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  • Church And The Common People
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    Three Honorable Pilgrims Geoffrey Chaucer was the greatest English poet of his time. Besides William Shakespeare no other writer has surpassed Chaucer's achievements. One of his best unfinished writing, 'The Canterbury Tales' ranks as one of the world's best work of literature. In 'The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales' Chaucer presents a cross-section of Medieval Society through his descriptions of people representing the court, the church and the common people. In Medieval Society, just like in...
  • Political Privileges Of The Church
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    The Dark Ages of Europe were called such for several reasons. One of the more notorious reasons was the state of the Catholic Church. In the years before the Reformation, members of the Catholic clergy had reached an all time low in terms of their morality. The abuses of clerical power and privileges by the medieval clergy spanned all parts of their daily lives. Members of the Catholic clergy were financially, politically and socially corrupt. Each of these corruptions made up the enormous relig...
  • Corruption Within The Church The Catholic Church
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    Corruption Within the Church The Catholic Church has long been a fixture in society. Throughout the ages, it has withstood wars and gone through many changes. It moved through a period of extreme popularity to a time when people regarded the Church with distrust and suspicion. The corrupt people within the church ruined the ideals Catholicism once stood for and the church lost much of its power. In the Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer primarily satirizes the corruptness of the clergy members t...
  • Exclusive Problem To The Catholic Church
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    Is it Safe to Pray? No matter what religion a person practices, everybody has gone to church whether it is on a regular basis or for an occasion such as a wedding or funeral. When you look up at the altar and see the priest, you don't question their morality because society is taught not to question a higher authority figure. Why would such a symbol of purity and sanctity have anything shameful to hide? All of the sudden the man at the altar has lawsuits being filed against him. Child molestatio...
  • End Of The Middle Ages
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    The Downfall of the Middle Ages There were many reasons for the downfall for the Middle Ages, but the most crucial ones were the decline of the feudal system, and the declination of the Church's power over the nation-states. In feudal society, everyone had a definite place and a definite role, with the power resting in the hands of the local lords (instead of a central government). The lords, or nobles, lost power after the Crusades, when the Europeans came into contact with the more advanced ci...
  • Mr Tomlinson
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    Stephen Leasock's 'Arcadian Adventures With the Idle Rich': Satire Jonathan Swift has suggested that 'Satire is a sort of Glass, wherein Beholders do generally discover every body's Face their own; which is the chief reason... that so few are offended with it. ' Richard Garnett suggests that,' Without humour, satire is invective; without literary form, [and] it is mere clownish jeering. ' (Encyclopaedia Britannica 14th ed. vol. 20 p. 5). Whereas Swift's statement suggests that people are not off...
  • Medieval Society The Friar
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    The Friar The name of the Friar is Hubert. The Friar is obviously a member of the clergy that is well known by all the people. Thus, as a Friar he was begger and tried to collect money any way he could for the church. Although he was not rich, he was still respected by most of the people in the community for he was able to hear confession and give absolution. The Friar is a jolly and merry man. It seems to me that the Friar is compatable to Santa Claus in the way he dresses and looks because he ...
  • Facts Of Callistus Life In Hippolytus Account
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    Feast day: October 14 Imagine that your biography was written by an enemy of yours. And that its information was all anyone would have not only for the rest of your life but for centuries to come. You would never be able to refute it - and even if you could no one would believe you because your accuser was a saint. That is the problem we face with Pope Callistus I who died about 222. The only story of his life we have is from someone who hated him and what he stood for, an author identified as S...
  • Next Sunday Mass Farther O'rourke
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    On the left side: B: The story takes place in Conn - a town in western Ireland - during the 1980's. Conn is a rather conservative town with many farmers and shop owners. All of the conservatives are sitting on the right side during Sunday Mass while the principal character and nine other sinners are sitting on the left side. It is easy to see which part of the congregation Farther O'Rourke likes most, since electric heaters have been installed in the right side of the church. Farther O'Rourke is...
  • Church And Money
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    Martin Luther In this paper I will write about Martin Luther and how I agree with what he did for our religious beliefs. I feel that any person who will stand up for what he or she believes in is best thing you could do. If no one ever stood up for what they believed in then we wouldn't be free like we are today. I will include some quotes from my readings to give a brief description as to why I agree. I would first like to say that when Martin Luther was hit by a bolt of lightning and decided t...
  • Chalice And The Wooden Cup
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    Before the Reformation, people believed the church was everything. Churches collected money from the indulgence and used the money to build more magnificent churches. These baroque churches were filled of decorations. In addition, the cups, they used were decorated. However, the Reformation caused this to all change. As a substitute of a chalice, wooden cup was used. Reformation caused churches to be plainly designed. The features the wooden cup reflected the theology and the ideals of the Refor...
  • Church And His Society
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    Coming of age can be defined as the entrance into adulthood. Some cultures have special ceremonies for young people who are entering adulthood from childhood. The whole idea of these ceremonies is to place an individual into new surroundings of the community he / she lives in. It is the beginning of new responsibilities and understanding as well as gaining access to the society's secrets. Coming of age is when the individual sees with new eyes and gets a wide understanding of the culture and the...
  • Day Care Center In The Church
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    With my minor in early childhood education, I plan to open a day care center in the church that I attend. I believe with having this day care center at the local church, will create a great opportunity not only to learn basic material but also to learn good moral values. This was the children will have a better understanding of life. I would like to build a day care center that connects to the church. The money that is earned will go towards the day care center at first. When the day care center...

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