Catholic Church hierarchy

was a power struggle between the church and the monarchy. This rivalry had been brewing for a very long time, but it reached it’s climax in the depute between king Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII. The church had recently taken the power to appoint the Pope from the king and established the College of Cardinals to do the job. Henry IV was against this idea, eventually retaliated and was promptly excommunicated. The struggle went on for quite some time with the Church appearing to win. At length, it…

threat to the government. The government felt the religion of Catholics was already favored by the people was gradually being suppressed and persuaded to the conversion to Protestants. The marriage allegiance between Catholic Princess Marguerite and Protestant King Henry of Navarre was done to establish intention of peace between the two religions. However, it was when the unfortunate act of a Protestant attempting to assassinate a Catholic being that the massacre begins. The King out of fear of…

The Purpose of the Church The purpose of the church is a question that arises for many Christians today. Why should I go to church? Many may go to church so they can appear to be a “good Christian,” but do they really understand why they are there? In Matthew, the church is said to be “the kingdom.” Hebrews 10:25 says “Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—all the more as you see the Day approaching.” This verse not only gives the…

The Rule of the Franciscan Order Saint Francis of Assisi is an icon of poverty and reformation within the Catholic Church and among other religions of the world. His choice to live a life of poverty encouraged the Church and especially the hierarchy of his time to change almost entirely. He can be perceived as a prophet of his time who revolutionized with the drastic change he made to his life because with his life as an example, he went from words to actions. Francis was born into a wealthy…

no authority over them. Luther believes this to be a lie, where in fact it is the exact opposite, the temporal state has authority over the spiritual. He supports this by claiming all Christians are spiritually equal, destroying the hierarchy within the Catholic church. He also uses scripture, specifically Romans 13:1-4 which states, “Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, … for so is the will of God.” Because God wishes for us to abide by the laws of man, the temporal…

today. St Francis had formed many traditions and changes to the Christian culture. In 179, Pope John Paul ll paid tribute to Francis’ love for creation by declaring hine the patron saint of ecologists. In a subsequent speech, the pope encouraged Catholics around the world to follow the example of Saint francis by embracing all creatures as members of a single family and by offering respect, dignity and care to each family member. We even have a feast day for him which is on the 3rd of October.…

and spiritual liberation, to impact the senses, awaken the emotions and protrude the viewer’s space, expressing the deeper truth and relevance of the artworks message. Strozzi's painting acts as an intimate form of visual rhetoric. Through his hierarchies of compositional arrangement and intimate play on space the divine is made palpable. The diagonal composition structure, with the ‘earthly’ angled below the divine, further creates a painting of presence, inducing a transformative experience.…

started the First Baptist Church in Providence, Rhode Island. Southern Baptism was introduced in 1830 when there was tension in the Baptist church and it split into two branches: northern and southern. The major disagreement focused on slavery. There was a group of Baptist that were against slavery . In May of 1845 a group of Baptists separated and organized the Southern Baptist Convention. Moving forward…

Victorias music, which was Composed at the end of the 16th Century, and the beginning of the 17th Century, was part of the music that he had written for the church. His music was to be sung as a part of the Catholic liturgy and all of the texts are to be written and read in the Latin language, the official texts of the church. One thing that many people found surprising about his music is that despite his Roman training and years of living in the city, Victoria so strongly retained his…

Catherine, was one of the great medieval mystics of the medieval Roman Catholic Church. As a young woman she lived her life as any woman at…