pagan beliefs. Constantine elevated Christianity—or rather Roman Catholicism. When Rome fell, the monks and missionaries of the Roman Catholic faith provided some degree of stability and a cogent doctrine that had social implications as well as educational implications for the various tribes and peoples of Europe. Charlemagne unified the warring factions for a time and was crowned the first Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope in the year 800 AD. (“Charlemagne,” n.d.). Charlemagne enabled Roman Catholicism to be spread and build throughout the realm. Clovis had converted the Franks beforehand (which helped substantially in this endeavor… Continue Reading...
Christmas Day in the year 800 CE by the Roman Catholic Pope in Rome, a new era and empire was born—the rule of Charlemagne, which helped to unite the parts of Europe and put an end to the Dark Ages ushered in the new Middle Ages, which saw a rise in Christian prominence, Christian art, Christian architecture, and Christian nations (Tomek).
Technology developed during this time as well with the Romans spreading their great road-building abilities throughout Europe and advancing the art of stone masonry. During the Dark Ages, there was not much development, but the Christian monks cultivated… Continue Reading...
Constantine to the seat of the Emperor in the early 4th century allowed Christianity to flourish. The Roman Catholic Church became deeply influential some 400 years later with Charlemagne, who was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope in 800. Religious revolution broke out in Europe with the Protestants, led by Luther, Zwingli, Knox, Calvin and Henry VIII. Their actions led to a revolution in the West that changed the nature of society. Today’s society has very much been impacted the Protestant Revolution, as strains of Puritanism are still seen in American society, for example, as authors like Hawthorne and Melville have shown.
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of 1730 to 1780.
By the 18th century, England had metamorphosed from an entirely Roman Catholic country, as it had been a quarter of a millennium earlier. In 1701 the Act of Settlement held that the English monarch must be a Protestant. And wars against the Catholic Spanish monarchy continued (Roberts 4). England's identity as a Protestant, with its king as head of the Church of England, was secured. In 1727, King George II ascended the throne, second monarch of the House of Hanover (whose dynasty would last for nearly 200 years). And thirteen years later the now famous "Rule, Britannia!" would be penned… Continue Reading...
down all over Europe, leading to the Roman Catholic Church’s last hurrah and the Age of the Baroque.
In Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam two figures clearly dominate the painting: Adam on the earth on the left side of the panel and God in Heaven on the right side. God is portrayed as being held up by angels populating the drapery behind God. Michelangelo used extremely vibrant colors and incredible detail to paint this scene and bring the optimism, beauty and promise of the awesome act of creation to life in painting. The red color used to surround… Continue Reading...
figures to epitomize diverse styles; for instance, spiritual movements in followers of the Roman Catholic Church are as varied as the Catholic Charismatic Renewal and Catholic Worker movement. Lastly, the approach centers on Americans' continued pursuit of spirituality both individually and collectively (Bender 3).
Considering the above, the differences between, and limits in, religiousness and spirituality do not, however, become clear in any way. A number of Americans maintain a spiritual but not religious (SBNR) stance, besides not taking part in regular religious organizations. They aren't religious but seem to display a sort of individually-developed spiritual perspective or orientation facilitated by means of… Continue Reading...
of Columbus, a Roman Catholic fraternal organization, were the ones who really lobbied for Columbus to get a holiday of his own—something that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt designated in 1934 (Indian Country Today, 2016). Thus, it should surprise no one, that Columbus Day was selected as a means of furthering the visibility of the Catholic Church and the Italian community. Columbus was merely a misguided choice in accomplishing this goal.
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When one abandons a rose-colored Eurocentric perspective of… Continue Reading...
a new era in Europe. The West had up till that point been largely influenced and guided by the Roman Catholic Church. While nations and kings still fought and intrigued among one another, the Church was a pole star. When the Reformation unleashed a tidal wave of defiance among leaders throughout Europe against the Church and the Pope, dissension, civil war, revolution, and a new order all followed. One of the outcomes of the rise of Protestantism was a lessening of the influence of the Church in civil and economic affairs. As Lisa Jardine notes, when Elizabeth I of England was excommunicated from the Church, she was “freed” in… Continue Reading...
the improved financial status. The further reasons were manufacturing transformation, urbanization and the intensification of the influence of the Roman Catholic Church. Starting from when families started leaving their farms and moving into towns, the localities had become objectified. The ancient ethnic schemes which are centered on culture and relatedness were no longer applicable. During the 1950s and 1960s, the reemergence of the victim surfaced when a fraction of the populace started to identify that those who were victims of illicit deeds were not always concerned in the course. Not satisfied that the victims' privilege and desires had been sidelined, they struggled to show the public what the difference… Continue Reading...
sin. The great irony is that proud Hulga falls for Manley -- only to be rejected. For O'Connor, a Roman Catholic, sin is the absence of good -- and the absence of any good whatsoever at the end of the story is what acts as the real blow to Joy Hulga, leaving her high up in the loft without assistance, her pride taken away from her and only the reflection of her own need of salvation staring back at her from the distance. This paper will show how in "Good Country People" O'Connor uses irony and metaphor to convey a sense of the gulf that exists between "enlightened" but… Continue Reading...
pagan sibyls -- both of whom, according to the Roman Catholic tradition, foretold the coming of Christ. Thus, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is painted to commemorate the pre-History of Christ -- the back story, so to speak, of Christian salvation. Just as one can study the architecture framework of a building to understand how it stands upright, so too one can study the painted panels of the Sistine ceiling to understand the Church and how it came into existence.
The historical context in which the Sistine Chapel's ceiling was begun is rooted in the tumultuous times of… Continue Reading...
direct sources may be traced back to the 60s' developments in Latin America's Roman Catholicism, together with blatant social and economic disparities and widespread local feelings of bias.
This dissertation will look at the above objectives by reviewing the following points: The paper's foremost section will study theology's contextual character and liberation theology's introduction in response to actual history, as well as the challenges it presents for the Church's faith. The subsequent section will deal with the accepted practice of liberation theological reflection. Finally, the paper will connect humanity with theology by analyzing diverse social elements of our lives. However, considering this dissertation's… Continue Reading...
