Constantinople was the capital city of the roman empire. It is known to practice a Christian religion by a Christian emperor. Many tragedies happen during Candide’s visit to Constantinople. And even though Christianity is practiced in this city‚ not only is Pangloss arrested and whipped for a slight action‚ but even Candide and the Baron also
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Renaissance ID’s Frederick Wright 1. Renaissance: * The Renaissance was a cultural movement that profoundly affected European intellectual life. * It began in Italy and spread its way across the rest of Europe. * It lasted from the end of the fourteenth century to the early sixteenth century (1375-1527). * This renaissance was significant for many reasons‚ one of which was the use of vernacular language. * The use of vernacular language helped people understand and rationalize
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which was to assemble at Constantinople in the summer of 1096 a horde of poor men‚ women‚ and children set out‚ unorganized and almost unarmed‚ on the road to the Holy Land. This was called the Peoples Crusade‚ it is also referred to as the Peasants Crusade. Dividing command of the mixed multitudes with a poor knight‚ called Walter the Penniless‚ and followed by a throng of about 80‚000 persons‚ among whom were many women and children‚ Peter the Hermit set out for Constantinople leading the Peoples Crusade
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Lutheranism Accepts the teachings of the first seven ecumenical councils of the undivided Christian Church. The first seven ecumenical councils are First Council of Nicaea‚ First Council of Constantinople‚ Council of Ephesus‚ Council of Chalcedon‚ Second Council of Constantinople‚ Third Council of Constantinople‚ and finally the Second Council of Nicaea. Lutheranism was one of the first Protestant religions/churches in the world and it all started because of a revolt against the Catholic Church and
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impact because they started religious hate and they failed their one goal‚ conquering the holy land. The crusaders made the holy churches split into two‚ they will never get back together. Document 4 states that the Crusaders stormed the city of Constantinople. When they attacked their city‚ they killed and sacked many people. They used the items they stole to sell as relics later on in Europe. This caused the city to destruction‚ making the Greek and Latin churches split permanently.
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gave an inspiring speech in which he asked the lords of Europe to join his efforts to take back the holy land from the "the infidels"‚ who were the Muslims. With Godfrey of Bouillon and other French lords leading‚ the army began their march from Constantinople to Antioch. During this long march‚ the army had to cross through lands that were held by the Seljuk Turks. Thus‚ the Crusaders had to battle Turk forces along their journey. However‚
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Gnosticism from the Greek word gnosis‚ meaning “to know”; Gnosticism had certain beliefs which were considered heresy by the early church. Montanism a heresy claiming superior knowledge and a greater perfection than other Christians had Docetism a heresy which believed that Jesus Christ only appeared to be human; a denial of the Incarnation. Arianism a heresy‚ which stated that only the Father is truly God‚ that Christ the Son‚ was not. Sabellianism a heresy which denied the Trinitarian
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The Legend of Rome Romulus and Remus Romulus and Remus were twin brothers. Their father was Mars‚ the God of War‚ their mother was Rhea Silvia‚ a vestal virgin and daughter of the King‚ Numitor. Numitor’s brother‚ Amulius‚ had taken the throne from him and had forced Rhea Silvia to become a vestal virgin so that she would not have any children who might try to take back the throne. When the boys were born‚ Amulius seized them‚ put them into a basket and threw them into the river Tiber. He hoped
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14. Who is Thomas a Becket? Why do you think he was important? Thomas a Becket was the archbishop of Canterbury. He was a close friend of Henry II and this is how he accomplished to become the archbishop of Canterbury. He was important because as Archbishop of Canterbury‚ Thomas Becket stubbornly resisted the efforts of King Henry II to include members of the church clergy in his reformation of the English court system and later became a saint. "Thomas Becket." UXL Biographies. Detroit: U*X*L‚
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Oriental Orthodoxy Oriental Orthodoxy is the official religion of the Eastern Christian Churches that identify with only three ecumenical councils. These three councils are as follows: the First Council of Nicaea‚ the First Council of Constantinople‚ and the First Council of Ephesus. Although “Oriental” means Eastern‚ Oriental Orthodox Churches are separate from the Eastern Orthodox Church. In contrast to the Eastern Orthodox Church‚ the Oriental Orthodox Churches reject the Council of Chalcedon
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