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Voltaire and his works came after Molière and his works. Like Molière, Voltaire criticized the church, but rather through hidden messages in plays and books, he explicitly attacked the church and the government of France in his books, and is one of the people who is credited for kicking off the French Revolution. Voltaire’s most famous work is his satire Candide, which like Molière’s Tartuffe, was widely banned because it made fun of religion and the government. While both Molière and Voltaire…

life, it was predominately controlled by Christianity. The church in that era had tremendous wealth, government power and authority over people's lives. The towns were located around the local church and they would devote their time to building new civilizations. First, the Catholic Church was the only church in Europe. It obtained it's wealth by putting the fear over the Peasants so they would work for free on the Church land. The Church had total control over them. There were two groups…

Describe some of the effects of the Reformation and explain how monarchs increased their power during this time. _____________________________________________________________________ The protestant reformation was when the catholic church broke down on the authority and power. War erupted in Europe between Catholics and protestants as leaders.The monarchs wanted to build huge armies, they would have to pay this fee by raising the taxes on the people. How do the poor respond to this mess? They…

Spanish Peasant, Sender tells the reader that the Civil War has impacted Spanish Community by isolating them, revealing the corruption within their church,…

The Jesuits were missionaries from France. They came to Michigan to convert the Native Americans to Christianity in the 1600’s. They learned the languages of the Native Americans and attempted to preach the ways of Christianity to them, in hopes of saving their souls. They were not as successful as they had hoped to be. One of the well-known Jesuits was the Jesuit Priest, Father Jacques Marquette. Marquette founded St. Ignace, which first was a mission. We now know St. Ignace as a city of…

of God. Revelation is not information about God but is God’s own self-disclosure to us. Jesus is not a messenger with startling news but a mediator of inclusive, divine grace. The Spirit is not a universal instinct but a transforming power. And the church is not meant to be a self-sufficient establishment but a sacrament, an actual sign of salvation for all of us poor, disobedient humans. God offers human beings a share in the divine life. God's love creates the hollowness which it wants freely…

connecting with its viewer on an emotional level. Some pieces, of Byzantine art, are avoiding connecting with the viewer for their current legal state. The controversy between how a piece connects with the viewer was a huge issue when it came to the church in Byzantium. Connecting to the viewer was important to Byzantine artists. Icons were not always bad, in fact they were quite…

In the beginning of the church, not many people adapted to the change. The first idea of the Christian Church was when the apostles or followers of Jesus, who was the Son of God, spread around Asia, Europe, and North Africa to teach others of Jesus’ teachings of God. Jesus, who was born and preached in Judea, was sent by God to preach his good news. He was later crucified by the Romans and rose from the dead three days later. After his ascension to Heaven, his apostles traveled around, preaching…

I, St. Benedict, should be remembered because of my innovational ideas. I was born in 465 CE, in San Gimignano, which was 60 miles away from Rome. Currently, I am the abbot of my monastery. When I was 15 years old, I left my school and my family to hike the Sabine Hills to become a hermit. Since I was very religious, I was eventually sent to Rome to pursue my religious studies. I was very devout in my studies and decided to leave everything that I had to avoid temptation. In Rome, when my…

Bradstreet Vs Edwards Puritanism - The beliefs or principles of a group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church under Elizabeth I as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship. (Puritanism) Puritans did everything in their lives in the name of God, so there was seldom a need to do anything that wasn’t absolutely necessary such as writing. Because Puritanism limited the amount of Purist authors, our knowledge of…