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Maka-Diyos, Maka-tao, Makakalikasan at Makabansa ( Filipino for "For God, People, Nature, and Country" [1] or "For the Love of God, People, Nature, and Country" [2]) is the national motto of the Philippines. Derived from the last four lines of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Philippine Flag, it was adopted on February 12, 1998, with the passage ...
Such a document may be addressed to the whole church, to part of it, or to some individuals. [1] The first Catholic motu proprio was promulgated by Pope Innocent VIII in 1484. It continues to be a common form of papal rescript , especially when establishing institutions, making minor changes to law or procedure, and when granting favours to ...
The National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP; Tagalog: Sangguniáng Pambansâ ng mga Simbahan sa Pilipinas) is a fellowship of ten Protestant and non Roman Catholic Churches in the Philippines denominations, and ten service-oriented organizations in the Philippines.
The episcopal conference responsible in governing the faith is the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). Christianity was first brought to the Philippine islands by Spanish pirates, missionaries and settlers, who arrived in waves beginning in the early 16th century in Cebu by way of colonization.
The 2020 Census reported that 78.8 percent of the population professed Roman Catholicism; other Christian denominations with a sizable number of adherents include Iglesia ni Cristo, the Philippine Independent Church, and Seventh-day Adventistism.
Lilio, Laguna, Captaincy General of the Philippines. Nationality. Spanish. Known for. Doctrina Cristiana. Miguel [1] Juan de Plasencia ( Spanish: ['xwan de pla'senθja]) was a Spanish friar of the Franciscan Order. He was among the first group of Franciscan missionaries who arrived in the Philippines on 2 July 1578. [2]
The Catechism for Filipino Catholics, or CFC, is a contextualized and inculturated Roman Catholic catechism for Filipinos prepared by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) and approved by the Holy See. The draft was produced by the CBCP's "Episcopal Commission on Catechesis and Catholic Education." It is considered the ...
Pabasa (ritual) A group in Magdalena, Laguna take part in the Pabása tradition. Pabása ng Pasyón ( Tagalog for "Reading of the Passion "), known simply as Pabása is a Catholic devotion in the Philippines popular during Holy Week involving the uninterrupted chanting of the Pasyón, an early 16th-century epic poem narrating the life, passion ...