Catholic social teaching

major religious tensions between Calvinists and Catholics. The fact that the Counter-Reformation was a Catholic resurgence in response to the Protestant Reformation demonstrates the seriousness of religious conflict and the extent to which reformists would go to have their religion as the superior one. This demonstrates how the Thirty Years War was a continuation of previous religious struggles which were exacerbated through dividing Germany into Catholic and Protestant divisions who were…

God and believe that God has an impact on our lives one way or another. The Puritan culture came to America in the 1600s immigrating from Europe. They were a group of reformed protestants who sought to purify the church of England from all Roman Catholic practices. They were a strict society who believed God was above all and they weren’t very tolerant of other religions or christian sects. A way for them to connect with God was to use writing to explore the inner and outer workings of God.…

systematic program for “The conquest of self, and the regulation of one’s life,” for service to the Catholic Church (Spielvogel, 281). He was gravely wounded while serving in the Spanish military fighting against the French. While slowly recuperating, Ignatius of Loyola experienced a conversion and consequently established the Jesuit order, also known as the military enforcement arm of the Catholic Church. It played an important role in the counter reformation and succeeded in converting…

Roman Catholic Church was first established by Jesus Christ, but Jesus made Simon Peter, one of His Twelve Disciples, head of the Church. Since Jesus Christ came down to Earth, the Roman Catholic Church gained a strong presence and power in the world. As the Roman Empire grew, leaders brought Catholicism to different lands in Europe; the Roman Catholic Church expanded through these lands and as a result, the Roman Catholic Church gained great political power over these lands. The Roman Catholic…

The Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide established by the Roman Catholic Church was rather focused on persuasion or even education of the New World (2000, p. 367). This body of Catholic Church was aiming at "the peaceful propagation of the Catholic faith...with responsibility for carrying the faith to the new world, and for strengthening and reviving it in the old" (Quaker, 1962, pp. 3-4). This in part explains…

between the Latin Catholic church and the Lutheran church and their followers. The two had different views in their theology. This happened during a time period in the early 16th century which lasted until the end of the 18th century. The Latin Catholics controlled the people choices including religious and political views. The Latin Catholics engaged in plenty wrong doing from gambling, breaking the rules of celibacy and being absent from the community. The majority of Catholics were ready for…

Europe and The Black Death As the winter of 1348 subsided, the people of Europe finally envisioned the spring days ahead of them. Little did they know that the springtime would bring with it a deadly epidemic that no one could have possibly foreseen. The Black Death could not have arrived in Europe at a worse time as much of the population was already weakened from a scarcity of food due to overpopulation and famine. There was barely any time to react as the disease spread swiftly from its…

explore the New World with us.The printing press expanded to more countries and places in the 16th century invented by Gutenberg.Martin Luther was an important reformer,that started the Reformation.All European countries and small states were all Catholic in 1500,but some was not in 1560 because of the printing press.Isaac Newton was the father of the Scientific Revolution.What was the most significant effect of the printing?The results of the printing press were Religion/Reformation,Age of…

There are many historians who have differing views regarding the First Crusade in 1095 C.E. Popular questions that tend to arise with this topic are what initially caused the Crusade? What factors led to their successes and failures? How did the Crusades effect areas of Europe and the Middle East? Different historical perspectives attempt to answer these lingering questions with factual representation. In 1059 C.E., a priest by the name of Fulcher of Chartres was emitted for the First Crusade…

In the chapter called Material Continuity, Personal Survival and the Resurrection of the Body of Caroline Walker Bynum’s book Fragmentation and Redemption, she thoroughly discusses the historical thought processes present in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and in modern times that dealt with the correlation between one’s existence and identity and their physical body. She looks at how the material part of human identity is often thought to have been required in order to help one continue…