Catholicism Essay Examples

Beginning in the 16th Century a movement started in Europe against the Roman Catholic Church that was primarily a religious event, not an economic one. This religious event was the Protestant Reformation that was started by Martin Luther and his Ninety-Five Theses. Although there were several economic motives that enabled the Protestant Reformation to spread, […]

Louis showed lots of skill during his time on the thrown, but he also made lots of mistakes too. One blunder that was a terrible thing, because of Louis was the Dragonades, which ruined people’s lives and was a cruel and immoral thing to do. Louis wanted to have no more Huguenots in Britain, so […]

The sacrament of repentance, one of the seven sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church, aimed to remit the guilt of a individual who had sinned. The celebrated edict Omnis utriusque sexus ( 1215 ) contained two specific demands: the faithful were to squeal all wickednesss to their priests at least one time every twelvemonth and […]

The Elizabethan Age underwent a continuing crisis of religion that was marked by a deepening polarization of thought between the supporters of the recently established Protestant Church and the larger number of adherents to the Roman Catholic faith. Of these latter, Edmund Campion may be taken as the archetype. Well known as an Englishman who […]

This essay will discuss the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 when a group of catholic noblemen plotted to blow up the English House of Parliament; the target of the plot was King James VI of Scotland and I of England. This essay will focus on how the event impacted Catholics and their treatment in society and […]

During the beginning of Henry VIII reign, the young and inexperienced new king was content with letting his father’s advisers continue to govern the realm from the security of the council. As Henry wasn’t interested in the responsibilities, namely regarding the political aspects and hard work that went into being the king, he let most […]

OCTOGESIMA ADVENIENS I. The Historical Context/Background of the Encyclical Octogesima adveniens was not written in a historical vacuum or in discontinuity from Catholic social teachings of the previous decade. Rather the letter continued themes found in Gaudium et spes and Mater et magistra and responded to the historical context in which it was written. To […]

The Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish was formally instituted on the 30th of November 1979 that initially covered the areas extending from CAA to Martinville, down to Gatchalian Subdivision reaching up to Villanueva Village with the areas from BF Homes to the northern part of Olivares which were formerly parts of the […]

The Society of Jesus is one of the most popular religious orders ever created. All over the world, we can see the work of this order, an order dedicated in rendering good quality education, preaching the word of God and helping needy people. In order to fully understand the topic the creation of the Jesuit […]

Christianity went through a long period of persecution, and conflicts before it succeeded to have a throne in Rome.   A review of its history would provide us an insight to all the accounts of Christianity and that of other religions too.  In the beginning, there were no accounts or organized religions.  Roman beliefs were […]

Damien of Molokai Religious identity is derived from a chosen person’s personal faith that they see themselves as in the eyes of God- the meaning of their life. Religious purpose is how the chosen person lives their faith and how they put their faith into action. It is what the person has recognised as their […]

When Mary seized the throne from the Protestant Lady Jane Grey, she wanted to re-assert Catholic doctrines and practices as well as a Catholic church hierarchy. GR Elton claimed she had, “… a passionate devotion to the catholic religion and to Rome.” Christopher Haigh also believed that the scale of Mary’s popularity reflected the considerable […]

Before deciding what advantages and disadvantages there were for Napoleon on agreeing to the Concordat I think it is important that we look at the basic outline of the Concordat and what it stated.The Concordat was signed with Pope Pius VII in 1801, it stated that the state would pay the clergy a salary and […]

Document A is an extract from “England Constitutional Conflicts of the Seventeenth Century 1603 – 1689” by J.R. Tanner, in which we are told of how John Elliot and Several other MP’s fear that the King will dissolve the Parliament, in instance forcing Three Resolutions before the believed to be Catholic King James II. Immediately […]

The word justifiable is defined as ‘showing to be right or reasonable’, in short to justify oneself to another. However Charles, being King and God’s representative on earth by divine right is not answerable to anyone, therefore he need not justify his actions. Putting this aside, Charles did not enter the period of personal rule […]

Sexism in the Catholic Church Abstract The purpose of this brief is to provide you with an overview of how the Catholic Church view women being ordained in the church. The views are based on the traditional and doctrinal references that the Catholic religion is based on. The views are from various resources such as […]

The ruling Papacy in Rome during the 17th century was predominately concerned with spiritual its rule and an assertion of its authority, the approach of which had recently undergone a change in response to Protestantism and the Counter Reformation. The work on art and architecture at St Peters reflected the change in approaches towards religious […]

During my professional life as an airline pilot, passengers sometimes visited the cockpit of my aircraft. They asked about the many switches, instruments, systems, and procedures and how all this technical equipment would help such a huge and beautiful airplane fly. I would explain that it takes a great aerodynamic design, many auxiliary systems and […]

A History of Fundamentalism I find it personally distasteful that in many instances the serious debates involving religion, ethics and world views are dominated by persons who’s faith in the greatness of God has been shaken in such a way that they feel compelled to attempt to drag the rest of the faithful along on […]

The Protestant Reformation was primarily a religious event, not an economic one. However, there were several economic motives that allowed the Reformation to spread, such as the confiscation of church lands, these were relatively unimportant in view of the other motive. Politically, the rejection of the authority of the Catholic Church convinced many states to […]

Canterbury Tales: The Monk Corruption under the pretense of purity within the Catholic Church has been an ongoing issue dating father back than anyone can remember. During medieval times, the Catholic Church had become widely notorious for hypocrisy, abuse of clerical power, and the compromise of morality throughout. Geoffrey Chaucer made a fine and somewhat […]

The Europeans would force their Catholic faith on the slaves in attempts to make them more submissive. They also believed that they were carrying out God’s will by converting slaves, who were largely considered to be devil worshipers. Europeans at the time largely held Christian views employed by the Catholic Church; and because of their […]