...the Roman Catholic Church, and forming the first Protestant Church, the Lutheran Church. He protested against the injustices the Catholic clergy and the pope were making against the poor believers of Europe. Without Martin Luther, the Protestant Church, with its estimated 800 million members, would not exist. Martin Luther was born on November 10th, 1483, in Eisleben, in the Holy Roman Empire. He was born to Hans and Margarethe Luther. He was a German, who became a priest, hymn-writer, and founder of the Lutheran Church. Hans Luther wanted Martin to have a successful life and be a lawyer, so he enrolled him in schools in Mansfield, Magdeburg, and Eisenach. Martin also enrolled at...
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...The Catholic Church goes to the Peripheries with it's tons of people around the world who live according to God. An amazing 16% of the world's population is catholic and around 50% of the worlds Christians are Catholic. Well over 40 countries have the most Catholics in their country than any other religion. All of this just goes to show how many Catholics are around the world and their influence on this planet. St. Martin de Porres was a Catholic who lived in the late 1500's and early 1600's. He was a saint who devoted his life to his faith despite all the obstacles in his way. It wouldn't matter what ethnicity someone was, for he would take care of anyone who came to him. For that redeeming quality I believe he is a man who truly lived the way Christ would want us to live....
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...Kevin Chen Mr. Walker Social Studies 9ABC October 23, 2015 The Ways The Roman Catholic Church Influenced Politics, Society, and Culture During The European Middle Ages In the 5th century, the Roman Empire started to crumble. The destruction of the Roman Empire let the emergence of the Middle Ages. Soon the Roman Catholic Church became a major role in the daily life of the Europeans. The powerful Roman Catholic Church greatly controlled the Europe. Romantic Catholic Church influenced politics, society, and culture by excommunicating the emperor, showing kindness to others, and setting the new regulation of celebration of Easter. Romantic Catholic Church influenced politics by excommunicating the emperor Henry IV. As Church sought to influence spiritual and political matters, rulers started to struggle with them. Pope Gelasius described the solution of the conflict between Church and the state as two symbolic swords: the religious one that pope held and the political one that emperor held. Pope Gregory Vll, who had many power over the Church, excommunicated the emperor Henry, who arrogantly ordered Gregory to step down of the papacy (Document 2). The excommunication to the emperor Henry caused Henry to forbid holding power. Thus the banning to hold power influenced the politic over the empire. Romantic Catholic Church influenced society by showing benevolence and kindness to the foreign travelers, the sick, and the poor. Monks and nuns would welcome foreign travelers...
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...With Eyes, I Worship: The Council of Trent’s Influence on Italian Baroque Everyone learns differently, just as everyone worships differently. Throughout time people have practiced their religion by reading the words of the scripture or by attending a service and hearing a sermon from a pastor. In history though, there was a prominent third way to worship your deity. One’s eyes unlocked the powerful message of their faith, through viewing artwork and exploring architecture. In 1945, in part of the Counter-Reformation, also known as the Catholic-Reformation, a council was beginning to convene. This council, the Council of Trent, was formed to renew the Catholic religion. Facing the Protestant-Reformation, the Catholics knew that they had to...
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...Exploring the Broken Bay Catholic Diocesan Religious Education Curriculum Document Student’s Name Institution Exploring the Broken Bay Catholic Diocesan Religious Education Curriculum Document In Catholic schools, religious education is the first area of learning. Religious education enables children and the youth to justify, explain and understand Christian message and teachings as they are taught by the Catholic Church (Carswell, 2001). Religious education is taught to all those who follow and believe in Christ in the world. Through learning, students are taught research, guided on how to study and overall learn how Christians should live (Ryan, 2003). These students also get to know the distinctive vision of the Catholic Church. The Catholic curriculum systematically directs students and enhances them to reflect critically on the meaning of being a Catholic (Carswell, 2001). In Australia, Religious Education Curriculum is imperative, and a must learn program for all years of schooling. This Program, which is denoted as K-12 contains what is to be covered in the Religious curriculum (Ryan, 2003). Time allocations are prescribed to this curriculum about the age of the learners. This program is part of the learning experience and is mandated by Australian Bishops. Its primary objective is to raising religious knowledge and awareness. In Australia, Religious Education is an extremely acclaimed feature of the Australian Catholic schools through which...
