... , priests and other clergymen made by lay persons, usually including lords and kings. Lay investiture had been tradition for centuries among upper class men, as it gave them power in ecclesiastical matters. The church in Rome, on the other hand, did not like the idea. The pope believed that he held power over all of Western Christendom, including the king, and ... , some people in support of the royalists believed that the king was superior over the Pope. In the idea of lay investiture, the kings and other nobles were interfering with ecclesiastical affairs, but there were also questions ...

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... Spanish and Holy Roman lands. Calvinism was becoming increasingly popular in Holland and the Empire had even established a philosophy of cuius regio, eius religio, which allowed the ruler of each principality of the Empire to choose Lutheranism as the faith of those who he governed. Preoccupied with other affairs and not recognizing the future repercussions of his tolerance, Charles allowed such ... ...

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... not only affected spiritual life but it also shaped social life and intellectual life, including literature and arts. For example, " Ethiopia's acceptance of christianity led to the production of ecclesiastical documents and royal chronicles, making Ethiopia the first black African society that can be studied from written record".4 These documents and written records are very significant because it would ... ...

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... his views; some people decided to burn the literature. The church did not like what they say Martin doing; therefore he was excommunicated. After Luther was excommunicated from the church, ecclesiastical authorities wanted the Royal Diet to decide what to do with Mr. Luther, so the authorities called the Diet of Worms. The event was held in the city of Worms ... ...

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... education of the catholic clergy under the supervision of the state 3. made it easy for congregations to secede from catholic church 4. provide methods whereby there could be appeals made from ecclesiastical courts to secular courts of law. Church leaders who refused to acknowledge the new laws were imprisoned. Catholics fought back. Instead of weakening the affection of German Catholics for their ... ...

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... represented a principle, which we know to have been forced into the Greek-Byzantine world as something foreign. The Byzantine appear so modern precisely because they were permeated with rationalistic anti-ecclesiastical sentiments. They were found high dignitaries of church and state and for that reason, Iconoclasm was sympathetic to this rationalistic tendency. During this whole period the Bulgarians had given great ... ...

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