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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Orthodox Church The Greek Orthodox Church is one of the three major branches of Christianity‚ which "stands in today ’s society as one of the communities created by the apostles of Jesus in the region of the eastern Mediterranean‚ and which spread by missionary activity throughout Eastern Europe" (Meyendorff 5).The word orthodox comes from Greek‚ meaning right-believing. currently the orthodox religion has more than 174 million followers throughout the world. The Greek Orthodox church is autocephalous
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The Rise of the Church The early Church father help brought order and structure to the church in many ways. There were three Church Fathers who helped the Rise of the Church‚ they were Augustine‚ Ambrose‚ and Jerome. These great men was responsible for the habitual doing‚ beliefs‚ and doctrine of the early Church during this time period‚ around 500 AD‚ (Babcock 2011 p.139). First‚ Augustine was considered the most important of three men at this time of early Church Fathers. Augustine was
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At the start of the 16th century Western Europe had only one religion‚ Roman Catholicism. The Catholic Church was rich and powerful and had preserved Europe ’s classical culture. However‚ despite General Councils called to impose reforms‚ disputes and lax practices had grown up within the church. "Catholic Reformation" highlights the existence of a spontaneous reform within the church itself that sought to revitalize religious life through the improvement and application of Gospel teachings to the
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of the Church Catholic social teaching is a body of doctrine developed by the Catholic Church on matters of poverty and wealth‚ economics‚ social organization and the role of the state and according to Pope John Paul II‚ its foundation "rests on the threefold cornerstones of human dignity‚ solidarity and subsidiarity." It is the basis of how the short film that depicts how the leftovers of one fast food chain then become the meals of impoverished hungry people. First of all‚ Catholic social
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Hurricane Katrina‚ Pretty harsh right? These are all common phrases publically protested by a church called the Westboro Baptist church. You would think such comments should be illegal to chant out in public considering that gay marriage is now legal in some states and also that soldiers are out fighting for us‚ however members of the Westboro Baptist church feel differently. Westboro Baptist church was established in 1955. Located in Topeka‚ Kansas‚ Their goal is to “preach the Word of God to
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I am analyzing Baptist church religious services. There are many roles that happen during a religious setting. There will always be a pastor‚ father‚ or any preferred name to whomever conducts the ceremony and depending on the status of the church there will be two or more deacons. Deacons are typically the right hand help for the church or pastor. Another role within the church is the electrician in the church. Someone who is capable of working the technology‚ to handle the lights‚ speakers‚ and
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Frank Forrester Church lll : Chairman of the Church Committee By Zoe Feltz Frank Church was established as the Chairman of the Church Committee after a reporter wrote an article in 1974‚ about the CIA‚ revealing that they had been destabilizing foreign governments and orchestrating illegal operations against many American citizens. This controversial Committee’s venture was to analyze governmental operations and to investigate alleged illegal activity by the Federal Bureau
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We have seen that after a long historical process the Popes’ sole rule of the Catholic Church‚ rigidly centralized‚ bureaucratized and clericalized‚ was finally established‚ and continued to exist until the middle of the 20th century. Then something unexpected happened. Pope John XXIII (1958-63)‚ the son of an Italian peasant farmer‚ called the Second Vatican Council in 1959 with a view to pastoral renewal and the promotion of Christian unity. The pope attributed the calling of the historic
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importance of both “praying in the Church” and “praying with the Church.” Describe what he means by each type of praying. Where in Scripture can we find examples of both kinds of prayer? Further‚ what is the relationship between the two types‚ and how might they contribute to one’s spiritual life? Praying in the church is when a individual prays exactly and only what is on his or her heart. (Tickle 1) While Praying with the church which is a more formative way of praying. Individuals/Christians
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