Church Fathers

wanted to change things about the Catholic Church, and this is the main reason why he wrote the theses. He wrote the Ninety-Five Theses, also known as the Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences, to debate a list of questions and propositions. He did not know at the time that his writings would start a revolutionary break. In his writing, he expressed his opinions of how things should be. His writings also started a big split in the Catholic Church, and hence Protestantism was…

was divine and was part of the Father. Arius, according to Gonzalez (2010), "was the one of the most prestigious and popular presbyters of the city," argued that the Word did not coexist with the Father and therefore was not divine (p.184). The Arian controversy also held the question of the relationship Christ had with humans and his ability to save. The conflict was at the very heart of the church as supporters defended both Alexander and Arius and the church was split over who was teaching…

whole addresses theological implications regarding the church. Human nature is being depicted in certain ways that drive the understanding of their engagement with the rest of the world.…

access. First and foremost it’s a public church; anyone can go and attend mass or talk to Father Ken if they want to. It’s especially easy for students to do so because it’s very close to campus and is practically all student run. Our group also had an inside connection with a member of the church which helped us to get a foot in the door. One of the member’s roommates is Catholic and goes to church every week, so it was easy to ask her questions about the church and see if it would be possible…

with my family every Sunday to the churches 8:30 a.m. service. Or, if we woke up early enough, the 6:15 a.m. My Father made sure we went to church every Sunday. He cut our hair every Saturday morning so we were sharp, and ready to receive the word from Pastor Floyd H. Flake and his wife, Elaine Flake. My Mother and Father thought it was best that my brothers and I get involved in the church, since we did not play sports. We had options of being an usher, or dancing. They did not want us to only…

drawn from Father Benjamin Tremmel and Pastor Ronald Cobb, including their love for the community, their passion for the communion, and their balanced approach to preaching. To begin with, an examination of the importance communion plays in the opinions of Father Ben and Pastor Cobb would reveal they share a very similar view on the role of communion in the church. Unequivocally, communion is of the utmost importance in a Sunday service, but not all leaders of the Church…

the most influential people in history. He believed that salvation could be achieved only through God’s mercy. Luther changed Christianity when he started the Protestant Reformation against the Catholic Church in the 16th century. He questioned some of the basic techniques of the Catholic Church causing him to want a change, he wanted to make a difference. Followers of Luther were known as Protestants. There were many important events in his life that has shaped history and himself. Martin…

Christian Empire, the reforms of Diocletian were, Social reforms, Military, Executive, Political, Religious, and Toll. Diocletian’s reforms were expensive and required a predictable income. His reforms results were less than easy to anticipate. He made the Social Reforms in order to give the emperors respect and overcome again. The military reforms to liberate from field armies. He separated the civil leaders from the military leaders. What Diocletian tried to accomplish was that he supported…

from the church. His actions and writings were immensely influential at the time, painting him as the face for the reformation. "Martin Luther was born in 1483" to a father who was a peasant farmer but rose in…

Confessional on the hand presents the expression of an unfaithful clergy and a “False Father” character as oppose to the ideal priest of Father Logan. The term false father imposes two folds of meanings towards the Massicotte character. Firstly, Massicotte does not have his biological offspring, so that he is not qualified with his patriarchal identity with a family as he has never been a father. Secondly, the false Father refers to both his disloyalty to the Catholic religion when he was still…