The Catholic Church played a large role in colonial Latin American society. The Church served as a unifying institution in a society made up of many different kinds of people - Europeans‚ Africans‚ Indigenous‚ and mixed-raced individuals - from a variety of economic backgrounds. Documents from the colonial period show that the Church was a maintainer of Iberian social order‚ and its officials and priests were expected to serve as exemplars of their religion. The Church maintained order and conveyed
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for something good that a person does in this life Purgatory is a place or state of suffering inhabited by the souls of sinners who are expiating their sins before going to heaven. The sale of indulgences What were Indulgences? In Church teaching‚ Purgatory is the way in which God helps us to “make up” for sin which has already been forgiven. Purgatory is the state or place those who have still to make up for sin go to after death before entering heaven. What is the
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The Australian Scene The Catholic Church began in Australia on 26 January 1788‚ when the first Catholics arrived in Sydney Harbor with the first fleet. The first Catholics were neither priests‚ neither brothers nor nuns‚ in fact‚ they were no regular priests here for the first 38 years of European settlement. The first Catholics- English‚ Scottish and Irish- were lay people. From the beginning the Catholics were poor. They were migrants‚ usually uneducated and most were convicts. From the beginning
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AMDG Ervin Colston 5/5/16 3rd Catholic Church’s Position on Tattoos Before you can understand the Church’s position on tattoos‚ it is important for you to understand a little history of tattoos. Tattoos have existed for thousands of years‚ and has served a variety of purposes of the years. The oldest known example of tattoos comes from the Iceman mummy Otzi‚ who was found in the Alps near the Italy-Austrian border‚ and who is dated to be approximately 5‚200 years old (Lineberry‚ 2007). The
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Marriage and Sex: Catholic Church VS Martin Luther The views on marriage and sex differ greatly between the Catholic Church and Martin Luther. Though both agree to a different set of rules and regulations‚ Catholicism is a strict religion while Luther strived for a more accepting practice. Luther’s opinions on these topics agreed more with the opinions of the majority granting him the more modern of the two religions. For the most part‚ the Lutheran outlook was a realistic one versus the exacting
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Analyse the role and the influence of the Catholic Church in the Irish education system to date. In the following essay I will discuss how significant and evident the role the Catholic Church has played in our education system to date. I will analyse the role and influence of the Catholic Church from the earliest known catholic schools to the catholic schools of the present day. The Catholic Church can be granted the pride of setting up our education system which allows us to compete academically
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Global Studies The Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Church: Its division and beliefs The Church is the congregation and unity of God‘s people together in one whole body‚ known as the Mystical body of Christ‚ because of the way devout followers of Christ‚ come to experience Christ through the Sacraments‚ Clergy‚ and Litany. The Catechism of the Church states that the Pope‚ Bishop of Rome and Peter’s successor‚ is the perpetual and visible source of the foundation of the
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1962 and make tremendous changes in the Roman Catholic Church. Vatican I started in 1869‚ and it made minimal changes to the Roman Catholic Church. Vatican I only lasted one year. Vatican II started in 1962 and went to 1965 lasting nearly three years. Vatican Council II made numerous changes to the Roman Catholic Church‚ and most of the changes we still use to this day. Vatican Council II‚ also known as Vatican II‚ produced several changes in the Church that consist of the following: The Constitution
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the Catholic Church in influencing Italian politics post 1945. It is therefore important to look into the role of the Church up until this point and how it progressed past the form it had taken at this time. Furthermore‚ when discussing the importance of the political influence of the Catholic Church in Italy‚ it is first important to look into the Church itself‚ the role it played in the everyday lives of the Italian people. The main argument of this essay is that whilst the Catholic Church had
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against the Catholic church at the same time‚ Ulrich Zwingli. Ulrich Zwingli was a well-known reformer in Zurich who fought against the Catholic church in many ways. Zwingli was born to a farming family in 1484 and studied at various schools until he ultimately became a priest. While he studied scripture‚ he focused on salvation and what it meant to be saved. His focus in life was to understand God and salvation‚ and to help others to be saved. Zwingli openly spoke out against the Catholic church and led
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