Confessing Church

Religion plays a crucial and timeless role in art across generations. Faith could be a hard concept to grasp or explain. How do you example something that is felt, something that explains miracles? When the roman people couldn’t fully grasp or explain the holiness of Christ and the Bible they depicted it in mosaics covering the entire roman world. Halos were drawn around Christ, the Apostles, and Jesus’s mother Mary to show holiness. The Four Evangelists is a painting on canvas that shows a…

This is probably one of the biggest fear factors that come into play with satanism, however, it isn’t true. Satanic rituals are not offerings to demons, often times they are not curses set on people, they are actually equivalent to meditation. The church of satan describes it as a “self transformational psychodrama” which is meant to relieve a person from their emotional baggage that could affect them negatively or get in their way of a happy life. Buddhist meditation is used the same way, to…

powerful film in terms of cinematography. The film is about about a priest and the people of his church struggling with faith and love in a cold snowy Swedish village. With little to no background music besides the organist be played during the church services the viewer relies on scenery and dialogue. During the church service the camera captures all of the church and the surroundings. The viewer hears the church bells and sees plain white landscape in the small village. During the service the…

From its beginning in 1517, the Reformation brought religious and political opposition from the Catholic church and from civil rulers. By 1546, many Protestants in Germany, Switzerland, and France were insisting that the people, not just kings and bishops, should share in political and religious policy-making. This idea influenced Calvin and his followers in…

The Catholic church has undergone changes in its power and influence. What impact was the Protestant Reformation which originated in Germany. A key figure in the Protestant Reformation was Martin Luther. Luther, a German monk, believe in autonomy and Independence and their religion. He was against being dependent on clergy. A primary concern attacked was the practice of indulgences. Ninety-five theses on the subject of indulgences left on the Castle Church by Luther was a strong Catalyst for…

But in the case of Martin Luther, the absolute last thing that he wanted to do was to be made a leader of a movement away from the Catholic church as a whole. For this reason, there are some glaring holes in the leadership qualities and abilities of Martin Luther. One of these shortcomings would be that he struggled greatly with what “Exploring Leadership” calls “Relational Leadership”. In the…

in each one of these reformations. Martin Luther King started the protestant reformation. The protestant reformation is where Luther got really mad at the church and put the ninety-five thesis on the church door. The reason why he nailed the ninety-five thesis to the church door was because he got mad at the church and it was telling the church what they were doing wrong. To prove a point, Martin Luther King married Katherine Von Bora. Now let’s not forget that Martin Luther King was a monk and…

A 45-year reign complete with prosperity as well as tragedy defines the Elizabethan Era. As the daughter of King Henry VII, Elizabeth I was always in line for the throne. Over time, Elizabeth’s chances of succeeding the throne became slim due to the birth of her half-brother Edward. She officially became third in line for the throne, behind her half-sister Mary. It was not until the death of both her siblings that Elizabeth was able to claim the throne. Although Elizabeth’s sister made many…

reform the church so he made the 95 theses. The 95 theses consist mainly of how the church is manipulative and deceitful. The 95 theses consisted a lot of how the church would put friars out to sell form for their relatives to go to heaven. It also had if you had sinned you would be punished immediately and God wouldn’t forgive you. The theses also had said how the church had power over the people and Luther did not want that. The reason Luther did not want that was because the church shouldn’t…

Roman Catholic church and to preserve the French Law. He is also the mastermind behind the defense of Canada and in defeating Montgomery and Arnold’s America forces against Quebec City in 1775-1776. With his great deeds and accomplishments, He was given the title Baron of Dorchester and chosen to be Governor in Chief of BNA. Sir Guy Carleton helped shape Canada in many various ways. Advising the passage of the Quebec Act in 1774 which helped seigniors and the Roman Catholic Church. Sir Guy…