Popes

unique to show the differences between the way each theologian thinks. As a catholic, I can relate to having a theological background using a very traditional viewpoint and inspirations. Our tradition is kept and guaranteed through each one of our popes. Many Protestants excludes our cannons because they were not recognized as scriptures by the Jewish people. I felt like this argument showed how valuable and how different each domination is. I feel as though many feels like Catholic’s don’t…

Emily Medeiros Humanities 101 Section #4169 Oct. 24, 2014 The Reformation and Counter Reformation beginning in the 16th century both had significant effects all across the Arts in Europe. The Protestant revolution led thousands away from the Catholic Church after Martin Luther nailed his protests to his Catholic Church door and brought forth new artistic traditions that moved towards more secular forms, which were felt to bring glory to God through the depictions of the beauty of his…

I picked Martin Luther, he was an argumentative man. Luther, judged the entire Catholic Church, the position of the Pope, the bishops, the priests, also the monks. Martins’ belief changed Western Culture. Martin Luther believed that the Roman Catholic Church had become too crooked to offer the people the leadership needed to gain redemption. Within ten years Luther had started a revolution that changed Western Civilization. The Catholic Church tried all the will power they had to muzzle Luther,…

biggest religions of their time, The Holy Roman Catholics and the Islamic people. Because of the religious strains, the crusades started, showing this to be a holy war between two religions. Again, referencing back to the letters of the crusades, the pope, among other people, talk about Islam. The letters include how the catholic people viewed the Islamic religion as inaccurate, terrible, and offensive, and how it needs to be destroyed. The crusades were not only to reclaim the holy land back…

Catholic church had twisted the original meaning of scriptures to encourage the buying of indulgences, which were paid passes out of purgatory, the costly visiting of relics, most of which were fake, and the submission to the ultimate authority of the pope, who was one of the most powerful men in the world. To add to this injustice, the church purposely refrained from translating the Bible into a commonly spoken language. Instead, they kept it in Latin so that only monks and priests could…

From start to finish, the play Hamlet contains varying degrees of conflicts and dilemmas. These conflicts range from the external combat between Denmark and Norway, to Hamlet’s inner turmoil over avenging his father 's death by killing Claudius. Although religion plays a supporting role to the play, it still contains conflict between religious views. Throughout Hamlet, Shakespeare offers both Protestant and Catholic concepts, yet the play should be considered primarily Catholic for four reasons.…

God and Humanity Paper Thomas Aquinas and Karl Rahner are two major Christian thinkers that have helped shape Christian thought into what it is today. Thomas Aquinas, also known as St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), was a Dominican friar and a Catholic priest who was an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism. At the age of five he was sent to a Benedictine monastery, and later on decided to leave but wanted to remain religious so he joined the Dominicans…

The Reformation was a religious revolution that was held in Western church in the 16th century. The most important leaders were Martin Luther and John Calvin. The reformation had political, economic and social effects, thus the reformation was the underlying foundation for the founding of Protestantism. Protestantism is one of the three major branches of christianity. Reformation was introduced mainly to give talks about issues that negatively affected Catholicism, along with others supporting…

In 16th century Worms, Germany, Martin Luther first published his 95 theses which questioned the authority of the Catholic Church. One of his main points of contention with the Catholic Church was the selling of indulgences; indulgences, the Church promised, would essentially help you buy your way into Heaven by cutting down on your time in Purgatory. Luther contested that this was merely a way for the Church to line its pockets with its people's money and brought his grievance to the public,…

Henry Tudor became Henry VIII when his father died in 1509. He reigned as King of England until his own death in 1547. History remembers him as one of the most infamous kings who ever lived. Henry VIII was married six times. After the Pope denied him the right to leave his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, he turned his back on the Catholic Church and created the Church of England in 1534. Now the official head of the English church, Henry VIII granted himself the right to a divorce. He then…