Clergy

My poster/report today will be on the topic of John Wycliffe the evening star of scholasticism and the morning star of the Reformation. Wycliffe was born in Ipreswell, Yorkshire, England. Wycliffe had a very formal and exceptional education and Wycliffe completed his arts degree at the College of Scholars of Merton in the University of Oxford. That same year he wrote a small treatise, The Last Age of the Church. In the recent events of the malignance of the plague that had subsided only seven…

the revolution in France. The people in France trust him as a worthy leader, because he gave them everything that that they were fighting for it. Napoleon created Concordat of 1801, which contradicted the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. The Civil Constitution Clergy divided the French nation, and Concordat of 1801 reunited them. He also put into play Code Napoleon, a law that helped the personal relationships between the people. Napoleon sold the Louisiana Purchase,…

The Medieval period was a time of firsts, the first Crusade, the first census, the first manifestation of the modern-day perception of knights and kings alike. The fourteenth century was also full of literary firsts, the most predominant being the shift from scholarly reading to a more universal style of tales written in Middle English, introduced by Geoffrey Chaucer, a timelessly renowned poet. The Canterbury Tales, considered the most important literary piece of the Medieval period written in…

The Surgions Mate (1617), that “For it is no small presumption to Dismember the Image of God.” Though this sentiment comes much after the entry was written, it does give some insight into how amputations were viewed at the time (Kirkup 2007). The clergy was also forbidden from performing surgery due to blood/bodily fluids being thought as of being contaminating, and participation in Eucharist could not be done by “bloodstained hands” (Bagwell…

Beginning around the early 9th Century were the Carologinian education reforms, under the control of Charlemagne, King of France. He wanted a clergy that was educated and made sure every monastery and cathedral provide free education to future clergy -young boys- that should signs of succeeding in the classroom. Though after a short period of time Charlemagne would die and France would fall apart internally due to civil war, however, cathedral…

causes and effects of the Latin American and French Revolution. One major cause of the French revolution was was the rebellion of the 3rd estate. France was made up of three estates. The Clergy belonged to the First Estate. The Clergy was sub­divided into two groups i.e. the higher clergy and the lower clergy. They did not pay any tax to the monarch. The Nobility was regarded as the Second Estate in the French Society. They also did not pay any tax to the king. The Nobility was also sub divided…

The Puritans firmly held the belief that all people were born natural sinners. No one was exempt from this, not even members of the clergy. The Puritan people thought of human life as “suspended by a string over the fiery pit of hell”. Consequentially, the Puritans enforced a strict set of rules to live by to avoid sinning, for each sin was punishable by law. What might have been the worst possible sin of the time, adultery, was the main focus of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter”.…

segregation. Dr. King’s purpose is to justify the need of non-violent direct action, the immorality of un-just laws, as well as the increasing bloodshed happening among fellow black citizens. He gives off a calm and steady tone to the several white clergy men who criticized Dr. King’s actions; he wishes to confront their concerns with his own reasoning. Dr. King opens his speech by recognizing that…

the true morality of Catholicism, rather it benefitted themselves. Popes and Priests often lived unethical lives, going against their teachings. “The abodes of the clergy were often dens of corruption. It was a common sight to see priests frequenting the taverns, gambling, and having orgies with quarrels and blasphemy. Many of the clergy kept mistresses, and convents became houses of ill fame. In many places the people were delighted at seeing a priest keep a mistress, that the married women…

that was written to help pastors understand and better help families in a counseling setting. Edwin H. Friedman also applies all of his information in dealing with congregations. From the outset of the book Friedman states that his argument is, “all [clergy] are simultaneously involved in three distinctive families… the families with the congregation, our congregations, and our own.”(Friedman, pg. 1) With this as the clear purpose Friedman does a great job of walking us through this idea, by…