Bishop of Durham

The Council of Chalcedon in November 451 CE set the Christological tone of Orthodox Church for almost 1,500 years following the event. A multitude of controversies occurred between the Eastern and Western Church leading to and following the 451 meeting. Ultimately, the tension between the Greek-speaking West and Latin-speaking East led to the Great East-West Schism of the Orthodox Church in 1054 CE. The church was now divided into the sects of Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, of which a…

faithful, as well as establishing a closer connection to god, and creating closer relations between the church and the people. The Council also made changes in terms of practices. Before, bishops of the church were frequently absent from their work. In order to improve the clergy, the Council began to implant more bishops into cities, and had them create a seminary in order to train and educate priests. Through proper education, the clergy became more supervised, more educated, and more often…

With the building of the Royal Abbey, Suger manifested his talents, not just in architecture but in balancing the income from agricultural activities: “The evidence of Abbot Suger of St. Denis and his application of specific agricultural incomes for the reconstruction of his abbey church survives as a very exceptional record” (Verdon and Dally 175). Construction costs were very enormous and the money that the king was giving to Suger was enormous too. This was recorded by Bernard of Clairvaux…

The Catholic Church has again been the centre of abuse claims from around the world. Are these isolated cases or is there a deeper problem within the church? 1 > The short answer is - Yes, there are deeper problems within the church regarding claims of sexual deviances. Reports have been around for a long while, even going back to Pope, John Paul II. News groups report credible evidence that the former Pope was aware that his Catholic Church comrades faced serious allegations that they had…

ranging from clerical discipline to the ecclesiastical hierarchy. His court administration also changed drastically with clerics beginning to take a leading role. Episcopal cooperation also became a genuine asset for the assertion of royal power with Bishops serving as guarantors of a religious and social order. It appears at this point that the religious reforms set down by Boniface were working to great effect. By 747, Boniface finally garnered his archbishopric in Mainz and became the…

Social Justice Issue One of the most important things all religions deal with is death. Dying is often seen as an occasion for getting powerful spiritual insights and preparing for some type of afterlife. Euthanasia is the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering. So it’s not surprising that all faiths have strong views on euthanasia. Particularly, Roman Catholicism and Buddhism have similar and opposing stances on euthanasia. Theravada Buddhism and Mahayana…

Church had three popes at the same time. http://andnowyouknowmore.blogspot.com http://andnowyouknowmore.blogspot.com As the Roman Church assumed spiritual its authority and used it unmercifully against straying church members, and against other bishops. The height of arrogance and assumed authority was in 1054 A.D. when Pope Leo IX issued the Bull of Excommunication against the Michael Ceruarius, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople at the Church of Holy Wisdom. We covered this church…

shown that it is. Well every story has a beginning and this one begins in the 1st century. When Peter died the Christians were at a loss as to what they should do some took the route of building a hierarchical church whose head should be called the Bishop…

The feature that me and my partner produced was on stained glass windows. We decided on this idea as it interested both of us and through research we found an award winning stained glass company within west Yorkshire. We decided during production we wanted to introduce the show within a place that was well known for having stained glass. This led us to introduce the show within a church which had a rich stained glass heritage, as well as a church warden who knew the history of the stained glass…

In 1305, Philip IV convinced the body of Cardinals to appoint a French archbishop as the new pope. Clement V, the recently appointed pope, moved from Rome to the city of Avignon in France. The transfer to Avignon exceedingly enfeebled the Church. When reformers eventually attempted to relocate the papacy back to Rome, yet, the outcome was surprisingly severe. In 1378, Pope Gregory XI passed away while paying a visit to Rome. The body of Cardinals then gathered in Rome to select an inheritor. The…