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The 1970’s witnessed a rise in conservative ideology in the United States. Conservatism refers to a commitment to traditional values with resistance to change. This commitment manifested in the form of political views that preferred private ownership and socially conservative thoughts. The rise in conservatism was because of various domestic concerns which formed the foundation for the rise of the ideology (Pierson & Theda p.34). The major concern that formed the basis for conservatism was…

to Luther and Calvin’s process to obtaining knowledge. In Luther and Calvin’s case, the shadows the prisoners see in the cave, are the Roman Catholic teachings. As they have only been exposed to Roman Catholic teachings, the teachings become their only truth. When the prisoner is exposed directly to the Bible, he will be liberated from knowing only the Roman Catholic teachings, and start to build his own perspective on the teachings of God. At the beginning, this exposure to new ideas will…

Catholicism nothing else. My mother and her family taught me the catholic traditions and also attended classes at my church. Catholicism was the only religion experience I knew growing up . When I started to growing mind wise I was able to experience other religions. I have experienced first hand how hard it is when you’re attacked based on the faith you practice. With these harsh personal experiences I grew as a person. Growing up in Catholic Faith, I went to religion classes throughout my…

Gregory Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales” is a collection of stories from the medieval times. The purpose of “The Canterbury Tales” is to satirize the corruption within the church during the medieval ages. Chaucer’s intention is to write 124 stories- four told by each of the 31 pilgrims- but only writes 24. In “The Prologue” of “The Canterbury Tale,” the scene is set and each pilgrim is described. The pilgrims are all on a journey to the Shrine at Canterbury. Many of the pilgrims were corrupt,…

During the times of the old Catholic Church, people were caught up in the ways of thinking that they deemed appropriate for the time. These ways were a narrow and negative way of thinking, only promoting the Catholic religion, as the only religion of any importance, which would have meant many members of society, did not feel valued. But as time went on, the world changed but the ways of the Catholic Church did not. Pope Paul the sixth, a significant member of the Vatican II during the 1962 to…

and I am not sure when, but when the time will come for us to see the Children’s Paradise soaring higher than it ever had, I would like to see ourselves at the forefront of this renaissance. The rebirth of American Catholic Education, its sudden ushering of the Greater American Catholic School System did not end with the beginning of the Republic; nor did it end, when the Great Leaps Westward marked the beginning of the attempts made to expand both Programs all the way to the West Coast. It…

The film Spotlight (2015) dramatizes The Boston Globe’s spotlight team’s investigation of the priests’ sexual abuse of children within the Boston Roman Catholic Church. The Spotlight team discovers the many cases of priests who committed sexual abuse, but the lack of justice carried out by law enforcement. They uncover the privately taken care of crimes, often hidden from the public. This film raises important topics of the relationship between church and state, the church’s abuse of power, the…

to Christian Nobility”, it appears Martin Luther seems to have some serious complaints in regards to the Roman Catholic Church functions. Luther appears a bit discontent with hierarchy system that seems to prevent and separate others, such as farmworkers, smiths, etc. from truly being able to encounter the fullness of God. In this letter Luther opens up with three major shortcomings that Catholic Church was displaying during Luther’s time. Those three problems that he saw were: Spiritual verses…

In chapter seventeen we are learning about Europe during the Enlightenment or known as the “Age of Reason”. The cause for this Enlightenment was the Thirty Years’ War. Politics, philosophy, science, and communication were all basically reconstructed. People throughout Europe questioned authority and knew that there needed to be a change. Many things were produced during the Enlightenment period such as; books, essays, inventions, discoveries, laws, wars, and revolutions. Many significant things…

In The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer uses the Parson to provide a true religious example. Although the Parson “ was the needy priest of a village”, he possessed riches “in saintly thought and work” (Chaucer, 13). The Parson embodied true biblical precepts despite the fact that he possessed little material things. “He practiced first what later he would teach”, believing “if gold can rust, then what will iron do” (Chaucer, 13). Not only did the Parson lead by example, but also he believed that if the…