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against the distorted church; Furthermore, one of the many consequences of the Reformation is the new religions of Protestantism off of the original Roman Catholic. As stated, the Roman Catholic Church is under chaos because of the clergy and even the Pope himself is not taking proper responsibility. Major misconducts of the church leaders were nepotism, simony, and pluralism. To define nepotism during this time, leaders of the…

example of this power, with over five major crusades and numerous other, smaller crusades that the Church commanded. The crusades started in 1095 when Pope Urban the second encouraged Christian kings to win back Jerusalem from the Seljuk Muslims who had taken the land in 1065 and had been killing Christian pilgrims who were travelling to the Holy Land. The Pope was outraged at this attack and told the European people that it was shameful that the Holy Land had been captured by ‘barbaric’…

beliefs and political views between the eastern and western churches. The challenge to the absolute authority of the pope to make decisions concerning all of the Christian people and Christian doctrine, and the different views concerning the Filioque. The schism between the Roman Catholics and the Orthodox Christians was mainly caused by heresy, in which the Orthodox Patriarchs deposed Pope Nicholas in 867 CE,…

Pope Urban II started the First Crusade to help Byzantine Christians, to manifest papal authority, and to provide redemption for Christian souls. Thomas Asbridge¹ in his book, The First Crusade, explains that in the advent of the First Crusade in 1095, the papacy was slowly recovering. In the events leading up to the First Crusade, Europe had undergone significant political and social upheaval. The Church was divided with Eastern Christians following Orthodoxy and Western Christians following…

to reform their systems. Protestantism was a revolt against the Medieval position of the Roman Catholic clergy. This led to the corruption of the papacy as they were out of touch with their people and giving in to their own greed. During this time, Pope Boniface VIII was selling indulgences to people in exchange for clearing their sins and guaranteeing them a place in heaven. However, these indulgences went toward building a cathedral and other interests decided by the clergy. Exploiting the…

Pope Marcellus Mass: Kyrie, by Palestrina or Missa Papae Marcelli is believed to be written in 1562, this composition is a Renaissance Style Polyphonic mass. It is very much so a Renaissance piece, it was made in 1562 towards the latter end of the Renaissance period, but still very much before the end which around 1600, the piece had four or more melodic fragments performed simultaneously, which is known as Polyphony, a staple of the Renaissance period. Throughout the piece there are no…

and patrons of the arts in Florence. The family also provided four popes (including Leo X) and two queens of France (Catherine de' Medici and Marie de Médicis). Being in the money business, the Medici’s honed to a science making money using a complicated system of exchange (pawning) They paid the RC 2,000 florins a year for a special “license” that absolved them of this serious sin. Indulgences are defined as, “a grant by the Pope of remission of the temporal punishment in purgatory still due…

Charlemagne or Charles the Great is most famous ruler of the Middle Ages. He lived ca 742-814 and ruled over the Frankish kingdom which covered Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and a part of western Germany. He went on to conquer much of western Europe, all under a policy of friendship and cooperation with the Christian Church. He therefore greatly contributed to the expansion of the Christian Church’s power. He also introduced the basis of Feudalism and revived the political and…

Essay For centuries, great minds have examined the debate on the impact of the Reformation, Scientific Advancement and Explorers between the 16th and 18th centuries. Many events occurred, such as, the Reformation against the Roman Catholic Church popes which changed a lot of religions and peoples thoughts about the Roman Catholic Church. All of these events contributed to the idea that reformation and religion are better than scientific revolution and explorers. Thus reformation and religion is…

Western Schism was a divide in the Catholic Church from the years 1378 to 1417. This divided caused three people to be the Pope at the same time in 1409. Not to be confused with the Great Schism in 1054 which created the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. This division created tension in Europe as different countries supported different Popes. The divide happened because Pope Clement V moved to Avignon, a town in East France, in the early 1300s. Allowing the French king more control over…