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Catholic Church Natural Law
1,095 words... or living a lie by hiding beneath the garments of a prescribed morality, is contrary to natural law. Homosexuals are not making each other, or society, bad or worse by doing what comes naturally to them. Surely, more harm has come from forcing these moral lepers to try and be what they are not. For example: A man knows he is gay but gets married, trying to put on the airs of acceptable social norms. He has three kids with a wife who wants to spend the rest of her life with him. Around the ti...
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Roman Catholic Church People Of Germany
563 wordsAs youve all experienced the mysteries of the myths and legends, lets now explore how the code of ethics has its fascinating history and diversity's. We are going exploring through the aspects of religion in Germany. We are all going to gain a better understanding of why in modern Germany there is a split in religion between Catholics and Protestants. Im going to take you back to the fifteen hundreds, where the Roman Catholic Church had great power over the people. Unlike in present Germany, the...
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Roman Catholic Church Word Of God
2,690 words... on the foundation of the 66 books of the Protestant Bible. Upon what basis do we recognize these 66 books as inspired and therefore authoritative? 3. Irenaeus (d. c. A. D. 200) is said to have identified tradition and Scripture as one and the same. Is it reason-able to assume that tradition (that which was given by the apostles), once inscripturated, was replaced by the written documents? 4. Why did the Roman Church prohibit the common use of the Scriptures? 5. What might be the potential re...
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Word Of God Wrote The Book
2,045 words... Earth and other heavenly bodies. Thus, part of Copernican theory would be correct. In addition, while studying the Sun, he furthered his conclusion on floating bodies, and in 1612, his Treatise on Floating Bodies was published. "To modern historians of science, the discourse marks Galileo's first entry into experimental physics and forms the basis for his subsequent enduring work in mechanics" (Reston, 48). During this time, he would also reveal that Venus had phases of shading similar to th...
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Roman Catholic Church Luther Doctrines Luther's
419 wordsIn 1517, Martin Luther challenged papal authority and what he saw as the commercialization of his faith. Luther's primary concern was the sale of indulgences -- papal grants of reduced punishment in the afterlife, including releases from purgatory. Luther challenged the secular orientation of the Roman Catholic Church and, more fundamentally, the authority of pope and church in matters of faith, affirming instead the authority of Holy Scripture and salvation by faith alone. In the process, Luthe...
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Henry Viii Marriages Re Sculpted England
1,453 wordsThe hour of eight oclock tolled one May morning in England as a woman knelt with her neck on a block. Chop went Anne Boleyn's head! She was one of six wives of Henry VIII, King of England. The marriage of Anne Boleyn was the second failed attempt of Henry VIII to produce a male heir. Not having a son left Henry VIII with marital problems which forced him to cut all ties with the Roman Catholic Church. This problem affected a reformation that would encompass much of his life and the lives off all...
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20 Th Century 16 Th Century
1,784 wordsWestern Civilization Cultural anthropologists and cultural sociologists give a lot of different definitions as to culture and civilization. But the only thing that goes without saying that civilization and culture are closely linked. Huntington in his work determines civilization as "the highest cultural grouping of people and the broadest level of cultural identity... defined by... language, history, religion, customs, institutions, and by the subjective self-identification of people. " (Huntin...
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Roman Catholic Church Luther Believed
899 wordsMartin Luther Luther was born on November 10, 1483 in Eisleben in the province of Saxony. His protestant view of Christianity started what was called the Protestant Reformation in Germany. Luthers intentions were to reform the medieval Roman Catholic Church. The firm resistance from the church towards Luthers challenge made way to a permanent division in the structure of Western Christianity. Luther believed that Gods power was completely beyond mans comprehension and could only be accepted on f...
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Pope Paul Vi Pope John Paul Ii
2,960 wordsThe issue of contraception has been an extremely controversial and debated one in the Catholic Church. The Catholic religion declares that the three requirements for healthy sexual expression include a mutual physical drive for pleasure, intimacy and committed love between the couple, and the openness to procreation and parenting children. This last aspect is the subject of much disagreement between people both inside and outside the church community. The authoritative voice of the church, the M...
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Catholic Church Middle Ages
1,167 wordsCorruption Within the Church The Catholic Church has long been a fixture in society. Throughout the ages, it has withstood wars and gone through many changes. It moved through a period of extreme popularity to a time when people regarded the Church with distrust and suspicion. The corrupt people within the church ruined the ideals Catholicism once stood for and the church lost much of its power. In the Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer primarily satirizes the corruptness of the clergy members t...
