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My choice for my second paper was the ecclesiology of Vatican II and the book you assigned me was Rediscovering Vatican II: The Church in the Making by Richard R. Gaillardetz. At the publishing of the book it had been forty years since the close of Vatican II and the publisher thought it would be a great idea to publish books that make the teachings of the sixteen documents more accessible to Catholics. This book focuses on three of the documents, you could say one major, Lumen Gentium, and two…

also controlled the people of Germany by creating Germany’s social hierarchy, which of course out the Church on top of everybody. There was not much structure to the hierarchy of Germany. There were those affiliated with the Church (Lords, Clergy, The Pope) and those who were not working in the Church (Common Men/Peasants). This lead to many people who did not work in or with the church to be treated harsh and unfair. Throughout fifteenth century Germany, the church created the social hierarchy…

a) The Protestant Church follow after Martin Luther, meaning they do allow Priest who are not married to marry. They do not impose celibacy at all. b) The Orthodox Church does not refute a celibate priesthood, that is after all why the priest-monks (monks that are also priests) exist. Celibacy is on a voluntary base and never to be forced upon anyone. c) The Catholic Church does impose celibacy on its priest. Recently some of Eastern Catholic Church has allowed for their priest to marry. The…

acting as a protector of the church and by trying to implement an unified practice of Christianity in all parts of his kingdom. This mutually beneficial relationship, in which Christian faith is upheld by the Pope and enforced by Charlemagne, was clearly established in Charlemagne’s coronation by Pope Leo III in 800 (Einhard, Life of Charlemagne 38 and Notker, Deeds of Charlemagne 76). In Notker’s version of the coronation, he states, “Then the holy man…asked the unconquered Charles to come to…

The influence of Luther led to a change on the European landscape. The Roman Catholic Church no longer had influence over the entirety of Europe, allowing new movements influenced by the reformation to emerge. The most influential of these movements were the Calvinism, Anglicanism and militant reformed Catholicism. During the period of the reformation, war and rebellion were commonplace in Europe. Of the aforementioned movements, Calvinism most encouraged war and rebellion. Like Lutheranism,…

What was the role of the Catholic Church and religion in medieval life? Which institutions and events were the most significant? Why? The Catholic Church and religion dominated the lives of people of the medieval period because they had staunch believe that God, heaven and Hell all existed staunch. In the medieval age, the fall of Rome resulted in the church growth in power as they took the role of leadership and the distribution of food to the needed. The church was largely a spiritual…

Religious changes in 16th century Europe led to many political changes and slowed down the formation of religious unity during the 17th century. Absolute monarchies were put to an end or they were severely limited. The Protestant Reformation, the Catholic Counter-Reformation and the Thirty Years’ War were all effects of the constant battling between the different religions. The religious changes in the 16th century caused chaos in the churches and let to a battle of religions. During the…

Tudor Project Essay By: Abigail Bingham The Tudor Dynasty was a very famous dynasty during the European Reformation. The monarchy was different and very diverse from other dynasties. They did a lot for Europe in many ways. They gained power, wealth, and land. They also established a church and started the Act of Supremacy. They became involved in a lot of secular and nonsecular affairs. The Tudor Dynasty was the influence and guide for Europe at the time. The topics that are the most important…

was already signed and it was illegal but King Henry the 7th asked the pope to do it and he did. Henry the 8th took over monarchy at age 18. He wrote an article to attack Martin luther it was called, A defense of The Seven Sacraments. He divorced his first wife and married Anne. He divorced his first wife because she only had girls and he needed a male heir to the throne. Anne gave birth in 1533 but she also had a girl. The pope excommunicated Henry the 8th and Mary became Queen. She became…

The Integration of Value and Beliefs One of the most unifying influences throughout Europe was the driving force of Christianity. Although it wasn’t popular around the time of Jesus, it quickly gained recognition following Jesus’ death in approximately 30 AD, and created a common bond amongst everyone throughout Europe, even though it was still suppressed by Judaism and other establish religious practices. The influence of Christianity made large strides that began as early as 313 AD though,…