Pope Martin IV

It was most likely because Napoleon knew what the people wanted and gave it to them. He knew how to please people, and obtain what he wanted at the same time. After the French Revolution, the church was in ruins. The death of the Pope VI, Pope VII was next in line, but Pope VII was more eager to end religious…

The Jesuits served the necessities of the Church, doing and traveling wherever the She needed them. The Spiritual Exercises by Saint Ignatius and The Imitation of Christ by Thomas A. Kempis strongly influenced the missionary work that the Jesuits performed (Connor). Ignatius’s main reason for starting the Jesuits and all the Jesuits’ main principle was to bring souls to Christ through the Catholic Church by the “ministry of the word, by spiritual exercises, by works of charity, and expressly by…

Tyndale's ultimate fate was to be betrayed and burned at the stake. While he lost his life, his work would be rescued in the wake of dramatic events in England involving the monarchy. The actions of Henry VIII with regards to his marriage led England down a path towards divorcing the Catholic Church. The beginning of the Reformation in England set the stage for what is now known as the King James Versions, a translation that still holds a lot of sway, even in present times. The tradition of…

One famous Catholic was really a pioneer in this way. Bishop Fulton Sheen started his show Life is worth living in 1952 and made his religious message into a revolutionary way . In this study it will be investigated on how the show Life is worth living and how Fulton Sheen was so effective religiously sending out his message to not only Catholics but Christians everywhere. Sheen has been quite a figure in the religious and television sector during his time on the air. Historically, many found…

The fall of the Roman Empire By: Owenkosi Sigudla Christianity’s contribution to the fall of Rome The fall of the Roman Empire is said to be an example of a domino effect; this comes from the idea of placing dominoes on their sides, one next to each other and then intentionally knocking the first in the line over to its neighbouring domino. This creates a chain reaction and eventually all the dominoes collapse. It was just like that for the Roman Empire, it was the Huns invading from the east…

Circle eight is divided into ten pouches and deal with the sin fraud. The third pouch is about Simoniacs, or people who profited by the selling of church offices or pardons, the abuse of power with in a church. Pretty much this pouch deals with corruption of the church. These people are buried head first with flames burning their feet. Their punishment is a kind of reverse baptism; they are upside-down in holes and baptized by fire, not water. The holes in the ground represent coin pouches that…

What is Modern About the Thinking of Nicollò Machiavelli? Throughout Medieval Times, there were many instances of religious revival and political power shifts across the world. Society heavily revolved around the authority of the church, and the influence it had on political figures. Most people believed that in order to rule, power had derived from God and must rule along with God’s precepts. As the world transitioned itself into the Renaissance era, some political thinkers moved away from…

The Feud That Sparked the Renaissance: How Brunelleschi and Ghiberti Changed the Art World is a 2002 exposition by Paul Robert Walker detailing the artistic phenomenon known as the Renaissance. Predominantly set in Florence, Italy, The Feud centers on the tense relationship between two revolutionary artists—Filippo Brunelleschi and Lorenzo Ghiberti—and the active Italian world around them. Widespread disease, interstate war, and financial conflict trademarked the era dominated by the…

The Western Roman Empire fell due to the Germanic tribes or barbarians constantly invading the borders of the empire. The invasions by the barbarians started in the Huns who pushed the Goths from their lands northwest of the Black Sea to the border of the Roman Empire at the western end of the Danube River. The 200,000 Goths emitted a lot of pressure on the emperor causing him to allow one Gothic tribe to cross the Danube River and live inside the border of the empire. Now in the empire the…

The 16th and 17th centuries were characterized by a want for three things: gold, glory, and God. Countries sent explorers and settlers to the New World to stake a claim on these coveted ideals. Among these countries, France, England, and Spain emerged most prominent. Their most diverse and interesting encounter was with the Native Americans, who seemed to be everywhere. All of the relationships between these major players and the Native Americans involved religion and ended badly. The French,…