Pope

The leaders would usually elect or choose the successor of the last bishop. This decision is not up to the Pope to decide. The church is still tied with the government until the west Frankish kings lost control over the bishoprics to the territorial princes. During the reign of the Capetian dynasty, most of the counsellors of the kings were the bishops. For…

There were many significant events that played out during the Late Medieval Time Period, and although there were several occasions when there was failure, there were several occasions of victory as well. The general atmosphere of the Late Medieval Times was as complex as present day, and was full of development. There was constant development in every aspect, including the social, political, religious, intellectual, technological, and economic aspects. The social aspect of the Late Medieval…

Protestant ideas, he wrote a book defending the Catholic Faith. Protestantism is another ‘religion’ to define those against the Catholic Faith. However, later on, King Henry did a massive turnover; going against everything he said he’d do. He replaced the Pope as head of the Church in all throughout England. The Break of Rome happened in the 16th century, when King Henry decided he was going to make a new Christian Fellowship called the Church of England. At that time, there were plenty…

The Catholic Church began to have vast authority and control over large regions within the known world. Over the last three decades the church acquired large sums of money and real estate from supporters of the church and Christianity. The papal office had grown accustom to this power it had obtained when two reformers arose and took offense to the structure of the church and its administration. These two reformers were John Wycliffe and Jon Hus. Their ideology and influence created regional…

The Roman Catholic Church was first established by Jesus Christ, but Jesus made Simon Peter, one of His Twelve Disciples, head of the Church. Since Jesus Christ came down to Earth, the Roman Catholic Church gained a strong presence and power in the world. As the Roman Empire grew, leaders brought Catholicism to different lands in Europe; the Roman Catholic Church expanded through these lands and as a result, the Roman Catholic Church gained great political power over these lands. The Roman…

Rosenwein parallels medical professionals to popes. Simply put, professionals are anyone who has mastered a specific craft. Therefore, Popes can be considered professionals, as they have become masters of Christianity. Pope Innocent III (1198-1216) was well educated in theology and law. He become a leader of the church and ran a council, which stated the exact nature of Christianity. Pope Innocent III has a strong correlation with the papal monarchy. Innocent acted…

The pope was also another way the church was so wealthy. The pope would tell a person what to wear what to eat stuff that is not his decisions to be making. But if you did not do the things he told you, you would have to pay a great some of money to get to go to heaven. So as you can see…

on a radical understanding and interpretation of what “church” was. Luther believed that the Catholic Church was the “historical church” which has existed in time but not necessarily always with God. It was filled with corrupt clergy, especially the pope, who were godless men, whose positions were man-made and without divine authority. Thus for many years the “true church” arose out of the mess of historical church. It is a Christian community, rather than a church, “defined by the Apostles’…

the behest of the Pope, Urban II, a large group of French nobles went to try to recapture Jerusalem. The First Crusade was a war that was fought by French nobles at the behest of Pope Urban II, in which they successfully conquered Jerusalem, but it most lasting effect was the strengthening of the Catholic Church The First Crusade arose from Pope Urban II’s aspiration to harness worldly power for the Church. In the mid-1090s, Emperor Alexios I of Byzantium sent a letter to the Pope requesting…

The Renaissance and the Reformation were two of the most cataclysmic time periods in western civilization. Following a period known as the “Dark” or “Middle” Ages, the Renaissance and Reformation were critical in shaping the course of human history. The Middle Ages was a period in Europe that was centered around the Church and its affairs. Following this heavily religious time period, the Renaissance and Reformation brought a new emphasis on the individual. Human capacity and reason were…