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Pope John Paul Ii Native Americans
2,346 wordsMiquel Joseph Serra was born and baptized on November 24, 1713 in Petra, a farming village on the island of Mallorca, Spain. As a child he attended a Franciscan elementary school. At the age of fifteen, Serra left home to enter the Franciscan University in Palma to study philosophy. When Serra was sixteen, he decided to join the Franciscan Order. After years of preparation and careful consideration of his vocation, Serra received his Franciscan habit in 1730 and took the name Junipero which mean...
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Roman Catholic Church Fundamental Beliefs
1,554 wordsOn the surface, Catholicism and Islam appear to have very little in common, but as you delve deeper into areas such as rituals, beliefs, ethics, founders, governing concepts and sacred objects, the two show strong mutual similarities, particularly in the fundamental areas, while being totally different. In this essay I will compare and contrast many of the facets that make up the worlds largest and most recognized religions, Catholicism and Islam. Both Muslims and Catholics are monotheists, beli...
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Joan Of Arc University Of Paris
3,258 wordsOn May 16, 1920, Pope Benedict XV conducted a ceremony at St. Peters Basilica in Rome to canonize Joan of Arc, often referred to as the Maid of Orleans. This ceremony was the final step in a process that was begun in 1849 by the Bishop of Orleans, Felix Dupanloup, over 400 years after St. Joan's was tried, convicted and executed in the name of the Church. A study of her heroic deeds and an intensive review of her life, virtues and the trial transcripts that condemned her to be burned at the stak...
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Roman Catholic Church Blood Of Christ
2,371 wordsMany people in history have made a very big impact on their culture, times, and / or religion. One that stands out is John Calvin. He had a really huge influence during his time the early-to-middle sixteenth century. Calvin devoted almost his whole life to promoting Protestantism, and he made a big difference that is still seen today in Christianity. Calvin was born in France in July of 1509 and belonged in a set of five brothers. He was baptized to the parish of Sainte-Godeberte, where his pare...
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Roman Catholic Church Lord
2,553 wordsMany people in history have made a very big impact on their culture, times, and / or religion. One that stands out is John Calvin. He had a really huge influence during his time? the early-to-middle sixteenth century. Calvin devoted almost his whole life to promoting Protestantism, and he made a big difference that is still seen today in Christianity. Calvin was born in France in July of 1509 and belonged in a set of five brothers. He was baptized to the parish of Sainte-Godeberte, where his par...
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Catholic Church John Calvin
2,270 wordsWhen we think of a theocracy, we usually think of a political system, governed and legislated by a religious body with religious beliefs. For the most part this is true. Historically, theocratic governments have successfully existed throughout the world, from ancient Egypt to modern Middle-Eastern Islamic states. For centuries even the Christian Church enjoyed a theocratic diversity which encompassed most of the civilized world. As well, the unprecedented spread of Islam has seeded new theocraci...
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Pre Marital Sex Unwanted Pregnancy
942 wordsIs Premarital Sex Pre-Marital Sex: Is It Worth The Wait? Pre-marital sex, young Catholics know it is wrong. So why do they do it? Most teenagers have heard or coined the phrases everyone s doing it. If you loved me you d do it and also It s okay I have a condom. Sex before marriage can be harmful to your body, your future, but the scariest of all your eternity. In this paper we shall look more into the Catholic point of view on pre-marital bliss. The purpose of sex is to unite a married couple a...
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Catholic Church Ice Age
1,211 wordsThe Medieval Industrial Revolution covers a period in time from the tenth to fourteenth centuries. The power station of the time was the water wheel. There were two basic types of drive systems for the water wheel: water falling from above or the current pushing against the paddles at the bottom. This invention was the catalyst for many types of production from grain mills to beer making. This technology was primarily used by churchmen since they had the knowledge to operate it. The farmers were...
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Center Of The Universe Heliocentric Universe
665 wordsThe Way People Thought The way man viewed the universe in which he lived, the world of nature that surrounded him, and even his own physical anatomy changed right before him. Scientists, like Galileo, disproved the geocentric model as new instruments like the telescope were invented. This was a serious concern of the Church. There are many reasons why the Church cannot accept new science. First came the Geocentric model that showed the earth as being the center of the universe, the sun and other...
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People Who Are Suffering Gift From God
1,894 wordsEuthanasia In Todays Society Your wife of 50 years is suddenly diagnosed with a terminal disease. She lies in a bed, motionless and unaware of her surroundings. The medication to ease her pain has been wearing off. She just lies there in pain and unable to communicate with the outside world. The doctors give her a month to live at the most. What would you do? Would you let her sit in a hospital bed in agonizing pain for the last few months of her life, or do you help to prematurely meet her God?...
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