4 In the 16th century‚ Martin Luther created an additional branch of the Roman Catholic Church‚ after he began to question the Church’s beliefs‚ specifically with the Pope’s power‚ and encouraged the commonwealth to also question the church’s authority and religious statements and to denounce them as false. 5 Martin Luther was a German friar‚ Catholic priest‚ professor of theology‚ and seminal figure of the 16th-century movement known as the Protestant reformation. He questioned religious authority
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The historical background to the Reformation shows that‚ in addition to challenging Papal authority and the morality of the Roman Catholic Church‚ there was a search for biblical truth and recognition of the need for an accurate biblical translation. From this developed the Reformation’s key principles of supreme biblical authority (Sola Scriptura)‚ the sufficiency and clarity of scripture‚ the right of private judgement‚ and the literal sense of Scripture‚ which brought the reintroduction of the
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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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Two weeks ago I went to Sunday Mass at St. Lawrence Catholic Church. The service started at 8:00am and lasted about an hour and a half. Early in my childhood I went to a Catholic Mass with one of my cousins‚ but since I was so young I was not able to fully understand the differences between Catholic and Protestant Christianity. Subsequently‚ I do have a slight amount of exposure to Catholic Christianity. At the beginning of the Mass there was a procession of the priest and ministers carrying a
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"The Responsibility of a Catholic Citizen in a Free Society” Our first and foremost responsibility is to Christ. We really should go to Mass at least weekly. We should also confess our sins‚ do our penance‚ and take Holy Communion‚ as well as spread the word of God to everyone. Our second responsibility as good Catholic citizens in a free society is to protect the dignity of the human being at all levels. This comes in different forms. First‚ we are to protect the dignity of human life by opposing
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The Roman Catholic Eucharist as a Manifestation of the Sacred The definition of religion can be viewed in three main perspectives: functionalist‚ essentialist‚ and family resemblance. Many theorists of religion have looked at the actual rituals that take place within certain religions in order to help define religion as well. The Roman Catholic Eucharist‚ the roots of which can be traced back to the Passover meal when Christ gave bread and wine to his disciples as His body and blood‚ is one such
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The tensions between the members of the Church of England and the Catholic Church were amplified by the rulings in the late fifteen hundreds. With the ever changing religious views of the monarchy‚ the people of England were pulled back and forth with it. So a small group of faithful Catholics decided that extreme measures needed to be taken to change the Monarch back in their favor. Guy Fawkes was part of a small group that tried to blow up Parliament by planting gunpowder under the House of Lords
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In How “Catholic" Was the Early Nazi Movement? Religion‚ Race‚ and Culture in Munich‚ 1919-1924‚ Derek Hastings’ main argument is that the incompatible nature of Catholicism in Germany with the Nazi Party was not quite as clear as previously claimed to have been‚ arguing that the Nazi movement was shaped in some parts by Catholic ideas and Catholics themselves. This argument is stated effectively due to Hastings’ acknowledgement of the previous argument before stating his thesis and where the argument
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is the center of worship that Catholics participate in. Catholics are supposed to attend Mass every Sunday and on a small number of important feasts days throughout the year. Mass is a crucial aspect in marriages‚ funerals‚ and other Catholic ceremonies and its celebrated every day in the majority of all churches. The Church also has seven sacraments which are confirmation‚ baptism‚ holy orders‚ Eucharist‚ penance‚ matrimony‚ and the anointing of the sick. Catholic theology instructs that these
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Introduction The Reformation was a revolt against the values and practices of the Roman Catholic Church in Europe throughout the early sixteenth century. The Reformation started in the north of Germany but quickly spread throughout Western Europe which was officially under the control of the Christian Church at the time. The Reformation occurred in response to the corruption and practical abuses of the Catholic Church at the time. Many people were influential in the revolt including Martin Luther
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