the savior of humanity whose coming was prophesied in the Old Testament. Originating from the Middle East, it quickly spread to Syria, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, and Egypt. It grew in size and influence over a few centuries, and by the end of the 4th century had become the official state church of the Roman Empire, replacing other forms of religion practiced under Roman rule. During the Middle Ages, most of the remainder of Europe was Christianized. The Catholic Church, one of the most powerful organizations
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the king’s power was very limited because of authority struggles with popes and feudal nobles; however, when the church’s power rapidly decreased the ambition of many kings got the best of them, and absolutism was born. In order to achieve absolutism, the king increased their control over the nation’s finances, religion and nobility, heightened the army and created a strong navy, expanded the size of government bureaucracy and worked to increase their territory size. Absolutism was the ultimate goal
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1. THE SIX AGES OF THE CHURCH 1. The First Age: The Beginnings of the Jesus Movement (30-325) 1. Growth: the first age is unique – created something absolutely new. The Apostolic Age is the initial phase with main figures Peter & Paul (Acts of the Apostles). They took the revolutionary step from Jewish to Gentile environment. They also created communities to incorporate the converts into a new religious family which gradually developed structures to the identity of real society. 2. Achievements:
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monarchy ‘The church acted as a bedrock of authority. It had been a source of authority in late medieval society’ says Nicholas Fellows. After the reformation of the church Edward VI had to deal with situation of confusion left from his father. Edward was a firm supporter of the religious reforms and by 1549 England had made a caution step towards Protestantism. The western rebellion 1547 illustrated a strong sense of religious conservatism. The complaints that caused the rebellion were the changes that
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People generally believed in Catholic in the early 1500s, but during the Renaissance period, Protestantism was widely spread. Queen Elizabeth’s father, Henry VIII, was opposed to Roman Catholic because he wasn’t allowed to divorce his wife, Catherine of Aragon. In 1534, he passed an act which made him the Supreme Head of the Church of England and required all the priests to be loyal to the monarch, not Rome. Queen Elizabeth’s sister, Queen Mary I, believed in Catholic. She ordered the burning and
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Puritans that could be perceived as a real threat to Elizabeth, was their belief in taking the title and offices from the Bishops. They also gave rise to threatening Elizabeth’s power through their attempts to reform the Church through parliament. Due to Elizabeth’s religious settlement at the time being neither Catholic nor Protestant, rise of a hugely exaggerated protestant religion could of have serious percussions including a Catholic rebellion against Elizabeth. The Puritans belief in taking
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Birth of a Titan: The Early History of the Holy Alliance The Vatican is the head of one of the largest religious institutions in the world, the Catholic faith, which has over one billion followers today. The Vatican, located in Rome, the heart of an ancient world empire and capital of modern Italy, is run by the supreme pontiff, the Pope. The Catholic people have been led by the Pope’s divine influence since the early centuries of the Common Era. Christianity itself has been a major influence in
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Regina I was born to Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII at Greenwich Palace on 7 September 1533. She was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. Her mother, Anne Boleyn, was the second wife to Henry VIII and was later charged with with plotting to murder the king. She was charged with 22 counts of adultery. She was later found guilty and beheaded on May 19, 1536, when Elizabeth was just 3 years old. Henry needed Anne out of the way so that he could marry Jane Seymour. Jane Seymour was Henry’s third
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for social reciprocity Protestant Reformation- started because of Luther’s revolt, it changed christianity forever and made lutheranism the state religion in Scandinavian countries, and calvinism competed with catholicism and reformed church of england in france and the netherlands, leaving states with nations of germany and switzerland for catholics, lutherans and calvinists Catholic or Counter-Reformation- a response to the protestant reformation. MAry I tried
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Anne Boleyn, and a subsequent male heir to the throne, King Henry VIII of England stood before the pope with a plea. He wanted to divorce his then wife Catherine of Aragon, who he had come to despise for failing to produce a male heir, and instead marry Anne. However, this request was met with adamant refusal by the pope, who deemed the divorce unholy as it was against the Catholic faith. Upon hearing that his request was denied, Henry became livid and, in with the Act of Supremacy, ordained himself
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