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    more rapid and apparent to both the secular leaders and common people of Europe. Paul V was initially concerned about laws that restricted the clergy’s right to acquire land (de Vivo 157), and tensions reached a breaking point when a cardinal and bishop were jailed for violating these laws (“Paul V”). The doge and Senate of Venice were subsequently excommunicated, and a papal interdict was enacted (“Paul V”). Although the Venetians had yielded to the Church when they were under interdict in the…

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    Matthew they did not start the service 20 minutes of worship music like they do at my church. The music did not dominate the mass, it only acted to support the message. There was not a choir or orchestra. I learned that mass is always led by priest, bishop or pope, someone who has taken a vow of celibacy and given his life to God. It made me kind of sad to think that they do not have a family (wife, children, etc). Community Bible Church has a main pastor but we also have guest speakers…

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    Christianity (Alchin). There were even classes when it came to religion because of feudalism. The pope was the head spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic church, next is the cardinals who were to elect the pope. Archbishops were the spiritual leaders and a bishops were spiritual leaders of the…

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    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…

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    Movie Analysis: Pope Joan

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    Thanalai May Tachapanich Media Literacy Webster University 26 June 2015 POPE JOAN ANALYSIS The movie started with a pope telling a story about the myth of Pope Joan, in 814BCE, this claim is a curiosity claim that poses a trial to the patriarchal nature of the Catholic Church, whereas women are prohibited from becoming priests and therefore cannot grasp each real locale of manipulation inside the institution. One of the arguments that present priests use opposing changing this discriminatory…

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    Before the time of human reason and natural law, God was perceived as the almighty and the one that controlled everything on earth. Catholicism was the center of civilization during the middle ages as there were no unified governments in Europe. The Church became the most powerful institution and “governed” society to their own benefit. Although the Church was the main political force throughout Europe and authority was assumed through religious leadership, the Church corrupted innocent…

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    Pope Boniface VIII

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    One of the reasons we had many problems in the Church near the early 1800’s is because of Pope Boniface VIII. Pope Boniface the VIII was not a saint, but a scoundrel. He influenced the church in a negative way by opposing King Philip IV of France, trying to make many changes in the Church that produced outcomes which were negative and issuing the Unam Sanctum. His family and his background had a big influence on his beliefs and those beliefs affected everything he did and said. Pope Boniface…

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    My poster/report today will be on the topic of John Wycliffe the evening star of scholasticism and the morning star of the Reformation. Wycliffe was born in Ipreswell, Yorkshire, England. Wycliffe had a very formal and exceptional education and Wycliffe completed his arts degree at the College of Scholars of Merton in the University of Oxford. That same year he wrote a small treatise, The Last Age of the Church. In the recent events of the malignance of the plague that had subsided only seven…

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    Martin Luther Dbq Essay

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    Martin Luther Religious beliefs have never seized to cause conflict within civilizations and societies’. More importantly religion often associates with power and wealth, if one was not born of nobility it was often noted you were someone of low class. It was hard to obtain status even with hard work, Roman Catholic church would often let nobility be obtained through payment if one’s funds were plentiful. Until a man named Martin Luther decided to oppose the Roman…

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    During the middle ages cathedrals’ majestic architecture reflected the financial and political powers of the catholic church. First, the purpose of the cathedrals aside from worshiping for religion was to provide surplus income for borrowing money, availability for trade and contain tombs of kings. In 1226 Henry the third borrowed jewels belonging to the shrine of St. Edward and made a promise to return the valuables within a year. The medieval cathedrals were notable for their supply of raw…

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