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    El Salvador Research Paper

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    exported by the wealthy landowners out of El Salvador in order to line their own pockets. Whether or not the Pope had El Salvador in mind when he wrote Populorum Progressio isn’t important. However, the way it is interpreted in Latin America shapes the church that Romero steps into…

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    In an article titled, “Five Essential Marks of Catholic Schools,” Archbishop J. Michael Miller quotes Michael J. Guerra, former president of the National Catholic Educational Association, who once remarked, "The first and most important task for Catholic schools is to maintain and continually strengthen their Catholic identity" (2006). In an attempt to analyze the state of faith leadership in my school, Omaha Mercy High School, I interviewed three non-religion teachers: Heather Newville…

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    The Protestant Reformation was the splitting of Western Catholic Christianity in the 16th century. Corruption started to become evident in the Catholic Church and reformers such as Martin Luther and John Calvin set out to change the church. Once Luther had seen this major corruption, he started to travel through Europe proclaiming his beliefs and criticizing the papacy. Pope Leo X and Charles V worked together to punish Luther but the Germanic states helped to hide Luther. Protestantism quickly…

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    In the second decade of the sixteenth century, a religious movement began in Europe. This movement, later referred to as the Reformation, was to fix and reform the church, which had turned to corruption. Many leaders came along during the time of the Reformation, but not one so powerful as Martin Luther whose teachings and views played such a large impact in the Reformation. He inspired others with his action and beliefs in a way many others couldn 't do as effectively at the time. Martin…

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    belonged to the Evangelical Lutheran National Church, the Church of Norway, which yielded great influence and authority within the society (Lovoll). Throughout Ghosts, the issues faced by the Alvings are rooted in the predefined beliefs and traditions within society that have been upheld by the Church. The hypocrisy of the Church is manifested within Pastor Manders, who wrongfully oppresses the Alvings with what is deemed acceptable in accordance with the Church. His character is driven…

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    Arthur Dimmesdale, like Hester, is another important character who plays a significant role in the novel “The Scarlet Letter.” Also like Hester, Arthur Dimmesdale’s name can be linked back to his characteristics. The name “Arthur” is like the word “author” which is a word that can be linked to someone with intelligence (Lei). Nan Lei says the following statement about Dimmesdale “Graduated from a famous university in England, Arthur Dimmesdale is a holy clergyman with great religious…

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    The Rosicrucian Fellowship was founded by Max Heindel in 1909 when he wrote and translated German teachings into a book called “The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception” (Heindel). After the new religion began to take off and official place of worship was found in 1911 and the temple was called “The Ecclesia” based on its location, Mount Ecclesia in Oceanside, California. The original purpose of “The Ecclesia” was for spiritual healing, but later turned into a place of worship too. Initially, the…

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    Ever since humans began to question the nature of things, the existence of evil in the world has been a debated topic. The Enlightenment era encompasses many different principles to explain this problem. The experiences of the horrific events of Europe in the 1700s affected Voltaire’s judgement on Gottfried Leibniz’s philosophy. Voltaire blatantly criticized the concept that a perfect God created the best world for us to live in, and that general misfortune creates general welfare. Despite being…

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    Ragnar Andersen, the author of The Elihu Speeches: There Place and Sense in the Book of Job, examines the arguments of the critics who claim that the Elihu speeches are later interpolations, while simultaneously presenting the arguments of those, who like himself, argue that the Elihu speeches are original text in the book of Job. According to Andersen, Matthias Heinrich Stuhlmann, a Lutheran preacher, was the first person to include an argument against the originality of the Elihu speeches in…

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    and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. Its religious aspects were added to by ambitious political rulers who wanted to extend their power and control at the expense of the church. The most dramatic of the events that occurred during the Protestant Reformation took place in Germany, although the Protestant Reformation swept through all of Western Europe. The Protestant Reformation is also described as a “schism” or “separation” from the Roman Catholic Church. The schism was initiated by…

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