Pope Paul III

is comprised of priesthood, monks, nuns, and levels of bishops. Christ’s representative is addressed as the pope in the Roman Catholic church. Understandably, the pope is the ultimate power of the Roman Catholic hierarchical system. Although in the Eastern Orthodox Church, patriarchs take the place of the pope. Each patriarch dictates a church within a particular area. Instead of the pope being the top power and having people beneath him, the patriarchs view each other as equal and can not issue…

In Fludd, the small town of Fetherhoughton has many ancient struggles that have plagued it since before anyone can remember. There are neighborly squabbles that many fail to recollect how they began and issues with the faith in the most divine members of the society. Fetherhoughton is “surrounded on three sides by gloomy moors, is stark and dreary, a dead end where unwanted people are unceremoniously dumped. (“Fludd”)” Mantel begins Fludd with such an unhappy depressing scenery that contrasts…

My Personal Faith Journey What role does my faith play in my life? This is one of my day to day questions. Since I can remember, my religion and my life come hand in hand. I grew up in a town with a very strong Catholic faith that was passed on to me and I have kept it since. I started learning about my faith since I was a child and now that I am a young adult, I try day by day to understand it better and to follow the teachings of it. My faith is something I carry with me everywhere I go and…

avoid that condition…In this case [with PGD] the ethical dilemma will be substantially reduced." -John Forman- Organisation for Rare Disorders executive director Against Evangelium vitae is a papal encyclical promulgated on 25 March 1995 by Pope John Paul II. It considers issues such as murder, abortion, euthanasia, and capital punishment. "Some people try to justify abortion by claiming that the result of conception, at least up to a certain number of days, cannot yet be considered a human…

Fides et Ratio, written by Saint Pope John Paul II, can easily be regarded as one of his most influential papal encyclicals for its view on faith and reason. The encyclical bridges the topics of philosophy, which is often associated with Hellenism, and theology, which is often associated with Catholicism, and shows how they work together as one free-flowing unit. In this paper, I will be proving how the Pope does this by talking about theology, philosophy, faith, reason, and how they all work…

minds of the common people should become confused, obstinate, and contemptuous in yielding assent to the principal articles that are absolutely matters of faith” (41).If the word of God was altered to cater to the vulgar needs of the populace, then, Galileo argues, it should not be used to determine science and the movement of the heavens. To add strength to this argument, Galileo uses the words of two saints (St. Jerome and St. Agustine). According to St. Jerome, the times in which the Bible…

is no place for religion in the modern world. People always chose to look at the mistakes and negatives of religion, rather than looking at those who lived their life positively sharing the knowledge of the Church. People like Mother Theresa or Pope John Paul are excellent examples that, according the Archbishop Collins, non-believers should look at and see that those are the types of people that live a full life of Catholic faith, helping people through utilizing the power of the…

title of “Blessed” to be bestowed. The next suspicious act is that Pope Francis waived the need for a second miracle. This skip in the process allowed Serra to be canonized on demand. Why was Francis in a rush to canonize Serra? Why would the Pope want to expedite this process for a man that he never knew, or even venerated himself? There is one personal connection between the two men. Pope Francis is the first Hispanic pope, and now Junipero Serra is the first Hispanic saint. It is…

they are different in practice. In 1054, the Great Schism, or the East-West Schism, permanently separated the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Western Papacy. At that time, Pope Leo IX and Patriarch…

The invention of reading and writing created a mean of communication that allowed anyone to send any message to masses of people. The problem was that when this capability got into the wrong hands, the wrong message can be sent to the public. This is why those who are in power must take it upon themselves to control who is allowed to harness this technology and what is allowed to be written. The term “censura librorum” is a term used by the Catholic Church for the act of having religious…