pages Thesis to Archbishop Albert who needed money. Albert was acquiring money through selling his indulgences. The church at the time allowed the selling of indulgences which was like a get out of jail free card for your sins. In doc A they describe a imagined scene of Pope Julius II not able to enter heaven. He was one of the popes who sold many indulgences and corrupted the church with them at that time as well. Martin Luther adamantly opposed indulgences because he believed only what was in scripture
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CHURCH HISTORY I History of the Catholic Church’s relationship with secular authority. During the time of the Apostles‚ the Roman Empire was at its peak. It had experienced the Pax Romana of Augustus Ceasar and continued to benefit from a strong economy under Tiberius Ceasar. Rome controlled the entire Mediterranean basin. The network of roads and use of only two languages‚ allowed for an ease of communication that allowed for a spreading of the Good News. Rome was tolerant of established religions
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The Church as Moral Authority The church acts as the moral authority to determine what is right and wrong based on certain circumstances. The official teaching of the church on these moral situations is called the magisterium. The magisterium consists of the bishops and the pope. In order to accomplish this mission to teach the faith the bishops will delegate and designate others to teach‚ or they will teach directly themselves. The bishops also give a teaching mission to theologians and to all
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the role of religion and the church in medieval and renaissance society. The head church in Europe during the medieval ages was the Roman Catholic Church. Religion was the foremost divine power and authority during the medieval period. Therefore the lives of the people were completely dominated by the church; whether they were peasants‚ noble men‚ or kings. Because of their strong authority over people‚ religious institution became very rich and powerful. The church controlled every aspect of
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Native Americans are the Same as Catholics? Surprisingly‚ Native American and Catholic religions have as much in common as they have in differences. Native Americans have been practicing their individual‚ but very similar religions for thousands of years. Yet‚ in a brief period of time‚ they lost much their traditional religious practices due to the aggressive Catholic administration and missionaries in their efforts to “reform”‚ modernize‚ and educate Native American populations and their
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and equal opportunities. ______________________________________________________________________________ The catholic church has beliefs of the human person and human dignity that is shown in their teachings. These teachings created by the catholic church‚ are aimed to support a social just community to show that human dignity is something that can’t be taken away from one’s self. Catholic social teaching believes that people are created in the image and likeness of God‚ and have by their very existence
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INTRODUCTION In a meeting with Catholic Educators‚ on April 17‚ 2008‚ His Holiness Benedict XVI articulated that “….education is integral to the mission of the church to proclaim the Good News. First and foremost every Catholic educational institution is a place to encounter the living God who in Christ Jesus reveals his transforming love and truth (c.f. spe.Salvi 4). The Catholic community here has in fact made education one of its highest priorities. This undertaking has not come
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Why is the Catholic Church against the Reproductive Health Bill? Many so-called reproductive health bills contain provisions for abortion. The Catholic Church believes that abortion is a serious offense against the sanctity of all human life‚ that the infant in the womb deserves the same rights and protections that we all enjoy‚ and therefore opposes legislative or administrative measures that promote this procedure. The Catholic Church is not in favor of the Reproductive Health Bill because
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because he made and tested theories which we still go by in the current years. In the present day we are thought and live by the heliocentric theory. This basically means that the sun in in the center and the planets are in its orbit. The Roman Catholic Church believed that the earth was in the center‚ therefore the sun and other planets were in the Earth’s orbit. Galileo was charged of false teaching. The charge against Galileo was grounded on a report that Galileo had been personally ordered in
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The Seven Catholic Sacraments The Latin word sacramentum means "a sign of the sacred." The seven sacraments are ceremonies that point to what is sacred‚ significant and important for Christians. They are special occasions for experiencing God’s saving presence. That’s what theologians mean when they say that sacraments are at the same time signs and instruments of God’s grace. If you learn more about the sacraments‚ you can celebrate them more fully. To learn more about the individual sacraments
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