Bishops' Bible

was one of the first to openly question it. Luther believed that individuals should be able to read the bible for themselves and determine what it means, rather than relying on the religious leaders for all spiritual guidance. This was the beginning of free thought. This movement allowed for people to make their own decisions and create their own ideas and philosophies. If they had access to a bible in their language, anyone…

Of the total population of Quebec, nearly half are descendants of the 10,000 original French settlers. Québécois constitute more than four-fifths of Canada’s total Francophone population. About one-tenth of Quebecers are Anglophones of British descent. Another tenth of the population is of neither French nor British descent and includes aboriginal peoples (Indian [First Nations] and Inuit), eastern Europeans, Portuguese, Greeks, Haitians, and Asians (notably from Southeast Asia). In 1974 French…

The Vatican, a place powerful enough to survive the renaissance. Where conflict happened and they fought back. A strong belief that still takes over. The Vatican is one of the smallest states in the whole world and is not sovereign. Home to the pope since the Renaissance with a small population of 1,000 people located inside of Rome. The pope is the head of the city which makes the Vatican an a theocracy. The Vatican is the only city state to survive beyond the Renaissance, thereby proving…

Professor Steve and Professor Katherine made many good points on Pope Francis in life today. The world is changing and so is society, so the way that the Pope is looked at is altered as well. The two professors make great points on how Pope Francis is modifying the Catholic point of view on the world and promoting unification of religions. I believe that the Pope is one of the best I will ever see in my life. Francis is a Jesuit, which is extremely rare given that Jesuits are bound by oath not…

The papacy has stretched over the course of 1982 years from the first pope Peter the Apostle to the current pope Francis I. There have been popes who have wielded great amounts of power like Innocent III and those who did not wield much power like the modern day popes. There were those who were immoral like Alexander VI and those who were kind hearted with a servant attitude like John Paul II. Throughout the reigns of the 256 popes from Peter to Francis, they were seen as spiritual leaders. For…

Church is a central role that plays in a lot of people’s lives but money makes people ruin good things. The Canterbury tales has a lot of characters who aren’t very religious or lie about being religious. Church corruption is when is when people steal money or go to church for their own personal purpose. In the Canterbury tales the characters who are not religious or are apart of the church for personal gain are the Pardoner, The Monk, and the Friar. In the prologue of the Canterbury tales…

institution controlling mostly everything in Europe. The Church provided all the social services,ran orphanages and provided what education was available.These days Bibles can be found almost anywhere, during the Middle ages the Bible was only available in Latin and most europeans in there life would only meet one person who could read the bible which…

In chapter eight, The Reformation and Counter-Reformation: Sociopolitical Actions and Reactions, Wells discusses the counter-Reformation of the Reformation that formed the Protestants. During the counter-Reformation, the Catholic church reformed their teachings, and the rulers of the countries had to deal with what religion their country’s religion was going to be. When Luther first started his reforms, he had many Catholics agreeing with his teachings, one of those Catholics was George Witzel…

Oath because of the implication of rejecting papal authority that underlay in the act: an act which would go against his evidently deeply held beliefs. Therefore, More’s actions became criminal as “it might be taken not only as a confirmation of the Bishop of Rome’s authority, but also as a reprobation of the King’s second marriage, particularly because it was a capital offence to deny members of the royal family. From this one can argue that it was because of his opposition to uphold the…

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…