Pope Pius IX

he indicates that the Pope did not think that how the authority is going to interpret the scriptures. The conference ended in shouting match which started his ultimate excommunication from the church. Through 1519, he continues to write to the lectures and Wittenberg. In June and July of that year he declared that it does not give the exclusive right to interpret the scriptures publicly Bible, attacked directly to the authority of the pope to pope. Finally, in 1520, the pope issued a final…

Western, Eastern and Orthodox Church) and the Great Western Schism (saw the Catholic Church break off into Protestant Churches including the Lutherans, Calvinists and the Church of England). The Renaissance and the Great Western Schism involving three popes claiming to be the church’s authority led to loss of respect for the church, questioning and challenging attitudes to tradition and authority (scepticism). The Council of Trent was established to respond to issues raised during the…

William Bradford carefully documented the reasons that his religious sect migrated so far from home in his book Bradford’s History of Plymouth Plantation. The “Pilgrims”, as Bradford named his spiritual peers, eventually traversed the Atlantic motivated by two main factors. Their perceived belief in the failure of the English Reformation was the first factor. The second factor was as a result of the issues that arose when they sought religious freedom in places outside of England. These factors…

Christianity: Overlooked Impact of Martin Luther (1483-1546) Many Christians today are unaware of the influence Martin Luther has had of the way people, government, and the Church viewed and continue to recognize God’s truth and Christianity. His groundwork began in the sixteenth century and continues today, Christianity’s heritage in America was revolutionized by Luther, (exasperated by the coldhearted and parody that religious leaders had on people), he worked diligently to spread Theological…

they waged a war was so they could gain more control. The Pope Urban ll declared the First Crusade in 1095 AD by giving the most influential speech of the Middle Ages, which had made an huge impact. Due to the speech the Crusades had risen by calling all the Christians in Europe to war against all Muslims. Which was supposed to happen in order for them to regain the control they needed. Then Urban the protégé of the great reformer Pope Gregory Vll had made internal…

auxiliary army plus mixed army, were all non-reliable. I can see the predicaments that the popes have all gone through or witnessed due to inconsistent military personnel and that in itself invited the coup d’état whereby the popes lost their authority of making policies for the republics and church. It also looks like the citizen soldiers were more reliable, but to what extent no one could say. It is unclear to me why Pope Julius sent his troops to aid King Ferdinand when we already know that…

Even though there is a difference of opinion as to why the Crusades began, some historians state that the cause of these massive military attacks launched by Western Europe on the vast Islamic territories for over a span of two hundred years, was mainly religion. This claim being supported more so by the Christian historians, a huge number of Muslim historians conclude that the underlying factor was after all gaining power, land and wealth on the part of the Christians. If one was to list down…

The Classical and Medieval Era were two vastly different type periods in which individuals believed in separate morals and values of life. Although, most of these beliefs were centered primarily around God or God(s). The Classical era showed the importance of God and Goddess. God were shown as ‘perfect’ and ‘heroic’ within the art created such as sculpture and morals. Considering the fact Gods controlled all the aspects of life and nature on Earth. However, they also believed in the values…

A.D. 452 Yesterday, what could have been a horrendous day for Rome, was prevented by Pope Leo the Great. Attila the Hun, who had already sacked northern Italian cities and towns, was planning to march on Rome. At this time, beloved Pope Leo had come to save the day. Pope Leo has surely proven himself a great and trustworthy leader. Pope Leo was notified about Attila the Hun’s plan to march on Rome and took brave and quick action. He knew that he was obliged to take action and meet Attila to…

1.The opinion of religious of the mass majority of the common people in the 15th century was the center of how the religious conflict between the church and the state started. a.The Holy Roman Empire was built entirely around one religion, which was the only religion the people recognized before the 15th century and that was Catholicism. The Empire was built for the purpose was that the only religion acceptable to follow was catholicism The relationship between the Church, state, and common…