The Antwerp jesuit church, a revelation.
How a monument follows history...
| GENERAL HISTORY | DATE | HISTORY of the SAINTThis is a title that the Church bestows on a deceased person who has lived a particularly righteous and faithful life. In the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Church, saints may be venerated (not worshipped). Several saints are also martyrs. CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH | |
R O M E | Jesus of Nazareth | 01-33 | |
| Freedom of religion for Christians | 313 | ||
M I D D L E
A G E S | Missionary work in the Low Countries | 7th cent | |
| 2nd enlargement of the city with Saint Caitlin gate, rampart, moat | ca. 1200 | ||
| 3rd enlargement of the city: Saint Caitlin rampart razed | 1320 | ||
| Beginning Antwerp ‘Golden Age’ | 1488 | ||
| Birth of Ignatius of Loyola | 1491 | ||
E A R L Y
M O D E R N
E R A | Christopher Columbus in America | 1492 | |
| The theses of Luther | 1517 | ||
| 1529-1531 | Ignatius begging tours in the Low Countries,including Antwerp | ||
| 1539 | Huis van Aken [House of Aachen] rebuilt by Erasmus Schetz | ||
| Pope Paul III’s approval of the Society of Jesus | 1540 | ||
| CouncilA large meeting of ecclesiastical office holders, mainly bishops, presided by the pope, to make decisions concerning faith, church customs, etc. A council is usually named after the place where it was held. Examples: the Council of Trent [1645-1653] and the Second Vatican Council [1962-1965], which is also the last council for the time being. of Trent | 1545-1563 | ||
| Death of Ignatius | 1556 | ||
| 1562 | First Jesuit in Antwerp; rented house in Meir | ||
| Iconoclast Fury in Antwerp | 1566 | ||
| 1574 | Huis van Aken [House of Aachen] bought Chapel | ||
| Antwerp Calvinistic reign | 1577-1585 | ||
| May 1578 | Jesuits refuse republican oath and are expelled | ||
| 1578-1585 | Calvinists use the Jesuit Chapel and the ‘colonels’ move into the college | ||
| Calvinistic ‘purging’ of the churches | 1581 | ||
| Antwerp Spanish and Catholic again | 1585 | Jesuits return and reopen their college | |
| 1587 | Statue of Mary is placed in the front of the town hall through the agency of Mary sodalities led by Fr. Costerus | ||
| 1607 | College is moved to Hof van Liere | ||
| Twelve Years Truce between the Northern and Southern Low Countries | 1609-1621 | ||
| 1612 | Jesuit provincialate in Antwerp | ||
| 1614-1615 | Lay out of the building land | ||
| 15/04/1615 | Laying of the foundation stone of the church | ||
| 1616 | Foundation of a ‘professed house’ | ||
| 1615-1621 | Building church and tower | ||
| 1617 | Architect François d’Aguilon dies, Pieter Huyssens is appointed | ||
| 12/09/1621 | ConsecrationIn the Roman Catholic Church, the moment when, during the Eucharist, the bread and wine are transformed into the body and blood of Jesus, the so-called transubstantiation, by the pronouncement of the sacramental words. of the church by BishopPriest in charge of a diocese. See also ‘archbishop’. J. Malderus | ||
| 1622 | Feast on occasion of canonization of Ignatius and Xavier | ||
| 1622-1623 | Construction of the sodality building | ||
| 1621-1625 | Construction St.-Ignatius’ Chapel and Our Lady’s Chapel | ||
| 1622-1625 | Extension of the ‘professed house’ | ||
| 1625 | Suspension of Huyssens as an architect | ||
| 18/07/1718 | Lightning strike, fire and destruction of the church | ||
| 1718-1719 | Restoration church building | ||
| 06/11/1719 | New consecration of the church | ||
| 1719-1720 | Pulpit, confessionals, wainscoting and organ case (J.P.I van Baurscheit) | ||
| Suppression of the Jesuit Order | 1773 | Professed house and church are closed | |
| 1774 a.f. | Sale of works of art. | ||
| 1779 | church: catechesis hall of Our Lady’s CathedralThe main church of a diocese, where the bishop’s seat is. | ||
M O D E R N
E R A | French Revolution | 1789 | |
| French annexation of the Southern Low Countries | 1794 | Church: storage of confiscated church property | |
| War tax imposed by the French | 1795 | Sale of church silver and paintings | |
| Nationalisation of the churches | 1797 | Church: Temple of the Law | |
| 1800 | Church: Criminal Court of Justice | ||
| Concordat Pius VII & Napoleon Bonaparte, Antwerp diocese abolished | 1801 | ||
| 1802 | Reopened as parish church in substitution of the damaged Our Lady’s Cathedral | ||
| 1803 | Independent parish Saint Charles Borromeo | ||
| 19th century | Baptismal Chapel, brotherhoods come over | ||
| Battle of Waterloo, Belgium and Holland are one country | 1815 | Church is used as a military hospital | |
| 1817 | King William sells the church to the parishioners | ||
| Independence of Belgium | 1830 | ||
| 1834 | (in their old church) the Jesuits preach a popular mission | ||
| 1839 | Way of the Cross (Edward Du Jardin and H.E. Janssens) | ||
| 1840 | AltarThe altar is the central piece of furniture used in the Eucharist. Originally, an altar used to be a sacrificial table. This fits in with the theological view that Jesus sacrificed himself, through his death on the cross, to redeem mankind, as symbolically depicted in the painting “The Adoration of the Lamb” by the Van Eyck brothers. In modern times the altar is often described as “the table of the Lord”. Here the altar refers to the table at which Jesus and his disciples were seated at the institution of the Eucharist during the Last Supper. Just as Jesus and his disciples did then, the priest and the faithful gather around this table with bread and wine. piece Our Lady of the Carmel (Gustaf Wappers) Jesuits buy part of the professED house back | ||
| 1849-1865 | Restoration of the front (F. Berckmans) | ||
| 1860 | Part of the professed house is donated as a vicarage | ||
| 1873 | Gates before the front | ||
| 1922 | Electrification of organ and bells (ringing) | ||
| 1925 | Copy of Our Lady’s Assumption after P.P. Rubens (AltarpiecePainted and/or carved back wall of an altar placed against a wall or pillar. Below the retable there is sometimes a predella. Our Lady’s Chapel) | ||
| 1939 | Listed as a monument | ||
| 1943 | Nazis-carry off 2 bells Foundation of the Artist’s Medal and the Artist’s MassThe liturgical celebration in which the Eucharist is central. It consists of two main parts: the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist. The main parts of the Liturgy of the Word are the prayers for mercy, the Bible readings, and the homily. The Liturgy of the Eucharist begins with the offertory, whereby bread and wine are placed on the altar. This is followed by the Eucharistic Prayer, during which the praise of God is sung, and the consecration takes place. Fixed elements are also the praying of the Our Father and a wish for peace, and so one can symbolically sit down at the table with Jesus during Communion. Mass ends with a mission (the Latin missa, from which ‘Mass’ has been derived): the instruction to go out into the world in the same spirit. (M.-E. Belpaire en B. Roose) | ||
| 1945 | Impact of V-bombs in the area: fragments of glass behind the organ | ||
| Antwerp diocese is re-established | 1961 | ||
| 1981-1987 | Restoration of the front and naveThe rear part of the church which is reserved for the congregation. The nave extends to the transept. (J.L. Stynen) | ||
| 2009 | Fire disaster is prevented |
