The Medieval Catholic Church was exceedingly corrupt during the Middle Ages. Although faith was the foundation of the Church‚ throughout time‚ the Church became more about making money and worldly living than living strictly for God. This corruption led to the slacking of the rules for priests and clergymen. Religion and the Church plays an important role in Chaucer’s poem‚ The Canterbury Tales. Some of Chaucer’s characters’ attitude toward worldly morals is simply horrendous. Although clergymen
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reaching in finances as well as establishment of a solid footing for the parish. A budget shows whether the church is making finances or not. This helps the church to keep balance economically. It reveals truth long range goals and indicates where the actual emphasis of the church mission lies. It shows the distribution of massiveness mission funds to be used in all departments in the church and its work. It enables one to work effectively and efficiently. Helps in design a calendar of events for
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C h u r c h H i s t o r y I By Mr. Kennedy K. Kirui I. Benefits to be gained from the study of Church History A. A perspective informed by a sense of continuity 1. The whole family in heaven and earth (Eph.3:14) 2. Connecting the canonical history with our own time (Acts 28ff) 3. Escape from the theological and ecclesiastical provincialism (1 Cor.14:36). B. The encouragement of a Godly Heritage 1. The great cloud of witnesses (Heb.11; 12:1) 2. Perspective on persecution
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that helps us get a better understanding of a complex reality. Models of the Church are valid approaches to Catholicism that explain actions in faith. These include the model of Institution‚ Herald‚ Mystical Communion‚ Sacrament‚ and Servant. Each of these models explain definitions of Church and their goals and functions to justify their view of how the Catholic Church should behave. The first‚ Institution‚ defines Church as visible and palpable‚ lacking nothing and subordinate to no other. It describes
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Throughout history there has been a deep tradition in the Catholic religion of men to take on a major influencing role in the community‚ while women only have a few positions to be a part of. It has been said that Christ had other positions for women‚ as they are to play a part of spreading the Gospel and spread the news that Christ has risen. However‚ women are limited to how they are able to spread their readings‚ as they can spread the word but not in a teaching way. Time and time again Pope
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The Ethical Approaches of Theravada Buddhism and Roman Catholicism Toward Euthanasia Death in its simplest definition is the absence of life. In its more scientific definition‚ it is the permanent cessation of all physical and biological functions that sustain a living organism. It is both an intrinsic and inevitable part of reality. With the progression of society and medical science and technology‚ however‚ death becomes much more multi-faceted in its definition and in its ability to be controlled
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The People of God and the Pilgrim Church: Vatican II Images of the Church Introduction This paper will examine and explain the use of the People of God and the Pilgrim Church as images of the Church‚ according to the teaching of The Second Vatican Council. These images are foundational to Lumen Gentium.[i] We will discuss the roots of these images sprouting in the rich soil of Pope John XXIII’s revolutionary papacy and the resourcement approach of the Council
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The Church as Moral Authority The church acts as the moral authority to determine what is right and wrong based on certain circumstances. The official teaching of the church on these moral situations is called the magisterium. The magisterium consists of the bishops and the pope. In order to accomplish this mission to teach the faith the bishops will delegate and designate others to teach‚ or they will teach directly themselves. The bishops also give a teaching mission to theologians and to all
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strongly against the Catholic Church. As a matter of fact the Puritan colonists believed that English Reformation had not gone far enough and that the Church of England‚ also known as the Anglican church‚ was still tolerating too many practices that were associated with the Church of Rome they wanted greater reforms to do away with all the traces and the effects of the Roman Catholic Church. As a matter of fact the faith of the Puritans was not to separate entirely from the Church of England. I. The
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not calm or peaceful in the slightest. Protestant leaders like Martin Luther and John Calvin fiercely attacked and denied traditional Catholic beliefs‚ causing much controversy and debate upon religion. Many regions of Europe as a whole were converted to Protestantism‚ and many more Protestants emerged in areas where Catholicism remained the state religion. The Catholic faith became less and less appealing to people as the abuses of the clergy were now publicly addressed by reformers and a new‚ personal
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