Pope Leo X

1. The Abbey Church of St. Denis was originally a martyrium located in St. Dennis, France until it was rebuilt there as a church beginning in 754 CE. Around 1135 CE Abbot Suger commissioned the reconstruction of the church into the gothic form it has today, the last aspect of his recreation being completed in 1144 CE. While the identity of the architects are unknown, Suger was involved in the reconstruction’s design. Later, Abbot Obo Clement would rebuild the nave in 1231 CE. 2. St. Denis…

While Sebastian was a guard, two twin brothers, Marcus and Marcellian, went to jail for refusing to make public sacrifices to the Roman gods. The twins were both deacons of the Christian church. While they were in jail there parents came to visit them and try to persuade them to renounce their faith; however, Sebastian convinced both parents to convert to Christianity. St. Sebastian also converted several other prominent individuals, including the local prefect. This led to his discovery and he…

The Middles Ages was an important era in time that included the collapse of the Roman Empire to the creation of the Renaissance, and the Reformation period. An important factor during this Era was the reign of King Alfred from 871 to 899, and the reign of King Henry II from 1154 to 1189. The respect and loyalty towards the Royalty during this time was the most admirable of all since the knights and people would do anything for their king’s honor. The hero’s rose to become knights and be able to…

Source Analysis: Pope Urban II’s Fiery Sermon Number 1: What language and quotes would motivate people or inspire people to leave everything for a crusade to the Holy Land? Source 1- Fulcher of Chartres A quote from Pope Urban II in source one, makes the people seem like they are not in control and just irrelevant, by saying they are shepherds and this is sort of an analogy of saying that they are gods people, that they have been born with control, but they aren’t acting or using their…

For some time the papacy’s home was in France “for nearly seventy years, while still claiming to be bishops of Rome, the popes would generally remain in Avignon”. This contributed to the Great Western Schism, which was a political fight between Italy and France. Both of these countries wanted the pope to live in their own country to skew the power of the papacy in favor of their country and its goals. The election of Urban the VI was the tipping point, he seemed at first a good choice but soon…

to reform their systems. Protestantism was a revolt against the Medieval position of the Roman Catholic clergy. This led to the corruption of the papacy as they were out of touch with their people and giving in to their own greed. During this time, Pope Boniface VIII was selling indulgences to people in exchange for clearing their sins and guaranteeing them a place in heaven. However, these indulgences went toward building a cathedral and other interests decided by the clergy. Exploiting the…

Virgin Mary,1950, our readings covered a span of more than four hundred years of Church history. During this era, of which we now identify as the period of Counter-Reform of the Catholic Church, one character stood out for me quite brilliantly, Pope Paul III. Pope Paul III, in the midst of an era of rebuking authority, growing nationalism, and tremendous divide within the Christian Church, managed to redirect a tidal wave of dissent.…

Author Chris Chapman states the reformation of ethics within the five centuries. Each century is given their own sections with immense details. The first section is the sixteenth century which si the Secularizing of Life, Liberty, and the Perpetration of Atrocity. This century is based on the the ruling-class, which most were Christians. Christianity, then, was seen as the “right” type of religion, and was seen as the only one that was morally dominant. Christians would kills for God’s will; one…

The struggles were problems in the organization. When the Jesuits were interdicted from the Republic of Venice because they sided with the Pope instead of the Republic, they were let back into the Republic after 55 years had passed. The first major problem was from a small group of Jesuits in Spain, they resented Aquaviva because of his methods, they thought that “an animus against Aquaviva…

The church during the High Middle Ages went through a few reforms. These reforms were to help the church gain more power and stop those who were abusing their powers. Reforms like the Monastic reform succeeded in giving authority back to the papacy when they lost it. The church moved fast and quick during reforms and that is what helped them succeed. I think if the church would of done things more slowly and with less force they wouldn’t have succeeded in some of their reforms. These reforms…