Emerging church

nailed his 95 theses on the castle door in Wittenberg. The Protestant Reformation, referred simply as the Reformation was the beginning of the division of the churches. It was seen as a challenge to religious authority that went beyond the Catholic Church. This resulted in the separation of Christians into Protestant and Catholic. In 1505, Martin Luther was caught in a violent storm and was almost struck by lightning. He considered it as a sign from God and vowed to become a monk if he survived…

At this time in Church history Bibles were not made available to the public. The ones that were were published at the time were only printed in Latin and only to be used in the church by the clergy. Columbus who was educated better than most of the people at the time was able to read Latin. The Church did not want the members to read the Bible instead they relied on their priests to convert and save the population…

with his Apostolic Exhortation, "Evangelii Gaudium", published in November of 2013. In his efforts of targeting the issues surrounding capitalism, as he has called for a renewal of the church he has said, "I prefer a Church which is bruised, hurting and dirty because it has been out on the streets, rather than a Church which is unhealthy from being confined and from clinging to its own security." And this is exactly the state that our society is currently in, in terms of capitalism and these…

breaking ethical standards. Likely causes to these recurring instances of persecution may have stemmed from the lack of diversity, as well as the influential religious authority of the Catholic Church. Moreover, it is these persecutions of differing beliefs and backgrounds…

Before the Stuart’s reign, the Tudors and English Parliament worked hand in hand. After Queen Elizabeth I’s death in 1603, the Tudor line was over, and the English crown was handed to the Stuarts. The first Stuart monarch, James I, started the conflict between his soon to be dynasty and Parliament. The Stuart family had a tumultuous relationship with Parliament during the 17th century due to the lack of dutiful rulers like James I and Charles I, with the exception of Charles II. James I was an…

went to war. This societal system was called Feudalism. The Medieval Church converted diverse people in Western Europe to Christianity. Daily life revolved around the Christian calendar and the…

The catholic church did not like this at all and knew they needed to change. So the Catholic Church took an internal reform and reorganizing, this was called the Catholic Reformation. Around the 1540s, the catholic church tried their best to get protestants to convert back to Catholicism. They called this the counter-reformation. The catholic reformers inspired many…

How the Church changed Indulgences and How Indulgences Changed the Church Indulgences have been the epitome of corruption in the Catholic Church and rightly so. When the Catholic Church created the indulgence system they began do collect money without honesty and began to act truly like a state over a group of Christians. It is abhorrent; however, it was not purposeless and there was a reason the Church needed the ill-obtained money. The idea of indulgences was not created with ill intent, but…

which formed unique groups within society. The development of mysticism influenced the creation of women’s communities, especially the Beguines. In Bohemia, Jan Hus sparked the Czech Reformation against the papacy which brought about the Moravian Church. Mysticism led to the Beguine community of unmarried, lay women in the Low Countries. The Beguine movement began in the early 12th century and grew rapidly to the point where houses (Beguinages) within a town or city were common. Beguines…

its characteristics as a guide to do what God would have wanted him to do. The Eucharist symbolizes the sacrifice, communion and presence that all Christians should have in their lives just like Jesus did. Romero was such an important figure for the Church because he stood up for what he believed in despite it ending up…