Apostolic Catholic Church

that is tied together by similar beliefs, features of worship and church structure. Christianity is a religion which incorporates a range of denominations and faith groups, including Anglicanism; a tradition joined to Christianity consisting of ‘The Church of England’, which claims to be both reformed and Catholic following parallel beliefs to Christianity, which are evident throughout its worships and church services. The Church of England operates openly and independently around the world,…

sectarianism, it stemmed from an intense and deep seeded rivalry between those who belong to the Protestant religion and those who identified themselves with the Roman Catholic…

The Catholic Church had every intentions of maintenance their place of influence with the European nobility. New theories of the nature of the universe, new maps, and new development in nautical technology were shattering old philosophies, myths, and misconceptions. Better compass and larger ships meant that ships could now sail from China to Africa in one day. Slavery was the norm in Portugal and Europe had already developed a sweet tooth by the ending of the fifteenth-century. The Roman…

Essay on Familiaris Consortio I. Introduction This document is an Apostolic Exhortation by Pope John Paul II, written to the episcopate, the clergy, and to the members of the whole Catholic Church. Its purpose is to address the role of the Christian family in response to the changing issues they face in our modern world, in order to provide encouragement and enlightenment in Christ and His Church amongst the ever-growing secularized world. To highlight the importance of the Christian family,…

Indulgences are one of the most controversial traditions in the Catholic Church. They have impacted the Church for hundreds of years and were a major factor in the Protestant schism within Christianity. Indulgences have had positive results but are often abused. The Church’s Confession of Faith (CCF) is a reliable source for a detailed explanation of what indulgences are and how they work, but fails to capture the importance of indulgences in a historical context and their impact on Christianity…

and also served as cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church of Argentina from 2001 to 2013. Bergoglio was the president of the Bishops’ Conference of Argentina from 2005 until 2011. Biography.com also states that Pope Francis was named the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on March 13, 2013. He…

Martin Luther noticed the manipulation that the Pope and Catholic Church of the German nation were doing and quickly put an end to it. After he obtained a degree in law and then trained in theology, Luther grew a fascination for religion. Having knowledge on the factual information from his studies, Luther began to question the doctrines of the church and the way the Pope religiously governed the church. The misleading of information given to the people, provoked them to depend heavily on the…

organization and importance of the Roman Catholic Church Pope Innocent, the Third called a meeting of the fourth Lateran Council in 1215. There were a huge number of Bishops, Abbots and envoys from several European Kingdoms. The issues addressed at the council were along the lines of making the church more godly and spiritual, and addressing the problem of heresy. Pope Innocent considered heresy a serious problem and he wanted absolute authority over the church. In the first canon,…

were enormously significant both for the churches and for the Roman Empire itself. Emperor Constantine wanted to unite the church for the purpose of the Empire, according to several Biblical scholars. He wanted the two groups to come to an agreement on the deity of Christ. The Jehovah’s Witnesses contend that the doctrine of the deity of Christ was forced upon the church by the Emperor Constantine at the council of Nicaea amid…

to the Catholic Church (Spielvogel, 281). He was gravely wounded while serving in the Spanish military fighting against the French. While slowly recuperating, Ignatius of Loyola experienced a conversion and consequently established the Jesuit order, also known as the military enforcement arm of the Catholic Church. It played an important role in the counter reformation and succeeded in converting millions around the world to Catholicism,…