kings or dukes‚ had any legitimate role in appointments of spiritual offices such as bishoprics. In the eleventh and twelfth centuries the control of appointments or investitures of church officials such as bishops and abbots became a conflict between Pope Gregory VII and Henry IV‚ Holy Roman Emperor. This reveals that medieval society had to decide which authority figure to support‚ either the secular or spiritual authority‚ because each one believed that the other was entitled to more authority than
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the most was the Pope. It was established that the Bible held more authority than the Church in the 1400’s by John Wycliffe of England and Jan Hus of Bohemia. Furthermore‚ they taught that the pope did not have the right to worldly power. At the start of the Reformation‚ many political leaders questioned his control and power. New ideas from the Renaissance had begun to challenge the Catholic Church. Individualism and secularism went against the Church’s beliefs. Not only did the pope lose all of his
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Albert was acquiring money through selling his indulgences. The church at the time allowed the selling of indulgences which was like a get out of jail free card for your sins. In doc A they describe a imagined scene of Pope Julius II not able to enter heaven. He was one of the popes who sold many indulgences and corrupted the church with them at that time as well. Martin Luther adamantly opposed indulgences because he believed only what was in scripture‚ Believed in only two of the holy seven sacraments
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State eras: Socially‚ women are more equal to men‚ and the middle class is not very important. Politically‚ there are efforts to centralize secular and religious power. The Holy Roman Emperor is the secular power in Europe‚ and the Catholic Pope is the religious power. They have a love-hate relationship. To complicate matters‚ as in the other medieval sacred states (e.g.‚ Muslim and Chinese)‚ the warrior aristocrats retaining landed power from the Classical Empires refuse to give that power
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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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The Lollard Movement was a precursor to the protestant reformation. Likewise‚ Hus called for radical reforms in the church. Of primary concern to Hus was the designation of the Pontiff‚ or Pope‚ within the church. Based on his radical views and strong opposition to the church’s foundational belief that the pope is the head of the church‚ Jan Hus was accused of heresy and was condemned. Hus recorded his perspective and teachings in monographs which were used by his accusers to build a case against
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Bellarmine to keep quiet of his ideas or else stronger measures would be taken. Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems was very popular book published in 1632. Pope Urban VIII‚ who saw it as mockery of himself had the book be examined by a special commission. The commission reported with many accusations against Galileo. Pope Urban VIII turned over this problem to the Inquisition. The General Congregation announced that Galileo
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The Pope and the Roman Catholic Church made many positive‚ as well as negative influences on Europe during the Middle Ages. Some of the positive influences were education and music. Some negative influences were the Crusades and conflicts between Kings and the Pope over power. As illustrated in Document 3‚ there are children learning and a monk is teaching them. They have books on their laps like they are reading. This had a very positive influence on Medieval Society. Before Medieval times
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Constantine the Great with Pope Saint Sylvester I The bold text in the profession of faith of the 318 fathers constitutes‚ according to Tanner "The additions made by the council to an underlying form of the creed"‚ and that the underlying creed was most likely "derived from the baptismal formula of Caesarea put forward by the bishop of that city Eusebius" or that it "developed from an original form which existed in Jerusalem or at any rate Palestine". " Constantinople 1 Theodosius I‚ Pope Saint Damasus I The
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Henry VIII Defender of the Faith “The Defender of the Faith” is a title of which has been bestowed upon all English Monarch since the reign of Henry VIII. Decreed by Pope Leo X on the 17th of October 1521 the title represented Henry VIII’s piety and loyalty to the Roman Catholic Church. However Henry VIII’s agenda changed‚ the pope became a hindrance to his plan thus he no longer sought the Catholic faith for guidance. From the pious‚ motivated‚ youthful King that Henry VIII was‚ to the tyrant
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