Sacramentals

The Reformation was also called the Protestant Reformation. It was a religious revolution that took place in the Western church in the 16th century. Its leaders include Martin Luther and John Calvin. Martin Luther believed the Catholic church was corrupt and saw fit to expose the catholic. Through his efforts of exposing the Catholic church, he became one of the most influential and controversial figures in Chris History. The Reformation changed the church with disarming the ecclesial…

Throughout history, works of art often include symbolism or metaphorical imagery. In Jan Van Eyck’s Arnolfini Wedding, he uses figuration and purposeful narrative to pass on conceptual ideas, human qualities, moral lessons, and hidden significance that alludes to more than what is first obvious to the eye. Although artists for the most part utilize imagery, they might likewise decide to speak to imagery and descriptions of an individual or concealed nature, subsequently denying most viewers full…

Christianity is the religion that is based on teachings of Jesus Christ and the belief in God. This religion can elicit many emotions when you are dealing with religion of the head or the heart. For example, religion of the head can refer to a more stylized way of practicing your faith such as rituals. Religion of the heart is of course a more personal way of practicing such as prayer. It involves a more intimate situation because you are involving your heart, which is a private place. Every…

to someone’s death equal to taking one-tenth of someone’s earnings? If one were to examine a hypothetical rebellion against the medieval Catholic Church, which operated under similar functions, would the burning down of churches and stealing of sacramental objects by dissenters be justified? Is destruction of property and state the only way to end a dictatorship? These are questions that challenge the morality of the monkeys, with special consideration of the fact that they were characterized as…

posters explaining how to make alcohol at home. The method they discussed was called bathtub gin because the recipe called for so much water that the only place large enough to distill this alcohol in was a bathtub. The government also allowed sacramental wine- for religious purposes, and medicinal wine. For a small fee, doctors would write out ‘prescriptions’ requiring their ‘patients’ to drink alcohol for health reasons. Occasionally, policemen could even be bribed to inform store owners when…

To Catholics, the Church and all practices are of immense value. They believe that the Church is a direct connecting to God, whereas Protestants view church as a place to worship God. Catholicism is very sacramental; they believe that people must go to church in order to “receive Jesus” (Glatz). In contrast, Protestantism is very devotional; they believe that you can worship God and feel His presence anywhere, not just in a church. Also to Catholics, the Pope…

Ostensibly, intellectualism appears as incongruent with the nature of belief, commonly misunderstood. Endeavoring to unify these perceived incongruences, Robert Louis Wilken’s book, “The Spirit of Early Christian Thought” demonstrates how the “Christian intellectual tradition came into being” (pg. xiv). Intellectualism isn’t disconnected from believing, rather, the function and belief of the Church established its pattern of intellectual thought. The Church was Christocentric and thus, their…

One predominant struggle in Catholic Schools in today’s globalized world, is the ongoing ability to spread the word and teachings of the gospel and maintaining the relevance of those teachings to their students. In a world where fact can be segregated from fiction with the simple ability to google, it can be difficult to help students form their belief and spirituality surrounded by a God that is not tangible to them. This is the key idea of revelation, this essay will explore how the Church’s…

France, in Letter 5. Voltaire notices that the English clergymen have more morals then those of the France when he states, “in morals the Anglican clergy are more virtuous than the French” (Voltaire 38). At the same time, Voltaire disapproves of the sacramental aspect of the Catholic Church that the Anglican Church continues, and the internal system of hierarchy both employ. So while the Anglican Church offered more morality, it continued to follow the traditions of the Roman Catholic Church in…

Yesterday at Notre Dame Cathedral, Eastern Synod Lutheran Bishop Michael Pryse and I took part in a service commemorating the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. Catholics and Lutheran adherents and others from a variety of Christian denominations joined us. The service included mixed choirs supported by the Basilica’s powerful organ, sincere prayers for Christian unity, and the tangible witness of being together in prayer. In our own way, we were living out ourselves the prayer of…