back from the Buddhist clergy… made it easier for her to employ Buddhist personnel and paraphernalia for political purposes” (Zen‚ P80). From the quote shown above‚ Wu Zetian used Buddhism to legitimize her power in the empire. Her high attention on Buddhist helped it increase its importance in Tang dynasty. Wu Zetian employed Buddhist personnel for her political ambition‚ meaning that Buddhism also affected the politics at that period. As a respond‚ Buddhist clergy supported Wu Zetian by
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unholy in nature. Latin was the universal language of the church. Throughout the western world‚ many of the laity had a hard time connecting to the liturgy at mass due to a lack understanding what was being said during the liturgy (mass). The local clergy began to feel that true depth of the liturgy was being lost. This was especially true during holidays and feast days. About the 9th century priests‚ monks‚ nuns and choir boys began to interject‚ act out parts of the liturgy to enhance its effectiveness
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society in which the monarch ruled with divine and absolute authority. This "ancien regime" had persisted for centuries throughout Europe. A stratified social class structure dominated French culture and politics. The privileged classes‚ including the clergy and the nobility‚ were exempt from most of the taxes passed on to the poorest rungs of French society: the farmers‚ the common laborers‚ and the peasants. This system obviously benefited the wealthy‚ upper classes of French society‚ who were unwilling
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Megan Alderson IDS Final Dr. Lynn Raley Date The Black Death Considered one of the worst natural disasters in world history‚ the Black Death came through Europe in 1347 A.D. It ravaged cities and town‚ causing a death to the masses‚ and no one was considered safe. The Plague is any epidemic scourge or calamity for which remedies are difficult to find‚ and according to the encyclopedia‚ plague is a common term for a disease of rodents that occasionally cause severe human infection.
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or “order” of society. The clergy was the First Estate; the nobility the Second Estate; and everyone else‚ from the wealthiest businessman to the poorest peasant or city worker‚ was the Third Estate. Legal rights and personal prestige depended on Estate‚ though these were politically and socially obsolescent. 2. The role of the Church was similar to the Anglican Church in tithing‚ bishops’ political power‚ and the wealth and numbers of the clergy. The 100‚000 clergy‚ owned 5-10% of the land with
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The patient‚ JA‚ was a 74 year old female. She had a high school education and was a housewife. The patient was hospitalized due to hypercalcemia. She was experiencing recurrent falls at home‚ polyuria‚ and significant unintentional weight loss of 80 pounds over the past 12 months. Lab work revealed pancytopenia. After imaging and a biopsy‚ it was confirmed the patient was experiencing hypercalcemia secondary to B-cell lymphoma. The hypercalcemia the patient presented with was related to the metastasis
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doctrine)? Anne Hutchinson was a religious leader who brought attention to the Cotton’s spiritual- centered theory. In doing this should would have weekly meetings and she was be similar to todays‚ present minster. Although‚ she slandered the male clergy. In the midst of doing this she was punished. Here punishment consisted of being banished. This punishment was brought upon her by the General Court of Massachusetts. Also with her punishment she was excommunicated from the church of Boston. She was
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Christ instituted his church around the year 33 AD. Upon said institution‚ Christ calls Peter to be the rock upon which His Church shall be built (Matt. 16:18.) Throughout the centuries‚ the earthy head of the Church (the Pope) had been divinely passed down; starting with Peter and so on and so forth. The authority of the men that have held the said position has been challenged repeatedly. Before the time of the Poststent Reformation‚ the authority of the Pope was being held in question by a man
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This church was organized as a hierarchy in which all members of the clergy had a rank. The head priest of a parish‚ or local church‚ was called a pastor. A diocese was a group of neighboring parishes. Each diocese was governed by a bishop‚ who ruled his diocese from a cathedral‚ or large‚ centrally located church. Dioceses
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AP Euro FRQ "Even though the renaissance had begun in main Italian city states by 1347‚ the rest of Europe was still basically Medieval in culture and outlook. Analyze how the Black Death put an end on to this medieval culture and hastened the development of the renaissance.” The Bubonic plague‚ also known as Black Death invaded the bodies of 50% of the English population‚ flourishing them with welts‚ 104-degree temperatures‚ bruising‚ wretched stench‚ coughing and death within 24 hours.
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