Joan of arc story biography of mahatma
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Who was Joan of Arc?
A talented military strategist and Patron Saint of France who helped win her country’s independence and restore the rightful King to the throne.
Joan of Arc
Known as ‘The Maid of Orléans’, Joan of Arc was born in France in , during the Hundred Years’ War between France and England. The war lasted from to and during the conflict, areas of France had come under the control and occupation of the English. Joan’s parents were farmers and she did not have any form of formal education.
When she was 13, Joan reported that she heard the voices of saints telling her that she should help the French Dauphin (heir to the throne), Charles, defeat the English and take the crown. Joan initially travelled to Vaucouleurs where she requested to be taken to see Charles, so that she could explain that she had been sent to help him defeat the English occupying forces. She was ridiculed and sent away, but she persisted, and was eventually granted permission to meet with the Dau
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We are told these days not to be judgmental. Being judgmental is indeed a vice, a way of lording it over others, but the making of judgments is what life is all about – judgments about how to live, what to pursue, whom to trust, what to believe. Discernment is closely related to judgment. It is the task of distinguishing true from false, good from evil, real from illusory. It is difficult in judgments of character, of moral dilemmas, of artistic merit, and most difficult, or precarious, in approaching spiritual matters – a false prophet or true, this religion or that, a divinely prompted task or one urged by ego or desire. The literature on spiritual discernment – including such great Christian writers as St. Ignatius, Jean Gerson, and Jonathan Edwards &#; has been impoverished by taking it out of this larger context and treating it too narrowly – usually as a question of fidelity to a particular religion, denomination, or creed. And the Cartesian assumption that one must have
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6 times LDS leaders have referenced the story of Joan of Arc
The legendary Joan of Arc was burned at the stake on this day in history nearly years ago at the Place ni Vieux-Marche in Rouen. The year-old has inspired many over the years not only because of her victories in battle during the Hundred Years War, but also for staying true to her religious beliefs. LDS general authorities have often spoken about the Maid of Orléans, encouraging teenagers and ung adults to take courage by her example.
• In a January issue of the New Era, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints asked youths to stay true to the gospel, quoting Joan of Arc’s sista words in a play: “One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it, and then it’s gone. But to surrender what you are, and live without belief — that’s more terrible than dying — more terrible than dying young.” Happiness in life comes from “living it the r