Bishop of Durham

Fasting is a Christian discipline for one who wants “to let go of an appetite in order to seek God on matters of deep concern for others, myself and the world” It is a discipline that is to be done for God and seen only by God. At the commencement of Bible College I understood fasting to be a practice that people in the church did in order to get God to hear their prayers and move on their behalf and answer the prayers that they had placed before Him during the time of fasting. It was…

convince people back into its own church. The church had created two important institution for obtaining the catholic reformation and accomplishing its goals. The first institution was the council of Trent. This institution had focused on assembling bishops, cardinals, and high church officials to focus on the church’s reformation. The other institution was the society of Jesus. This institution had a prominent role in expanding the “Reformed Church”. The followers were known as jesuits. Jesuits…

I am sitting with Martin Luther outside of a tavern on a cool, autumn evening. We both are enjoying our drinks as we get to talking about various subjects. He is eager to answer my questions regarding To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation and The Babylonian Captivity of the Church, so we begin the interview. I plan to ask a few main questions and any follow up questions that arise as we go. Q: Immediately, you attack the general power structure of Christendom that exists between the…

(Newman, 2015). Not to mention, women in the middle ages were given permission to commit themselves to the church (Newman, 2015). However, the Council of Epaon of 517 impede them from positions of leadership like priesthood or becoming deaconesses and Bishops but they were afforded the opportunity to become church nuns or sisters (Newman, 2015). Women’s commitment to the church means that they are married to the church, therefore, they will not be allowed to marry or have children Newman, 2015).…

The old statement holds true to the realities of our career choices. When I look at my family tree, I can see through the genogram the roots in which many messages that I have received growing up stem from. I can also make that statement that it is true indeed that “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree”. It is very typical for individuals to follow their families own career choices. Not only is what our parents career choices were familiar to us, but they are what seem attainable to many of…

The Facade of Piety The Church, perpetrator of religious persecution and intolerance of differing opinions of belief, this is the Church that Voltaire knew in his time. Often making satires of the Church through his various works with one of the most notable being Candide. Candide shows the various negative aspects of the Church with their traditional leaders being corrupt and immoral. These men tainted the Church and abuse their power; Voltaire grouped them into individuals that act the exact…

The Reformation was a time period when religious, political, and intellectual beliefs began to change. Many people at that time were Catholic and followed the beliefs and orders of the Church, mainly the Pope. Whatever the Church said, was believed to be accurate and the people at that time would do whatever it took in order to follow these rules and get into heaven. However, during the time of the Reformation, the way people started looking at the Catholic Church began to change after the…

As Catholics, Mass is the source and most important sacrament of our faith. Pope Francis stated back in 2014 that “every authentic journey of faith, communion and witness springs from this sacrament of love”. Claiming that the Mass is “so boring” or that “I just don’t get anything out of Mass” indicates the pure ignorance of that person. Dr. Scott Hahn’s book The Lamb’s Supper manifests that the Mass is truly heaven on earth by recognizing that to comprehend Mass we must know more. Dr. Scott…

a) The Protestant Church follow after Martin Luther, meaning they do allow Priest who are not married to marry. They do not impose celibacy at all. b) The Orthodox Church does not refute a celibate priesthood, that is after all why the priest-monks (monks that are also priests) exist. Celibacy is on a voluntary base and never to be forced upon anyone. c) The Catholic Church does impose celibacy on its priest. Recently some of Eastern Catholic Church has allowed for their priest to marry. The…

The Renaissance was a time period involving the rebirth of classical culture such as beautiful art and literature. During the renaissance the term Humanism evolved which can be defined as a system of values and beliefs that is based on the idea that people are basically good and that problems can be solved using reason instead of religion. Humanists objected to the fact that the Church controlled what people were able to study, of what people were able to publish, and limited the sorts of things…