She kept the Monarch as the Governor of the church not the Pope which is Protestant, I believe this is a good idea because the Protestants will still think she is a true Protestant and she will be popular with them. On the other hand the Catholics would not be happy with this idea because the Monarch is Protestant; also they may start to hate Elizabeth. As well as Bishops ran the church and an English bible, prayer book was used which are both Protestant. But she kept the candles and crucifixes in the church; this meant that the Catholics actually felt a part of the church and would of felt welcomed to enter. The middle policy won lots of support, she said, ‘I will not make a window into men’s souls, there is only one Jesus Christ, and all else is a dispute over trifles.’ This decision was so important to her and England because if she would of chose the wrong choice for example make England Protestant then there would have been a religious war and the Catholics would rebel.
Also, the government could offend migrants if they are in control of the church and religion. Finally, we should practice what the bible says, and the bible definitely doesn’t say to pray in public through government. We should never mix church and state together, it creates so much tension. Just think how many migrants who come from different countries and different cultures and religions, if the government controlled the church they might not even let them come the U.S. so that would cause just devastating tension, and it could lead to World War III. How many times in the history of everything that things repeat themselves, many.
In the law, married women were legally dead in its eyes.There were state property laws that prevented married women from having any right. Such as anything they owed were their husbands now, anything to do with earning or receiving money, that money went to their husband (Bonnie and Ruthsdotter). Besides from having no right in society, women also had many limitations on education and the workforce. Women were not allowed to enter many professions including medicine and law. Girls were not given a formal education, and if they wanted to enter a higher education, such as college they would be rejected.
The Declaration of Sentiments was an inspiring and powerful speech written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton where she argues about the inequality of women and the lack of rights given to them, regardless of them being poor, wealthy or a different race. She mentions that all men and women are “endowed by their Creator with certain alienable rights” to provide the idea that the government has no authority to decide on who has freedom and who does not. A strategy she uses is including parallel structure to intensify her message which gives details on the list of grievances that can be identified in the repetition of the infinitive phrases of “he has...”. Her syntax and organization of her passage establishes an extended analogy to the Declaration of Independence which forms a satirical piece to create a powerful argument to support her position of all females wanting the same rights as white men. Since she is a witness of bearing the lack of freedom, she creates a high credibility in her speech knowing that women and male supporters will believe in her claim of demanding equal rights to women.
Gender Roles in Religion Gender roles in Christianity can vary considerably today, as they have during the last two millennia. This is especially true with regards to marriage and ministry. Certain Christian traditions ascribe different roles to men and women in certain aspects of church life—as for example in the Catholic and Orthodox churches, where men may serve as priests and women may serve as nuns or sisters, and where women may hold senior positions such as abbess, but not bishop, patriarch or pope. While various conservative Protestant denominations also hold that only men can be ordained as clergy, ordination of women is becoming increasingly common in some Protestant churches. Women have led denominations such as the Salvation Army.
But be it in any religion, we can experience the widespread oppression upon women. In some religion, the women are forbidden of becoming a priest while in some women are made compulsory to cover their whole body including the face with ‘Burkha’, a black cloth and in some culture, patriarch works as a must and women are considered to be bound within the four walls of their houses. In the article, the former president also noted that in the early Christian Church, women used to take part but later when men took over, they began to express their opinion, which has now become almost law, that a woman is not equal in the eye of god. The human activist, Carter expressed his support by disassociating from the Southern Baptist Church along with his wife Rosalynn, as the Church prohibited ordaining women and allowing them any leadership post in local congregations. Their new independent Baptist Church has an equal number for man and woman pastors and deaconship.
Protestant priests can get married. Both male and female priests are allowed marriage. Yet in the Catholic Church marriage of a priest is prohibited. These are just some of the differences of the roles of women in the Protestant and Catholic Church. The Catholic Church is has specific ways of behavior for women that is different to the Protestant behavior for women.
Women’s rights wasn’t an issue that was profoundly acknowledged until the late 18th, early 19th century. Early feminists emerged from the abolition movement. The issue was brought out while being compared to the situation of African Americans. These foremothers argued that men were to blame for women’s suffrage, and the reason there were so many restrictions on their rights was because of the men. They came to the conclusion that the relationship between the sexes was unjust, controlling and discriminatory.
With the church unable to produce arguments to defend the story of Genesis three against the growing number of questions about it, more and more people defected away from the church, preferring to listen to science. The Roman Catholic Church still holds to the literal picture the Bible presents us with, and holds that sin is the inherited defect that all humans are born with, because we are all descended from Adam, who committed the Original sin. This view is partially held by followers of the other denominations, but more often it is a much looser idea. For example, the Church of England does not put so much pressure on whether or not Genesis three is literal or not, rather their church leaders tend to look at what it contains slightly differently, by suggesting that whether or not the Bible is literal does not matter, as it still provides us with the means of how to live a life away from sin. Another issue that arises out from this however, is the person of Adam, is he
Considering the political issues today same-sex marriage controversy serves to be significant as it has not been able to reach its height at the national level. As only 36 states out of 50 legally approve of same-sex marriage (Fausset and Blinder, The NewYork Times.com). Amending the Constitution for same-sex marriage serves to be a huge controversy and a difficult process due to many opinions present within the political and social circuit. Another reason many citizens do not support the idea of same-sex marriage is due to traditional social beliefs and morals. For example, many Americans oppose the idea of same-sex marriage on religious grounds.