Catholic social teaching

response, the Counter Reformation began. Those in the Counter Reformation took every step to show how art could be beneficial to religion. They used various mediums and artists to prove that art was not only a good thing, but that it enhanced the teachings of the church. There are many examples of this, but the church called Il Gesù contains several instances…

entertain one another on their journey to Canterbury. Many of these tales include a strong religious moral meaning to them. However, the deeper and more prominent idea suggested by Chaucer is that the Church was a corrupt and dishonest institution. The Catholic Church was an enormously powerful force in the medieval period, and extremely wealthy. However, it 's clear that the material provided in The Canterbury tales indicate that the church is more than just dominant, It’s corrupt. Many of the…

intrigued me in my search for new knowledge of Christianity. These matters include the remarkable story of St. Augustine’s life and the example he set for modern Christians, the Protestant reformation of Roman Catholic…

Firstly, the historiography of the subject will be examined. The initial idea that large shifts in attitudes towards the supernatural resulting from the Reformation were presented by Max Weber in his work The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Weber argued that the Reformation was part of some great process, where Protestantism rejected sacramental magic and instead brought about a rationalisation and intellectualisation of the world where incorporeal forces no longer existed in…

only thing the Spanish were spreading was death as the natives resisted the Catholicism. However, resistance is perfectly acceptable to Sepulveda since he thinks he can back this method of spreading faith with a verse from scripture. He follows the teachings of Saint Augustine in saying when there are only a few priests to spread God’s Word, it is done through meekness, but when the Church has grown, it is right to force those to Christ. Sepulveda says, “Christ wanted men to be compelled, even…

Albert Camus contributed to a kind of writing consisting of Absurdism. In the book, The stranger, he used characters to demonstrate the absurdness in multiple ways. Albert Camus demonstrated how people who live by the rules of Christianity feel threatened by Meursault, the main character, because he doesn’t conform, in other words, he’s awkward. Meursault excludes himself from emotion in multiple events in the book, while most of the people noticed that he had minimal to no emotion at all.…

Power and privilege: How and why is a social group represented in a particular way? Oscar Wilde’s Salome, published in French in 1893 and translated to English the following year, is a biblical one-act play that revolves around the central themes of gender roles, institutionalized misogyny, as well as the ‘the gaze’ and its effect. Being a somewhat controversial play, it was denied the right to be staged in Britain until 1931 (Price & Tydeman, 1) as it was illegal to depict biblical figures in…

ideas of public affairs and Christianity, the meaning of Christendom. Through the word Res Publica Christiana we get an excellent insight of the Christian world during the middle ages. After the Roman Empire collapse the only things left was the catholic church which took much control over the different counties and towns throughout the year. Two of the major figures who took over religions and governmental power were Charlemagne, called the holy emperor of Rome, and Fulcher of Chartres. These…

To pass the time, they all decide to have a competition and tell two stories on the way to and on the way back from Canterbury. Before telling their tale, the reader is introduced to each and every character and learn of the character’s background, social status, and overall appearance. Geoffrey Chaucer does the prior in order to give the reader an idea of society’s view on each pilgrim and their role in society. In Chaucer's novel, Canterbury Tales is a snapshot of the views of society at the…

Rasputin’s history revolves around controversy, mystery, and hypocrisy. Rasputin was known to be a self proclaimed religious man who held holy powers and was able to heal those who were sick. In the early 1900s, Russia was ruled by Tsar Nicholas II. Tsar Nicholas II had a son named Alexei who had hemophilia. There was no known treatment for hemophilia at the time, so the Tsar called upon Rasputin to come and heal his son. Rasputin came and magically healed Alexei, relieving him of his hemophilia…