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team discovers the Church used different designations to say where the priests were who had been discovered abusing kids. Matt tells the team, I’ve been through a lot of these. ‘Sick leave’ isn’t the only designation they use when they take one of these priests out of circulation. They use a slew of terms—‘absent on leave’, ‘unassigned’, ‘emergency response’” to which Mike quips “They got a name for everything, these guys” and Sacha responds bluntly, “Except rape.” When the Church used…

pressing issues the Christian church faces today is with its vocations. The problem is the increasing lack of vocations to ministry and service to the church due to a number of pre-existing issues the church has been facing in recent years. These issues alone were already notable; however the evident decrease in vocations has quickly become a much larger issue for the church {footnote}. The reason as to why a decrease of vocations is a major problem for the church is (in my opinion) best…

The Protestant Reformation’s impact on Art The Protestant Reformation a response to the corruption and abuse of the Catholic Church had a great impact on art in the 1600s. This changed the political and religious makeup of Europe. Before the Reformation, the arts was closely supervised and sponsored by the Catholic Church or wealthy Monarchs. I will discuss the Reformation and its influence on artwork from Jacopo Tintoretto and Albrecht Durer, two artists from that time. The Protestant…

One of the key figures in church history is John Calvin. John Calvin is someone who radically changed the early Christian Church. Similar to Luther, Calvin was someone who drove the Reformation forward. Calvin however had slightly different beliefs from Luther, especially when it came to the sacraments. This paper will explore who John Calvin was, how he differed from Luther, and what his main teachings were. The doctrine of Calvinism helped shape the early church, and is still held true by…

day France through present day Hungary; essentially Western Europe (Crusades Map). In the Catholic Kingdoms, the Pope had control of all church affairs, and the priest had control over a single church (Ellis 217-218). During the late 12th century, the Holy Father was Pope Urban II. Pope Urban II was a Catholic Christian and was in charge of all Catholic Church affairs (“The Crusades”). The Byzantine Empire had branched off from Rome in 330 AD, and the Byzantine Empire followed a different…

In the context of the period 1509 to 1603, how far was religion the most important factor in causing rebellions against the Tudors? Tudor rebellions broke out due to dynastic, religious, political and socioeconomic factors, these factors led to a series rebellions breaking out in the years 1506 to 1603. In the years 1506 to 1536 as there were no rebellions due to the stability of the country. This was due to the fact that Henry Tudor defeated Richard III at the battle of Bosworth which brought…

time period of the majority of Kant’s work, the Enlightenment was rampantly spreading throughout Europe. The Enlightenment, a movement based on human reason and a shift away from the previous confines of Christianity, specifically by the Catholic Church which dominated the Dark Ages. Kant himself described that the Enlightenment “does not involve a human concept of a god, or of mysticism, or of spirituality, or of magic, or of a supernatural anything” (Kant, 17enlightenment something). This…

Folk humour and satire were the replies due to the domination of the Catholic church of 19th-century French Canadian culture. A light comedy that ridiculed local traditions was typical of 19th-century theatre in Quebec. By the early 20th century, the sardonic practice was well developed in English Canada as demonstrated in the writings of Stephen Leacock. In his work Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town which was published in 1912, made Leacock legendary for his satirical wit, he used tragic irony…

Being Consumed helps Christians to understanding and criticising the globalised consumer economic situation of the present. It show cases how humanities economic structures of our present day are inadequate and faulty, and we as Christians need to question these systems and re-line ourselves to The Scripture and its principle. The author, William Cavanaugh, makes use of strong references to Christian resources, such as St. Augustine of Hippo and Hans Urs von Balthasar, to complete his augments…

Concerning church life, Mrs. D. X., born 1932, mentions that she was born in a religious family, and, therefore, had to go to church/mass always on Sunday. Mrs. H. U., born 1927, mentions that they had a barack as church room; because she had got the key, she had to open and to prepare the room for services or masses Mrs. T.S., born 1936, mentions that protestant services were held in the catholic church, later in a school. She remembered not only the Protestant pastor, but also a couple of…