Heresy

roughly 1524 to 1648, these wars were waged in the Northern and Western regions of Europe partially due to Protestant Reformation. There was not much religious tolerance during this time and the idea of changing what was already known was considered heresy and new ideas would lead to anarchy and destruction. Throughout this time period changes in military tactics took place. During the beginning of the Wars of Religion the wars that took place between the armies were nothing more than…

Since the dawn of civilization, the need for stratification, hierarchy, and superiority has taken on numerous visages to establish the dominance of one group over another. Systems of feudalism, slavery, and colonialism have been employed throughout the world to fill this need, opening a Pandora’s Box of hatred, xenophobia, bigotry, and ignorance. These systems of stratification often benefitted their respective societies, but have posed questions to the value of life and moral concerns. The…

Heretics often oppose the language of the Bible and the Creeds. Information in the Apostle’s Creed makes it easier for heresy to creep into everyone’s understanding. For example, there is not a particular need to address the Holy Spirit in the Apostle’s Creed because everyone during the time accepts the Holy Spirit is God (Gutenson, Apostle’s Creed Video,). Athanasius takes opposition to a common heretic, Arius. Arian beliefs are the nature of Jesus is not God and consequently, He cannot offer…

“Not only is a book without conflict something no one wants to read, but a life without conflict is nothing where nothing is gained, nothing is earned, nothing is won.” Only when we truly encounter conflict do we truly reveal ourselves. We reveal our fear, our desperation, our deepest feelings. Its tests our core and everything we value to the bitter end. Many lives who encounter conflict are threatened and will be safe if they submit defeat. Much was the case for Galileo against the Inquisition…

they had to fight back to regain the trust of their own supporters. John Huss’s actions brought about his excommunication, which aimed to keep him away from the church and stop him from spreading his faulty opinions more people. Huss was accused of heresy while he was still alive and was imprisoned for his actions and teachings that were against the church. Huss’s death at the stake benefited the church because it rid them of the man who opposed them and inspired others to oppose the papacy.…

Latimer said that to a man named Nicholas Ridley, as they were being burnt alive at Oxford, for heresy, on October 16, 1555.” (Bradbury 40). You would think that Beatty would be one of the last ones to know something like that since he was a fireman and he was supposively following the rules and laws. The quote the woman used meant that she was willing to die for her books and the reason would be for heresy just like Latimer and Ridley. It surprised Montag that Beatty knew that. Beatty was…

Dante creates a certain type of connection between a soul’s sin on Earth and, the punishment he or she shall receive in Hell. This idea provides many of Inferno’s moments of the imagery between good and evil, the symbolic power of each circle and what it represents, not only to Dante but the reader; as well as shedding a light on one of Dante’s major themes expressed throughout the book: the perfection of God’s justice. “The inscription over the gates of Hell in Canto III explicitly states that…

ever try anything new. For example, if Galileo had been afraid of failure he would have bowed down to the Catholic Church, and we may still not believe the Earth revolves around the sun. Even when nobody believed him and he was being convicted of heresy, he still kept on trying despite it until he was proven right. Though…

Elaine Pagels consolidated her research on this topic in the book titled The Gnostic Gospels. This text provides some insight into the struggles that helped shape beliefs of the Gnostics and the early Orthodox Church as they responded to attacks of heresy from one another. The purpose of this review is not an all-inclusive review of the entire book, but a focused look at two important chapters: one that addresses various interpretations of the resurrection of Christ and another that deals with…

other crimes. Though having trouble to burn Joan to death the English still interrogated her and tried to get her to come to any wrongdoing. After trying for months, the English thought to force her to wear men’s clothing she could be accused for heresy. They gave her men’s clothing and to protect her modesty, Joan put them on knowing that she would be tried and be burned to death because of it. She was then brought in front of inquisitors to be sentenced to death. Then, on May 14, 1431 Joan of…