Pope

This essay will be touching on the topic of Charlemagne the Great and how he influenced the church and community through his actions and beliefs. Charlemagne was one of the many people and events that changed the beliefs and values of the church in the middle ages. After the breakup of the Roman Empire in the late 5th century the empire was in chaos for the next 400 years with no stability and centre of authority it was impossible for the kingdom to function. This was until Charlemagne came…

In feudal Europe, the Catholic Church created hegemony by using excommunication to establish political control over the kings of Europe. At the end of the 10th century, Pope Gregory V condemned King Robert II of France for marrying his first cousin. Incest was considered a sin by the Catholic Church; therefore the pope did not approve. After the threat of excommunication, Robert “obeyed and married another, and his obedience affirmed Gregory’s authority.” This demonstrated how the Catholic…

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…

were beginning to question the Catholic Church. Some people saw and believed that the church was corrupt because of the new teachings because they didn’t seem to follow the Bible. There was also religious corruption within the ranks of the clergy. The pope would conduct himself as an almighty ruler of the province. A few people like Martin Luther, and John Calvin challenged the church. They called for the Church to go back to teachings in the Bible and follow them. The one thing the church did…

named by the church to essentially keep the church within the church, in favour of being named by the secular. The conflict itself reaches its peak between Pope Gregory VII and Henry IV (who was merely a youth). Henry, with the support of bishops appointed ecclesiastic positions in his realm, in order to gain maximum control of his realm. Pope Gregory VII (adversely) claimed he had a mission to purify the church and in order to do so, he needed to have total control over ecclesiastical…

The Protestant Reformation The origin of religion can be traced back to the Ancient Near East. Religion itself is divided in three basic characteristics -monotheism, pantheism and polytheism. Thanks to these characteristics, many religions and different denominations appeared (“Origin of Religion”). Since around 330 C.E. monotheism was established as the dominant between them. The emergence of Catholicism and its monotheistic belief was supported by the Roman emperor Constantine I (Hunt…

There was once a beloved ruler, who encouraged schools and knowledge for everyone, while conquering territory and governing the city to the best of his ability. Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great, was a widely known emperor who ruled most of Western Europe from 768 to 814. His father, Pepin the Short, was Mayor of the Palace to king, who ruled over the Frankish kingdom for fifteen years until his death in October 768 AD. When his father died, the Franks placed the two brothers,…

the Pope to declare the marriage with Catherine null and void. Since Henry had received a dispensation to marry Catherine in the first place–she had been his brother Arthur's widow, and therefore needed special permission to marry Henry–Pope Clement VII was not eager to grant the new dispensation, which would have implied that his predecessor had erred in granting the first dispensation. Henry employed his chief minister of the time, Thomas Wolsey, to put pressure on Pope Clement, but the Pope…

Catholic Church. During 1400-1600 there were thirty different popes that created less stability in the Catholic Church than what we would have today. Since there were so many popes during the time and it caused less stability it had the influence on Europe that there wasn't any stability in the country. Popes have always taught Catholicism in the church. The Pope claims to be the shepherd of all Christians and representative of Christ. The pope has also traditionally been regarded as patriarch…

pro-papal, supportive of the pope, or a pro-imperial, supportive of military force, attitude ("The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica"). Disagreements between various members of the Guelph Party forced the party to split into two smaller factions: the Whites, “the moderate but 'disaffected faction'”, and the Blacks, “the 'pure papal extreme faction'”. In other words, the Whites were more on the fence of who they were loyal for and the Blacks were strictly supporters of the Pope ("Guelphs and…