They have subjects but do not rule over them. Even so‚ these states are live happily. Before Pope Alexander VI‚ kings in Italy did not respect the popes and their authority. After him‚ other popes continued to increase the power of the church. Machiavelli suggests Lorenzo de’ Medici to make his position great through his goodness. One thing I can notice in this chapter is the ambition for power of the popes who they claim to be the
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records (Lecture‚ October 19‚ 2014). Clergy being educated also helped grow the power of the Church. As a result‚ both the West and Byzantium sought to claim divine legitimacy through the Church. In the West‚ the emperor was endorsed or blessed by the pope or religious leader (Lecture October 19‚ 2014). In Byzantium‚ the ruler claimed to have two natures‚ human and divine (Levack 243). The divine nature‚ like the blessing the Western leaders claimed from the Church‚ was used to explain his legitimacy
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the Inquisition. Regardless of Segredo’s warning‚ “Galileo‚ I saw you on your own pyre. I beg you‚ do not go.” Galileo continued to support Copernicus’s theories. The Inquisition‚ learning of Galileo’s discoveries urged the Pope to apprehend Galileo for heresy. However‚ the Pope‚ irritated by the interminable noise of shuffling in the corridors of the Vatican‚ he relents‚ allowing the Inquisitor to threaten Galileo by showing him‚ “the instruments”. Only after Galileo was threatened‚ did he recant
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In the period 476 C.E. to 1450 C.E‚ Western Europe changed from feudalism and manorialism to urban centers and cities‚ and decentralization of government to the formation of centralized government and nations‚ while the role of the Catholic Church remained the same. In 476 C.E‚ the Western Roman Empire came to an end when German troops invaded the area. Romulus Augustus‚ the last Roman Emperor‚ lost his position‚ but German leaders had truly been controlling the area for a while before the official
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collapse of Charlemagne’s empire and invasions led to a restructuring of medieval society. The 11th–13th centuries mark the high point of medieval civilization. The church underwent reform that strengthened the place of the pope in church and society but led to clashes between the pope and emperor. Population growth‚ the flourishing of towns and farms‚ the emergence of merchant classes‚ and the development of governmental bureaucracies were part of cultural and economic revival during this period. Thousands
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For more than twelve centuries‚ there has been hostile conflict between the Orthodox and Catholic churches ("The Filioque: A Church Dividing Issue?: An Agreed Statement”). Their conflict led to the violent crusades and an extensive division among the two (Elisabeth Gaynor Ellis & Anthony Esler‚ p. 673). Leadership‚ culture‚ language‚ and differences in the practice of Christianity are large contributors to the continuing discord (Davies). Although Orthodox beliefs are derived from Catholic beliefs
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ordinary citizen that challenged the Roman Catholic Church; he by all means was qualified to argue his research‚ which was his 95 Theses or Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences. This very document criticized multiple powers that the Pope believed he had and went against teachings of the Roman Catholic Church such as the buying
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Lutheranism is a religion based off of Catholicism with changes done by Martin Luther‚ a German Monk and Theologian‚ he made his points with the 95 theses‚ and it exposed all the flaws with the catholic church. Catholicism differs from Lutheranism with two main flaws the flaws that existed back in the 1500’s still exist today. The first is how is one saved and be able to enter heaven? The Lutherans believe that the scripture tells us our fate. A good quote from the bible that lutherans use a lot
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history. During this time‚ those with money who commission artists to prove that they are above others and that they give plenty to the Church. Popes and bishops themselves who try to prove themselves the most powerful by paying artists to show their wealth; some of the most famous and influential pieces of art you see today are all because of them. In 1506‚ Pope Julius II hired many artists and architects to rebuild St. Peter’s Basilica. As said by Michelangelo‚ who worked to perfect the building‚ "It
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supposed to be elected by the clergy of the diocese‚ but in practice‚ anointed kings who claimed themselves to be God’s vicars‚ appointed bishops and invested them with the symbols of their spiritual and temporal authority‚ which made power of the popes been challenged. To promote the idea of papal monarchy‚ reformers seized the opportunity to take the papacy by force while the king‚ Henry IV‚ was still a child and could not react. When Henry IV reached adulthood‚ he continued to appoint his own bishops
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