Catholic Church hierarchy

demonstrates and records evidence that the Roman Catholic Church was sufficient enough to be a political player to practice its’ own alliances, intrigues, and war. The introduction of the records outlines key details to keep in mind while looking through these records which outlines a clear hierarchy within the Roman Catholic Church system, thus can be compared to a feudalistic system. After all, historian’s have to recognize the implications of the Church being politically strategic enough to…

Women’s roles in the Catholic church have remained relatively consistent in the fact that women have never been allowed to become priests but have continued their service to the church in the role as nuns. Even though the church has modernized in other ways, they have not caught up to improving gender equality in the West. Why is this still a controversial issue especially since in other denominations of Christianity, such as the Methodist church, have appointed women preachers? This is still an…

The Catholic Church has again been the centre of abuse claims from around the world. Are these isolated cases or is there a deeper problem within the church? 1 > The short answer is - Yes, there are deeper problems within the church regarding claims of sexual deviances. Reports have been around for a long while, even going back to Pope, John Paul II. News groups report credible evidence that the former Pope was aware that his Catholic Church comrades faced serious allegations that they had…

The counter-reformation was by the catholic church to strengthen the church and keep catholics from converting to protestantism. It was initiated in response to the protestant reformation in the 1500’s. Pope Paul III called the council of trent in 1545 to guide the counter-reform movement. This counter-reform aimed to end abuse in the churches, also created the list of banned books. The Jesuits were a religious order led by Ignatius Loyola that emphasized strict moral and spiritual life and they…

As matter of fact, the different features in each church system creates the disagreement in scripture practices, moral issues, and salvation. Episcopal policy generally rules by Bishops, or priests, was named as church leaders. Majority church decisions based on an autocratic authority structure. Unlike episcopal ruling, Presbyterian rules by elders, who are church leader. Likewise, pastors generally are elders and make all decisions on church. Lastly, congregational is ruled by…

the Catholic Church to be working together? In recent years many citizens would be shocked to know about both organizations connection throughout history. Catholicism was formed in the first centuries C.E believing in the Holy Trinity, God. Catholic headquarters are located in Vatican City, Rome, Italy. There are more than a billion members in the Catholic following and the proposing a question of their leaders ulterior motives is not well received. The thought of a Cosa Nostra and Catholic…

On October 31st, 1517, a German, Roman Catholic priest named Martin Luther made public his critiques of the Roman Catholic Church in a document called “Ninety-Five Theses”. From this document, came three more pamphlets criticizes the authority and hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church, “including the papacy, as corrupt and immoral, and questioned its right to rule over Christians and interpret Holy Scripture” (Carter and Warren, 75). As you can tell, Luther threw some pretty hefty accusations…

religious traditions equally, and the Catholics appear to have fared better than other religions in terms of affiliation. However, the trend in association with the Catholic Church overlooks important changes in American Catholicism, including declining participation among millennials and increasing presence of a non-white immigrant population. The Catholic Church in America is fashioned by global socio cultural trends. In addition, its male leadership enforces Catholic doctrine to the young,…

The catholic religion had dominance before the time of the Enlightenment What you had before the time of Enlightenment and The French Revolution was people blindly following what they are told by two strong powers that be. The two was of course the catholic church and the Kings. These things were about to change. This was especially true because the Enlightenment. The greatest gift of the age of Enlightenment was reasoning. The gift is the allowing of question to be asked. Allowing people to…

that drives efforts to reinvent government bureaucracies, church hierarchies, and business practices call for audacious leaders who take a stand for what they believe in” (p.29). As a practicing Catholic, I have noticed that the Church is continuously challenged to redefine the role of the Church in our ever changing society under the leadership of Pope Francis. While it is relatively easy to appreciate the public function of the Catholic Church in the area of social services, health care, and…