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    monasteries‚ took their money and sold all of the land. It was not about a divorce‚ an unlikely idea‚ but about an annulment (an invalid marriage). Henry‚ a Catholic King‚ wanted an annulment from his wife and in those days they would have to approach the Bishop of Rome and his Court and attain one from that source at a very great cost. This Henry did‚ paying out his money to the Roman Court. Henry had spent all his late fathers (King Henry VII) money on expensive wars with France; he could not afford his

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    Leader NMP615Z1-10/22/12 Colleen Miller 11/15/12 Solomon came into this role after a long career in non-profit and faith-based work‚ including work with the United Council of Catholic Bishops. Solomon grew up in Ethiopia‚ during the reign of Haile Selassie. Solomon’s family was part of the ruling class in Ethiopia. However‚ his father instilled a strong sense of service and justice in all of his children. All that was passed on to his

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    that a whole new level of Church scandal was emerging and that by 1517 scandals were obvious to the general public‚ Archbishop Elector of Mainz being an example of this. It was scandals like this which encouraged the public hatred for the corrupt Bishops and Monks. Monasteries had become some of the biggest landowners and land lords during the 1517 and also managed to not pay tax‚ in this way there was a huge dislike of monasticism. In this way it became much easier for Luther’s ideas to be accepted

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    France were Catholic because of the law that the King of France made. He said that only Catholics could go to New France. All of the three main towns in New France had churches. The Church also took care of missionary work among the Native people. The Bishop was given a very powerful position in the Royal Colony. The Priests performed spiritual services‚ legal services‚ government services‚ and personal services. They were also the base of New France because if they were to

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    of Chicago Press‚ 2004. Kennedy‚ Eugene. The Unhealed Wound: The Church and Human Sexuality. New York: St. Martin ’s Press‚ 2002. "Report on the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People." 2005. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. 12 Apr. 2005 . Rose‚ Michael. Goodbye‚ Good Men. Washington‚ DC : Regnery‚ 2002. Steinfels‚ Peter. A People Adrift. New York: Simon & Schuster‚ 2003.

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    Kong Institute of Education Literature in English III: Poetry Final Paper on The Fish by Elizabeth Bishop Kum Yuen Man‚ Gladys (SID: 11047405) BA (Language Studies – English major) Elizabeth Bishop was born in Massachusetts in 1911 and had a harsh childhood. She lost her parents when she was very young and had to move from place to place to live with her grandparents. However‚ Bishop seldom includes explicit accounts of her personal life in her works. Instead‚ she focuses on her view

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    The Personalization of History in "Murder in the Cathedral" T. S. Eliot was born in St. Louis‚ Missouri. He went to school at Harvard and‚ after graduating‚ lived in England. It was here that he was employed as a schoolmaster‚ a bank clerk‚ and a literary editor for a publishing house called Faber & Faber. After working there for a number of years he became a director. Eliot ’s poetry shows the growth of a poet with devout religious views‚ but Eliot was always careful not to become a religious

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    certainly could have focused his attention on the countless churches‚ palaces‚ monuments‚ and other fabulous sights for which Paris was so rightly renowned. On any given day he certainly could have observed a colorful mixture of royalty and nobles‚ bishops and priests‚ lawyers and doctors‚ professors and merchants‚ soldiers and every other type of person hurrying past him going about their business in that bustling city. However‚ Vincent de Paul really didn’t pay much attention to these sights‚ or even

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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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    During the 13th and through to the 14th century catholic church authorities turned their focus to creating a united religiously bound civilization‚ acting only upon the fundamental principles of Christianity. The 14th century church enforced religious unity through the inquisition‚ and was mostly successful in doing so. The author Christine Caldwell Ames1 showed that the church used the inquisition as a force to create a cohesive religious civilization during the 13th and 14th century

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