Explain why there was criticism of the clergy around 1529: There was criticism of the personnel of the church both high and low‚ from village priests to roman cardinals; criticism of lifestyles; criticism of the clergy seen as not fully committed to or measure up to Christian ideals. All of these strands of criticism were of long standing in England and elsewhere in Europe. Anti-clericalism and antipapalism had little real threat to the English church in the 1520’s. Erastainism usually operated
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Divided City by Theresa Breslin The novel Divided City by Theresa Breslin Is set in gloomy Glasgow‚ Scotland‚ in the recent times. The story is aimed at teenagers and adults alike and concerns the asylum seeking problems and associated racism towards illegal immigrants who had arrived in Glasgow at this time. I really enjoyed this novel as it was good to see each supporters of Rangers and Celtic‚ be such good friends. Even in today’s modern time‚ it’s refreshingly different to see the ’old firm’
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Many directors with bodies of work surrounded in controversy tend to lead to the cult of that director; cult audiences will begin to anticipate similar works and expect some level of controversy surrounding their films. For example; Stanley Kubrick‚ a hugely successful auteur developed a cult following‚ specifically‚ with his highly controversial film A Clockwork Orange (1971). Following a string of crimes supposedly inspired by the events depicted in the film‚ Kubrick himself decided on A Clockwork
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Religious pilgrimages have been the foundation of religion since the dawn of time. In The Canterbury Tales‚ Chaucer identifies an infamous character that shares his ironically moral tale along with those whom accompany him on the way to Canterbury. This particularly wretched pilgrim was the Pardoner: a most loathsome and diabolical character. The sly and mischievous Pardoner is described by Chaucer as a dishonest and cheating man‚ and his appearance matched. With long and thin hair that fell “like
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AP Euro themes 1. Decline of the Holy Roman Empire Protestant reformation‚ Schmalkaldic wars‚ 30 years war Protestant reformation • Martin Luther 95 theses cause a shift in religious society (spread throughout Europe because of Gutenberg’s printing press) • He spread his different views on indulgences‚ Salvation by faith alone‚ only two valid sacraments (compared to the catholic 7)‚ and the church as being subordinate to the state • Made people question the existing authority of HRE and church
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How has charismatic worship impacted Christians in general and for 3 specific denominations? Charismatic worship has impacted Christians in general as it infuses corporate worship with a new life and has provided Christians with more choice in how they worship. It offers a livelier and more vibrant approach to worship that was previously not available. The charismatic renewal (CR) impacted Roman Catholics (RC) quite a lot. RCs have three documents that agree with the teachings of the CR. For example
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Through European history‚ women have occupied a back seat in all forms of innovation. During the Protestant Revolution and Enlightenment periods‚ women were considered subservient to men and lesser beings. Women of the 1700s were not permitted to own property or pursue professions in law‚ medicine‚ or education. Through the Reformation and the Enlightenment‚ the experiences of women in Europe stayed the same in the sense of independence and roles in society‚ but changed in the senses of increased
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It’s not unusual that the Anglophone media has problems parsing Pope Francis. This problem relates in part to a lack of vocabulary to express spiritual concepts or translate accurately what was said in Spanish or Italian. Last year I participated in a book club in which we discussed Open Mind‚ Faithful Heart: Reflections on Following Jesus by Cardinal Bergoglio. Among other issues discussed‚ I made some remarks about the translation. Although my mother tongue is Portuguese‚ I know Spanish quite
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During the times of 300 CE in the Middle Eastern region‚ Christianity was rapidly expanding but after being eroded against the test of time‚ fragmentation was inevitable. The events were a string of series that began with the unification of Christianity on a strong front‚ followed by a separation from the Roman Catholics and the Eastern Orthodox to finally a protestant growth of a new branch. In the beginning‚ Christianity was created from Jesus wanting to revitalize traditions. Saint Paul’s conversion
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The term illuminati – first given in May 1776 – has reached a new height of popularity for all the wrong reasons. Its origins came when Adam Weishaupt founded the group known as the Bavarian illuminati‚ an Enlightment-era secret society whose main aims were to oppose superstition‚ obscurantism‚ religious influence over public life and abuses of state power. The illuminati along with the Freemasonries and other secret societies’were outlawed by the Bavarian leader‚ Charles Theodore‚ through Edict
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