Church Fathers

The first historical faction from Roman Catholicism came when the western church add the saying “the father, the son and the holy ghost.” The eastern church maintained that the holy ghost only comes from the father. Moreover, the formation of church administration really divided the east and the west. Eastern Orthodoxy doesn’t recognize the hierarchy of church administration nor do they honor the pope (the papacy). Protestantism doesn’t recognize the papacy either…

labeled the father of English literature. King Edward had awarded him a gallon of wine for the rest of his life for a task he completed. Geoffrey Chaucer was the first writer to use English in a major literary work. He wrote The Canterbury Tales. Medieval society was different then how it is now, everything has changed. The Medieval church was a huge factor during this time. The church dominated everyone, they had control over all the peasants. The peasants paid tithes to the church. Tithes are…

Martin Luther was born in a lower class family on November 10th, 1483 in Eisleben in the Roman Empire (eastern Germany today). His father was a miner and smelter, and because his father knew the instability of his own occupation, he wanted his son to receive proper education, and eventually become a lawyer – which was known for being a secure career. After studying at the University of Erfurt in 1505, his father’s career plan for Luther was about to become a reality, until the July of 1505, when…

need for the Church of England and would force England back to the Roman Catholic Church. In order to re-establish what had been done by her father, Henry VIII, and undone by her sister, Elizabeth I, a protestant, established a religious compromise known as The Elizabethan Religious Settlement. It consisted of two acts: The Act of Supremacy and The Act of Uniformity. The first act gave her absolute power over the Church of England as “Supreme Governor.” Originally the title for her church…

and West Christendom contributed to conceptual variation that eventually drifted to the misunderstanding of the Filioque. Filioque controversy was one of the biggest issues in terms of doctrine. In this, the Eastern Church objected to the Western church saying…

Baptism is a ceremonial immersion in water, or application of water, as an initiatory rite or sacrament of the Christian church. It symbolises the covenant between God and mankind to save all of mankind from eternal damnation if they believe Jesus Christ to be their Saviour. It is an important part of the Catholic journey, as it is considered to be the initiation into the Catholic church; John 3:5; Jesus answered, "Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of…

throughout the history of the Church from the Early Church Fathers, through the Rise of Amillennialism, the Reformation Views, the Puritans, Jonathan Edwards, and the Modern Millennial Views. This paper is not a historical study, and not a defense of a particular eschatological view. However, this paper explores the history of eschatology throughout the history of the Church. It is imperative that Christians not ignore the prior generations exegetical study. Early Church Fathers Irenaeus…

November 10th, 1483 in Eisleben, Germany. Hans and Margarette were his parents and they came from peasant linage. His father did have some success as a miner and ore smelter. A year later in 1484, their family moved to Mansfeld and Martin went to school there. Hans wanted a good life for his son and knew mining wasn 't going to be stable since it was such a tough business to be in. His father then became a lawyer, knowing that job would be better for the family. Throughout the early years of…

Divorce, homosexuality, abortion, re-marriage, annulments, and grounding a family in faith are issues the Catholic Church faces today on family. Some of these issues have been prevalent for hundreds of years. However, up until 2014, they had not been formally discussed in a Synod since 1980. With time comes change and the issues changed so Pope Francis decided there was a need to talk about the new issues. Pope Francis called bishops from around the world together, including the United States to…

States alone. The end of the Catholic Church was in the division of 1054, with this sudden split of the church is where and how these new denominations started to come about. A large amount of the denominations that began sometime in that period are not even around, but many of those doctrines are still bound in some denominations today. As some time passed by, certain religions either stuck together or grew apart. The United Methodist Church was…