Confessing Church

was a power struggle between the church and the monarchy. This rivalry had been brewing for a very long time, but it reached it’s climax in the depute between king Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII. The church had recently taken the power to appoint the Pope from the king and established the College of Cardinals to do the job. Henry IV was against this idea, eventually retaliated and was promptly excommunicated. The struggle went on for quite some time with the Church appearing to win. At length, it…

Reflecting back over the information captured from reading their book has given me a clearer sense of how God’s people can perish due to the lack of knowledge (Hosea 4:6, King James Version). Although, I too agree with Leming and Dickerson (2011) that grievers need support and assistance during their bereavement process, sometimes I find it difficult to do so because of not knowing how or what support to offer. Because of that, I will refrain from giving any support for the fear of…

a deeply religious man. Mr. Salazar told Ramon to go to the church and bring Father Gallardo and when Ramon comes back to his house with him, he says, “Here is the Pearl of Heaven…My son and I give it to you so that you may give it to the Madonna, our beloved Lady-of-the-Sea, to hold and keep forever.” This shows that he does not care if the pearl is worth so much money; he would rather give the pearl, worth a lot of money, to the church. Ramon was very religious as well but fell into the…

treatment of heretics. She argues the mass importance that the heretics played in shaping history in religious freedoms as well the structure of power through the Middle Ages as well. She supports this by pointing out the unspoken alliance between the church and state that is prominent throughout the time, possibly even strengthened by the common repression of the heretics. Not fully intending to do so, developments such as the Protestant Reformation led to the strengthening of bond of state…

Shakespeare that wrote during a time in which Catholicism was discouraged in England may have shown his support for the Catholic Church secretly through some specific characters in his plays. William Shakespeare uses members of the Franciscan Order, who at the time were most despised by protestant reformers, as characters in his plays to show support for the Catholic Church. Three of his plays, Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado about Nothing, and Measure for Measure, feature prominent Franciscan…

that is tied together by similar beliefs, features of worship and church structure. Christianity is a religion which incorporates a range of denominations and faith groups, including Anglicanism; a tradition joined to Christianity consisting of ‘The Church of England’, which claims to be both reformed and Catholic following parallel beliefs to Christianity, which are evident throughout its worships and church services. The Church of England operates openly and independently around the world,…

for the Guarani Indians in South America. Faced with opposing outside forces from the Spanish and Portuguese nobles and the Roman Catholic Church, the Jesuits’ stood by their mission until their last breath. Starring Jeremy Irons, Robert De Niro, Chuck Low, Ray McAnally, Liam Neeson, Daniel Berrigan, and Indians themselves, the roles of the Jesuits, the church, the nobles, and the Indians were accurately portrayed and excellently brought to life. Through their use of accurate conversion methods,…

“The Puritans were a groups of people who grew discontent in the Church of England and worked towards religious, moral, and societal reforms.” These people were so deeply devoted to religion that they sought and dreamed of establishing their own places to worship God and to live a pious life. It took a lot of hard work for the Puritans to break away from the king and his church, but when they did it was all worth it. The Puritans were finally able to practice religion like they had always wanted…

Thomas Jefferson (the first US Secretary of State, its second Vice President, and third President) and John Adams (the first US Vice President and its second President) are two of the most influential authors on the Declaration of Independence. But their religious views differ greatly. Jefferson believes Jesus ‘perhaps the greatest of history’s moral teachers’ but he doesn’t subscribe to the religiously fundamental view. Or as Schama puts it, Jefferson doesn’t believe Jesus to be a…

differences between the colonies. In the Thirteen Colonies, there were so many religions and they were all equal. You could donate to your church if you like, but it wasn’t mandatory. In Quebec, most people were Roman Catholic and they were favored by the government. Also, the people in Quebec had to pay ten percent of their income to the Roman Catholic Church. In addition to that, even though the colony was British they used French civil law. The Loyalists were upset by this because that means…