... VI's most prominent uses of Nepotism. Another well-known example of Alexander VI's Nepotism was the fact that during his "pontificate he appointed 47 cardinals to further his complicated dynastic, ecclesiastical, and political policies. " (Marx, Popes: Alexander VI) Furthermore Alexander VI, he gave one of his other son's, Juan, the political position Duke of Gandia (Spain) even though he was not ... ...

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... Catholic Church's most despicable practice (Daniel-Rops, 554). In the early sixteenth century, the Church was in shambles. Church officials were practicing pluralism, in which they held more than one ecclesiastical office at once, and required funding, which they acquired from selling indulgences; a practice fully endorsed and supported by Pope Leo X (History, 461). Somewhere within Luther's efforts to reform the Church ... ...

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... assuming some of the functions that once were relegated to the guardians and the spouses themselves, and many of the secular customs in the wedding ceremony became part of an ecclesiastical wedding trial (Martos 37). It was only in the Council of Florence (1438-45) that the Church declared marriage one of the seven sacraments. The Council of Trent (1545-63 ... ...

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... . The desire for change and reform within the church was increased by the Renaissance, with its study of ancient texts and emphasis on the individual. (Hooker) The Reformation ended the ecclesiastical supremacy of the pope in Western Christendom, resulted in the establishment of the Protestant churches, and altered forever the future of Christianity. The rigid hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church ... ...

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... a real Church' book, which provides instructions for pastoral care in everyday life. Thus, the gap between Augustine's approach and Luther's is quite significant. Moreover, Luther's catechesis does not descend from ecclesiastical hierarchy to the laity. He intentionally moves toward a more communal use of the catechism, where personalities are unimportant and only the pure Word sets the agenda. As a result, Luther's catechetical ... ...

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... the Papacy came in 1532 when he caused legislation to be introduced in Parliament to end the payment of church taxes to Rome, and prevent appeals out of England in Ecclesiastical cases. This unsuccessful attempt to pressure the pope into granting an annulment was followed by the Act of Supremacy that made Henry 'supreme head, under Christ, of the Church of ... ...

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