Bishop

much more complex institution in comparison to Christianity. Catholic tradition says that the Catholic Church was founded by Jesus, while The New Testament teaches the activities and teaching of Jesus Christ. It is said that Saint Peter was the first bishop (pope) of Rome which leads us to today in having Pope Francis. The Catholic Church claims that its origin is the death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ, it also declares itself as the church that was built by…

being elected pope, Bergoglio was a Jesuit from 1960-1992. He served the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires from 1998 until 2013 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…

Through out his reign Henry IV instituted the practice of simony, which allowed him to create a faction of loyal clergymen and bishops. Additionally, this practice allowed him to create a loyal political faction that would support him rather than the pope. However, when Pope Gregory implemented his Gregorian reforms that stripped all state appointed bishops and clergymen of their church titles. At this point Pope Gregory was stepping out of the religious field and into the political battleground…

crusading owed a great debt to pilgrimage. Many more crusades would take place and the theme of the crusades were augmented to suit the need of the Church. The needs or purpose or victims could have been the Muslims, Jews, Cathards, Albigenses, bishops, heretics, and any and every nonbeliever. The Crusades would go on for 200 years and by this time the marriage of church and state yielded a great deal of power and persuasion through their…

the new archdiocese that was formed between Pope Adrian and Offa in Lichfield. This split was formed between the new archdiocese and the Church of Canterbury. While he gained a form of local government throughout these parishes the Church gained a bishop to…

marginalized by the catholic faith. With the newest strategic changes, divorce people will no longer be denied a sacrament of communion, marriage annulments will be now less expensive and faster to receive, due to more empowerment of the local cardinals and bishops; and the abortion although still condemned by the Church - may be absolved. Pope Frances also changed church’s attitude towards guy population with this statement: "If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who…

The Church During the Middle Ages Christianity gave the people of the Middle Ages the motivation to accomplish many great things. Many people during this time lived miserable lives in poverty and had nothing to live for but the Church. However, regardless of a person’s social status, everyone was united under the hope to go to heaven. The Church during this time provided all of Europe’s education in their monasteries and universities. They also created and built unbelievably beautiful works…

The Allemanic tribes lived for a long period of time along the border of the Roman Empire. Ammianus Marcellinus describes them as follows: „[...] the people called Huns, slightly mentioned in the ancient records, [...] At the very moment of their birth the cheeks of their infant children are deeply marked by an iron, [...] they grow up without beards, and consequently without any beauty, [...] they are of great size, and low legged, so that you might fancy them two-legged beasts, [...]they…

While there may be debate as to what the most important event was in the time periods all the way up to the 1600’s, I would argue that it was in introduction of the Christian religion to the western civilizations. Every aspect of civilization was impacted by this socially, economically and politically. Christianity was first introduced by Constantine in the Roman Empire in the late third century. Constantine issued the famous Edict of Milan, which made it official that the Romans would tolerate…

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…