Clergy

Medieval society was complex, Church was its main influence, it was governed by laws and they had a remarkable military organization. First, Catholic Church was its main influence, Church played an important role in the Middle Ages society. The Bible was the main educational source and they constituted their own set of laws. In the social structure of feudalism, the only power over the king’s authority was the Catholic Church. The decisions taken by the Church were not questioned by the…

more patriarchal, in which the father was the head of the household and his children and wife were expected to obey him. Once again, these men were clergy members, so they most likely would have opposed gender progression in society as a whole, familial and political, as they had conservative views. Other religious individuals in addition to the clergy had their own negative opinions on the female rulers. Reformers such as John Knox detested the idea of a woman bearing rule, stating it was the…

They wanted better trained clergy and administrators for the church. They would set aside at least one school teacher for each church. Education wasn’t really seen to be used for other means. Soon after they began branching out. The governments needed trained and educated men to help them. This led to the trivium or the three ways. They included grammar, logic, and rhetoric and once this was mastered the person can move onto doing basic clergy duties. One thing to note was that these…

Liberté ou mort!- Liberty or death, a popular phrase during the French Revolution, the birth of the western ideals of freedom and liberty for all. The French Revolution was a pivotal period in pre-modern history that caused many changes to the world’s culture, pushing towards modernity. The “freedom fighters” of the French Revolution were fighting to end the rule of their absolutist king, but what actually came from their rebellion was more than what any of them could ever imagine- a…

colonies abroad. Abbé Sieyès’s What is the Third Estate? and the Declaration of Independence marked the beginning of France’s realization of how much privilege can hinder a society. It empowered the common people while also degrading the nobility and the clergy. The conversation about rights began during the French Enlightenment,…

culmination that is rooted back to the days of the well served Yale and Harvard students who made up the majority of leadership in traditionalist teachings. These “educated clergy [were] able to command well-paying pulpits” (Finke and Stark 148) and viewed by many as unfit to serve the needs of the frontier life out west. To have these same clergy serve people of a polar opposite socioeconomic class would undermine the needs of the congregation and would be an ill fit between leadership and…

uses these characters and their stories to criticize many parts of English society and the church during the medieval time. In the Friars tale and the pardoners tale, he satirizes the church exposing the hypocrisy and indulgence of the clergy. When it comes time for the friar to tell his tale he uses the opportunity to poke fun at the summoner who he hates greatly. In the story…

It began with the council of trent which changed the qualifications required for people to become clergy members. This meant that the readers of the bibles had to actually be able to read latin instead of mumble random words that make no sense and that not just anybody could become a clergy member. The counter-reformation also focused on removing pluralism in order to stop high up bishops and priests from abusing their position and becoming…

Seripando, an active participant of the Council, was written to the Pope in 1555, saying that ‘There is nothing in the council it has had no effect whatsoever.’ It is true that much of the doctrines discussed like transubstantiation, moral conduct of the clergy, justification, Purgatory, and confirmation of the Latin Vulgate did not take on extreme Lutheran reform. In despite of the defeat the Protestants had faced after the Council concluded, the question to ask if there was anything, in what…

With everything they did in their daily life, they did it to please God in return for good blessings. They had special days of humiliation or thanksgiving to make sure what they were doing was pleasing to God. These services were often led by the clergy. According to the “Journal of Church and State, ” (2014) the Humiliation and Thanksgiving sermons were very frequent, however Election Day sermons occurred once a year. Humiliation Day sermons were designed for people to ask for forgiveness for…