At the start of the 16th century Western Europe had only one religion‚ Roman Catholicism. The Catholic Church was rich and powerful and had preserved Europe ’s classical culture. However‚ despite General Councils called to impose reforms‚ disputes and lax practices had grown up within the church. "Catholic Reformation" highlights the existence of a spontaneous reform within the church itself that sought to revitalize religious life through the improvement and application of Gospel teachings to the
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Many historians hold that the Medieval Church was a landmark of corruption. This view is often used to explain the decline and fall of the Church and the success of Martin Luther ’s reformation. It depicts the Church as being ruled by power hungry popes who abuse their positions of authority. At this time "the increasing hostility of the laity to ecclesiastical wealth and decadence undermined papal prestige". "Omne malum a clero"--every evil comes from the clergy. The clergy are church officials
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This unity is founded in Christ‚ not the Pope‚ and thus makes the claim of conciliar superiority. Ailly goes on to argue the papacy‚ although the Vicar of Christ‚ does not hold alone the authority to unite the Church because Christ gave his Body “originally and immediately…its power and authority…to conserve its own unity” (3) and the pope is only part of the Body (3). Thus‚ the Church‚ actually any faithful‚ has the authority to call a general
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the VIII was the second English Tudor king‚ after his father‚ Henry VII. He reigned over England from‚ 21st April 1509 until‚ 28th January 1547. During his childhood and his first marriage‚ Henry was a firm believer of the Catholic Church and of the Pope. However things changed and later in Henrys reign the English reformation came to England; the monasteries were closed and Henry separated himself from the Roman Catholic Church. Henry was definitely starting to look more and more like a protestant
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previous attempts would just fail. The protesters claimed that the church cared more about their money than looking after the people themselves. However it was a bit more complicated than that like the corruption and excessively luxurious lifestyle of popes. The church has dominated europe since the 4th century and due was strictly followed and obeyed till the 16th century‚ however there was also
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also known as the Catholic Reformation. The goal of both reformations was to change the same basic cores of the Church that had been lost. The Protestant Revolution depicts the church as ruled in a totalitarian and authoritarian way by corrupt popes. They viewed the selling of indulgences‚ which had been initially given to people who went on the crusades‚ as a commercial exploitation to raise funds for non-religious purposes. The Catholic Church on the other hand‚ viewed this practice as a way
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October of 1512. Pope Julius II had requested Michelangelo paint the ceiling in the chapel. The Pope was strong-minded that Rome should be renovated to show its prior exaltation. He was on a mission to show this by painting the ceiling of the chapel and he wanted the very best painter complete it‚ which he believed to be Michelangelo. Julius II assumed that if he had the ceiling painted that it would glorify his name and he would become more popular with the people under him. Pope Julius II wanted
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comes along walks up on an orator of Catholic religion. The minister asks him Do you believe that the Pope is the Antichrist‚ my friend? ’ I have never heard anyone say so ’ relied Candide‚ but whether he is or he isn ’t‚ I want some food. ’ You don ’t deserve to eat ’ said the other .The minister ’s wife looked out of the window at that moment‚ and seeing a man who was not sure that the Pope was Antichrist‚ emptied over his head a pot full of ‚ which shows to what lengths ladies are driven by
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Church expanded and gained more power. In Pope Urban II’s Call for the First Crusade Pope Urban is calling for Christians to fight in the name of God. The reason being that in the Middle East the Turks and Arabs were persecuting the Christians. The invaders killed and captured the Christians‚ and destroyed the churches. The Call for the Crusade was a result of a request sent by Emperor Alexios I Komnenos to Pope Urban in 1095. The Emperor asked of the Pope for aid against further invasions. In return
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Struggle was based on authority between the papacy and the royal sovereignty of the monarch. The church also lost a great deal of their prestige when the cardinals had elected two popes‚ Pope Urban VI and Pope Clement VII. Soon after a third Pope joined the crowd in an effort to resolve the problem of the two first Popes‚ although this only caused more chaos. What were the major developments in art and literature in the fourteenth century? The most prominent
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