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...Towards the Enlightenment ~ Identify and discuss those reforms instituted by the Catholic Church at the Council of Trent that were put in place in response to the Protestant challenge. What changes did the Church refuse to make? Why? The Council of Trent was called as a response to the 'heresy' of Martin Luther, John Calvin and other Protestant reformers. It would also address the current problems within the Catholic church: corruption, despicable behavior, unreasonable financial demands, poor spiritual behavior, and the lack of concern for their parishioners. The council was to try and sway protestant reformers back to pure catholicism and the Holy Roman Catholic Church (HRCC). The pope of that time, Pope Paul III did not want change to his lifestyle, but wanted the protestant reformers dealt with. He did not attend the council meetings himself, but had representation there to voice his opinions and maintain his influence. He wanted to make sure the council would not become his superior, nor question his supreme authority. The Council would meet several times over a period of eighteen years, with three main sessions. Participants would change over the course of these meeting as well. Protestants were allowed to attend the second main session, but their demands were not addressed. The hope that the council would reunite Catholics and Protestants(reformers) was destroyed, the divide would only become deeper and everlasting. A major objection and high on the agenda...
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...How far do you agree that the Catholic Church significantly hindered Italian unity in the years to 1870? The Catholic Church was a major power in Italy during the time of unification. Some people say that they hindered the process of Italian Unity and some say they didn’t. In this essay I will be explain points which back up and go against the statement that the church significantly hindered the process of Italian unity. To a very far extent the Catholic Church did hinder Italian unity as the church was generally a reactionary body as it opposed to new ideas especially, Italian unification. Such as when Pope Pius IX asked the French army to defeat the Roman Republic in 1848. Also the Catholic Church made it forbidden in science to say the Earth travelled around the sun. However the Catholic Church does show little evidence of not hindering unification. Such as in 1846-7, Pope Pius IX appeared to be Liberal and freed 2000 political prisoners who were mostly revolutionaries. To some extent there is evidence that Pope Pius IX did not hinder the unification but actually showed evidence of liberalism. In 1846 with the election of a new pope, Pius IX was believed to have liberal sympathies. E.g. he freed 2000 political prisoners, mostly revolutionaries. He reformed education, the law and papal administration and he gave laymen a greater share in public affairs. He also ended press censorship, allowed Jews out of the ghetto, granted Rome a constitution to replace absolute papal rule...
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...The tibornal of the the holy office of inquisition commonly known as the spanish inquisition was established in 1478 by catholic monarchs in their kingdoms and to replace medieval inquisition is under papal control . It become the most substance of the three different . the inquisition was originally intended in large part to ensure the orthodoxy of those who converted judaism and islam . This regulation of the faith of the newly converted was infested after royal decreases issued in 1492 and 1501 ordering jews and muslims to convert or leave spain . Various motives have been proposed for the monarch's decision to found the inquisition such as increasing political authority and awakening opposition profiting the inquisition remained a force...
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...land has been the main cause of war. The 30 years war, named after its length of war during 1618 to 1648 is the only war that was solely fought for religious reasons between European powers of that era. The thirty years was is considered a religious war because the growth increase in religious intolerance and religious rivalries which led to be the sole cause of the war but as the war progressed it became less about religion and more about territory and dynastic issues. Previous to the 30 years’ war the Holy Roman Empire was facing a large hold of its catholic followers; the church had begun to decline due to scandals inside of the church. In 1555 peace of Augsburg became recognized as the first treaty indicating that the leader of the Holy Roman Empire could determine the religion of its people it ruled , this was a tactic to reestablish and re enforce the catholic church and weaken the protestant and Lutheran church. This lead to the 30 years’ war, a time where political differences and fight for religious freedom where fought. During the time of the 30 years war, it faced four different stages during its time. This four eras of the war where the...
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...Task/Step 1: Boys are to research TWO Christian denominations, one being the Roman Catholic Church and the second will be allocated by your RE teacher. Roman Catholic One unique symbol This is the Keys of Heaven, which symbolises the authority and power of the papacy. The keys are a symbol that stem from the Gospel of Matthew whereby Jesus tells Peter that he will give him the keys to the kingdom. This reflects the authority of the papacy as the Church regards St Peter as the first bishop of Rome and is often depicted...
