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    Essay Plan To what extent was tradition in English Christianity restored in the 19th century? Introduction What is considered tradition and what is considered dissent Changes during the reformation Churches and Christianity after reformation Anglicans / Methodists/ Roman Catholics Main body - Dissent from tradition Industrial revolution - Population migrate to cities Lack of churches in cities Modern skylines – chimneys not spires Community centre move away

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    outcome that could not be achieved easier through other means. During the Fourth Lateran Council‚ Pope Innocent specifically forbids “anyone out of cupidity to dare to bind someone with the bond of excommunication” (Geary 399). This suggests that some bishops were using excommunication for the purpose of levying a monetary penalty for absolution. Again‚ excommunication would not have been in danger of misuse if it had no effect which further illustrates that it was successful. Additionally‚ this section

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    Thomas Beckett was a close friend of King Henry II. Henry had begun to have problems with the church‚ as he believed they were lenient on the workers there‚ and employed people without his consent. To rid himself of the problems‚ he made Beckett arch bishop of the church. He did this thinking that Beckett would be able to convince the church to take Henry’s thoughts into consideration. However‚ this plan backfired‚ when Beckett became devoted to the church and the catholic religion. He ignored Henry’s

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    conversion of both elites and commoners from Arian to roman Christianity (St. Benedict‚ Chapter 8). A king’s conversion often paved the way for his subjects to follow. Although priests in rural villages might come from humble social backgrounds‚ bishops and archbishops typically came from the ranks of elite families; they tended to serve as kings’ advisors and had considerable political influences in their dioceses. Women sometimes played a role in this process. For example‚ Frankish King Clovis

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    Death Foretold Religion

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    Santiago Nasar leaves to the church pomp‚ his mother acknowledges‚ “He’ll give an obligatory blessing‚ as always‚ and go back the way he came”(Márquez 8). Márquez presents this satire to indicate the absence of grace and value from the arrival of the Bishop on a routinely and predetermined basis. In fact‚ it now portrays such an ordinary act‚ that people are beginning to realize the vacancy of the full-hearted devotion a priest should promote to the followers with his deliverance of blessings and spiritual

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    Gregory Of Tours

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    was the required amount of work and experience one would need to have to have to rise higher in the church as such as becoming a bishop from previously being a priest. In an example from the Gregory of Tours text‚ the current Bishop of Nantes was very ill and thought he was going to die. He wanted his young nephew to replace him when he deceased. Soon after other bishops of the region consented for him to become his replacement‚ the nephew

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    Francis studied at these universities by his father’s request but he secretly study theology for himself. Saint Francis for years hoped to become a priest but never did until he received a sign from God. Before this Saint Francis was told by his local bishop that there would always be a spot for Saint Francis in the diocese (Catholic Online p.2). Another reason he waited so long was because he did not want to push his will on God (Catholic Online p.2). Finally Saint Francis got his sign from God while

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    Eastern Orthodoxy Through Uneducated Eyes A Review of Donald Fairbairn’s "Eastern Orthodoxy Through Western Eyes" "Our calling is not to blaze a trail‚ for Christ has done that for us. Rather‚ our task is to join the many who have walked and are walking the path‚ to follow the footprints leading to eternity and to God." -Donald Fairbairn In Donald Fairbairn’s "Eastern Orthodoxy Through Western Eyes"‚ Fairbairn takes the basic beliefs of Orthodoxy and explains them from a Western

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    Church Council Controversy

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    cOURSE: ISSUES IN EARLY AND MODERN CHRISTIANITY RESEARCH PAPER Discuss the role of the church councils in shaping Christian doctrine‚ making reference to at least one doctrine that was reformed. 11/11/2013 Discuss the role of church councils in shaping Christian doctrine‚ making reference to at least one doctrine that was reformed. When Christianity took hold in the Roman Empire‚ doctrine had yet to be fixed. There have been more than seven church councils‚ but these crucial first seven

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    Government sits on the benches to the right of the Speaker. The official Opposition and MPs from other parties sit on the benches to the left of the Speaker. As in the Commons‚ the Government and the Opposition face each other. The Government and the Bishops sit on the right of the Lord Speaker. The Opposition parties sit on the benches to the left of the Lord Speaker while the Crossbench Peers sit mostly on benches that cross the Chamber of the House of Lords behind the clerks’ table. In both the

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