Pope

families. The Great Schism or separation of the Roman Catholic Chruch into east and west, brought about feelings of distrust to a climatic level. Citizens all across Europe were began to lose their faith in the church's leadership especially with the Pope. A man Martin Luther who had spent his life dedicated to the monastery lifestyle ignited a collection of people who whispered that the Church had fallen away from the teachings of Jesus. They believed that the Church was overly obsessed with…

Already a major part of European lifestyles, Christianity began to grow in importance as popes became more involved with federal matters. The popes “came to exercise control over the territories in central Italy that came to be known as the Papal States” giving them political leverage. People with religious affiliation were becoming intertwined with the political world…

These were used later on in the Protestant Reformation. One of the things he disliked the most was the power that the pope held. If the pope would order you to do something, you had to complete it. Another of the things that Luther disliked majorly was the indulgences of church. Indulgences were the church’s belief of Salvation. The church stated that someone could place a coin…

rulers including Mary I who embraced the pope and persecute anyone who refused to comply to the wishes of the Catholic church. This period of English history is known as the Middle way where England was divided in-between religious views.10 It was to late how ever, Protestantism was in England to stay, and thus began hundreds of years of conflict between the English and the Irish because Ireland was primarily made up of people who choose to remain loyal to the Pope. Celtic Christianity most…

When speaking to the the humanistic movement during the Middle Ages, historian Martin McGuire stated, "It set a basic pattern for the future". After the devastation of the Black Plague from the late 1200s to the mid 1300s, Europe was in great need of rebuilding both socially and economically. Many people turned to religion, while others strayed away from the spiritual outlook, believing that the solutions to the world’s problems lie in human thought and action rather than divine intervention.…

The last principality that Machiavelli discusses are ecclesiastical principalities. These principalities, weather acquired by fortune or one’s own capacity, can be held without either. This is because they are sustained by religion. Religion is so all powerful in character that these states will continue to exist no matter how the ruling princes live or behave. In these states, the princes do not defend the states and the people, who are not ruled do no really care and do not alienate themselves…

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…

different reforms that had a positive impact on ordinary people, such as when Pope Gregory VII made it possible for the church to manage itself without an outside source; for example a government making decisions for them. However, Pope Gregory VII had many challenges and conflicts in trying to reform the church in becoming independent of government control, nevertheless he managed to become successful in accomplishing this feat. Pope Gregory’s goal was to get…

“Deus Veult!"- God wills it! cried Pope Urban II’s audience in 1095 at The Council of Clermont. This Papal sanction supposedly initiated the beginning of the First Crusade; a holy war designed to recapture Jerusalem in August 1096. Byzantine Emperor of Constantinople; Alexios I Komnenos appealed to Urban to request aid to resist the Seljuk Turks who occupied Antolia and the majority of Asian Minor. Pope Urban’s unusually secular desire for a legacy may have been a partial motivation for his…

Papal Bulls “List Of Papal Bulls” The List Of Papal Bulls is an incomplete catalog of the Papal Bulls, which were issued by the Roman Catholic Church. The 1452 Papal Bull the “Dum Diversas” Issued by Pope Nicholas V. The first papal bull “to seek out and discover” was issued in 1452 and is known as the Dum Diversas. The document gave the king of Portugal Afonso V, the authority to subjugate Muslims, pagans, and other unbelievers. We grant you…