Garrett Beckstrom Mrs. Benson-Flannery English 2 Honors 3 April 2014 The Inferno and the Journey of Dante ’s Soul The Inferno by Dante Alighieri‚ written in the fourteenth century‚ remains regarded as one of the most influential literary works of all time. The epic poem tells of the journey of Dante through the Nine Circles of Hell‚ and of his many encounters with historical‚ and mythological figures. Acceptance of God ’s ultimate authority on good and evil is portrayed as key test of a mortal soul
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for three periods. Council fathers met for the first through eighth sessions in Trent (1545-1547)‚ and for the ninth through eleventh sessions in Bologna (1547) during the pontificate of Pope Paul III.[2] Under Pope Julius III‚ the council met in Trent (1551-1552) for the twelfth through sixteenth sessions. Under Pope Pius IV the seventeenth through twenty-fifth
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Hans Holbein The Ambassadors ❦Introduction The Ambassadors is one of the most complex and arguably portrait which Holbein had painted. The purpose of this report is to analyze Han Holbeinfs painting‚ gThe Ambassadorsh. The main task of this report is to uncover the meaning of this painting‚ as it still remains unclear. Firstly‚ I will give a short introduction about the painter. Then‚ I will examine the characteristics of the people and the objects in the painting. Lastly‚ I will
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meetings were held in secret‚ we’re also accused of not believing in sacraments and or mass. The pope tried to prevent it‚ but he had failed‚ which had lead to the Knight’s downfall. On Friday October 13th 1307‚ Pope Clement V and King Philip IV of France had ordered all of the Knights to be caught and thrown in prison. The leader of the Templar’s‚ Jacques de Molay‚ had come to France for a meeting with the pope. In 1307‚ the members and leaders of the Templar Knights were suddenly charged heresy and so
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The Morning Star of Inspiration John Wycliffe was a 14th-century English philosopher‚ theologian‚ and religious reformer‚ whose egalitarian ideas and beliefs laid the foundation for the Protestant Reformation. As Peter W. Williams notes in the World Book Advanced‚ Wycliffe was born sometime between 1320 and 1330 A.D. in Yorkshire‚ England‚ and was educated at Balliol College‚ University of Oxford (Williams). According to Alessandro Conti in his entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy‚ John
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Christ in the center surrounded by light shown as beardless and very muscular this is not just an expression of humanism but can be compared to the Greek god Apollo who was the god of the sun. What could be viewed as the reason for this is that Pope Clement VII studied Heliocentric Cosmology by Copernicus. This work stated that the sun was the center of the universe‚ so by placing Christ in the center of the fresco and mimicking the features of Apollo‚ Michelangelo places Jesus at the center of our
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1510 Luther took a pilgrimage to Rome and performed various acts of devotion in sacred places. For instance‚ at a staircase supposedly taken from Pilate’s judgment hall‚ he walked up the steps on his knees in order to obtain an indulgence promised by Pope
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It is important however to remember that the pope had never had much direct political power in England. He had no army and no proper tax base therefore he could not invade except through an alliance with secular allies. Indeed he blocked Henry ’s dispensation to divorce Catherine of Aragon‚ but a
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by the popes‚ and was wholeheartedly devoted to the religious life. His reign was blemished only by the continuing oppression of the Inquisition; the often brutal treatment of the Jews of Rome; and the ill-advised decision to excommunicate Queen Elizabeth I of England in February 1570‚ an act which also declared her deposed and which only worsened the plight of English Catholics. These were overshadowed in the view of later generations by his contributions to the Catholic Reformation. Pope Clement
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FRVA Research Paper The Roman Catholic Church has prohibited its believers from forming part of Freemasonry since “In Eminenti Apostulatus” a Papal ban implemented in 1738 (Bishop‚ Clement‚ “In Eminenti”‚ Rome City‚ 1738‚ www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/antimasonry.html‚ web). Under the reign of Pope Clement XII‚ the Roman Catholic Church started what would turn into the strongest opposition that the oldest secret society of human history would have to face. Freemasonry attracted the Church’s attention
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