Roman Catholic calendar of saints

agree with the statement because in today’s society, religions such as Catholicism are fading due to their inability to change, but other religions such as Buddhism and Baha’i have evolved to try to fit this changing world. The Catholic Church, also known as Roman Catholic, is a monotheistic religion headed by the…

As we saw previously, the possible explanation behind why some societies advanced more than others lays on two possible theories. The first, developed by Jared Diamond, argues that the environment is the principal agent behind how different societies developed. The second, explained by Lawrence E. Harrison, claims that the differences lie on certain cultural values and attitudes such as people’s sense of community, their ethical system, the exercise of authority and views about education and…

What does it mean to be Catholic? There is an infinite amount of answers to that question. If you were to ask author Robert Barron, he would start speaking of Catholic doctrine. If you were to ask author Andrew Greeley, he would start speaking of culture, story and community. Lastly, if you were to ask Dorothy Day, she would start speaking of following Jesus and helping the poor. What it means to be Catholic is a mixture of all three of these individuals, Catholic doctrine, stories and community…

In The Prologue of The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer illustrates the medieval society. The Prologue is an introduction to the thirty-one characters, who go on a pilgrimage to Canterbury. The people in pilgrimage want to visit the relics of Saint Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral. Two of these characters are the Knight and the Squire. The Knight is the father of the Squire, and they both are warriors and gentleman, who ride their horses gallantly. Even though they have these similarities…

Second, during the Age of Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution, the Roman Catholic Church’s approach to the issue of poverty shifted to include institutions and church-run programs in delivering charity. This shift, evident in a variety of sectors, was advantageous as it allowed more control and efficiency in the delivery of poor relief. For example, “the Quebec model, in which the church rather than the state provided social services, included an array of institutions from schools and…

Catholic social teaching is important within the Catholic Church. To understand the social teaching, you must have knowledge of what morals are, and how to obtain them. “Catholic social teaching is a central and essential element of our faith. Its roots are in the Hebrew prophets who announced God's special love for the poor and called God's people to a covenant of love and justice. It is a teaching founded on the life and words of Jesus Christ”( usccb.org) Social teaching comes from the truth…

cultivated an environment of exploration, historically centered in Italy and influenced by Greek and Roman culture. Although mildly inaccurate, the perception of these ancient cultures was that of human betterment. This movement led to the attainment of new and forgotten information. For many scholars the Renaissance was the time of renewing old knowledge and ways of classical learning of the Greeks and Romans. During the Renaissance this was idea was brought back into practice as humanism. “The…

Unlike Tartuffe, which he symbolizes religious hypocrisy as one person. Voltaire thinks that the clergy of the Catholic Church and the Jesuits are hypocritical. The clergy is usually a group of religious people that are in charge and have control of the people who follower them. For example, Pangloss gets hanged because he considers a way that is different from Catholic ideals. In Catholic religion they preach the importance of compassion. Voltaire shows a double standard in which they punish…

Elizabeth during her reign successfully created a religious settlement which restored many of the divisions created by her predecessors. However in order to do so, she had to accept both Catholic and Protestant aspects of religion alike, which created tensions and angered those who were fully committed to their religion; this even led some to oppose the new church in attempts to change it so it was more suited to their religious views, thus acted as a barrier the church had to overcome in order…

The papacy is the office held by the pope as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church. This office spans since the time of Peter to the present modern world. In the days of the early church, bishops in Rome did not enjoy any temporal power. This was the case till the time of Constantine. Following the fall of Rome, the papacy was shaped by temporal leaders that ruled the neighboring Italian Peninsula. With time, the papacy solidified its territorial areas to a part of Peninsula. The bishop of…