It informed the public about issues and events related to the movement.
Congress was given the sole power to deal with foreign countries, to settle disputes between the states, to decide admiralty cases (those involving ships at sea) to declare war, and to make peace. It could also coin money, run the postal service, establish weights and measurement and trade with the Indians outside of the states. It could borrow money and request each state to contribute money in proportion to the value of the property of the state. Congress could only request financial support from the states but if a state refused to help there was nothing the congress could do.
The Age of Enlightenment was an intellectual movement in 18th century Europe. The goal of the enlightenment was to establish an authoritative ethics, aesthetics, and knowledge based on an "enlightened" rationality. The movements leaders viewed themselves as a courageous elite body of intellectuals who were leading the world towards progress, out of a long period of irrationality, superstition. The English philosopher and political theorist John Locke laid much of the groundwork for the Enlightenment and made central contribution. His political theory of government by the consent of the governed as a means to protect life, liberty and estate. His essay on religious tolerance provided an early model.
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There is only one way to celebrate the Sacrament of Penance, and that is by individual, private confession of sin to a priest.
