Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston

Spotlight – Sociologial Theories 1 “When the Boston Globe’s tenacious “Spotlight” team of reporters delves into allegations of abuse in the Catholic Church, their year-long investigation uncovers a decades-long cover up at the highest levels of Boston’s religious, legal, and government establishment, touching off a wave of revelations around the world” (Road, n.d.). Spotlight is a movie based on real-life events that occurred in 2001and it shows the viewers the obstacles that these investigators had to endure while trying to uncover the dirty truth about the Archdiocese in Boston. This movie has three sociological theories which are Structural-Functional, Symbolic Interaction, and Social Conflict. Spotlight is a team of five investigators,…

way of thinking set the stage for later humanists such as Erasmus. Arnold notes several similarities that the humanists shared, but the most prominent is the value that humanists placed on Scripture. In returning to the sources they were no longer content with the translations available at the time. This is most evident in the life of Erasmus. He saw a distinct danger in trying to interpret Scripture without a working knowledge of the original languages in which they were written. This…

Voltaire was one of the most influential philosophers and writers of the Enlightenment, and one of his most famous works is, Candide. Candide was written in 1759 as a work of satire that attacked society and represented Enlightenment ideas. Although Voltaire became very famous through his philosophic works, he was unpopular with some monarchs, and was even exiled from several places for attacking rulers. Voltaire uses this work mainly to attack European society through corrupt rulers and how…

Describe: Stained glass windows are colored glass crafted and arranged to form patterns or pictures and often have painted details and a yellow stain. Stained glass windows are a traditional form of painting that began over 1000 years ago and are essentially made the same way today. The earliest form of stained glass windows originate in Europe, 6th century, and have adorned churches for hundreds of years being used to aid in devotion and to instruct (O 'Doherty, 2010). They are especially…

appears, the camera uses a wide angle and the Devil walks in from the upper corner of the image. Later on, the camera captures the Devil from a low angle in mid and close-up shots. Throughout the time that the Devil is present, the director uses these techniques to dramatize his character and show him as a supernatural, and superior to Macario. Therefore, this enhances the idea that religious characters are powerful beings that operate “over,” or beyond a human level. On the other hand, though…

The gold of humor started to shine on Luther’s golden hammer. Furthermore, just like every carpenter brings his hammer everywhere, Luther brought his golden hammer to everyplace he has been to. When he went to the Roman Catholic Church, he preached, “Out of a desperate ass never comes a cheerful fart” (Gritsch 114). In this way, he humorously announced his own theology core ideas, which are freedom and the joy of salvation. When rages came to his head, he criticized the Roman papacy, “As I am a…

harness this technology and what is allowed to be written. The term “censura librorum” is a term used by the Catholic Church for the act of having religious officials review already published works and/or teachings. Their reason for doing this being that they want to “protect subjects from the ravages of a pernicious press” (Hilgers). There is a famous quote by Walter Benjamin which states that “History is written…

The Quiet Revolution had a dramatic effect on the Roman Catholic Church in Quebec. Whereas, prior to 1965, the Catholic Church was a dominant cultural and political force Quebec, after 1965 the Catholic Church experienced a dramatic decline in its authority and its role in Quebec society. The people then abandoned the Catholic Church rapidly, and then transferred their allegiance from the Catholic Church to the Quebec state. This created a political vacuum within Quebec, due to the fact that, in…

Church Comparison For this spiritual growth project, I attended three fairly different Churches. For the first, I attended CCF, which is a non-denominational evangelical Church. The second was First Presbyterian Church of Siloam Springs, a Presbyterian Church USA member. Finally, I went to St. Mary’s Catholic Church, which is under the Diocese of Little Rock, which in turn reports to Rome. Growing up, I have been a part of several Churches, so I really did not have any expectations of what any…

The Church visited was a Roman Catholic Church named, St. Catherines of Sienna located in the centre of the city of Mississauga. Founded and started in 1956 by missionaries whose goal was to minister to immigrants, and it’s goals today remain unchanged. Research Question The research question I formulated is, “What is the significance/symbol of the red candles, located in the two rear fronts of the church?” This was a question I had the entire time during the Church’s service. Before and…