Pope John I

As Catholics, Mass is the source and most important sacrament of our faith. Pope Francis stated back in 2014 that “every authentic journey of faith, communion and witness springs from this sacrament of love”. Claiming that the Mass is “so boring” or that “I just don’t get anything out of Mass” indicates the pure ignorance of that person. Dr. Scott Hahn’s book The Lamb’s Supper manifests that the Mass is truly heaven on earth by recognizing that to comprehend Mass we must know more. Dr. Scott…

When speaking to the the humanistic movement during the Middle Ages, historian Martin McGuire stated, "It set a basic pattern for the future". After the devastation of the Black Plague from the late 1200s to the mid 1300s, Europe was in great need of rebuilding both socially and economically. Many people turned to religion, while others strayed away from the spiritual outlook, believing that the solutions to the world’s problems lie in human thought and action rather than divine intervention.…

great Schism that divided the Catholic church. However, Europe in the late Middle Ages “shrugged and forged ahead”, in other words, people of this time still managed to create or just imagine cultural, artistic and political innovations.2 That is why, I will argue that indeed, the latr Middle Ages was not a calamitous and miserable period at all, but rather just a period of intense social, political and economical changes. Politically speaking, the 14th and especially 15th…

Without this type of experienced and knowledgeable administrative role found under the guidance of the Pope, it is evident that these smaller kingdoms would continue to be fractious and quarreling tribal monarchies, as they were before the 6th century. In this manner, the rise of the papacy brought Roman administrative skills to govern these small kingdoms…

nuns affiliated with the Church taught reading and writing and ran hospitals for the needy. Pope Gregory I used Benedictine monks as diplomats/missionaries. He sent them to England to convert the Anglo-Saxons. The Byzantine Empire had a very strong military. He used his military and his best commander Belisarius to reconquer Northern Africa circa 533 CE. Most of Belisarius’ success was because of his superior tactics in battle. The Byzantines used the kantos, an overhand thrusting spear, before…

later rulers including Mary I who embraced the pope and persecute anyone who refused to comply to the wishes of the Catholic church. This period of English history is known as the Middle way where England was divided in-between religious views.10 It was to late how ever, Protestantism was in England to stay, and thus began hundreds of years of conflict between the English and the Irish because Ireland was primarily made up of people who choose to remain loyal to the Pope. Celtic Christianity…

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…

of the most significant of the 21 ecumenical councils convened in Church history. Despite the import of an historical event which influenced Catholic teaching for years to come, little work has been written on this particular council. However, Fr. John O’Malley, S.J., has presented a detailed recounting of this remarkable event in his book, Trent: What Happened at the Council, published by the Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, England, in 2003. As foreshadowed by his title, O’Malley’s…

At one point in history the church, and even more so the Pope, was the primary power in Europe. The church was said to have control over all of people’s destiney, due to their direct link with God. People honestly believed that the Pope had a hand in their fate to either go to Heaven after death or to go to Hell. Therefore, they would seek the word of the church in almost every matter. However, this way of thinking would change for many people around 1517 with the birth of the Protestant…

the Roman Catholic Church or the Pope. This led to the English establish the Church of England, which is considered the "Middle way" between Catholicism and Calvanism. This was credited to King Henry VIII. The Catholic Church had been the centre of power throughout Europe for many centuries. Its and dominated every European state. Its influence was unparallel to any king or queen who would oppose them. For many years, anybody who spoke against the church or pope would face punishment or death.…