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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The identity of Good Christians in medieval Europe defied the authority of the Roman Catholic Church. Unlike the monastic orders of the Church‚ they lived and preached in the world. They exhibited a righteous lifestyle and teachings that threatened the influence of the Church. The Good Christians contrasting beliefs were heretical in the eyes of the Catholic Church. For this infraction‚ they needed to be reeducated and brought back to the fold. Heretical teachings and beliefs would not be tolerated
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German Reformation Led by Martin Luther who was educated by the Brothers of Common Life and joined a monastery. Nails 95 theses against the door of castle church in Wittenberg on 1517. Attacked church saying only two sacraments were biblical‚ Eucharist and Baptism. He openly attacked pope. Translates New Testament into German. Diet of Worms- Martin Luther is invited to talk with Charles V and discuss his views‚ but when Luther shows up he is forced to recant. He leaves by taking his recant back
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Examine the meaning of the saying ‘I am the bread of life’ and ‘I am the light of the world.’ Jesus says ‘I am’ 26 times in the Gospel of John‚ and the frequency of use is a testament to its significance. The phrase ‘ego eimi’ is generally understood to be a proclamation of divinity‚ with the Old Testament often being cited to emphasise this view. Examples include passages like Exodus 3:14‚ where God said to Moses-‘I am who I am’. Barrett has subsequently suggested that ‘I am’ is a ‘divine word
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‘A Person I Admire’ Conor Duffy 11 (4) The person I admire is Saint Maximilian Kolbe. He was born on 8th January 1894 and died on 14th August 1941.He was a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz in Poland. He was canonized on 10 October 1982 by Pope John Paul II‚ and declared a martyr of charity. He is the patron saint of drug addicts; political prisoners; families; journalists; prisoners; amateur radio; and
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During the 16th century‚ many different branches of Christianity started coming about. Each branch had the same basic core values‚ but differed when discussing specifics. Some took a broader path‚ while others were very specific in the way they went about their sacred rules. Three of the main differing branches were Lutherans‚ Calvinists‚ and Anabaptists. It all started with the Protestant Reformation in 1517 when Martin Luther announced his disagreement with the indulgences that the Pope had been
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Cristopher Columbus And His Great Voyages By Chino Gambino Cristopher Columbus was probably one of the greatest explorers of all time. His accomplishments are extra ordinary. Everyone knows that he came to find The New World‚ but theres much much more that he’s done than that. Christopher columbus was born in Genoa‚ Italy in fouteen fifty-one. As a child he recieced little schooling‚ and the schooling he got was less than satisfactory. He grew with a real education and because of this
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Jacopo Tintoretto – the “Last Supper” The European renaissance era started its early manifestations in Italy reflecting on different topics such as architecture‚ dance‚ literature‚ music‚ philosophy‚ science‚ technology‚ warfare and fine arts. One of the renaissance era artists‚ Jacopo Tintoretto depicted the “Last Supper” several times during his artistic career when a work of his final years 1592-94 presents a drastically unconventional compositional formula. What makes of Tintoretto’s “Last
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The Protestant Reformation Throughout the Middle Ages the Catholic Church was subject to much criticism and disappointment. The Great Schism brought about a feeling of mistrust and separation. More and more people of Europe were beginning to lose their faith in the church’s leadership. One man by the name of Martin Luther ignited a group of people who believed that the Church had fallen away from the teachings of Jesus and their meanings. They also believed that the Church was overly obsessed
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"God created man a rational being with free will‚ conferring on him the dignity of a person who can initiate and control his own actions." Thus‚ he can choose God‚ or he can choose against God . In the Letter to the Galatians‚ St. Paul showed his wise choice of letting Christ direct his life when he states‚ “I live‚ no longer I‚ but Christ lives in me.” As Paul identified himself with the life of Christ‚ we too are also called to cooperate with the grace of God and become members of his body. To
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