Family leading merchants and bankers the line of grand dukes of tuscany until 1737 three popes two queens of france patrons of art‚ architecture‚ lit‚ and philosophy Lorenzo il Magnifico cool people brunelleschi (DOME) Donatello (the fem child david) Lorenzo de valla (he read about the donation of constantine and found out it was a FAKE Donation of Constantine constantine basically gives the pope
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Catholicism stands with the Pope as central and appointed by God. Luther’s arguments referred to a direct relationship with God and using the local vernacular to speak to the people. Luther’s arguments remove the absolute power from the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church in general. The revenue from the taxes paid to the Church would be reduced with Luther’s ideas‚ in part because of the removal of buying souls out of purgatory. If purgatory exists‚ then the Pope should empty it out of goodness
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1Assessment Task 2: Case Study The death penalty is still in force in many of countries around the world and in today ’s modern society‚ it has become a highly controversial and debatable topic. Many either stand on the grounds that the death penalty is morally wrong and there are other means of achieving justice‚ or the opposing argument. These arguments arise from the notion of human dignity. Human dignity is a major factor as execution by the state contradicts the universally recognised fundamental
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Lutheranism is a religion based off of Catholicism with changes done by Martin Luther‚ a German Monk and Theologian‚ he made his points with the 95 theses‚ and it exposed all the flaws with the catholic church. Catholicism differs from Lutheranism with two main flaws the flaws that existed back in the 1500’s still exist today. The first is how is one saved and be able to enter heaven? The Lutherans believe that the scripture tells us our fate. A good quote from the bible that lutherans use a lot
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The degree of change that Constantine caused in the church can be illustrated by looking at the lives of two bishops of Rome. In the year 314 A.D. Emperor Constantine crowned Ylvester as Bishop of Rome. Silvestre lived in luxury with servants helping him at any time. Constantine confessed his sins to Silvestre and asked for his advice. He presided over Church council and had the power‚ prestige‚ wealth‚ pomp and the favor of the Emperor. Explanation of both the disintegration of the West and the
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Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. Though normally dated to 1054‚ the East-West Schism was actually the result of an extended period of estrangement between Latin and Greek Christendom. The primary causes of the Schism were disputes over papal authorityPope Leo IX claimed he held authority over the four Eastern patriarchsand over the insertion of the filioque clause into the Nicene Creed by the Western Church. Eastern Orthodox today claim that the primacy of the Patriarch of Rome was only honorary‚ and
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Machiavelli’s The Prince was written as a response to the disunity of the Italian state system. The Prince can be read as a satire of the corruption of the Papacy in order to reveal all of the problems of the ruling class. Concurrently‚ The Prince can also be read as an earnest attempt to help reunify Italy under the Medici family of Florence. Considering the circumstances‚ The Prince should be read as a satire just for the underlying reason of why it was written. Machiavelli had a hidden agenda;
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Laborem Exercens Pope John Paul II‚ 1981‚ On Human Work Laborem Exercens commemorates the ninetieth anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum. The context of which it was written then was that of the emerging crisis of the Communist systems in Central and Eastern Europe (Solidarity). Pope John Paul II understood just how that system had failed to recognize the dignity of work. From his experience‚ he became aware that any form of mater
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Charlemagne‚ or Charles the Great‚ was a Frankish emperor who governed most of Western Europe from 768 to 814. Spielvogel describes Charlemagne as determined and decisive‚ intelligent‚ and inquisitive. “A fierce warrior‚ he was also a wise patron of learning and a resolute statesman” (210-211). He took on the mission to combine all Germanic lands into one kingdom and convert them to Christianity. During the ninth century‚ Charlemagne had taken over most of Europe and under his rule‚ a renaissance
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The Causes and Impact of the Protestant Reformation Prior to the sixteenth century‚ Catholicism dominated social‚ political‚ and religious life in many parts of Europe. During this pre-Renaissance period known as the Dark Ages‚ Christians were united under Catholicism and discouraged from questioning their religious authority. In the movement known as the Reformation‚ protestors voiced their criticisms of the Catholic Church and separated into newly founded denominations of Christianity. By the 1500s
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