Apostolic Catholic Church

Renaissance Era challenged the teachings of the church because it made people start to question if they were teaching the truth. The Renaissance Era began after the tragedies of the Black Death and The Crusades left the catholic people questioning why god would bring this to them and also left the Europeans wanting to go back to the glory days of the Roman Empires. The teachings of the church were challenged through the art, catholics inside the church and scientific advancements. The…

Pope Francis added his voice to the capitalism debate with his Apostolic Exhortation, "Evangelii Gaudium" published in November of 2013. It is based on "the church's primary mission of evangelization in the modern world." In this slamming rebuke against capitalism he describes this as being the "new tyranny," and asks for better politicians who can heal the scars that capitalism has made on society. Capitalism promotes inequality in a way that if left unchecked allows the rich to become…

The leader of the Roman Catholic Church is the most well-known religious leader in the world today. The office of the Pope was instituted early in the history of the Church. The Papacy was established much later. The leader of the church in Rome was a Bishop as was customary in the early church. In its origin the office of the Pope was not unlike any other office in church leadership, the term was not used exclusively at the church in Rome nor did it convey any special authority not available to…

The Catholic Reformation was the church’s response to the Protestant Reformation. The Catholic Reformation was also known as the Counter Reformation. The Catholic Reformation occurred in the 16th and 17th century. The Catholic Reformation was caused by many differences between the church and people of Europe. Mainly any follower of the western Christian churches called the Protestants. The Protestants are followers of the principles of reformation, such as Lutheran and Baptist churches. The…

started in Europe in the XVI century as a reaction to the doctrines established by the Roman Catholic Church. The first theologians who promoted the changes in the Church worked in the context of Roman Catholicism, so their works were mainly based on the criticism of the doctrines and practices of the day and eventually led to schism, which was a rejection of unity with the authorities of the Roman Catholic Church (Encyclopedia Britannica, 2015). Some prominent figures that contributed to the…

scholars and humanists. During these years he developed his philosophy of Christ that led him to criticize his Church” (Desiderius Erasmus). Luther was not the first to challenge the leaders of the Catholic Church, in the early sixteenth century, Erasmus led a movement to reform the Church. Although Erasmus laid the foundations for Luther's Reformation, he did not break with the Church because he did not want to sacrifice his belief for changes in doctrine and practice. These examples prove the…

Protestant Reformation of the 1600’s was a major turning point in history that shaped our faith and theology. By the 1600’s the Catholic Church had become the wealthiest and most powerful empires in all of Europe. Ironically enough one of the reasons of the reformation was how this Roman Empire raised money to secure is position of power. In addition the Catholic Church owned large parcels of land about one third of Europe. There were many leaders instrumental to this protestant revolution such…

was described as a widespread theological revolt in Europe, against the abuses and totalitarian control of the Roman Catholic Church. There were three reformers who were identified in support of the cause. Martin Luther in Germany, Ulrich Zwingli in Switzerland, and John Calvin in France. These men stood by their beliefs and protested various unbiblical practices of the Catholic Church. The men were trying to get the people to return to sound biblical doctrine. The Protestant Reformation is…

While the Catholic Reformation technically started before the Protestant Reformation, the onset of Protestantism gave it a new character. Before, the church was reforming due to inner necessities, but now the church had actual issues to respond to from the Protestants (Gonzalez, Vol. 2, pg. 138). The three types of the reformation were spiritual, administrative, and doctrinal. The spiritual type included the developmentive new orders. There were the Capuchin Franciscan monastics. They were…

Introduction Over the past thousand years, many have been fed with false doctrine that women should not be ordained as priests, this essay will simply discuss the reasons behind ordination of women the truth of the story is that it is still unveiled even today, but does it ends there? .However relatively recently, people were exposed to the utmost truth about what did Jesus say about priesthood. As many know that little has been highlighted on this issue. What about religious believers? They…