Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador was a great hero of the struggles for liberation in Latin America during that region’s "long dark night‚" a period lasting from the 1960s through the 1980s. He was an archbishop very briefly‚ a mere three years‚ 1977-1980‚ and he was an unlikely hero. The upper hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church in Latin America was firmly allied with the economic and political elite. But Archbishop Romero emerged as the "voice of the oppressed" in El Salvador after he
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George Leslie Mackay is the founder of the churches in Northern Taiwan. His life had great impact on Tamsui through his missionary‚ medical and education work. He not only changed the cultural landscape of Tamsui‚ he himself became an inseparable part of Tamsui history. * Background and childhood Mackay was born in Zorra Village‚ Oxford‚ Ontario‚ Canada on March 21‚ 1844 to a Scottish emigrant family. His parents were typical Presbyterians‚ with immovable faith and devoted family values.
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What goal do you think Pope Innocent VIII was trying to achieve when sanctioning the writing of the Malleus Maleficarum through his papal bull‚ Summis Desiderantes‚ in 1484? Pope Innocent VIII could have had obviously had many goals in issuing Summis Desiderantes; however‚ in my opinion‚ one goal is much more evident than the rest. Pope Innocent VIII had one of the most corrupt papacies on record (atheism.about.com/library/ glossary/western/bldef_innocentviii.htm). Also‚ during the time of his
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Today I’m going to introduce to you all a female historical character. And she is Sophie Scholl. She was born on 9th of May 1921 and died on 22nd of February 1943‚ at the age of 22. She was a German student and a revolutionary‚ active within the White Rose non-violent resistance group in Nazi Germany. I bet not all of you or even none of you know what is the White Rose group. So what is actually the White Rose group? The White Rose group is a student-led pacifist movement aimed at spreading the
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In a sensitive case of the Spanish inquisition which they saw to the death of 100 000 protestants and heretics between the 15th and 19th century. The catholic church was under monarchy rule and this formed the Spanish inquisition‚ they worked on a system of called the tribunal court in which the catholic church used the inquisition to get rid of and punish heretics. The catholic church in modern times would be seen as a dictatorship‚ a dictatorship is a part of a government of ethnic group in
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Explain why the Catholic Church was weakened by renaissance popes in the years c1500 t0 1527? 16th century Europe was mainly under the control of the Catholic pope. The pope had authority over almost everything. However‚ renaissance Popes Alexander VI‚ Julius II and Leo X did not show good examples of Holy living. The Catholic Church was weakened by Pope Alexander VI (1492-1503)for different reasons‚ one way that he weakened the church was through the loss of popularity‚ this came from his sexual
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Haley Huntwork and Praire Schmidt Mrs. Salisbury AP English – Period 8 1 October 2014 Church Corruption in The Canterbury Tales Many of the religious characters in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer have traits that are different than what is traditionally expected of them. This is due to the Catholic Church‚ which ruled most of Europe during the Fourteenth Century‚ being extremely wealthy. While the people suffered from proverty and disease‚ extravagant cathedrals were built in every big
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Sometimes the enemy will come and destroy the fields which are outside the city walls. A good solution I would suggest is to put watch towers and military barracks near the fields‚ in the country side so there can be soldiers ready to defend the fields. Chapter eleven deals with ecclesiastical Princedoms‚ which are acquired by merit or good luck‚ but are maintained by neither of those. These states are upheld by religious institutions who keep the princes in power‚ not matter how they live or act
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The Council of Chalcedon in 451 CE is significant to the development and message of Christianity because not only was there a review of old legislation by reflecting on‚ and deciding if the rulings were still valid‚ it also affirmed that the Roman Catholic Church was irrefutably divided. The East-West Schism was the division of the Catholic Church into what would become the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. Although it did not occur until 1053‚ the issue of a schism became a
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Throughout history‚ Thomas Becket has been regarded as Chancellor‚ Archbishop of Canterbury‚ Martyr‚ and Saint. He was a friend of Henry II‚ and when Henry II became King‚ he appointed Thomas Becket as his chancellor in 1154. Eight years later‚ as Becket and Henry II’s relationship grew stronger‚ Henry II wanted to gain greater control over the English Church so he appointed his chancellor Becket to the position of Archbishop of Canterbury as well. Although Becket was reluctant at first‚ he accepted
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