Monasticism

1. The Code of Justinian, The Roman Emperor Justinian instructed his legal advisors to come together to create a set common set of laws that were to be used for his entire empire. The group of men wrote down the laws that were already in use and made sure they did not contradict one another. When they felt the laws were in order they named them “The Code of Justinian. The laws were so well written and were just that many nations used the Justinian codes when they were establishing their own laws…

promotes Christian teachings over pagan religion. The City of God influenced Christian spiritual devotion through extreme practices such as martyrdom, renunciation of wealth and status and finally the idea that God is transcendent. During the rise of monasticism, Saint Augustine’s City of God was interpreted as needing to take extreme measures in order display spiritual devotion. Saint Anthony and Saint Martin both took the life of trying to become a martyr by destroying their bodies daily in…

I really enjoyed reading parts of the book “Contemporary Coptic Nuns” by Pieternella van Doorn-Harde, it was full of details and significant information that helped me get fill in all the questions I wondered. In this second part of my analysis I will be comparing women’s to men’s role in the ritual, how the ritual correspond to the secular worldly engagements, the required knowledge and the aim of the ritual, as well as symbols incorporated in the ritual and finally women’s power. How are…

Christianity and feudalism were about the only thing that stayed the same throughout this period of time. Religion in the Early Middle Ages was based on monasticism that is where one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work. (Bishop, 144) The first to use monasticism was the Egyptian Hermits who went back to the deserts. The Monastic Ideal was highly used in the world. For example, Hinduism and Buddhism thought this was the way to go and you should…

By the end of the twelfth century, as rivalries among the noble families led to almost constant civil war, centralizing forces again asserted themselves. A powerful noble from a warrior clan named Minamoto Yoritomo defeated several rivals and set up his power base on the Kamakura. To strengthen the state, he created a more centralized government under a powerful military leader known as the shogun. The shogun attempted to increase the powers of the central government while reducing rival…

“superiority” of the Christian faith comparative to their local beliefs and put into question the might of their local spiritual leaders. - I believe that the values being promoted by the author are that there are strong tangible benefits from monasticism as well as Christianity. These benefits are exemplified by the call for aid from the woman. Due to her piousness and duty to the church she was duly responded to with great haste. - In comparison to the other sources, William of Newburgh: On…

The Protestant Reformation was a great religious movement that encouraged a reform in the authority and bylaws of the Catholic church, and led to both changes and breaks away from the Church’s authority. Beginning in the early 16th century, the Reformation officially began when Martin Luther challenged the Roman Catholic church. Luther initially challenged the Church by posting his 95 theses to the Church door, a list of disputes towards clerical abuses, nepotism, simony, usury, pluralism, and…

Thomas More is known for his 1516 book Utopia and for his untimely death in 1535, after refusing to acknowledge King Henry VIII as head of the Church of England. He was canonized by the Catholic Church as a saint in 1935. In 1520, reformer Martin three works setting out his doctrine of salvation, which, according to Luther, could be attained through grace alone; the series rejected certain Catholic practices and attacked others. In 1521, King Henry VIII responded to Luther with the assistance of…

It affected Augustine's thinking because of the question of how to be a real Christian; it’s so because monasticism called for people to completely leave the civilization, family, sex, career, and marriage, in order to follow Christ faithfully. The question was; was it necessary to leave all that behind because of the faith? 2. What were the conditions that led Augustine to compose On the City of God? The sack of Rome provoked Augustine to write about the apologetics against paganism in On the…

By late 324, the churches of the East were sharply divided between Arius and Alexander. Presbyter Arius came into a direct disagreement with Bishop Alexander. It appears that Arius reproached Alexander for what he felt were misguided or heretical teachings being taught by the bishop. The disputes over Arianism were enormously significant both for the churches and for the Roman Empire itself. Emperor Constantine wanted to unite the church for the purpose of the Empire, according to several…