Essays on Church

Introduction We are constantly surrounded by math and science. We use it without even knowing their true beauty. They impact our lives so much we take them for granted. But this hasn’t always been the case, it had to start somewhere. Over time science has…

The Crusades were serious about religious and political wars that were fought between the years 1096 and 1291. They fought these wars for control of Holly land. Pope Urban II which was the leader of the catholic church started the first Crusade which was the…

Martin Luther’s To the Christian Nobility Of the German Nation effectively questions why religious clergy are superior to the common man. In this Luther is effectively inciting the Protestant Reformation. Not only does this train of thought represent the changing western mind, but it sets…

Between the years 1300 and 1600 was when europe started to look for inspiration. To find this inspiration they looked at when Greece and Rome were at the height of their empires. The Catholic Church was corrupt which faced many problems. There were people brave…

The Roman Church endeavored to bring those considered blasphemers once again into the overlap by negotiations, by admonitions, and when they endured, by putting them on trial. Luther had a few hearings, for example, the Diet of Worms, where he could guard himself. A couple…

The Catholic Church played an important role in the United Farm Workers as Cesar Chavez did too since they helped him make the farmworkers working conditions and wages better. Reading the article The Migrant Experience by Robin A. Fanslow, one might learn that in the…

The Franco-Papal Alliance, from my understanding, began the moment Pepin the Short was crowned King of the Franks following Pope Zachary’s approval that he should be considered king. Pepin was mayor of the palace, a position which held all the power over the Frankish nations,…

In the Catechism of the Catholic Church, we are all called to be peacemakers. The Church believes that violence is not defeated by more violence; however, in dire situations, war can be waged on a just basis. Just war was developed in the 5th century…

Everybody feels safe and find peace when they enter any holy place. They can connect them with God’s mercy, they find the true knowledge and mainly they find the mirror of their mind. The most beautiful and inspiring works art of Michelangelo’s famous sculpture “Pieta”…

What does Ecclesiology mean? It’s certainly not a word people hear often. Well, I’m here to tell you it means the study of churches. But even that definition is vague, to truly understand what ecclesiology means we must first dive into the meaning of the…