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earlier Roman rule; by examining the underlying causes such as the institutional structure of the Christian church before the…

The Medieval Ages, with the absence of knowledge, were in stark contrast to the Classical era. The main force behind this shift was the Catholic Church. Although the Catholic Church preserved and spread knowledge and patronized the arts, the Vatican edited knowledge to meet its doctrine, oppressed intellectuals and created religious fervor, and its policy shift towards knowledge will lead directly into the Renaissance. The two main facets to the Church’s positive impact on knowledge were…

their lives. Peasants who lived during the 1500s were devoid of rights; they were forced to labor on the fields of their lords, while being underpaid and undernourished. When learning of Protestant reforms, which “reduced [the] independence of the Church as [the] intermediary between man and God” (Merriman 94), German peasants were inspired to rise up against their lords, in an attempt to end the oppression and enslavement brought upon them by the nobility. Empowered by the Protestant advocation…

and self-denial. He found a passage from the Saint Paul’s Epistle that stated salvation resulted in from religious faith, not from doing certain things a certain way. This led Luther to object the way preachers were emphasized giving money to the church rather than focusing on emphasizing faith. Martin Luther wrote a complaint to Pope Leo about this abuse and challenged all of the preachers to a debate over the theology of indulgences. This dispute was a contest between the two strong willed…

within the Catholic Church and soon spiraled into a religious revolution. Social and economic strife as well as vast advances in literacy and a growing sense of nationalism cultivated European life to be a breeding ground for dissent. Innovations such as the printing press allowed Protestant media to quickly reach a wide variety of citizens and spread the message of rebellion. From peasant to nobility, the reformation sought a universal appeal through the growing bitterness towards the Catholic…

Racism & The Church. Racism is defined as the belief that one racial group is more superior, or one particular race is inferior among others. Racism is very evident among society. We live and breathe in a society where racial tension will always exist towards certain types of society. Racism is directed towards races that are seen as inferior, and is normally retaliated by forms of protest, and violence. As of 2016, racial violence is at an all time high as the discussion of police brutality has…

relatively little attention has been given to the Catholic Church’s influence before, during, and after the war. Through his book, The Lonely Cold War of Pope Pius XII, University of New Brunswick professor Peter C. Kent attempts to remedy this discrepancy by examining the post war period through the lens of the Catholic Church. Kent’s investigation delves into the diplomatic relationships between the Vatican, the hierarchy of the Catholic Church, and the countries involved in World War II and…

Martin Luther, of Catholic peasant lineage promised to become God’s servant following a natural catastrophe. As a monk, he became disillusioned with the official Church, pope, and doctrine of forgiveness through works. Luther ultimately found forgiveness from the unbearable guilt of sin. He desired to fulfil God’s call, irrespective of the consequences, after God unburdened his soul. Luther didn’t always get everything correct, with horrendous historic consequences. Martin’s father, Hans…

Religion, the one thing that gives people hope that when we are done living our lives on Earth there is another life to live. Religion has evolved as everything does, there are polytheistic and monotheistic religions.Both the types of religions have evolved vastly from where they began. Firstly the class discussed Mesopotamia, which was on of the first civilizations talked about int class, they were a polytheistic religion, that had many gods for many different things including every region…

protestants had especially an easier time spreading their false teachings because, at the time, they were still Catholics. Granted, they were rebellious Catholics, but Catholics none the less because they had not yet separated themselves from Catholicism. When Queen Isabella found out that there were heretics in her midst that were nearly impossible to distinguish from the true Catholics, she enforced many forms of regulation throughout Spain to find and, at least, stop the actions of such…