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of God. Revelation is not information about God but is God’s own self-disclosure to us. Jesus is not a messenger with startling news but a mediator of inclusive, divine grace. The Spirit is not a universal instinct but a transforming power. And the church is not meant to be a self-sufficient establishment but a sacrament, an actual sign of salvation for all of us poor, disobedient humans. God offers human beings a share in the divine life. God's love creates the hollowness which it wants freely…

connecting with its viewer on an emotional level. Some pieces, of Byzantine art, are avoiding connecting with the viewer for their current legal state. The controversy between how a piece connects with the viewer was a huge issue when it came to the church in Byzantium. Connecting to the viewer was important to Byzantine artists. Icons were not always bad, in fact they were quite…

In the beginning of the church, not many people adapted to the change. The first idea of the Christian Church was when the apostles or followers of Jesus, who was the Son of God, spread around Asia, Europe, and North Africa to teach others of Jesus’ teachings of God. Jesus, who was born and preached in Judea, was sent by God to preach his good news. He was later crucified by the Romans and rose from the dead three days later. After his ascension to Heaven, his apostles traveled around, preaching…

I, St. Benedict, should be remembered because of my innovational ideas. I was born in 465 CE, in San Gimignano, which was 60 miles away from Rome. Currently, I am the abbot of my monastery. When I was 15 years old, I left my school and my family to hike the Sabine Hills to become a hermit. Since I was very religious, I was eventually sent to Rome to pursue my religious studies. I was very devout in my studies and decided to leave everything that I had to avoid temptation. In Rome, when my…

Bradstreet Vs Edwards Puritanism - The beliefs or principles of a group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church under Elizabeth I as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship. (Puritanism) Puritans did everything in their lives in the name of God, so there was seldom a need to do anything that wasn’t absolutely necessary such as writing. Because Puritanism limited the amount of Purist authors, our knowledge of…

instance of the Shepherdsons and Grangerfords in the church to show the…

Luther disagreed with the catholic church. At that time if you did something like what Martin Luther did, you would be killed, since he got away with it. Other people thought they could to get away with it too.This later caused war in Europe between the catholics and the protestants as the leaders try to break from the old grip of the catholic church.This was happening way back in October, 31, 1517.Later the corruption of the authority and power of the catholic church. Monarchs try…

uneducated the Pope taught them about indulgences and other wrong teachings. The big “religious reformers” were Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Henry VIII who challenged and questioned the power of the Church and the Papal. Reformers like Martin Luther then used many steps in order to stop the Roman Catholic Church from doing wrong and opening the eyes of the people. The main goal of the Protestant Reformation was…

Dante, the famous poet, wrote his Divine Comedy hundreds of years ago, and while it seemed accurate, some parts of it that may not apply anymore due to how civilization changed throughout the years. Culture evolved in such a way that Dante would not recognize any actions because of the foreignness to the 14th Century. Due to this change, the structure of the inferno needs to change to fit with the current world. While some parts of the inferno will inevitably change, other parts will remain the…

Michael Praetorius was born on February 15, 1571, at Kreuzberg in Thuringia. He was a German composer, a theorist, and an organist. “He was the most versatile and wide ranging German composer of his generation and one of the most prolific, especially of works based on Protestant hymns.” Syntagma musicum is one of the main reasons why Praetorius is important as a theorist. His father was a “zealous Lutheran clergyman,” and also had the name of Michael. The Michael Praetorius, his father, came…