Pope Martin IV

Defined by the fathers, church fathers that is, the Patristic Period ran from 100-451 C.E. where church fathers established the theological foundation of the Christian faith. By the fourth century five patriarchates,centers for religious administration had been developed. Jerusalem, Antioch, Alexandria, and Constantinople all were located in the East, leading to a dominance over the West with only Rome. As a result of the Patristic period being a formative period of the christian church many…

and steel themselves for martyrdom” (7). They saw the Catholic Church as vain and being only concerned with issues of worldly wealth. In The Antithesis of Jesus Christ and the Pope by Simon du Rosier contrasts the images of Christ with images of the pope in order to show the humbleness of Christ against the vanity of the Pope. The purpose of this document was to show the true meaning of the last supper and the sacrament of communion. Moreover, the document was used to show the misuse of this…

Saint Vincent De Paul Was a great leader. He helped the poor, Helped the sick,and help reform teaching of priesthood. He was a tutor as a kid and continued till he went to college. He was a slave for two years and escaped with his master. He influenced many and was very generous. Saint Vincent De Paul was born on April 24, 1581 in France. He was born into a poor peasant family. Did so well in school as a kid he was asked to tutor some welther kids by his house. He used the money he got from…

Christianity was a big influence on Western culture. Charlemagne was the king of the Franks and often credited for reconnecting Western Europe. When he came to power in 768 he managed to unite the Franks by fighting a common enemy. Charlemagne supported the Church throughout his life and his main focus was to spread and support Christianity. He battled many Pagan and Muslims for territories. But his biggest challenges was to convert the the Saxons. The Saxons were reluctant to convert to…

also controlled the people of Germany by creating Germany’s social hierarchy, which of course out the Church on top of everybody. There was not much structure to the hierarchy of Germany. There were those affiliated with the Church (Lords, Clergy, The Pope) and those who were not working in the Church (Common Men/Peasants). This lead to many people who did not work in or with the church to be treated harsh and unfair. Throughout fifteenth century Germany, the church created the social hierarchy…

Becket did not react well to the King’s attack on his power. As the British historian W. L. Warren recounts, “Becket protested vigorously, and was given strong support by the pope, who repeated his prohibition with stern threats of the suspension or even deposition of any bishop who ignored it” (502). Becket, supported by the pope, felt threatened by his loss of power. The attack on Becket’s power was part of the greater struggle for power between the King and the archbishop. Acting upon his…

Pope Urban II’s Speech at Council of Clermont With the purpose of spreading the territory of the Catholic Faith (Christianity) and the control of the Holy Sea in the East, Pope Saint Gregory VII had by now urged the devoted Christians to take up weapons toward the Muslims, the Pope himself pledging to guide them to Asia. In his letters, St. Gregory VII conversed on exactly how the grief of the Crusaders in the East had affected him to the place that he anticipated fatality. He believed that he…

The church and the crown were the institutions that allowed the complete assimilation of the natives of Mexico. The crown allowed the Constiquadores to do the dirty work. After the crown sends it people to administrate it. Finally it sent the church to use its spiritual power to convinces the natives to assimilate. The church had two arms of the clergy. The regular clergy was the spiritual and missionary, advocated and defended the natives. The secular clergy was the material, organization, and…

world today. The office of the Pope was instituted early in the history of the Church. The Papacy was established much later. The leader of the church in Rome was a Bishop as was customary in the early church. In its origin the office of the Pope was not unlike any other office in church leadership, the term was not used exclusively at the church in Rome nor did it convey any special authority not available to the bishop of any other church in the empire. The term “Pope” is derived from the…

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.…