some time. Most of the disagreements were about whether the pope in Rome or the Byzantine emperor had religious authority. An early dispute erupted over the use of icons‚ or religious images. In the year 730‚ the Byzantine emperor‚ Leo III‚ banned the use of icons in Christian homes and churches. The pope disagreed with this and Pope Gregory III went as far as excommunicating the emperor. In 843 the ban was lifted‚ but the split
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The appointed pope returned to Avignon. This saw the church being placed in a worse state than it had been during the time of the Babylonian Captivity. The church was split into two allegiances‚ an event called the Great Schism‚ which produced two popes claiming universal sovereignty‚ while sending forth papal officers and raised the prices of taxes for Christians‚ which resulted in the excommunication of both popes. The Great Schism continued after the opposing popes died and replacements were designated
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tax the clergymen. Pope Boniface VIII‚ however‚ believed that King Philip could not impose taxes on the clergymen without his consent‚ as they were his people and he served not the King‚ but God. He went on to address this in the Unam Sanctum‚ essentially stating that secular authority overpowered temporal authority. This ended up backfiring on the papacy as a whole since King Philip then was adamant about having a pope that complied with his wishes‚ and then went on to get Pope Clement V‚ a
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Satire Usage Jonathan Swift uses satire in many of his works such as “A Modest Proposal”. Satire is the use of humor‚ irony or ridicule human vice. “The true satirist is conscious of the frailty of institutions of man ’s devising and attempts through laughter not so much to tear them down as to inspire a remodeling" (Thrall‚ et al 436). Although he was born in Ireland‚ Swift considered himself an Englishman first‚ and the English were his intended audience. "A Modest Proposal" begins with a description
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A professor in Rutgers’s Department of Women and Gender studies‚ Elin Diamond is well versed in the connection between feminist theory and the links between the theatre of today and that of the seventeenth century. Her peer reviewed essay‚ Gestus and Signature in Aphra Behn’s the Rover‚ is a frank analysis of the methods Aphra Behn used in her plays to reveal the truth of her the societal rules that governed her demographic. Mainly what is discussed is the use of gestus and imagery to invoke the
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an attack on the Church‚ Catholics‚ or even the pope. The 95 Theses were more of an observation Martin Luther did of actions the church was taking‚ and they were more of critiques to fix what he saw were incorrect actions by the church and pope. One of these issues was the pope accepting money to relieve people of their sins. He talks about it extensively in his theses‚ how accepting indulgences is not what Christianity is about and not what the pope should be about. He says instead of the person
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______________ is current pope of the Catholic Church. a) Pope Francis b) Pope Pius IX c) Pope John Paul II d) Pope Urban VIII The correct answer is a) Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) Q. The predecessor of Pope Francis was ______________. a) Pope Pius IX b) Pope John Paul II c) Pope Urban VIII d) Benedict XVI Q. Nationality of Pope Francis is __________. a) Argentine b) Indian c) Australian d) African The correct answer is a) Argentine 2. Pope Francis serves
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Christian Soldiers While reading a version of the speech given by Urban II at Clermont in 1095‚ I wondered why a pope would want to start a war. So I did some research found a few reliable sources on the internet about the same speech and including my textbook. My objective in this paper is to find out why would any Christian be willing to go to war for a piece of property and or did the pope have an ulterior motive? As it turns out‚ that piece of property I was wondering about is actually the holy
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"An Essay on Man" by English poet Alexander Pope is a philosophical poem‚ which was published‚ in the 18th century during a historical period called the Enlightenment. A huge emphasis was placed on the ability to think and reason during the Enlightenment. People during this era reflected about a variety of topics. Some people concerned themselves with the issue of God‚ which consequently caused many to question the church. Others were concerned with the organization of the Universe‚ and man’s place
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authority to the Bishops instead of the Pope. When the church decided to move the papacy back to the Roman empire there was another schism. This schism was called the Great western schism and resulted in two popes one that was backed by Rome and the other had the support of the Avignon this lasted until about 1417 when Martin V became Pope. During the 1500 to 1870 CE period God became distant and inaccessible to many which gave rise to Mysticism. Many turned to Marian Devotions during this time
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