Born as Lotario di Segni‚ Pope Innocent III was the son of a count and a noble Roman family. As a young man‚ Pope Innocent III studied theology in Paris‚ which at the time was the center of theological studies. He served as the Pope from 1198 to 1216 and is known for expanding and reestablishing the Pope’s authority over the Papal States‚ launching crusades‚ and reforming the church. During the years between 1203 and 1204 Pope Innocent III wrote advice letters to powerful church members from England
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“The Internet is the hope of an integrated world without frontiers‚ a common world without controlling owners‚ a world of opportunities and equality. This is a utopia that we have been dreaming about and is a world in which each and every one of us are protagonists of a destiny that we have in our hands” (Laura Chinchilla). Thomas More wrote a novel of sorts based around the nation’s equality‚ social harmony‚ economic prosperity and political stability. He wrote about how one can achieve a utopian
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One very important saint in the church was Saint Dominic. Saint Dominic was born in 1170‚ in Caleruega Spain. He died on August 6‚ 1221 in Bologna Italy. Saint Dominic’s feast day is August 8. He was canonized by Pope Gregory XI in 1234. He is the patron saint of astronomers. There are many fun facts on St. Dominic and his order‚ the Dominican Order.To begin with‚ St. Dominic studied at the University at Palencia. He was appointed canon at Osma in 1199. He helped preach against the Albigensians‚
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According to Webster’s College Dictionary‚ propaganda is “information or ideas methodically spread to promote or injure a cause‚ movement‚ nation etc‚ and the deliberate spread of such information or ideas” (Vidal). "The word “propaganda” comes from the Vatican. The phrase “congregatio de propaganda fide” (The congregation for the propagation of the faith) was used to support the catholic faith in response to the Protestant Reformation"(Vidal). Propaganda was a tool used to persuade the people to
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The events of the church during the reformation and counter-reformation have affected the church today because of the way people have changed their views towards the church and the action taken from the reformation to benefit the church. The Christian church is still divided today because of the effect of the reformation period but still works to build unity. The reformation period encouraged many people to interpret the likes of lutheranism and Calvinism in their own way‚ which is why there are
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Sometime between 1500 and 1620 the Protestant Movement was started in England teaching that through baptism all people were dedicated to the worship of God making us all priests. While the Protestant was making there mark the Catholic church was growing finatually with wealth from selling indulgences to followers that promised pardoned sinners from punishment in the afterlife. A man named Martin Luther led the fight against the Catholic church‚ he was a German monk that believed that the people
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"In a country well governed‚ poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed‚ wealth is something to be ashamed of" (Confucius). In England during the 1500’s almost everyone was catholic. Until 1534 when King Henry VIII wanted to get a divorce from his wife Catherine‚ because she was not able to give him a son to carry on his legacy. When the Pope denied Henry’s request for an annulment the King needed to figure out another was to be able to get his divorce. At this point the King
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The Penal Laws and their restrictions on Roman Catholic religious practices marked the division of religion in the eighteenth century. In 1702‚ the British set the Penal Laws after they felt that Ireland and its Catholics were becoming too powerful. The Penal Laws not only restrictions on religious practices‚ land rights‚ marriage‚ education‚ and their rights to membership in the Irish and English Parliaments‚ but they also included qualifications that signified a person as a Protestant. According
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In “Imagined Communities‚” Benedict Anderson speculated that the transition from printing work in Latin to printing in a wide variety of vernacular created space for the idea of nationalism to form and initiate an alternative option to religion. Before 1500‚ roughly 77% of the books printed were in Latin‚ as estimated by French historians Lucien Febvre and Henri-Jean Martin‚ which resulted in an ever widening gap between the literate and illiterate. Once Latin was usurped by the vernacular around
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authority to the Bishops instead of the Pope. When the church decided to move the papacy back to the Roman empire there was another schism. This schism was called the Great western schism and resulted in two popes one that was backed by Rome and the other had the support of the Avignon this lasted until about 1417 when Martin V became Pope. During the 1500 to 1870 CE period God became distant and inaccessible to many which gave rise to Mysticism. Many turned to Marian Devotions during this time
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