Pope Francis: The Peoples Pope The Catholic Church has a rocky history. From the Spanish Inquisition and the Crusades‚ to sex and money abuse scandals. The Church‚ with such a dark past‚ needed to have a beacon of light to bring it out of its dark history. 2013 marked a landmark in church history. It saw Pope Benedict XVI resign‚ the first Pope to do so since 1415. Following in the steps of this trend of new‚ the Church also saw its first South American Pope. Pope Francis has ushered in a new era
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The Medieval Crusades occurred in a period of time when Christianity was trying to spread the word by sword (Corduan‚ 2012‚ p. 144). The Medieval Crusades occurred by the orders of Pope Urban II in hopes to gain control over the Holy Land of Jerusalem (History.com‚ n.d.). During the Medieval Crusades‚ numerous people band together to first fight the Muslims for land. Countless people had died for what was thought was God. In 1069‚ the first Medieval Crusade began against the Muslim. Recently
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2 Chapter 1. Preaching the Crusades 4 Chapter 2. Salvation 9 Chapter 3. Other motivations behind the Crusades 14 CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY Introduction 604 years is the time span that the crusades took place. During this 604 years‚ waves of crusaders battled over waves of controversy. Controversy
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Judaism‚ Christianity‚ and Islam all have historical relations to the city of Jerusalem dating back to the start of each religion. For the past 1‚400 years these three monotheistic religions have been feuding over the ¨ownership¨ of Jerusalem. The popularly asked question is who does Jerusalem belong to? All three religions have valid historical reasons as to why they believe the city of Jerusalem should belong to them. Judaism‚ however‚ has offered the most compelling argument. Although Islam‚ and
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four days of being shot‚ Karol Wojtyla‚ more commonly known as Saint Pope John Paul the Great forgave the man from his hospital bed and later went and visited Agca and personally forgave the man that shot him. Millions of people were shocked by the Holy Father’s choice to visit the man that wished him dead‚ but in doing so‚ the Pope wordlessly showed his followers what it means to love and forgive others. At the time Pope John Paul II was the spiritual leader of almost 60 million Roman Catholics. He
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The Crusades: An Origin The Crusades are renowned as the most massive church-sanctioned militaristic movement of the later middles ages‚ like no other military movement of the time. The series of events that brought about the existance of the Crusaders were so large as to eclipse the affairs of the homeland in the West in the name of religious faith and duty. Chivalric idealism‚ romance of battle and the notion of beautific zeal affect the way in which both the Crusaders and the Crusades are
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how necessary‚ nor how justified‚ is not a crime.” When groups of Christians responded to Pope Urban II’s plea to go to war against the harmonious Muslims‚ they were starting a series of wars that would destroy both sides. The First Crusade‚ which took place during the late eleventh century CE‚ was an “endeavor” which Christians set out on a religious pilgrimage led by Pope Urban II. This endeavor was supposedly backed by God‚ in which they made an attempt to exterminate all other religions‚ specifically
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is usually caught in the middle of power struggles for the control of a country and in March of 1983 Nicaragua was no different. During this period the country was in amidst of war‚ the Contras were opposing the Sandinista government. So when Pope John Paul II was set to visit the country‚ many Sandinista Catholic supporters hope he would help to bring about social justice for the poor and support the government. Believing this would bring an end to the civil war that was consuming the country. They
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THE FOURTH CRUSADE The Crusades in the middle ages helped define religious and political life during this era. Life in the middle ages revolved around what was happening with the Pope and his anticipations for the next Crusade. The focuses of the crusades were ideally to unite the churches to bring back Christian leadership and control in the Holy Land‚ that is‚ Jerusalem. One of the most impacting crusades is known as the fourth Crusade when Innocent III was pope. The fourth crusade became terribly
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The First Crusade The First Crusade - 1096 - 1099 A brief description and outline of the Cause of the Crusades is as follows: The massacre of 3000 Christian Pilgrims in Jerusalem prompted the first crusade Religious Conviction of crusaders The Instinct to Fight The Preaching of Peter the Hermit The Threat of the Turks The Council of Clermont led by Pope Urban II - "It is the will of God" Leaders of the First Crusade The leaders of the First Crusade included some of
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