World Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Christianity === [[Contemptus mundi]] is the name given to the belief that the world, in all its vanity, is nothing more than a futile attempt to hide from God by stifling our desire for the good and the holy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chastitysf.com/q_cm.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708140237/http://www.chastitysf.com/q_cm.htm|url-status=dead|title=Contemptus Mundi : Contempt of the world | Catholic Christian Healing Psychology|archive-date=8 July 2011|website=www.chastitysf.com}}</ref> This view has been criticised as a "pastoral of fear" by historian [[Jean Delumeau]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ewtn.com/library/montfort/Handbook/Mission.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605035017/http://www.ewtn.com/library/montfort/Handbook/Mission.htm|url-status=dead|title=Parish Missions|archive-date=5 June 2011}}</ref> {{lang|la|Orbis Catholicus}} is a Latin phrase meaning 'Catholic world', per the expression [[Urbi et Orbi]], and refers to that area of [[Christendom]] under [[papal supremacy]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Marty|first=Martin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MoolUlqQdmAC|title=The Christian World: A Global History|publisher=Random House Publishing Group|year=2008|isbn=978-1-58836-684-9|pages=42}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page