Bishops' Bible

In 1164, the Archbishop of Cologne, Rainald of Dassel acquired small amount of relics that belonged to the Three Kings. These relics where taken from Milan in Italy by the Holy Roman Emperor, Frederrick Barbarossa. The relics held great religious significance and had the ability to bring pilgrims from all over Christendom. The deasion was made that these relics needed a place to be housed. During this time five old aisled cathedrals promoted an opportunity to construct a new cathedral. The idea came

The military orders of monks only answered to the pope himself their primary responsibility is it least influential he was to provide a protection for pilgrims of Christian belief to the holy land of Jerusalem. The military orders of monks were both to support the religious growth along with the rise in their power and control over the amount of wealth coming in and out of the crusading states. The monks of war by Desmond Seward uses various examples of how these militant groups from templars, Teutonic

Vatican II brought some major changes to the Roman church including - How priests address their congregations - The language of the mass - Physical changes - New ways for people to participate in the service, through music, singing and new roles for women - The church’s view on non-Catholics While no changes were made to the doctrinal structure of the Church following Vatican II, Pope Paul did promulgate one new doctrine, which asserts that “Mary is the Mother of the Church.” Mass used to be just

Emperor Frederick II of Germany and King Louis IX of France were both important figureheads of the crusades as they personally prepared for the departure and led the army to the Holy Land. This indicated a transition of responsibility for crusading from the Church to royal figures. Even though Louis IX’s crusades failed and Frederick II’s crusade gained control of the Holy Land, Louis IX became a saint whereas Frederick II was declared the Antichrist. Therefore, the outcome of the crusades led by

A pardoner is a person whom is to give “passes” or pardons to the people who he or she is doing good acts.The pardoner is also a person of the church so, he should be a person for the people of the church to look up to. He should also live a very simple life, in this piece of writing the pardoner does not live up to these expectations and often completes worst acts that the reader would not expect from a person of the church. Throughout the story we see many examples of why the pardoner in this

the 1500’s and 1600’s, which resulted in life as it is today. The most important influence the Printing Press had on religion was the production of bibles in vernacular.

Religion was far more important in almost every area of medieval life than it is in most modern societies. The vast majority of people in Europe followed the Christian religion under the authority of the Roman Catholic Church. The church in that era had great wealth, political power and influence over community life, art, architecture and education. With such influence over the beliefs of the people, the church also wielded tremendous political power. The other two religions were Judaism, and Islam

centered in Rome. The Church of Rome is one of the oldest Christian communities, tracing its history to the apostles Peter and Paul in the first century. As the Church of Rome started to develope, it emphasized the central authority and primacy of the bishop of Rome, who became known as the Pope. By the eleventh century, the Catholic Church broke with the Byzantine Church of the East over issues of both authority and doctrine. Particularly in response to this division, several attempts were made to restore

of sin by sending his Son, Jesus Christ. In both religions, Jesus, though he was the divine Son of God, was born in flesh to the Virgin Mary, crucified and died on the cross, and rose again from the dead. Baptists and Catholics alike say that the Bible is the word of God and that it accurately tells history, while also correctly prophesying things to come. Baptists and Catholics agree that the Ten Commandments are held as moral rules for us all to live by. They also agree that men and women should

The Catholic Church and religion alone, dominated the western parts of the world in 590 to 1517 AD (Jack L. Arnold). England began to create a complex hierarchy and the pope was the higher power of it. Within the religion of being a Roman Catholic, there are many ways of worshipping. However, over the time period of 11th and 12th centuries, there was lots of arguments over how many sacraments there are. The Protestants believed there were two sacrament while the Catholics believed there were seven