Church, Sect, and Cult Essay

the solid grounding of the Bible. Historically, Christianity has filled this role with surprising success. For a very long time, the Catholic church had a stranglehold on European politics. In fact, it acted as a government itself, controlling a part of Italy known as the Papal States until 1870 (“Papal States”). During its time of power, the Catholic church became incredibly corrupt. During the Catholic Inquisition, in which people were put on trial for having potentially heretical beliefs (to…

middle ages was based in a Catholic civilization, though there were tensions between the Church and the emperors. The empire had a huge influence over the Church even in the election of the pope and the bishops. However, a new movement of reform began within the Church that was concretized by Pope Gregory VII. He released a document called Dictatus Papae in which he affirmed among others that the Roman Church was founded by God alone and the Pope was the one in charge of deposing emperors and…

still hold true in society today as people see challenges facing their religion moving forward in a forever changing world. Science and technology seem to be putting up a fight with religion in terms of cultural and social influences. The Catholic Church are even taking small steps to embrace science and knows that the way the world is evolving it will need to evolve itself in some way. Western Civilization and the structure of society as we know it is largely made up by the major contributions…

Polygamy is one of the most thought about and controversial issues in this day in age. It’s specifically controversial in religions that do not practice polygamy, but still notorious in religious where it once was practiced like in Islam and Mormon societies. These two religious groups are very controversial due to their history and societies acceptance of them. Mormons and Islamic people are subjected to a lot of criticism in today’s society. In order to fully understand their arguments, you…

the religion. Like in any sect, the colonos had a spiritual leader in Paul Schaefer, to whom they formed a strong attachment. There was a complex network of emotional connections in the Colonia. It was not a concentration camp system in which prisoners tend to think of themselves as individuals. It was a community, and the children suffered most of all.’” The pilgrims may have come to Chile for their religion, but once there they became prey to a brutal and relentless cult of personality. “‘The…

It was rumored that he organized his own sect performing religious sex rituals, [had] outings to bathhouses, beatings and violent sex with society women and prostitutes.” Rasputin was well known for his nefarious nighttime excursions, frequenting local bars for young women and bedding them under…

Explain why Sparta developed into a militaristic society. Then describe life for a Spartan male from the age of 7-60. Starting out with four villages, Sparta began to expand by 750 conquering several neighboring regions and enslaving the people to work for the society. (At Home Reading: The Ancient Greeks) Sparta conquered Messenia between 650-620 BCE but got its first challenge in the 6th century and was defeated by Argos and then again by Teagea. (At Home Reading: The Ancient Greeks) After…

The purpose of this paper is to look at the subject of Christian apologetics in the life of Christians today. This paper will also cover the offence to Christian apologetics in the world. The other point that will be made is that all Christians are involved in apologetics in one form or another and becoming more aware of that fact will help the Christian to be more effective in that area. Before we can look at how apologetics plays a role in a Christians life we must know what apologetics is…

primarily to fulfil the spiritual needs of believers in a manner supporting their pre-existing ideological convictions; as is shown by the diversity of opinion regarding the sacred within this spectrum of New Religious Movements. There are a multitude of sects within Modern Paganism, all claiming roots in the primordial past. In reaction to the growth of secularism throughout the 20th Century, various groups self-organized based upon a revived ‘natural spirituality’. The ‘natural’ element…

A notorious criminal, Charles Miles Manson, was the center of a sadistic cult that afflicted many throughout the 1960s. Manson and his sect came to typify the aphotic marginal of an aeon that many usually affiliate with amity and unrecompensed love. During this spree, he commanded others to commit a series of crimes including thievery, assault, and even murder while under the influence of The Beatles and recreational drugs. Charles Manson was born to a sixteen year old girl who abandoned him due…