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on Sicily, and died on the 7th of March 1274, Fossanova, Papal States at about 48 to 49 years of age. He was a Catholic Priest and was known as the ‘Doctor of the Church’. He was thought to be the church’s best out of all its philosophers and theologians. Pope Benedict XV stated that this Order had obtained a new light when the church had declared the teachings of Saint Thomas, with the special praises of the Pope, to be the master and patron of the Catholic schools. There is nothing on this earth

the assurance of the imperishable glory of the kingdom of heaven’. He was addressing Christians from all over France calling for a ‘Crusade’ in the name of God and as many would argue, abusing his authority and status he received from the Catholic Church. What occurred during the First Crusade is well known to many, whereas the reason behind Pope Urban ll calling the Crusade is a highly debated and contradicting issue. One of the reasons which are occasionally cited for Urban’s

which they so ardently pray. From the west, rumors of a new Creed have made their way to the town, but the grand political and historical implications of this document are unknown the laity, who, illiterate, have never read the creed to which their church adheres. In such an environment, the

the ecumenical movement was defined by Paul VI’s predecessors Leo XIII and Pius XI, who insisted that the Catholic Church is the only Church of Christ, therefore barring Catholics from participating in interchurch dialogue (Textbook). These sentiments forbade ecumenical

This also cause the split between the Eastern and Western orthodox churches to deepen. Some believe that one of the wars was based on some wanting to impose the authority of the Roman church to the east, though this assumption has never been proven. The great schism divided Christendom into Eastern orthodox churches and Roman catholic churches. The tension between the split of these two types of churches was heightened then heightened

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 The first paper is due by Monday, April 9, 11:59 p.m. You MAY use sources outside of the Liberty Search Engine (and are encouraged to do so). Also you may use scholarly books and not just journal articles. You should avoid using generic websites that do not appear scholarly in nature. A good rule of thumb is that if a website does not have an author, it is not a good source. Good online material has also usually been published in print at some point. Google Scholar and JSTOR

attended the Greek Orthodox Archbishop Demetrios’ lecture on “St. Basil's Nine Homilies on the Creation of the Universe” on Thursday, April 20th. When I researched the Archbishop, I saw that he has been integral throughout the past couple of decades in scholarly efforts to unify different sects of Christianity through Scripture. His topic, St. Basil of Caesarea was a Greek bishop whose works and ideas on Biblical doctrine are highly respected by Catholics, Protestant, and Orthodox Christians alike

Eastern Orthodox Churches are a branch of Christianity from which many different church groups stem. These churches began after the split of Christianity into the east and west sides. The east side became the Eastern Orthodox Churches whereas the west side became the Catholic churches. From the Eastern Orthodox church stems many different branches of Orthodox church, such as the Greek Orthodox Church and the Russian Orthodox Church. The Greek Orthodox Church was the first branch of the Orthodox churches

What actually led to the separation of the churches of Eastern Orthodox and the Roman Catholic? What are the many differences between these two churches? While there are very few similarities in these two churches: the Roman Catholic church and the Eastern Orthodox church, there are mostly differences; however, taking a closer look at the split in 1054 will help determine this and will give insight as to just what those similarities and differences are, how they came about, and what may have caused

The Church of the New Testament There has never been and will never be a single universal religion. From the beginning of time people have argued over who has the correct teachings, beliefs, and religious practices. However, the Eastern Orthodox Church believes itself to be the one true religion as practiced in the New Testament. Prior to 1054 AD, Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholicism were branches of the same religious body. In 1054 AD the first division of Christian faiths occurred. There