Church Fathers

wrong being committed, the belief of its possibility alone was enough to question Father Flynn. Sister Aloysius…

In modern Church history, one of the most contentious and controversial issues that the Roman Catholic Church has had to deal with in its ecumenical dialogue with other Christian churches is the Dogma of Papal Infallibility. This dogma was officially promulgated by Pope Pius IX at the First Vatican Council (1869-1870) in the Dogmatic Constitution Pastor Aeternus. This magisterial document defined the role and ministry of the pope within the Church. In their attempt to define the Petrine office,…

Roman-Byzantine Empire with the headquarters in Constantinople. Eastern Orthodoxy regards its self as the True Church, being rooted in Christianity. Eastern Orthodoxy places great value on the doctrine and holds the Bible to be the sacred text. They use the Septuagint, or the Greek Old Testament. The movement also emphasizes the Creeds and the seven ecumenical councils. In fact, the church often refers to itself as…

to be a problem with Father Brendan Flynn and the little boy in the class (Donald Millers). The Father seemed to favorite the little boy and give him special treatment. The Sister thought that there was going to be an issue because of the Father that she had when was in school. After the boy had a meeting with the Father, the teacher smelt alcohol on the boys' breath. Sister Aloysius assumes that there is behavior going on that isn't acceptable for the fact that she had a father who would be…

15. When she was fourteen, She consecrated herself to Christ and took a vow of Chastity. Her father was a pagan and her mother was a dedicated Catholic. Saint Dymphna's father loved her mother immensely. Eventually her mother died and her father’s mental stability worsen. Saint Dymphna's father, Damon,…

and practiced religion throughout the world. For my site visit I went to St. Mary Catholic Church which is located at 414 Madison St, Decatur, IN 46733. Their phone number is (260) 724-9159 and the church’s mission statement is to spread the gospel message, administer sacraments and reach out with charity and justice to people in need. The first thing I realized when I walked into St. May’s Catholic Church was how beautiful it was. It had these amazing marble floors with pillars that went all…

were enormously significant both for the churches and for the Roman Empire itself. Emperor Constantine wanted to unite the church for the purpose of the Empire, according to several Biblical scholars. He wanted the two groups to come to an agreement on the deity of Christ. The Jehovah’s Witnesses contend that the doctrine of the deity of Christ was forced upon the church by the Emperor Constantine at the council of Nicaea amid…

Why was Arianism so important in the History of the Church and how did it affect the Church? Well, Arianism was one of the most important and one of Catholicism bigger problems. A heresy which believed that Jesus Christ, was not on par with the Father in regards to his holiness and divinity. They said Jesus was instead “created” by the Lord to do his deeds. It took the Church a long time to prove to everyone that this heresy was false. Arianism was started in the Fourth century by a priest,…

coward and his father raged at him for the waste of money on armor. One day Francis was riding in the woods. He saw a leper ,Francis was a man who loved beauty, and he hated deformity. Nevertheless he hopped off of his horse and kissed the leper on the hand as a sign of peace. The leper kissed him back and Francis was filled with joy and happiness. He saw this as a test from God, which he had passed.…

Catholic Church; Martin Luther, John Calvin, and King Henry the VIII forever changed the religious landscape of Europe. Martin Luther was the founder of the Protestant church (“Reformation”). Martin Luther was raised in a working class, religious family and his father was a miner (“Reformation”). Originally he went to school to study a new law, but changed to theology and eventually lived in a monastery(“Reformation”). On october 31, 1517 Martin Luther began attacking the catholic church by…