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Sofia Zhang Professor Christine Donnelly HCI-1020-W 23/11/2015 Canterbury Cathedral’s History Canterbury Cathedral, or in its formal title Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ at Canterbury, is the cathedral of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the main leader of the Church of England and the symbolic head of the world wide Anglican Communion. ‘Canterbury’ is the name of the location where the church is established, while the word ‘cathedral’ comes from the…

ignorance the indigenous masses.’’ The Díaz regime maintained a strict, repressive control over the people, and the Church supported Díaz to build its own wealth and maintain a religious monopoly over the people. Roberto Blancarte states that ‘’the political participation of the National Catholic Party had also been decisive in influencing anticlerical opinion.’’ There was precedent in Mexico for the Church supporting authoritarian regimes, and there was a strong sentiment among…

Looking at the medieval church and the corruption that consumes the church is easily identified by the information that is provided from Chaucer, Armstrong, Mand and Krista that help support facts of this time in history. Mostly seen in the Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer describes how corrupt people in the medieval church steal from and takes advantage of the people they are supposed to help. One way the church used its power to take advantage of the people was by making them pay for a…

In the Middle Ages the Catholic church had a big political role.The fact that it was based more on politics then faith was something that Geoffrey Chaucer thought was wrong. “The Pardoner's Tale” focuses on greed of the characters and the Pardoner's as they used the church to have money and power, revealing the author's characterization of the people in the Middle Ages. They were really politically unstable and greedy. There was a lot of changes to the way society was. Even though it was a…

The Carolingian Empire and Ottonian Empire each occurred successively. Starting in the second half of the eighth century with the dynasty known today as Carolingian. Then culminating with the Ottonians as they were being established as the Holy Roman Empire. These empires were located in western Germany, France, and northern Italy. The Carolingian dynasty that was led by Charlemagne and his heirs used illustrated books to better develop Christianity’s exposure among their people which helped…

In my adolescent years, I went through a couple of struggles before I became a Catholic. I became a Catholic when I was baptized as a little baby but then bad situations occurred and I missed out on being the Catholic I wanted to become as a little girl because my parents stopped taking me to church. As I grew up, I have always felt I had a something missing and I knew it was God’s love. When I hit freshman year in high school I found myself going back to the Catholic church with my Catholic…

Byzantine art, especially Byzantine icons, can be commonly be referred to as sacred art. As described by art historian, Herbert Read, Byzantine art is “the purest form of religious art that Christianity has experienced.” (Cavarnos, pg. 25). Due to Byzantine art’s deep rooting in the Christian faith, most of the depictions of this art period are religious figures. Most of the icons are closely associated with wooden panel painting (Brooks, p. 1). The many themes found within Byzantine art are…

(1) The purpose of Sister Sara Butler’s article on the ordination of women is to highlight whether the ordination of women is still an issue within the Catholic Church (pp. 1). (2) Citing how the developments of the 1950’s effected how protestant sects of Christianity allowed for the ordination of women, Butler speaks towards reformation of sex bias within Christian religion as the primary reasons towards the debate on the candidacy of women for the priestly office (pp. 3-5). (3) To explain its…

My favorite text from this semester was the story called “The Pardoner’s Tale” by Geoffrey Chaucer. This is my first favorite text from the semester because of how much Chaucer uses the character of the Pardoner to attack the Roman Catholic church. He makes the character of the Pardoner and Summoner very greedy; just as the church was in the 1300’s of Chaucer’s time. As history will already tell, the Roman Catholic church was greedy during the Middle Ages or Dark Ages. So this fits well into the…

According to Roberts, the sixteenth century between 1614 and 1651 emerged as the most hostile period for Christian believers. The rules and regulations set by the Shogunate feudal government resulted into the abolishment of Christian faith practice and spread (Roberts 271). The system started by the Tokugawa Hidetada who ordered the expulsion, deportation, and execution of all catechists, missionaries, seminaries, and any other person who refused to refute their Christian faith. In the Diplomacy…