Eastern Catholic Churches

A key pillar to the Roman Catholic Church are its Saints. Saints are men and women who are recognized by the Church to have had an exceptional degree of holiness or likeness to God and or Christ. There are many hundreds of Saints within both the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church and Coptic Churches. The writing of the history and great acts of saints is called a Hagiography, literally meaning sacred writing. Of the many hundreds of saints, a few stand out in the history, Saints like…

A Schism is the formal separation of a church into two churches or the secession of a group owing to doctrinal and other differences. The Great Schism between sects of the Catholic Church. The Great Schism of 1054, between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church, was caused by the everlasting differences of religious beliefs and political views between the eastern and western churches. The challenge to the absolute authority of the pope to make decisions concerning all of the…

(ecumenical council) of the Roman Catholic Church on January 25, 1959, as a chance for the church to take part in a renewal. Pope John XXII called the Council shortly after he was elected. He noticed that the Church needed to make the message of faith relevant to people in the twentieth century. Ecumenical councils had been called before, but usually during times of great crisis for the church. To most Catholics in 1959, the church didn’t seem to be struggling and most Catholics couldn’t even…

In cultures all over the world, religion has become so important that is has become intertwined with many societies and has served as the guiding point in many people’s lives. Christianity is the most practiced and by far the most popular religion in the world. We see it everywhere spanning from north America all the way to northeast Asia. Christianity was founded roughly about 2000 years ago and has since then endured many drastic changes (allaboutreligion.org). Europe has been the region where…

After World War Two, the United States and Soviet Union emerged as the two Superpowers because they were the most powerful countries in the world at that time. The Cold War was a conflict between these Superpowers in political, conceptual, and economic values. Competition between the two Superpowers had a large impact on many European countries. The Superpowers greatly affected many European countries including Germany, Czechoslovakia, and France through their conflict with one another.…

uses images and spotlights to freeze female beauty within an idealized childhood, and forces women to perceive aging—that normal unfolding of years—as a shameful devaluation” (255). Moreover, the author supports her thesis by enlightening how an Eastern woman can elude her quandary since it is evident to society, whereas in Western culture, the violence is on a psychosomatic echelon, as men reduce women, unbeknownst to them or humanity. By appealing to one’s reasoning, Mernissi is able to defend…

-The aftermath of the Cold War was a recent and a very important period of time in history for the development of the countries. In this period of time the political relationships of the countries in the world were not having their best confidence moment at all. A lot of spying was going on during those years. The two biggest powers( U.S.A and the Soviet Union) were having that information battle that we cannot know a lot more about it. The aftermath of this war determined the stability…

President Harry Truman became the 33rd President of the United States on April 12, 1945 after Franklin D. Roosevelt died from a cerebral hemorrhage. Truman, being thrust into a position that carries a lot of weight, was given the power to decide how the U.S. would operate with other countries. Some of Truman’s decisions like fighting against communism by manking the Truman Dcotrine and laying an anti-communism bedrock for foreign policy, trying to stop the expansion of the USSR and Manipulating…

war with Italy. I would be seen as the Soviet Union attacking the entire NATO. Another one of NATO’s purposes was unifying and strengthening military powers, for Europe in a case of invasion. The Soviet Union and its affiliated Communist nations (Eastern Europe) created a rival alliance called the Warsaw Pact, in…

Policeman of the World Different nations, for example, America and other European nations, have solid impact and control over alternate nations of the world. These nations are for the most part commanding and make an intense effect on the grounds that they have the assets to give supports, helps and impact polices. After the common war, United States military capacities picked up acknowledgment as the world 's policeman (Berkin et.al, 2013). This awareness of other 's expectations of dealing…