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#4169 Oct. 24, 2014 The Reformation and Counter Reformation beginning in the 16th century both had significant effects all across the Arts in Europe. The Protestant revolution led thousands away from the Catholic Church after Martin Luther nailed his protests to his Catholic Church door and brought forth new artistic traditions that moved towards more secular forms, which were felt to bring glory to God through the depictions of the beauty of his creations and the people made in his image.…

The Pope’s Daughter: The Extraordinary Life of Felice della Rovere is the perfect blend of a scholarly read and a sensational history novel. Caroline Murphy did a fantastic job of the telling the life story of Felice della Rovere. Murphy’s book shows how a Renaissance woman achieved great power and respect by not birthright but by working for it. Felice della Rovere was the daughter of “The Warrior Pope” Julius II, and by definition, illegitimate. Julius did not want to be associated with the…

every Sunday to the churches 8:30 a.m. service. Or, if we woke up early enough, the 6:15 a.m. My Father made sure we went to church every Sunday. He cut our hair every Saturday morning so we were sharp, and ready to receive the word from Pastor Floyd H. Flake and his wife, Elaine Flake. My Mother and Father thought it was best that my brothers and I get involved in the church, since we did not play sports. We had options of being an usher, or dancing. They did not want us to only attend Sunday…

ultramontanism, the praise authority of the papacy. There were concerns with the power of the pope and the council helped declare that the pope had legal governing authority over the church. The pope had sovereignty over all churches. The purpose of the First Vatican Council was to reassert the jurisdiction of the church. The main idea of the reading from Vatican I was that it is coherent in the Holy Scriptures that the Pope has a promise to fulfill. "it was to Peter alone that Jesus, after his…

the most important reformers in Church history because he was the catalyst to many of the reformations. Luther also has an interestingly dramatic attitude in the way he dealt with life situations. The Catholic Church has been through many ups and downs, but when Luther was called to be a monk the Catholic Church was failing in many ways to be the bride of Christ. When Luther became a monk he began to see the problems with the Catholic Church and wanted to see the Church redeemed from its sinful…

of priests and religious people following Vatican II. Many people found it hard to acknowledge the changes the council implemented and the validity of these changes. Even despite the promises of the second Vatican council to bring up to date the church in the modern world Pope Pius VI still published his encyclical Casti Connbii which stated that “Any use whatsoever of matrimony exercised in such a way that the act is deliberately frustrated in its natural power to generate life is an offense…

Martin Luther is a person commonly known for being the key component of the Reformation. His Ninety-Five Theses Concerning Indulgences, which he posted on the door of a church in Wittenberg, Germany in 1517, grabbed many people’s attention for listing the issues of the corrupt clergy and is commonly known for marking the start the Reformation. However, according to the Sixteenth Century Dutch scholar Erasmus, “The egg was laid. Luther had but to incubate and hatch it.” There was an abundance of…

In the morning, have you ever noticed the light comes through from the window and spilled onto the floor? It is a tranquil and peaceful moment. Just like my first time stepping into a magnificent chapel at seven-year-old. Jesus was carved on the window which faced straightly to the aisle and the light came through from the stained glass, shining on the his face. I felt like everything was at the standstill, except the small molecules in the air. It is like the light comes through the window,…

Rule Of St. Benedict Work Days Also His Strict Way Not To Make People Laugh St. Benedict was born in one of the wealthiest family in Rome but decided to fore go all the luxury for the sake of serving God. As he was growing up he dedicated and committed himself to serving other, this made him to move away from Rome in order to live a monastic life. Not only was he influential to the people in the Middle Age but also he remains to be influential to the people in the world today especially among…

Following the creation of new government policies in England, put in place by Thomas Cromwell, marchers protested against the concept of Henry VIII ruling over the Anglican Church. This movement, known as the Pilgrimage of Grace, occurred between October 1536 and February 1537. Both participants and people that opposed the movement showed concerns and goals toward the Pilgrimage of Grace. Class position, majority response, and monarchical action affected the movement. The Pilgrimage of Grace…