Pope Paul III

Concluding with Narnia’s rebirth into new and fuller life, The Last Battle necessarily engages with themes of judgement, salvation, and eternity. C. S. Lewis closes his chronicle with Narnia perfectly realized in eternity, where all of its heroes rejoice in Aslan’s presence. Delving deep into theology, Lewis undergirds his events and imagery with powerfully coherent message about salvation. Lewis’s vision of the final judgement reflects a distinctly Catholic theology through its communication of…

bond with the mother. Without his mother, Lawrence feels he has no sense of past and no identity. The same happens with the protagonist, Paul Morel who was completely devastated after the death of his mother. He too developed a hatred for his father and developed a close relation with his…

In John Patrick Shanley’s play, the struggle for Sister Aloysius to prove—and for Sister James to believe—that Father Flynn molested Donald Muller serves as the central conflict. Father Flynn is progressive, hoping to reform the church which causes the more conservative Sister Aloysius to appear intolerant and suspicious of him simply for his radical ideas. This conflict addresses other concerns beyond abuse, such as that of the subjugation of gender in the Catholic church, which affects Sister…

The Fourth Lateran Council, as called by Pope Innocent III (1198-1216), was conducted on April 19, 1215. This council is sometimes referred to as the “Great Council” as over nine-hundred abbots and over four-hundred bishops attended the event at the Lateran palace in Rome. Some of these clergy men were “coming from as far afield as the Latin empire of Constantinople and crusader-held territories in the Levant (MP p. 139)” due to the importance of the event. The council, or synod as it sometimes…

latter was produced almost three decades after the former, it highlights the cultural and political relevance of the marmite as a symbol and an insult throughout the end of the sixteenth century. La Marmitte renversée des huguenots... depicts Henry III 's assassination in 1589: the king is trying to prevent the marmite from falling as the monk Jacques Clément is stabbing him in the stomach.9 The engraving uses similar imagery as The Great Marmite Overturned, for example the marmite looks like an…

There are various versions of Christianity due to the different beliefs and views that people had, which in turn created the different branches within the religion. One example of this is the Great Schism. The Great Schism was the split between the Eastern and Western Christianity. This occurred after the centuries of progressive separation in which the two traditions developed their own distinctive forms. When it came to their differences, they ranged from minor to more contrasting…

The pope was and is still the head of the Roman Catholic Church. The church viewed the pope as “its visible head and Jesus Christ as its invisible and supreme head.” (World Book Online) Once elected, the pope has the position for life. They can resign, but cannot be kicked out of office. Only current Roman Catholic men are eligible to be elected. Typically, after the 1300’s all popes have been picked out of cardinals. They hold a high position in the church. The cardinals come together and…

Loundy Silkman The Early Church and Persecutions For many years Christians and pagans coexisted until the emperor Trajan made Christianity illegal- a situation that stayed in effect for 100 years until the rule of Constantine. During the 100 year that Christianity was illegal people met underground in people’s apartments. These early builders of the Church had to meet in secret, yet they served as the cornerstone of Christian worship in Rome. Throughout this time many of the Christians’…

how much support it gained after the schism. If it weren’t for the East-West Schism “The Roman Catholic Church” would not be as politically involved as it is today, because of how much power the schism brought to the church, and basically gave to the Pope. “Among the saints, the Church venerates many men and women who served God through their generous commitment to politics and government. Among these, Saint Thomas More, who was proclaimed Patron of Statesmen and Politicians, gave witness by his…

Pedro Paramo was written in 1955 in Mexico, a deeply Catholic country. The influence of this Catholicism, along with Juan Rulfo’s disillusionment with the politics of the church, is evident throughout his novella. Through Pedro Paramo, Juan Rulfo criticises the opportunistic nature of the church, portraying the greed of the church elites and their willingness to sell salvation to cater to their own desires while also portraying the elites as an extension of God, thus implicating Him in their…