Sacraments of the Catholic Church

Arthur Dimmesdale, like Hester, is another important character who plays a significant role in the novel “The Scarlet Letter.” Also like Hester, Arthur Dimmesdale’s name can be linked back to his characteristics. The name “Arthur” is like the word “author” which is a word that can be linked to someone with intelligence (Lei). Nan Lei says the following statement about Dimmesdale “Graduated from a famous university in England, Arthur Dimmesdale is a holy clergyman with great religious…

The Rosicrucian Fellowship was founded by Max Heindel in 1909 when he wrote and translated German teachings into a book called “The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception” (Heindel). After the new religion began to take off and official place of worship was found in 1911 and the temple was called “The Ecclesia” based on its location, Mount Ecclesia in Oceanside, California. The original purpose of “The Ecclesia” was for spiritual healing, but later turned into a place of worship too. Initially, the…

Ever since humans began to question the nature of things, the existence of evil in the world has been a debated topic. The Enlightenment era encompasses many different principles to explain this problem. The experiences of the horrific events of Europe in the 1700s affected Voltaire’s judgement on Gottfried Leibniz’s philosophy. Voltaire blatantly criticized the concept that a perfect God created the best world for us to live in, and that general misfortune creates general welfare. Despite being…

Ragnar Andersen, the author of The Elihu Speeches: There Place and Sense in the Book of Job, examines the arguments of the critics who claim that the Elihu speeches are later interpolations, while simultaneously presenting the arguments of those, who like himself, argue that the Elihu speeches are original text in the book of Job. According to Andersen, Matthias Heinrich Stuhlmann, a Lutheran preacher, was the first person to include an argument against the originality of the Elihu speeches in…

beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. Its religious aspects were added to by ambitious political rulers who wanted to extend their power and control at the expense of the church. The most dramatic of the events that occurred during the Protestant Reformation took place in Germany, although the Protestant Reformation swept through all of Western Europe. The Protestant Reformation is also described as a “schism” or “separation” from the Roman Catholic Church. The schism was initiated…

Stephen Nichols, is a book to inform the reader about the Catholic Reformation. This book was not exactly intriguing, and did not appeal to the reader at most times. Martin Luther, a monk, used his mallet to attach his 95 theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, hence the title of the book. The strokes of his mallet echoed all throughout the continent, and along with other reformers, his 95 theses would greatly change the Catholic religion throughout Europe. In the first chapter,…

?? Joshua Waldoch Professor Laid Boswell History 120 9 October 2017 Public Opinion and the Papacy The Catholic Church has had a lasting impression on the European Landscape throughout history, and for the most part, the general public went along with the Catholic Church and the Pope because, that was all the people of Europe knew. However, that began to change, as the thoughts and ideals that were formed during the Enlightenment came to prominence. In David Kertzer’s book The Kidnapping of…

According to the Oxford English Dictionary the definition of indignant is" feeling or showing anger at what is perceived as an unfair treatment." This word's history and etymology come from the late 16th century from two Latin verbs. The verbs are indignari, meaning "not" and dignus meaning "worthy" (Oxford English Dictionary). In Good Country People or A Good Man is Hard to Find, by Flannory O’Conner, the definition as presented in the Oxford English Dictionary does not fully apply to the…

Due to the Holy Roman Empire’s influence, the Roman Catholic Church played a significant role in the lives of western Europeans in the Middle Ages (Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia). People were named, married and buried by the guidance of Roman Christianity (Haberman and Shubert). This changed when Martin Luther asked questions regarding salvation and the relationship between community and God. As a result of these questions, Europe would never be the same as Luther started the Protestant…

a good Catholic is based on. In order to be good Catholics, they have to include prayer, service, and proclamation in their lives. One way to be good Catholics is including prayer in their daily lives. In the world there are multiple types of prayers that can be prayed at all times of the day such as: morning, night, and in the middle of the day. One example of this is the prayer of thanksgiving. “...Every event and need can become an offering of thanksgiving” (“Catechism of the Catholic…