Pope Pius II

its constituents. Two Popes in the Roman Catholic church, Pope Francis and Pope Pius IX, have published documents with opposing viewpoints about the church’s ability to change and transform over time. The aforementioned documents also highlight other issues commonly debated within the church. Ultimately, Pope Francis favors a more progressive church, that is opento change, while Pope Pius IX favors a church with more rigid guidelines that follow traditional practices. Pope Francis’ “Apostolic Exhortation

although it would’ve been persuasive, it was also risky. The Pope was a very influential and powerful figure, therefore by explicitly exposing the him to the public, Erasmus could’ve been severely punished. However, by using satire, his crime will be less severe and yet he could still get his point across the audience. In his pamphlet, Erasmus used mostly humor to criticizes Pope Julius II. For example, on page four, Erasmus pointed out that the Pope had the “belch and stink like a man just come from a drunken

and happy” (25). Niccolo Machiavelli considers Cesare Borgia to be a great example to follow if one wishes to apprehend, secure, and strengthen their principalities. Cesare Borgia was a great prince whom gained his principality through his father Pope Alexander VI by fortune. He exhibited great prowess to secure his state, but lost it to unfortunate fortune, that led to his fall and death. Cesare Borgia, called Duke Valentino, came into power through “his roots in the state that the arms and fortune

I believe that the shroud is not the real burial cloth of Jesus. One reason for this is because research that a man named Charles Freeman did shows that the cloth looks very different today than it did in the 17th century. An engraving done in 1613 by Antonio Tempesta shows that originally, the images found on the shroud were much more pronounced. Some of the features visible in this engraving, such as the Crown of Thorns and the loincloth, are no longer visible when one looks at the shroud today

How was Pope Pius XII responsible for the reforms of liturgy? Pope Pius XII was canonized to be Pope March 2, 1939 and was the Pope until his death in 1958. During his papal supremacy, Pope Pius XII had become responsible for some of the reforms in liturgy that we practice today. “Between the years 1951 and 1958 Pope Pius XII enacted a number of liturgical reforms” (Liturgical Disobedience). However, many traditional Catholics refused to follow along with these new reforms

Proposition: Pope Pius II had a successful and impactful papacy. Audience: This essay is geared towards academic and religious audiences. This essay can also be helpful for those who do not know much about Church history and want to learn more about it. Those who are interested in European history might also be interested in reading this essay. Genre: Nonfiction research paper Motive of author: I wrote this paper to teach those who read it more about Church history. Not many people know about Pope Pius

Shroud of Turin to Go on Display Again The controversial Shroud of Turin will be put on display again after a five-year absence. Beginning April 19 through June 24, 2015, the shroud will be on display at its home at the Turin Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist . Although viewing is free, if you plan to travel to see it, a reservation is necessary to get in to see the display. When the Shroud was last on display in 2010, organizers say that 2.5 million people came to see the religious relic. What

foreign policy illustrates that Mussolini had been skilful in this arrangement. Again, this goes to show that the long-term benefits prove that he had made political decisions that were pragmatic, regardless of the offense he may have caused to the Pope. Ultimately, while Mussolini cannot be fully credited for the cordial relationship between the Church and the state, he did much to ensure that his regime would be given the support from a valuable ally that the liberal government did not have. In

‘brotherly love.’ This love and equality is mentioned again in Catholic social justice doctrine, by Pope Benedict in his encyclical letter ‘Caritas in Virtitate’. He states that ‘charity is at the heart of the Church’s social doctrine’ (Benedict XVI, Caritas in Veritate, 2). In speaking of charity, denoted by love for fellow man, the Pope is creating (or restating) the hypostasis of social justice. Pope John XIII authored an encyclical letter, Pacen in Terris, speaking of this love for fellow man, as

When physicist Leonardo Vetra is found murdered with the word “Illuminati” branded onto his chest, Maximilian Kohler, the director of CERN (European Council for Nuclear Research), contacts Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon for help. Kohler has Langdon flown to CERN. Langdon explains the role of the Illuminati—a secret society of artists, scientists, and freethinkers—as a long-standing enemy of the Catholic Church. While Langdon is explaining this, and learning more about Vetra’s research, Vetra’s