THE CHURCH IN MEDIEVAL LIFE During the Middle Ages‚ two distinct Christian churches emerged: the Orthodox Christian Church in the east and the Roman Catholic Church in the west. (The two branches split permanently in 1054. The Roman Catholic Church became the main stabilizing force in Western Europe. The church provided religious leadership as well as secular‚ or worldly‚ leadership. It also played a key role in reviving and preserving learning. At the head of the Roman Catholic Church was the
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Unitarianism‚ once believed to be heresy against the Christian church‚ reflects the modern ideas and belief in reason that modern Unitarians still share today. The religious movement of Unitarianism continues currently‚ and supports the idea of progression within humanity and the belief that reason and gratitude are essential to life. The key figures that supported the movement influence our world even now‚ and have created a religion open to new ideas and supportive of the idea of human equality
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HOSPITALS IN THE EARLY CHRISTIAN ERA The history of hospitals has been shaped by principles in accord with the teachings of Christ and the commandment of fraternal charity. The origin of the institutions of the early Christian era that we now call hospitals‚ was the hospice and had the explicit duty of carrying out the functions of hospitals. His duty was to help needy brethren in the name of the Christian community. The Christian virtue of hospitality had broad significance‚ its purpose was to
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The third century of the church was a time of strong adversity. Christians were being unjustly persecuted by the Roman government‚ lead by Constantine. However‚ in 313‚ the Roman government had a change of heart and banned their Christian persecution. Christianity‚ among other religions‚ could now be practiced freely. As a result of Constantine’s decision‚ the fourth century is considered to be a major turning point in the course of church history. This allowed Christians to go from being persecuted
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today. The axial age is described as innovations of religion and philosophy that attributed to the spread of revolutionary thinking that occurred during the 800-200 BCE (“World History (4): Axial Age”). The German philosopher‚ Karl Jaspers‚ described how the axial age transformed human thoughts of four diverse revolutions around the world; Judaism in the Middle East‚ Confucianism in Eastern Asia‚ Buddhism and Greek philosophy (“World History (4): Axial Age”). The axial thinkers played an important role
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The Waldensians are a Christian branch of the early Roman Catholic Church that were founded in the late 1170s by Waldo of Lyons (also called Valdes). However‚ some people do believe the group predates Waldo‚ and only gained popularity while fleeing from prosecution to France. Their official symbol is that of a candle set on top of a bible‚ with the slogan “Lux Lucet in Tenebris” or “A light shining in the darkness.” Waldo was a wealthy merchant who gave away all his money and land to start preaching
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The relationship between the architecture of religious buildings and a culture’s spiritual conception of god‚ the afterlife‚ or the path towards enlightenment is extremely evident in the Mesopotamian‚ Egyptian‚ and Buddhist cultures. The structures that these people built‚ were not made just for a place to worship. They represented many things to their builders‚ but mostly they represented the way to “heaven.” To the people of ancient Mesopotamia‚ their temple was the home of their god. The temples
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Chapter 10 Early Christian and Byzantine Art Concepts: Understand the origins of Early Christian and Byzantine art and the difference between the two Vocabulary: Catacombs Apse Transept Cruciform Nave Side Aisle Narthex Atrium (see figure 10.3 for an illustration) Clerestory Basilica Planned Church Central Planned Church Ambulatory Mosaic Process Pendentive Minaret Lunettes Images: 10.3‚ 10.4 Plan and cross section of Old St. Peter’s Basilica‚ Early Christian‚ Roman 10
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o start of by talking about the early Renaissance Art‚ the definition is that Renaissance “was a period when scholars and artists began to investigate what they believed to be revival of classical learning‚ literature and art”. The first painting that caught my eyes while reading chapter twelve was the Deposition. This piece was painted by Rogier van der Weyden. The reason why I really liked this piece was because it was a very meaningful piece about Christ. The Deposition is a painting of the removal
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Danny Ingraham Architecture in History Rand Carter October 2‚ 2012 New Kingdom Egyptian Temples and Early Christian Churches One of the most spectacular things about art history is being able to see how artistic works can vary across cultures and in passing time. However‚ art does not always completely change‚ and often times two artists or even two entire civilization can create works that are independent‚ yet share stark similarities in style or function to a creation or creations of another
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