In the years following 1485 Pope Innocent VIII had had built and handsomely decorated a villa on the high ground at the back of the old Vatican palace. An enclosed space‚ bounded by villa and palace to north and south and by the two walls to east and west‚ was to be divided into a series of courts on different levels‚ designed originally for the display of sculpture. The great sculptures placed in elaborately painted and decorated niches at the four corners of the court and in the center of each
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Pope Urban was seeing an opening for power in 1095. Pope urban decided to assist the head of the Byzantine Empire by murdering the Turks. While the Turks are Muslim‚ and the Pope is Christian‚ the Pope desires the power to stay elsewhere and not in the hands of people who disbelieves in Christianity. It is the first response to Pope Urban II’s call of arms last year in 1095‚ when he challenged the Lords of Europe to reclaim the Holy Land from the Turks. A French monk by the name of Peter the Hermit
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in many primary schools throughout Australia. The program is designed to provide us with sufficient knowledge‚ motivation‚ practice and support 2 to help us and also make sure that the program is effective and a good experience for us. Stephanie Alexander is a highly regarded food educator who has been named an Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AO). She is an author of fourteen books‚ chef and restaurateur. She developed her kitchen program due to three reasons: • She wanted
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Alexander‚ the young king of Macedonia‚ was the greatest military commander ever to lead an army into battle and is deserving of the title‚ Alexander the Great. Here are a few reasons why. Prior to inheriting the throne‚ Alexander was tutored by the philosopher Aristotle. Alexander The Great was a very intelligent person because in the Background Essay‚ it claims that he fought his way to the top and conquered the Persian Empire. In Document B‚ the text states that Alexander placed his army in a
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of one the branches of the largest religion in the world‚ Christianity‚ which has approximately 2.8 billion followers (“Global Christianity”). Pope Francis currently represents approximately 1.2 billion Roman Catholics (Draper). Pope Francis has been Pope for three years and has addressed issues and promoted beliefs to the world. Through his actions‚ Pope Francis has influenced the identity of the Catholic Church to the rest of the world. Every one of the Pope’s actions and words can reflect a different
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Pope Gregory was born as Hildebrand in 1025‚ to an upper class family in southern Tuscany. He adopted the name Gregory in memory of Gregory I after his election as pope in 1073. He became convinced that the pope was the living successor of St. Peter. Because of this connection‚ the pope‚ and he alone‚ would always remain a true Christian‚ never deviating from the faith and always aware of the will of God. Therefore‚ all Christians owed him absolute and unquestioned obedience. Disobedience was regarded
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Pope Sixtus II was pope from 257 A.D. form 258 A.D. and was born in Greece and died in rome on 258 A.D. He was one of the early Roman Church’s most venerated martyrs. Shortly after Sixtus election Shortly after Sixtus’ election‚ the Roman emperor Valerian promulgated his first decree against the Christians‚ and a violent persecution ensued. For protection‚ Sixtus was gathered on August 6‚ 258 his congregation for services in the subterranean cemetery of Praetextatus on the Appian Way. There‚ he
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POPE JOHN XXIII * Found meaning in life by helping others * Significant contribution to development of Christianity. * Contributed Socially‚ Politically and liturgically. * Ecumenism – major influence for Catholic Church. * Advocate of Christian unity‚ social justice‚ human rights‚ and promotion world peace. * “People’s Pope” – friendly‚ sense of humour‚ gracious and humble. * Family – poor. * Believed that kindness can be offered without money. * Often visited
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Noah Cralle Mr. Oliver Church History (5) May 14‚ 2013 Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust Pope Pius XII was the pope during World War II and during the Nazi Holocaust where Adolf Hitler’s Nazis murdered millions of Jewish people. Pope Pius XII helped the Jews by employing a diplomacy to aid the Jewish victims from the terror of the Holocaust. By doing this‚ he helped save the lives for another million Jewish people. Unfortunately‚ Pope Pius XII’s efforts to save lives were frowned upon by the Allied
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History 30-March-2012 Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II was also known as Karol Jo`zef Wojtyla. He was born on May 18‚ 1920 in Poland. His papacy lasted 9‚664 days‚ which was from October 22‚ 1978 to April 2‚ 2005. Pope John Paul II was known as the most traveled pope‚ the longest lived pope‚ most influential pope in the history of the Catholic Church‚ and most importantly the most influential leader of the twentieth century. Suffering from Parkinson’s disease‚ the young pope had to endure symptoms
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