I chose to write about had to do with Bishop Eddie Long and his ex-wife’s allegations of his beating her throughout their marriage. There is a lot going on in the news about Mr. Long and his allegations of sexual coercion with four young men. If this isn’t a form of deviance‚ than I don’t what is. I know deviance deals with crime that that break cultural norms and this subject breaks a lot of our cultural norms as Americans. You would think that a Bishop would not fit this topic at all‚ but it
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Vatican Council II‚ also known as Vatican II‚ produced several changes in the Church that consist of the following: The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy‚ The Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the World of Today‚ documents of the duties of the bishop‚ documents
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Constantine with a tool to use to hold together the crumbling Empire. The Church came under the Emperor’s control with the Emperor as the divus caesar‚ or divine emperor. Constantine used the Christian bishops as imperial officials to administer law and justice throughout the Empire. These “imperial bishops” answered directly to the Emperor‚ thus instituting imperial dominance over the Church. The Council of Nicaea in AD325 further brought the Church under imperial control with the establishment of a
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conference at Carthage in 411 AD‚ after which its importance waned. It was begun by Donatus‚ Bishop of Casae Nigrae in Numidia. It had its roots in the social pressures among the long-established Christian community of Roman North-Africa; present day Berber countries are Algeria and Tunisia. North African theology had always been peculiar in emphasizing the importance of holiness of priests and Bishops who administered the sacraments‚ going so far as to call the validity of sacrament in question
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was curious about life in these small towns. It is obvious that the presence and existence of Bishops Castle immediately drew my interest to Rye‚ Colorado. This seemingly quiet and peaceful farm town held an impressive man-made castle in the middle of its surrounding forest area. Gaining entry into the castle and the town was easy. Against the government’s request of profit on Bishops Castle‚ Jim Bishop was adamant on keeping his attraction one-hundred perfect free of charge and open at all times
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didn’t feel worthy of attending church with those who were of higher status than they were. As a solution‚ Romero was able to have his Sunday sermons on certain radio stations for those who felt unwelcomed in the church ("Archbishop Oscar Romero: A Bishop for the New Millennium"‚ 2012; Brockman‚ 1984). This wasn’t a common thing for a priest to be doing during this
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ORDERS? Holy Orders is the sacrament through which the mission entrusted by Christ to his apostles continues to be exercised in the Church until the end of time: thus it is the sacrament of apostolic ministry. It includes three degrees: episcopate(Bishops‚ presbyterate(Priest)‚ and diaconate(Deacons). It is one of the Sacraments of Vocation --- re directed towards the salvation of others; if they contribute as well to personal salvation‚ it is through service to others that they do so. They confer
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St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral is one of the first Cathedrals built in New York. It is also known as the original Cathedral of the Archdiocese of New York. The church was built over 200 years ago in New York City and it has stood as a symbol for people of this country to practice your religion freely. The Cathedral serves a very diverse community of catholics such as Italians‚ Hispanics‚ and Asians. The cathedral throughout the years has done a great job of uniting these
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History and Development of the Papacy It took centuries to develop the supremacy of the bishop of Rome over the entire Catholic Church‚ an institution also known as "the papacy‚" “In the first few hundred years of the church‚ the term "pope‚" which means “father‚” was used for any important and respected bishop‚ and the bishop of Rome was one of several important bishops in Christendom.” Rome had always been respected for its relationship with Peter and Paul and its position as the church
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are the ones within themselves. This type of conflict is called internal. Internal conflict is experienced within a person and his or herself; whether it’s a struggle to make the right decision‚ or the need to accept change around you. Elizabeth Bishop shows this type of conflict in one of her popular poems “The Fish”. In the poem‚ a fisher experiences a battle between his or her victory of catching a fish and their admiration‚ respect‚ and guilt later gained for this fish. This leaves the fisher
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