Pope Urban VI

Yesterday at Notre Dame Cathedral, Eastern Synod Lutheran Bishop Michael Pryse and I took part in a service commemorating the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. Catholics and Lutheran adherents and others from a variety of Christian denominations joined us. The service included mixed choirs supported by the Basilica’s powerful organ, sincere prayers for Christian unity, and the tangible witness of being together in prayer. In our own way, we were living out ourselves the prayer of…

interpretation and the unfolding of history flowed from a grave misunderstanding of the Trinity’s unity. His misunderstanding was based on the inappropriate use of the philosophical principle of univocity. This difficulty is but one of the many reasons that Pope Innocent III called the Forth Lateran Council. Innocent III was the exemplar of papal monarchy, a mover and shaker of medieval culture that took full advantage of the power invested to him in his office as Bishop of Rome. After eighteen…

In my opinion the key contributions of Lutheranism are the principals that spurred the reformation, allowance of religious skepticism, and the inclusion of all people in the church, and opening the doors for other protestant churches to evolve. I believe these are true contributions of Lutheranism because they are still in existence today and have been the most influential in my life through my experience both in attending Lutheran services but also my Baptist church back home. When Luther…

social structure of feudalism, the only power over the king’s authority was the Catholic Church. The decisions taken by the Church were not questioned by the civilians because they were to believe that these were messages sent by God directly to the Pope. Medieval times were characterized by the lack of authority and the power local lords had to apply the law among their civilians. “Feudalism was not only a system…

by the Pope at Christmas 800 are an influential part of Medieval history. Barraclough (1976) explains the factors in why Charlemagne did not want to be crowned emperor. The reasons lay in the events that were happening in Italy in 800. The first and foremost reason is that the idea of being crowned emperor did not come from Charlemagne at all. It is said, by his biographer Einhard, that Charlemagne would not have attended the service at the church on St. Peters if he had known of the Popes…

Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire in the East during the late antiquity and the middle ages. It survived the fragmentation and fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD and continued to exist for an additional thousand years until it fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1953. In most of its existence the empire was powerful in economic, cultural and military force in Europe. Both Byzantine Empire and…

The word, light, means a few things, such as to begin or accept views that differ from others, or to clarify, and sometimes to discover. In the 15th-17th centuries, people had no problem exploring and toying with new ideas, feelings, and views, although sometimes people opposed to change tried to stop this growth. These people, the ones whom very early on, accepted change, pushed for it, and helped it grow, are the ones whom we owe our modern, well structured life to today. In the old times, it…

Humanities 1020 Study Guide Chapter 15-17. Identify each in complete sentences: 1. Council of Trent The main principal of the counter reformation, the Council of Trent was one of the Roman Catholic Church’s most regal councils 2. Jesuits A member of the Society of Jesus, which was a Roman Catholic order of priests, founded by Ignatius Loyola 3. Ignatius Loyola Ignatius Loyola was the founder of the Society of Jesus 4. Counter Reformation The reaction of the Catholic Church to the Protestant…

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…