... or 347, St. Jerome observed the violent disintegration of Greco-Roman civilization. His family was Catholic and fairly wealthy, and Jerome was well educated at home and in Rome, primarily in grammar and rhetoric. Although he describes his early life as one of idleness and lack of scholarly ambition, his increasing interest in ecclesiastical literature and scriptural studies was stimulated by his interaction with a close group of ... , Jerome's version of the Vulgate (finished in 404) was affirmed as the "authentic" Bible of the Roman Catholic Church by the Council of Trent in the sixteen...

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... not only shapes law but also dominates politics, all decisions being scrutinised by respected religious leaders. These countries may be considered to be at one extreme end of the religion and politics debate, secular states such as China being at the opposite end of the spectrum. In America religious affiliation has often led to commentators speculating that voters of a ... for President. Bush in particular is charged with increasingly bringing religion into the political arena. His infamous moments of prayer broadcasted on television a clear indication of his religious conviction and th...

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... had on the eighteenth century society, in the way that land ownership made way for Irish Catholics to access political power. This access to political power, and its denial, as Whelan, (2) comments, influenced greatly the governmental and political attitudes towards Irish Roman Catholics in the eighteenth century. Most notably, as Whelan, (2), remarks, was the rise of the middleman system. As Whelan ... were permitted to exist in England at all. Eighteenth-century pamphlets, distributed across England, declared that a Catholic prince upon the throne would manifest his spirit within impr...

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... the Protestant princes. In an interregnum incommoded with an abundance of sleek parsons and sly priests it; was bard to realize what fires had once blazed in the heart of Christianity, and what fires, of political and religious passion might still blaze in the hearts of men. "This awful revolution," wrote Gibbon of the Western collapse, "may be usefully applied to the useful instruction ... of the present age. It is the duty of a patriot to prefer and promote the exclusive interest and glory of his native country; but a ... power. Europe is now divided into twelve powerful, though une...

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... churches in the United States, most of them Protestant evangelical congregations, bringing together diasporic Chinese from diverse origins--Taiwan, Hong Kong, mainland China, and Southeast Asian countries. Despite the many tensions and conflicts that exist within these congregations, most individuals find ways to creatively integrate their evangelical Christian beliefs with traditional Chinese (mostly Confucian) values. The ... church becomes a place where they can selectively assimilate into American society while simultaneously preserving Chinese values and culture. Religion, spiritual...

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... that no longer was there the elite, everyone could have salvation if they redeemed their sins now. They spread their message out to all, to the simplest country folk, and even women and African American slaves, increasing church attendance to the extent that sermons were needed to be preached outdoors, turning the sermons to theatrical performances. In the age of Enlightenment, when ... the Calvinism orthodox was at its highest level, the Church was made for the elite members, those who were already predestined to go through the golden gates of Heaven, while there ... were others who w...

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... Perceval-Maxwell, Outbreak). The infrastructure of the Catholic Church was in fact strengthened in the 1630s through tolerated private practice of Catholic services and the strengthening of a Catholic "Old English," or established English settlers, position in Parliament. In Parliament, the Catholic Old English party joined ... turn out the Protestant settlers from Ireland, regain the estates confiscated by the Plantations, overthrow English rule in Ireland, root out and remove Protestantism, and to secure freedom for the Roman Catholic faith. It had been thirty years since the beginning ...

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... it being a religious revolt with the naming of the rebellion 'pilgrim: Person who journeys to a holy place' but also used religious symbols and artefacts to enhance and out forward the statement that the revolt was one of religious conflict. The differing opinions on the actual extent to which religious unrest played ... but by council of the commonwealth nor slay nor murder for no envy but in your hearts put away all fear and dread and take afore you the cross of Christ and in your hearts his faith the restitution of the church the suppression of these heretics by all the holy contents...

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