Greek Orthodox Church

The Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide established by the Roman Catholic Church was rather focused on persuasion or even education of the New World (2000, p. 367). This body of Catholic Church was aiming at "the peaceful propagation of the Catholic faith...with responsibility for carrying the faith to the new world, and for strengthening and reviving it in the old" (Quaker, 1962, pp…

The Protestant Reformation is a religious movement that began with a conflict between the Latin Catholic church and the Lutheran church and their followers. The two had different views in their theology. This happened during a time period in the early 16th century which lasted until the end of the 18th century. The Latin Catholics controlled the people choices including religious and political views. The Latin Catholics engaged in plenty wrong doing from gambling, breaking the rules of celibacy…

capturing these events and images in the minds of his audience, Obama is noted writing, “Those stories – of survival, and freedom, and hope – became our story, my story; the blood that had spilled was our blood, the tears our tears; until this black church, on this bright day, seemed once more a vessel carrying the story of a people into future generations and into a larger world. Obama references of biblical and historical events which are known today from history as powerful stories of…

Europe and The Black Death As the winter of 1348 subsided, the people of Europe finally envisioned the spring days ahead of them. Little did they know that the springtime would bring with it a deadly epidemic that no one could have possibly foreseen. The Black Death could not have arrived in Europe at a worse time as much of the population was already weakened from a scarcity of food due to overpopulation and famine. There was barely any time to react as the disease spread swiftly from its…

As I have read different texts throughout this semester, I have begun to question some of the teachings that are held by the Catholic church, and how they apply to me. One question that has stuck out to me in particular is, can someone who is outside the Catholic church, or disagrees with some of the teachings of the Catholic church achieve salvation. I believe that anyone, regardless of your beliefs or awareness of religious tradition, can achieve salvation based primarily on doing good works…

Exploration and Advancements in Science and Medicine. One of the most important consequence of the printing press was Religion/Reformation.Martin Luther(started Reformation)Wrote the 95 Theses.He also posted his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church to stir a debate on indulgences,saying they were wrong.Martin also printed a third of all the books in Germany(Doc.3).More people could buy and read bibles not just the priest anymore because of the printing press(Doc.4).In 1500 all of Europe…

Giles. He was initially chosen to lead the Crusade by Pope Urban II. Raymond was also the pope of the Roman church and to all bishops and Christians (Reilly 387). He formed a military army that consisted of over three hundred thousand soldiers to travel to Jerusalem, impression the Franks, and take over Antioch. Because the battle was so straining, thousands of…

knows about what he is doing and respects him for being an advocate for African Americans, and for treating her like part of his family. This is supported by when Calpurnia brings Jem and Scout to the black church. She respects Atticus enough to bring his children to an African American church, knowing that Atticus raised them to not discriminate against African Americans. She looks up to Atticus in a way that not many other characters do, as a family member. Tom Robinson is a very mysterious…

In the chapter called Material Continuity, Personal Survival and the Resurrection of the Body of Caroline Walker Bynum’s book Fragmentation and Redemption, she thoroughly discusses the historical thought processes present in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and in modern times that dealt with the correlation between one’s existence and identity and their physical body. She looks at how the material part of human identity is often thought to have been required in order to help one continue…

Introduction The appeal of spiritual leaders is displayed by their life and the impact on others, based on that life that they live. This can be determined by their families first, then their congregations, and lastly the impact that they leave. Aurelius Augustinus’ life was not at all perfect. However, he has had a positive impact on numerous theologians and philosophers. Augustine was born under two influences, however, through his life and experiences, he did not have to play the hand he was…