Protestant Ascendancy

enlightenment movements with traditional Protestant Christianity. Throughout the nineteenth century, other theologians continued to speak out and take on the intellectual challenges brought about by the social and enlightenment movements. In summary, the separation of church and state started in eighteenth century along with the Industrial Revolution and upheaval of the family structure in the nineteenth century brought about significant changes for Protestant Christians. These changes set the…

Around 1310, Roman de Fauvel, attributed to Gervais de Bus, began circulating through Europe. This extended medieval poem split into two books is full of symbolism and mockery of higher institutions and the government. This story includes a visual satire that is accompanied by beautiful, carefully chosen, polyphonic music. Roman de Fauvel is basically a symbol of everything wrong with France in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The two books can be described as underlyingly…

James I of England. This made him the nephew of King Charles I. Rupert's family was at the heart of a network of Protestant Rulers in Europe with his father being the head of the Protestant Union. Early on they lived a very lavish lifestyle. In the beginning of Rupert's life, his father Fredrick had made an alliance with the Protestant Bohemian nobility. He expected support from the Protestant Union in his battle against the Catholic Ferdinand II, but that support never came. The battle was lost…

A Schism is the formal separation of a church into two churches or the secession of a group owing to doctrinal and other differences. The Great Schism between sects of the Catholic Church. The Great Schism of 1054, between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church, was caused by the everlasting differences of religious 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…

In addition, to government control Louis XIV wanted religious control. He felt that the French Huguenots and the Protestants did not belong in France due to the fact that France was predominately Catholic (447). He abolished the Edict of Nanes, which allowed Huguenots and Protestants rights in France. In 1685, he published the Edict of Fontainebleau, which destroyed freedom of religion (447). Although, he was able to placed France in a powerful position, to the common people it meant nothing…

government. While nationalism and anticlerical views helped pushed the government towards Erastian rule, it is the leaders of both Zurich’s small magistrate councils and England’s monarchy who eventually reformed the church, bringing in a new era of protestant theology. Ulrich Zwingli, a major reformation leader in Switzerland, had a…

Why was Arianism so important in the History of the Church and how did it affect the Church? Well, Arianism was one of the most important and one of Catholicism bigger problems. A heresy which believed that Jesus Christ, was not on par with the Father in regards to his holiness and divinity. They said Jesus was instead “created” by the Lord to do his deeds. It took the Church a long time to prove to everyone that this heresy was false. Arianism was started in the Fourth century by a priest,…

The Enlightenment was intellectual and scientific movement of 18th century Europe that later on spread to other countries. This was the scientific approach to religious, social,political and Economic issues. The Enlightenment later on established Revolutions and movements for human rights.The Enlightenment was the age of reasoning and thinking. This made people start to think and use their own brains. This did not only make them think for themselves but as a whole community and their…

A monk (Latin monachus, meaning “someone who lives alone”) is a man who tries to live his life cut off from ordinary society in order to dedicate his life to the will of God. Monks and uns were a big portion of spreading Christianity throughout the Mediterranean world. They also set themselves as examples for the rest of the Christian society.monks and nuns created new ways to challenge themselves for the sake of their faith. All of the other Christians did not have solid practices of faith…

The 13th and 16th centuries saw a great number of changes that contributed towards the Renaissances or the European rebirth. Moreover, the Roman and the Greek way of thinking heavily influenced this frame of history. Gradually, this mindset saw many advancements which include but are not limited to; The Colonization of the New World, Realism and Romanced forms of the arts, the decline of feudalism, the expansion of Rationalism, the Reformation of the Christian faith, advancements in warfare and…