Sect

were to be demolished by the landowner and that the buildings of pagans and other heretical sects was to be co-opted for public use. Additionally while Church estates were to be exempt from public services such as responsibility for constructing and repairing roads and brides, with the threat of exile imposed on individuals who sought to raise taxes from consecrated estates , the income from heretical sects and pagan temples was to be confiscated. Further, as Sirm. 13, suggests, people who…

Started by Martin Luther and the creation of Lutheranism reformation of Christianity spread across Europe, reformations like these spread across Europe. The protestant reformation spread throughout Europe with many different sects being created. After losing so many members, the Catholic church realized that they were doing something wrong and had their own reformation which has been deemed the “counter-reformation.” Ultimately the two religious revolutions because the protestant reformation…

Ritsu sects, who are the real enemies of the country…Among all grave matters, the ruin of the nation is the most serious. The Saishōō Sutra states, ‘Among all forms of harm, none is heavier than the loss of the ruler’s authority.’ This passage means that among all evils, the worst is to become the ruler, misgovern the country, and meet defeat at the hands of another kingdom” (qtd from Yampolsky, 443-44). It is apparent that Nichiren expresses a greater concern for other existing Buddhist sects…

nation”. The government saw this as very threatening, obviously and sentenced him to death for his relentless criticisms on sects that the Japanese government favored but Nichiren lived and used the sudden turn of events to martyr himself and accumulate even more popularity. In his speech, “Rectification for the Peace of the Nation”, Nichiren talks about the different sects before dismissing them as “exhaust[ing] themselves in vain” before going on a grotesquely accurate version of medieval…

kind), a recompense in the form of a kind of pleasure – the pleasure of being allowed to vent his power freely upon one who is powerless”(Sect. 5, pp. 64–65), If the debtor fails to pay, the creditor will substitute for something else that he owns for example: his freedom, or his wife.. “The bad conscience is an illness… but an illness as pregnancy is an illness” (Sect. 19, pp.88), bad conscience according to Nietzsche,…

Free Will in Theology In the Christian faith, it is taught at a young age that God gave man free will in order to make one’s own decisions, however time and time again, both throughout history and the Bible, as well as other religious texts, that man abuses the power to make their own decisions and falls away from their gods in order to do what is superficially beneficial to themselves. From Eve being influenced by Lucifer and eating the apple of her own free will, to more modern examples of…

Hinduism Buddhism "Origins and Founders " "Oldest religion in the world No specific founder Brahman is the supreme entity and source of power. There are many gods and goddesses that embody each of his characteristics. " "Siddhartha Gautama established the religion because of the sorrow he felt for those suffering The purpose of the religion is to “enlighten” the soles of people who are lost He transformed into Buddha" "Deity Monotheistic Polytheistic " "Hinduism is polytheistic…

At the conception of Ismaili theology, the sect had more in common with the traditional Shi’a branches of Islam, however they underwent changes as time came on, these changes helped improve their position on the web. The Ismaili Theology lends thoughts from philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle…

One of the topics that was discussed in the chapter of Mormonism was polygamy. The founder of the Latter-day Saints is Joseph Smith, who was a polygamist himself. As a result, this influenced Mormons to become polygamist themselves because their founder was one as well. However, only men could take multiple wives whereas women could only have one husband. When the United States government threatened to take away the assets from Mormon churches the Latter-day Saints agreed to compromise with…

place of the pope. Each patriarch dictates a church within a particular area. Instead of the pope being the top power and having people beneath him, the patriarchs view each other as equal and can not issue authority over each other. Ultimately, each sect was centered on a hierarchal government, where the pope and patriarchs were of the highest power in human…