Bishops' Bible

Once upon a time, there was a gathering place for many Apostolic Christian teens across America to flock to. Every other year it was in Nashville, Tennessee or Indianapolis, Indiana. On this particular year, it was in Nashville, and everyone, young person was excited for the friends they would make and blessings they would receive. The name of this convention was the National Youth Convention, or NYC for short. A fourteen, almost fifteen, year old girl named Emily was ecstatic to see all the…

The years between the mid thirteenth century and the late sixteenth century, also known as Europe’s early modern period, were years of complete religious, philosophical, and technological transformation. During the European Middle Ages, the Catholic Church dominated European civilization. The Church owned more than 1/3 of all the land in Europe which in turn created an economic and religious powerhouse. A man named Martin Luther was a large follower of the Catholic Church, however, he started…

Many Catholic followers would claim that the biggest breakthrough in Catholicism is Jesus Christ walking the Earth, but now centuries later modern followers are able to witness the second breakthrough which is Pope Francis speaking to US Congress. With previous leaders in the Vatican being very reserved and soft spoken, having someone such as Pope Francis is a massive change of pace for Catholic followers. Popes Francis continues to fight for social issues such as immigration, the poor, or the…

The Spotlight team at the Boston Globe was able to publicize a 30 year history of the Catholic Church covering up to not deal with the repercussions and refusing to put a stop to the massive child abuse problem occurring by the priest. In order to do this, the team had to work countless hours to remain focus on the “big picture” to gather the information and inform the public about this extremely important matter that would become one of the biggest scandals in history. The team had to go out…

It all began in 1900. Mr. Joseph F. Wagner, founder of J.F. Wagner Publishing Co., decided to start a magazine for the Catholic clergy in the U.S.A. He called it The Homiletic Monthly & Catechist, the name it carried until it was changed to the present name in 1919. In those days the format was simple: a sample sermon for each Sunday and Feast Day along with some aids for teaching catechism to children. It stayed that way until 1919. The first editor until 1916 was Msgr. William Brady of St.…

illiterate and learned religion through pictures and stories they have heard at the schools and the churches, but with higher literacy rates would mean that citizens could read the Bible and other religious documents for themselves. The schools were so entwined with religion that it became the status quo to learn to read the bible in order to become…

I truly don’t know who could’ve done this. Surly no one would want to hurt Humpty. I’ve been researching this case for days now and I still don’t have a lead. The only thing I can think of are his relations to the recent propaganda against the king. Although I’m sure the king wouldn’t have done this. Unless… he got someone to do it for him. Let me tell you how this all started and you can decide for yourself. It was approximately 8am on Wednesday the 14th. I, Maxton aka king’s guard #442,…

“Albeit the king's Majesty justly and rightfully is and ought to be the supreme head of the Church of England, and so is recognized by the clergy of this realm...” this excerpt from the Act of Supremacy passed by the English Parliament in 1534 made King Henry VIII the leader of the Church of England (“Act”). Pope Clement VII and King Henry VIII both played a major role in the withdrawal of England from the Roman Catholic Church. Stubbornly, King Henry VIII rejected Pope Clement VII’s refusal to…

“The purposes [of indulgences] served should be proper and reasonable… remission of punishment due for temporal sins…”(Doc6) This was little slip of paper that was supposed to give the buyer a pass into heaven, a ticket out of purgatory. “Also [bishops and high priest] make many new points of belief, and say it is not enough to believe in Jesus Christ…”(Doc1) This could also be used on a dead loved one by placing it on their grave. It was supposed to help their souls pass from purgatory to…

The Pardoner is a low level Church official selling pardons, papers signed by the church, that can be bought to excuse petty sins. In the prologue of the tale the while taking a drink of wine the Pardoner talks about how the passages he takes from town to town and specifically about how the pardons he sells along with relics that claim to have powers of redemption and salvation are all indeed fake and just for money. The Pardoner cares very little about the lives and spirits of his customers,…