Orthodox Church

The Summoner in the Canterbury Tales, written by Geoffrey Chaucer, is best described as being passionate. He is passionate about many things like money, wine, girls, and much more. Passionate has a very simple origin and means basically the same thing as it’s origin word, passion. The Summoner can also be considered passionate about his job, since his job is what gives him his money, wine, etc. He is even passionate about collecting bribes with his job. In fact, since he is so passionate, he…

The Archdiocese recently hosted the exhibit, “The Man of the Shroud,” a replica of the Shroud of Turin with explanatory panels. The display impacted many visitors. The Shroud is an icon of the wounds of Christ who died out of love for each person in human history—He died for you. What is more marvellous, Christ is now risen! In the gospel message of Easter, we see the Lord’s body still bearing the wounds made in His hands and side by the nails and the spear. But now, they are glorified as proof…

The Great Western Schism greatly damaged the influence, power, and standing of both the pope and the Roman Catholic Church during the Late Middle Ages, causing numerous negative effects on European society. As said by the website The Great Schism, “The schism did untold harm to papal prestige and intensified the growth of hostility to the papacy in many parts of Europe.” Throughout European history, the position of pope was one associated with great power and respect, and whatever the pope said…

Adamnain was specifically placing church, and therefore divine, authority on women in order to change the gender roles of the region. If the text is to be believed, the lives of laywomen had drastically improved. However, the complete veracity of the text can be called into question considering the descriptions of the women’s duties before the arrival of Adamnain, and even the struggles Adamnain endures under his mother in preparation for this task. The church potentially used this as a means of…

hypothesis, because it shows that Pope Francis’s approval ratings have little to do with how the public perceives the church on social issues. I suspect his approval ratings are a result of his abilities as a foreign leader and his openness to church reform in the face of more conservative members in the church hierarchy. Catholics can distinguish between Pope Francis and the church itself. This…

dominance of the Catholic Church in the Western hemisphere. For centuries before, the Papacy dominated nearly every aspect of life, politics and even economics throughout Western Europe for all social classes. The Reformation was a religious movement, but not strictly. The desire for a deeper spirituality with God was just one of the reasons for this revolutionary time period. The masses desired to exercise economic, religious and social freedoms from the Catholic Church, and many kingdoms,…

1. Trace the stylistic development of the Romanesque church. As Romanesque art began to expand, the churches began to expand as well. Churches expanded throughout western Europe. The churches were beginning to be designed larger than the previous churches because they needed to accommodate the increase of monks and priests. These churches had dormitories designed in them for the monks to live in. Romanesque churches were designed with arched windows, barrel vaults and groin vaults, which were…

Ignited at the start of the 16th century by the nailing of a candid list on the door of a small German church, the Protestant Reformation introduced the Catholic Church to new thoughts and practices that left European Christians in a state of disbelief. After many disaccording new sects cut ties with the Church, scholars and rulers had a hard time to accept the new concept being introduced to them- religious toleration. While many accepted religious toleration many regions didn’t embrace it for…

in the Roman Catholic Church. Martin Luther was motivated by his own, unique convictions to reject the teachings of the medieval Roman Catholic Church and would challenge…

The liturgy is an ancient form of religious celebration of the mystery surrounding Christ (Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, 2005). The celebration with obvious religious connotations does not possess a name with such religious-bound roots. The term liturgy is derived from the ancient Greek word 'letourgia', meaning public work (Senn, 2012). The practise of communal celebration is one which occurs throughout the religions. Despite superficial similarities between the practises, each faith…