The Gregorian Reform’s most forceful advocate, Pope Gregory VII, is known as one of the great reformer popes and was a driving force in the eleventh-century religious reform movement. He initiated a series of reforms that dealt with the independence and moral integrity of the clergy; he was the first pope in several centuries that rigorously enforced the Church's ancient policy of celibacy for the Catholic clergy, attacked the practice of simony, and defended the papal authority in the Investiture Controversy. The Gregorian Reform’s main concerns were the moral integrity and independence of the clergy but it also had a large and lasting impact on the authority of the pope in the western world. Before the Gregorian Reform there were many corruptions in the church: the most detrimental being non-celibate priests along with simony. Gregory VII saw these offenses, how they were tearing away at the church as a whole, and wanted to abolish these practices.
Why did Pope Julius II do all this? He was motivated by several factors: 1. He wanted to increase the power and prestige of the papacy and the Church 2. He wanted to restore the city of Rome to its former glory. Remember that the city of Rome had once been a magnificent capital of an entire empire It is important to remember that at this time in history, Popes are more like Kings than the way that we think about Popes these days.
How significant was the Council of Trent in reviving the fortunes of the Catholic Church? The Council of Trent was significant in reviving the fortunes of the Catholic Church as it established clear definition of Catholic doctrine and also helped to uproot abuses present within the papacy and the lower clergy. However, there were other factors that helped to revive the fortunes of the Catholic Church following the Council of Trent, including rulers such as Philip II and Sigismund III, the enforcement of the Inquisition and Index in Rome and Spain, and also the work of the Jesuits who helped to reconvert Protestants and spread the Catholic faith. The Council of Trent occurred over three sessions between 1545-1563. The first two sessions focused on establishing clear definitions of Catholic doctrine, which helped revive the fortunes of the Catholic Church as they refused to submit to the Protestant challenge of their faith and so the Church emerged confident and undefeated.
The fourth crusade became terribly diverted from its original plans and became one of the most tragic and barbaric of all the crusades. When Innocent III was elected Pope in 1198 he wanted to ensure his superiority over the state. The Papacy was at its strongest when Innocent reigned as Pope from 1198 – 1216. He believed that the line of Peter’s bishops should control the church and help rule over all domestic affairs. Despite all of Innocent’s lofty views of himself he still maintained a pious and clear mind.
The support from the catholic church and the traditional elites was a very important reason that Mussolini was able to consolidate his power in 1922-1924 because both of these groups of people had a very large influence on the people of Italy at the time. However, I think that the actions of the current king; Victor Emmanuel III, was a far greater reason for Mussolini’s success because he was the only one who could’ve thrown Mussolini out of power but he didn’t. Unless he did something, Mussolini’s opponent’s options were very limited. The Catholic Church and the Elites were very important for Mussolini to establish a dictatorship. To gain power, Mussolini had to gain support from as many people as he could, he realised that people listened, and followed the church.
The Turks had already began to capture parts of his empire. Always getting closer the Turks were just 100 miles from the capital of Constantinople. So this lead to Alexius asking for help from pope Gregory to fight them. Unfortunately pope Gregory was unable to help, but the following pope, pope urban II, was very keen to help. Launched by pope urban, with the primary goal of responding to an appeal from Byzantine Emperor Alexius I Komnenos, the first crusade was a military expedition by western Christianity to regain the holy lands taken in the Muslim conquest of the Levant ultimately resulting in the recapture of Jerusalem.
Our Lady of Guadalupe Our Lady of Guadalupe was a message to all of the people of America. Juan Diego was a very faithful man, and a loyal man of God. He was chosen to send a message to the Bishop by Mary, and this was unheard of. Mary sent Juan Diego to the Bishop Zumarraga, Mary wanted the Temple to be erected in her name. Juan Diego did just as she said, but the Bishop was skeptical of Juan.
When looking at it from a biblical standpoint, the truth of its inception is shown in a light that the Protestant and Catholic theologians have a different opinion. When looking at it from a historical (political) viewpoint, issues of corruption and deceit will arise. The Biblical foundation for which the Catholic Church basis the start of the Office of Papacy on can be found in Mathew 16:18-19, “18 And I say to you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will have been loosed in heaven.” The key words in these scriptures are “this rock” and “keys”. The Protestant theologians’ exegesis of theses scriptures and these key words clearly tells us that “this rock” does not refer to Peter himself, but to Peter’s confession that Christ is the Son of God and therefore Jesus is the rock.
He was a charismatic figure whose magnificence of concept and brilliant insights attracted people, along with his words, wisdom, commitment, deeds and dreams to cast a new life to people. Although to many people his dreams, visions, and goals were big and breathtaking, to him they were simple, a complete liberation of mankind to completely eliminate the injustices. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a man of high morals, a preacher, and a human being who would not bow his head in apathy, or silence his voice while this nation strayed away from reverence for justice and the respect of human life. Martin Luther King was a man without restrictions instead of waiting around for change he got himself out there and worked to free himself along with his people, he wanted to free himself and the others from the bounds and chains of the unjust authority. Martin Luther King called out to the right minded people “Now is the time to stand as tall proud unfettered men and it is time to cast off the shackles of oppression and go forth into the light of freedom.” (Reality Magazine 1996-2006) Simply because of the actions of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. our entire world has benefited from his strength and trying efforts, because of his outstanding leadership which brought out hope and determination for change to millions people.
First Crusade 1095–1099: The Emperor, Alexius I, was worried. The Turks had begun to capture parts of his empire. Alexius asked for help. Later that year, Pope Urban II called all Christians to join a war against the Turks, promising those who died in the endeavor would receive immediate remission of their sins. On 15 July 1099 the crusaders entered the city.