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A Martyr's Victory In A Spiritual Sense - Term Papers

A Martyr's Victory In A Spiritual Sense

Bishop Francis X. Ford was a well educated, enormously gentle man, that
was kicked, beaten, insulted, and surrounded by hatred. All this because of one
mans beliefs. He was born in Brooklyn in 1892. He was the founder of the
Maryknoll Missionaries and was the first bishop of Kwantung, China. He was
killed in the late 1950's in China, he was charged with anti-Communist,
counterrevolutionary, and espionage activities, his real "crime" was for being a
Christian and a foreigner.
During his life Bishop Ford illustrated the cardinal virtue of fortitude,
which is the ability to overcome fear in order to pursue good; "it is an active
sake to overcome evil for the sake of gods kingdom" said ...

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was a civil war that followed. Bishop Ford exemplified the virtue
of fortitude, by not leaving the war-torn country and staying to try to pursue
good.
During this time of war, many would wonder what was the reason for him
to stay in China, and what was his why to live? In the Novel A Mans Search For
Meaning, Nietzsche says "he who has a why to live can bear with almost any
how". If Ford had left the country during the time of war, there would have
probably been no hope for the war refugees that didn't have the option to stay
or go. His why to live was not to save himself, but to save others. In the
Novel Frankl describes the human person as a meaning maker, who has the last
human freedom namely to choose one attitude in a given set of circumstances. In
1950, he moved from his Diocese in Kaying China, to a political prison in Canton
200, miles away. At every stop along the way he was put on public display and
humiliated. His attitude during these stops was not to give and ...

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Added: 1/21/2008 09:52:28 AM
Category: Biographies
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