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a sermon by Johann Tetzel, he offers his congregation a sales pitch that stresses the logic of purchasing an indulgence, which thr...

As they enter, the dip finger tips of their right hand into a font of water that has been consecrated by a priest and they make th...

it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness...

us more deeply" in divine association.4 Writer Christina Zaker points out that the references in the Catechism to spiritual matur...

controversial issue in the sixteenth century, as ecclesiastical and state authorities viewed the ritual of infant baptism as repre...

of all immigrants. Borrowing from their special talent with food, Italians grace the country with their wonderful cuisine and jov...

a mandate for priests (McGovern, 2003). We also know that married priests were common because St. Paul told Titus and Timothy that...

will proclaim their "Christian" beliefs but such beliefs often do not square with the traditional Christian ideologies of either t...

in a huge portfolio (Lim and Lau, n.d). The inquiring process is next and there are three kinds of inquiry processes: 1. Informa...

women being "accepted in the diaconate which is a part of Holy Orders" (Womens Ordination Conference, n.d.; also see The Campaign ...

This 5-page paper examines the history of the Catholic Church and Christianity until 1500 BCE, and examines its influence on gover...

In eleven pages this paper discusses the role the Catholic Church played in the Spanish Conquest of this period. Six sources are ...

the situations are not precisely parallel. A closer analogy might be if businesses owned by orthodox Jews argued that they did not...

(AGI) consistently collects higher figures because they survey abortion providers directly (Abortion in the United States: Statist...

of difficulty taking a strong stand on what is right and wrong. Kilpatrick addressed this issue: if the adults in the childs life ...

in putting an end to the lives of handicapped, sick, or dying persons. It is morally unacceptable" (The Vatican n.d.). Father Sau...

of priests are true servants of God and their parishioners but, as is always typical with the media, sensationalism sells. Therefo...

and its failure to promote education for all Canadians, male and female. In the seventeenth century, the first French colonists t...

The leading priest of a particular region was elected by his fellow priests to serve as bishop. These bishops became increasingly...

special messages to the people. Jonah, who refused to take the message the Lord gave him into Nineveh, suffered the consequences o...

ancillary factors of our culture such as what clothing we consider most appropriate or what foods we choose to eat. Sometimes how...

By the 5th century, Christianity in the West was guarded by the bishop of Rome, the pope, who was the "final custodian of the doct...

(Huebsch, 2003). New rites were formulated and the new Mass was ready within a year. On the first day it was allowed, Pope Paul VI...

that the entire Christian movement was galvanized and energized by an unseen agency, the Holy Spirit (Ottati 1044). Believers in J...

in the earliest forms of the Roman Creed but it was not until 360 that the word Catholic was added to the Creed in the West (Thurs...

good work in his book appropriately titled Good Work. Authors essentially provide a review of controversial professions, like gene...

worries that God is angry with her, that maybe He hates her. She feels she has destroyed her relationship with God. She even asks ...

intercede on their behalf before God (2002). Hence, saints serve as role models as well as intercessors (2002). Beyond obvious m...

In five pages this paper examines whether the blessing of holy water by the Roman Catholic Church should be regarded as magical or...

In five pages California's Catholic missions are examined in terms of history and the system's present role. Five sources are cit...