Church Fathers

In the midst of the unrighteous practices of the Catholic Church, a man named Martin Luther took a stand with five solas to represent God and bring reformation. The five solas included scripture alone, Christ alone, faith alone, grace alone, and for the glory of God alone. Before the ninetly five thesis had been written, Luther had been living the way of the five solas without knowing it. It all started back when Luther was caught up in a ferocious storm that lead Luther into making a…

The Council of Trent was meeting of bishops of the Catholic Church held between the ages 1545-1563.The founder of the Council of Trent was Pope Paul III, The council of Trent only lasted eighteen years the first meeting was held in December of 1545. All together seven hundred Bishops could have attended the council at the start but only thirty one showed up along with fifty Theologians (An expert or a person who engages in Theology).Near the final sessions of the Council about two hundred and…

and their children in choosing marriage partners, reasons for marriage, issues of “honor”, and how the role of the church and state have changed over time. This book, “argues to the contrary, that the institutions of social control and cultural values of colonial Spanish society both alerted significantly during this period. Beginning in the seventeenth century, the Catholic Church suffered…

was a middle and high school teacher in an all girls school, in Königsberg, Germany. Paula was from a wealthy, upper class, family full of pastors and theologists. Unlike Paula’s aristocrat background, Dietrich’s father took honor in being a self made middle-class-man. Dietrich’s father, Karl Bonhoeffer, was the son of a doctor. Having…

survived”, and so he did. His father did not care for his decision much, as he had “worked and sacrifice so his son would receive the best education of the day and enter the noble profession of law.” Though, his father certainly could not argue against religious…

October 25 Is Reformation Sunday. will be the day that the christian world the following is a brief segment of a class I taught on “Church History on my web, http://andnowyouknowmore.blogspot.com MARTIN LUTHER: was born Nov. 10 1483, in Eisleben Germany. Hon and Magerate Luder welcomed to their home their 2nd born. Next day he was baptized in the Roman Catholic Church as Martin Luther. (I am not sure why the name was changed from Luder to Luther). Hon Luder was a labor, Martin stated later…

I became Catholic and it was the happiest day of my life. I had waited over 25 years to be confirmed and receive communion and because of religious education, my dream had finally come true. Religious education has many facets in the Catholic Church and that night I made a promise to myself that I would learn as many as I could in my lifetime. As a military child, I was always intrigued by the Catholic faith. Every Sunday I would watch the Catholic families pile into their cars to go to…

with one’s own; unselfish. My father Kris is the definition of selfless. Hardships and obstacles have been thrown at my father left and right his entire life, yet he still cares more about others than himself. He is my best friend, rock, and biggest supporter. My father is a family loving, baseball loving man, who just lives his life for the Lord. He has worked extremely hard to get where he is today. Growing up my father did not have a favorable childhood. His father was constantly getting…

of the Catholic Church and inspired the Protestant Reformation. The Protestant Reformation weaken the control of the Catholic Church, created new denominations and new freedoms in Christianity. Furthermore, these Luther 's actions helped in the set up of the United States of America. Martin Luther impacted world history by fighting against oppression, by sparking a reformation, and by his actions having effects on United States. First, Luther fought back against the Catholic Church and sparked…

My choice for my second paper was the ecclesiology of Vatican II and the book you assigned me was Rediscovering Vatican II: The Church in the Making by Richard R. Gaillardetz. At the publishing of the book it had been forty years since the close of Vatican II and the publisher thought it would be a great idea to publish books that make the teachings of the sixteen documents more accessible to Catholics. This book focuses on three of the documents, you could say one major, Lumen Gentium, and two…