Bishop of Durham

What are you beliefs on female ordination? And why? Catholic Church should progress to including women in the clergy. I do support female ordination in the Catholic Church for these 3 reasons.One, females are just as competent and able to perform the duties of the clergy as males are. Also females make up 50% of a population so it makes sense that females also take part in this profession. Finally, we 're happy to have Female doctors, lawyers, dentists, astronauts, so there is no reason why we…

The Protestant Reformation is often indicated as just the Reformation. It was the major disagreement within Western Christianity started by Martin Luther. Martin Luther wrote his 95 Theses in hopes of just starting a debate between the church, but ended up setting the religious world aflame. In his document, he started by criticizing the selling of indulgence, demanding that the pope had no authority over purgatory and that the Catholic doctrine of the merits of the saints had no foundation in…

two groups of individuals, secular and spiritual, are different and entirely separate. Not only do the Romanists believe in the separation of the spiritual and the secular, but they also believe that those who make up the Spiritual Estate, popes, bishops, and other religious clergy, are far superior to those of the Temporal power, therefore establishing a sense of inequality within the Church. Luther addresses the hypocrisy of this statement by bringing forth testimony and evidence that greatly…

Roman Catholicism and Presbyterianism are two religions that people in the world today participate in and live by. Each of them have stemmed from the time of Jesus Christ. Back then there was not a good way to create text to last forever for others to read. When the time came around for the word of the Lord to be recorded— the text was written in a language that not everyone could read or understand. So when things were converted for others, countless stories and preaching’s were translated…

From humble beginnings to an oppressive doctrine, the Holy Catholic Church truly underwent change throughout the course of Medieval history. Seen in these two letters, Clericis Laicos and Unam Sanctam, are what would seem to be the culmination of all this history: the responses of Pope Boniface VIII to the continued pressures of secular rule and its jurisdiction in relation to the Church and its functioning. With the Church’s rapid increase in size and influence over the past several centuries,…

Authority in Early Modern France The way power is wielded has changed over time, and constantly shifts. The same holds true or the Early Modern Period as the idea of authority and state underwent transformation. As the authority of the Roman Catholic Church waned, European power consolidated with a number of centralized states. Authority manifested itself in different ways; leaders displayed acts of absolute authority under a single monarch in places such as France, but as time progressed the…

Visiting St. Paul’s Parish Princeton For this field observation project, I chose to attend the 5pm Sunday service at St. Paul’s Parish in Princeton. Growing up in the Pentecostal tradition, I have become at home in free worship and contemporary liturgy. Most of the church’s I’ve attended in the past had many informal elements in their liturgy, designed to make new-comers feel a little less awkward and part of the church family. As a new Methodist, I have found many Methodist churches…

Trinh Tong PHI102-90 Oh Final Paper Marriage in Buddhism versus Marriage in the Roman Catholic Church Marriage is as much of a social aspect as it is a religious aspect. Depending on the two getting married is how the ceremony is run. With certain customs, marriage is a large social event in the religious world, and in some others, it is a simple, yet, strong, bond between two individuals. Today, the line between religion and social matters is blurred; this holds true for marriage. However,…

?? Joshua Waldoch Professor Laid Boswell History 120 9 October 2017 Public Opinion and the Papacy The Catholic Church has had a lasting impression on the European Landscape throughout history, and for the most part, the general public went along with the Catholic Church and the Pope because, that was all the people of Europe knew. However, that began to change, as the thoughts and ideals that were formed during the Enlightenment came to prominence. In David Kertzer’s book The Kidnapping of…

Due to the Holy Roman Empire’s influence, the Roman Catholic Church played a significant role in the lives of western Europeans in the Middle Ages (Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia). People were named, married and buried by the guidance of Roman Christianity (Haberman and Shubert). This changed when Martin Luther asked questions regarding salvation and the relationship between community and God. As a result of these questions, Europe would never be the same as Luther started the Protestant…