion. A Nun is a Woman who has taken special vows committing her to a religious life A religious order is a lineage of communities and organizations of people who live in some way set apart from society in accordance with their specific religious devotion usually Reforming interests and energies manifested themselves among Trinitarians in France with the foundation at Pontoise, north of Paris, during the last quarter of the sixteenth century. Pontoise is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. Reform-minded Trinitarians in Spain first established the movement known as the Recollection and then, under the able leadership of John Baptist Rico, the movement at Valdepeñas (Ciudad Real) known as the Spanish Discalced at the very end of the sixteenth century. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Valdepeñas is a municipality in the Spanish province of Ciudad Real, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Far-reaching periods of growth and development followed this rebirth.
In more recent centuries, European events such as revolution, governmental suppression and civil war have had very serious consequences for the Trinitarian Order. The history of Europe describes the passage of time from humans inhabiting the European continent to the present day During the last decades of the nineteenth century, the Trinitarian Order began to rise slowly in Italy and Spain from its collapse. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Its members dedicated themselves to fostering and promoting devotion to the Holy Trinity, to evangelization among non-believers, to spiritual assistance for immigrants, to education and to pastoral ministry in parishes. SSC RF "Troitsk Institute of Innovative and Termonuclear Research" or TRINITY for shprt Троицкий Институт инновационных и термоядерных Immigration refers to the movement of people among countries While the movement of people has existed throughout human history at various levels modern immigration implies long-term A parish is a Local church; it is an administrative unit typically found in episcopal or presbyterian churches Today the Trinitarian Family is composed of men (priests and brothers) and of women (enclosed nuns and active sisters) as well as committed laity. In religious organizations the laity comprises all persons who are not Clergy. They are distinguished by the cross of red and blue which dates from the origins of the Order. A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two lines or bars perpendicular to each other dividing one or two of the lines in half Red is any of a number of similar Colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of Light discernible by the human eye in the wavelength Blue is a Colour, the Perception of which is evoked by Trinitarians are found throughout Europe and in the three Americas as well as in Africa and Madagascar, Egypt, India, Korea and the Philippines. The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World, consisting of the Continents of North America and South America Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar (older name Malagasy Republic) is an Island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries a civilization and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP
References
- ^ Alban Butler, Paul Burns, Butler's Lives of the Saints (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2000), 5.
- Text is from www. trinitarianhistory. org (2000), written by Fr. Joseph Gross, who is a member of the Order of the Holy Trinity and a scholar. He has done much research and study as well as writing extensively on the subject of the Order.
See also
External links
- http://www.trinitari.org/inglese/index_ingl.html
- Trinitarian Order
- Trinitarian History
"Order of Trinitarians". Catholic Encyclopedia. The Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to today as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English-language Encyclopedia published by The Encyclopedia (1913). New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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