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...excommunication from the Roman Catholic church. b. the sale of indulgences. c. his time spent in England during the English Reformation. d. the turmoil caused by having two popes during the Great Schism. e. the influence of John Calvin. 2. The author of the Ninety-Five Theses was a. John Calvin. b. Erasmus. c. Voltaire. d. Martin Luther. e. Henry VIII. 3. The Catholic church dramatically pushed the sale of indulgences in the sixteenth century because of the a. need to match the resurgence of the Byzantine empire. b. threat posed by Islam. c. need for Henry VIII to pay off the national debt. d. expense associated with translating original Greek classics. e. need to raise funds for the construction of St. Peter’s basilica. 4. Which one of the following was not one of Luther’s problems with the Roman Catholic church? a. the selling of indulgences b. pluralism c. absenteeism d. the immense wealth of the Catholic church e. the church’s decision to translate the Bible into vernacular languages 5. Who said, “I cannot and will not recant anything, for it is neither safe nor right to act against one’s conscience. Here I stand. I can do no other.”? a. Martin Luther b. Jesus c. John Calvin d. Sima Qian e. Henry VIII 6. In the centuries following the fall of Rome, the only unifying force for all of Europe was a. the Byzantine empire. b. the Holy Roman empire. c. the Catholic church. d. the Auld Alliance...
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...Pope John Paul II was the second longest serving pope in modern history and the most recent pope in history to be canonized. He held a strong position on many topics and became known as a pope that would not compromise. He guided the Catholic Church through many modern day challenges and is remembered by Catholics as a pope that talked to them from the heart. Karol Josef Wojtyla, Pope John Paul II’s real name, was born on May 18, 1920, in Wadowice, Poland. Karol was baptized into Christ and His Church on June 20, 1920 by a Chaplain in the Polish Army, Fr. Franciszek Zak. His hometown had about 10,000 residents, about 8,000 Catholics and 2,000 Jews. Karol experienced both sadness and happiness in his childhood. Karol’s mother died when he was 9 years old, his sister died before...
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...Business Mount Royal University April 12, 2013 The beginning of the 16th century marked a time in which the Roman Catholic Church controlled a large portion of the political, social, and religious influence in Europe. During this century individuals within the Church were looking towards a more pure and simple Christian lifestyle, but in doing so would have to work against the Church. England, in comparison to the rest of Europe, was more so isolated and distant and while Protestantism grew in the European society it took a far different shape in England. This was because England retained much of the principles and the practices of Catholicism. In addition, whilst the Reformation that took place in Europe was brought on by religious differences and ideals, its basis in England was one of personal and political change. The Reformation in England was centuries in the making and resulted from many merging forces. It was in the 1530’s that the statutes of Henry VIII began to collate an official break from the papal authority of Rome. The 16th century proved to be a boisterous period in the history of England. The uncertainty associated with the stability and religious beliefs of the government were crucial factors in the unclear identity of England until the 1600's. As is often the case with defining periods in history, timing was of grave importance as centuries of Catholic corruption collided with the beginnings of a religious debate all across Europe. The increasing need for an...
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...As long as I can remember, as a life-long Episcopalian, I have always been taught emphatically that Henry VIII did not found the Anglican Church. However, all of my non-Episcopalian friends – both Roman Catholic and Protestant – believe that he did create it. Why do they say that Henry VIII did and we maintain that he did not? All church historians agree that Christianity came to Roman Britain in the earliest days of the Church, at the same time the new faith was spreading all through Rome’s Empire. The first documentation of the British Church as a permanently established and recognized self-governing regional Catholic Church was the attendance of three of its Bishops at the Council of Arles in A.D. 314. In the succeeding century this native Celtic Catholic Church continued to grow and to develop its distinct spirituality and culture, spreading to Ireland. However, the withdrawal of the Roman legions in the early A.D. 400’s from what today is England-proper left a military vacuum that— was filled by aggressive pagan Angles and Saxons from Germany. The Celtic Church survived only in the remote reaches of western Cornwall and Wales and on the even more remote island of Ireland. The Irish Church was monastic in structure, with the local abbey and always-lay abbot/abbess functioning as the “diocese” and Ordinary. It had a vital, dynamic culture with a strong spirit of evangelization. After the conversion of Ireland, Celtic monks in A.D. 563 crossed the Irish Sea at...
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...Reformation; he played a large part in the break with the Catholic Church. Zwingli, born on January 1, 1484, was raised by his father, an upper-middle-class farmer and shepherd. His father was also the chief magistrate for their district, allowing Zwingli to receive an outstanding education. Hudreich Zwingli grew up with the normal Swiss virtues, such as independence, patriotism, and interest in scholarship, and a zeal for religion, being instilled into him. After realizing...
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