Anglicanism

As one of the most prominent literary figures of the early seventeenth century, John Donne has engendered widely differing views regarding the merits of his work. His reputation stands on two distinct accomplishments: the witty, sensual love poetry of his early career and the serious, devout religious writing of his later career as the Dean of St. Paul 's. Donne 's poetry was influential enough to be considered the basis of the metaphysical school of poetry, as characterized by later writers…

Literature in this society that we have all come to know, love, and hate, has drastically changed. There could be multiple and various possibilities to why that is true. It could be a change of author, such as how it went from Edgar Allen Poe’s rise of fame as he portrayed his sick and twisted views into stories, to Stephenie Meyer’s rise in fame as she created a timeless love affair that made adolescent girls dream of marrying vampires and werewolves. It could be the theme, such as gothic like…

Often times, within a certain community, nation, or society, there is a strong human tendency to believe that one’s own culture or way of life is normal, natural, and therefore superior to the beliefs and principles of others. This sociological concept, called “ethnocentrism,” has been present throughout human existence and has caused both growth within and conflict between various groups of people. It has also caused reflection and reevaluation of one’s own culture based on interaction and…

Since Pope Urban II sold the first indulgence, a “ticket” out of purgatory, in 1095, the Catholic Church has been overrun with corruption and malfeasance. Popes and priests took advantage of this broken system, in which they would profit at the expense of the common man. It was not until 1510 when Martin Luther, a devout Catholic monk who was having trouble with his faith, visited the holy city of Rome that change truly began. Instead of finding a holy city, he found ubiquitous greed, corruption…

There are different meanings about the meaning of the Western World. Western civilization was born thousands of years ago with the rise of the Greek city-state, influenced by Middle Eastern culture. EAST East (Latin orens, oriri participle: appear birth) is the name of the direction from which the sun (and other stars) minted in antiquity, namely the East rises. By extension, it refers to those regions that are east of the benchmark. In the "Western" culture he was given this name to Asia.…

transplanted to England” (Schaller, et al., 78). They had hope that the possible transfer of power from the monarchy to Parliament would also accompany a change in official state religion, because English reformers sought an alternative religion to Anglicanism. From 1641 to 1643, to persuade the English that Puritan life was appealing, printers in London published at least 20 favorable works about New England; most recommended the religious life there. Unfortunately, in 1644, Roger Williams and…

Martin Luther’s early life is characterized by a good education with a degree in the Arts that focused on grammar, logic, metaphysics and rhetoric which he earned from the University of Erfurt. However, his life changed when he conformed his life to monkhood in 1505 C.E. He felt that the life of monkhood would help him attain salvation and would drive away the fears he held of hell and the wrath of God. However, Martin Luther did not find the religious satisfaction he was searching for. Although…

The Beginning Before the Protestant Reformation, there were many concerns felt be Catholics. Many people began to voice their opinions as more translations of holy text became widespread. An important aspect of this change was when Greek became common use again during the renaissance and so the original Greek scripts were read and therefore interpreted differently by people, since before this only the Latin Vulgate was approved by the Church meaning that the Church controlled the contents of the…

As the 226th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis has established his views and ideologies of the church since before he became the Archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998. Known for his humility, dialogue, openness, and inclusivity, Pope Francis has been under the radar to be a Pope that will take the church in a new direction that best suits the way the world is today. Pope Francis’ vision of the church parallels the meaning of the church’s catholicity and the movement towards World…