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    The Role of Nature

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    such vast enquiries. I rather want to focus more accurately on how ’Nature’ is used by Pope and Coleridge‚ respectively. With other words‚ I would like to analyse the function of the concept of ’Nature’. The fact is‚ that even if these poets do not exhaustively characterise ‘Nature’ itself‚ they employ it in a lot of different analogies and metaphors to articulate and embody for example ideas about ’morality’ (Pope) or the intimate ’self’ (Coleridge). My argument would be to show that in both cases

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    identity of this sinner is Pope Nicholas III (19.33). Having a pope sell religious items may not seem particularly egregious but according to Michael Sherberg‚ “the simonist is a heretic because he claims ownership of something that in fact belongs to God” and that “it involves an element of fraud ... specifically consisting of the simonist’s self-representation as having something to sell” (13) Traveling in the same level‚ they learn that the sinners are awaiting another pope‚ Clement V‚ to join them

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    GREGORY VII (Hildebrand)

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    GREGORY VII (Hildebrand) (Pope‚ 1073-85). He was born in Tuscany about 1020‚ perhaps at Soana‚ a village of the southern border. His family belonged to the plebeian class. Although nothing of his remoter ancestry is known‚ his family name‚ Hildebrand‚ would imply a Teutonic descent; but by birth and education at least he was Italian. His youth was passed in Rome‚ in the monastery of St. Mary‚ on the Aventine‚ of which his uncle was abbot‚ and he probably took monastic vows. The Emperor Henry III

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    Maya Angelou: A True Hero

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    the patron of World Youth Day‚ which was created to celebrate youth. Children were one of his favorite things. During World Youth Day‚ popes strongly emphasize the meaning of children and how they are a gift. They explain how the good and creative possibilities from the children of Christ can help make this world a bigger and better place to live in. Every year‚ Pope John Paul II had contributed much to the organization and explained the love of his children of Christ. Not only did he provide many

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    The period before Romanticism‚ namely the period of Sentimentalism‚ was very productive in the sense that many renowned writers and poets lived and created in this period. One of them is certainly Robert Burns. Born on 25th of January 1759 in Allowy‚ Scotland‚ Robert Burns is considered one of the best known Scottish poets‚ as well as one of the best representatives of Sentimentalism in English poetry. He did not have any formal education‚ but he was not illiterate. He was self-taught and critics

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    annulment‚ which the Catholic Church denied‚ therefore he created the Church of England so he was able to get a divorce. King Henry VIII declared himself head of the new church. Even though King Henry VIII was the king‚ he couldn’t convince the Pope to make his new religion final. The reason behind this was the fact that it was against the Catholic Religion. King Henry VIII was very

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    Catholic Church was very corrupt. Priests would not know what they were teaching‚ and some did not even know Latin. Latin was the language the Bible was written in (History of Bible Translations np). Nobles and political figures would elect a Pope‚ and sometimes the Pope would not be religious or even a

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    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 of the canon implies that members of the clergy other than the Pope had the authority

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    Charlemagne Coronation

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    Carolingian line‚ 1 was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III (795 - 816). The coronation took place during mass at the Basilica of St. Peter in Rome; immediately following the coronation‚ the acclamation of the people of Rome was heard: “To Charles‚ the most pious Augustus‚ crowned by God‚ the great and peace - giving Emperor‚ life and victory.” After this proclamation was made three times‚ the king “was adored by the pope in the manner of ancient princes; and‚ the title of patricius

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    of the west or east of Rome since its demise. The term “papacy” (papatus)‚ meant to distinguish the Roman bishop’s office from all bishoprics (episcopatus)‚ and The Head of the Roman Catholic Church the pope is considered the successor of Peter and the vicar of Christ (Elwell‚ p. 888). The “pope” is a terms of endearment which means “father” and this was the title of the most important and influential bishops in the early church. The church at Rome nevertheless enjoyed and wanted to preserve the

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