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Q: Corruption in the Roman Catholic Church around the time of Martin Luther?
What are some examples of corruption in the Roman Catholic Church around the time of Martin Luther (and I guess what led to the reformation)? Please state actual sources. Thanks!

A: + I can't quote actual sources due to most of the things being well covered up. (also Sparksalo has done a good job of it) Around that time perhaps a generation earlier the Roman Catholics had allowed the priests to marry and the problem stemmed from what to do about the wives and children of these priests and officials after they passed away. (do we turn them out? did they inherit the church? did they inherit a parish house?) Did they inherit the priests property or the business of forgiveness?) Well the church was not about to give these things up and so they banned priests marrying and they condemned the children and wives and other offspring and this led to some wild times and power exchanges that set the stage for Martin Luther. At least that is what I have heard and can't confirm but it makes some sense.

Q: Is the Roman Catholic Church simply the Roman Empires way of continuing to rule most of the world?
Or was that the point of it in the beginning? well obviously now people are losing their faith and religion doesn't play a part in many peoples lives anymore, their morals are usually more subjective (which isn't always good) BUT what im asking is was that the intention of the Roman catholic church when it was founded, simply to keep a reign on the world, when they couldnt use force anymore??

A: Um, no. Actually, the Roman empire originally persecuted Christians. It wasn't until three hundred years AFTER Christianity began that the Roman Emperor chose to not only legalize it but make it the state religion. The Roman Catholic Church is simply a warm fuzzy blanket for people to snuggle up in when they're ready to come in from the cold of the world. That, and it's the church founded by Christ, who is God Incarnate.

Q: How did the reformers against the Roman catholic Church change the Orginaization of the church?
the reformation against the Roman catholic church that Martin Luther started.

A: The reformers got rid of the Pope Leo X as their leader who was a Medici. He also sexual affairs with some of the local Italian peasants who fathered a child. He bankrupted the Catholic Church's coffers to spend on ornate Churches in Rome and other extravagances which offended a lot of people including many Cardinals. In order to fill up the Church's treasury, he instituted an indulgences where a church member pays the priests for forgiveness in order to go to heaven. Martin Luther, who was a German monk, thought this was wrong and wrote 95 theses on this and other corruption of the Pope. The reformers also made the bible written in the local language instead of Medieval Latin which the Catholic Church still uses.

Q: If i attend mass at a Byzantine Catholic Church for a Normal Sunday Mass will it count for Roman Catholics?
There is this Byzantine Catholic Church down the street from me which is very convenient but the Catholic Church in my township is farther away and can be an inconvience to go to at times. By going to a Byzantine Catholic Church for a Sunday or Holy Day service, will my attendance count for a regular Roman Catholic Church Sunday.

A: Yes. Actually there are over 20 different Catholic Churches that make up the worldwide Catholic Church. In addition to the Latin Rite (Roman) Catholic Church, the Eastern Rite Catholic Churches are in full communion with the Pope, and are part of the same worldwide Catholic Church. Eastern Rite Catholic Churches include: Alexandrian liturgical tradition • Coptic Catholic Church • Ethiopic Catholic Church Antiochian (Antiochene or West-Syrian) liturgical tradition • Maronite Church • Syrian Catholic Church • Syro-Malankara Catholic Church Armenian liturgical tradition: • Armenian Catholic Church Chaldean or East Syrian liturgical tradition: • Chaldean Catholic Church • Syro-Malabar Church Byzantine (Constantinopolitan) liturgical tradition: http://www.byzcath.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=145&Itemid=62 • Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church • Belarusian Greek Catholic Church • Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church • Byzantine Church of the Eparchy of Križevci • Greek Byzantine Catholic Church • Hungarian Greek Catholic Church • Italo-Albanian Catholic Church • Macedonian Greek Catholic Church • Melkite Greek Catholic Church • Romanian Church • Russian Byzantine Catholic Church • Ruthenian Catholic Church • Slovak Greek Catholic Church • Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13121a.htm With love in Christ.

Q: How would Christianity be today if the Roman Catholic Church hadn't won the "political war" in early.....?
Christianity? I am asking this from a historical and spiritual perspective. I am not trying to argue that one is better than the other. The history of Christianity shows us that there were many different Christian sects that existed in the first centuries. Ultimately, the sect that went to make up the Roman Catholic Church "won" the Christianity war. The other sects were persecuted for their beliefs by the Roman Empire. What do you think if they hadn't have "won?" Where, as Christians, would we be today?

A: When John wrote Revelation, Christianity was upwards of 60 years old. At the outset, it had survived 40 years of constant opposition from Judaism. Then the Jewish system received a mortal blow in 70 C.E. when the unrepentant Jews lost their national identity and what was to them virtually an idol—the temple in Jerusalem. The apostle Paul had foretold that there would be an apostasy among the anointed Christians, and Jesus’ messages show that in John’s old age this apostasy was already developing. John was the last of those who acted as a restraint on this all-out attempt by Satan to corrupt the seed of the woman. (2 Thessalonians 2:3-12; 2 Peter 2:1-3; 2 John 7-11) So it was the appropriate time for Jehovah’s Chief Shepherd to write to the elders in the congregations, warning of developing trends and encouraging righthearted ones to stand firm for righteousness. How the congregations in 96 C.E. responded to Jesus’ messages we do not know. But we do know that the apostasy developed rapidly after John’s death. “Christians” ceased to use Jehovah’s name and substituted “Lord” or “God” for it in Bible manuscripts. By the fourth century, the false doctrine of the Trinity had infiltrated the congregations. During this same period, the idea of an immortal soul was being adopted. Finally, Roman Emperor Constantine gave state approval to the “Christian” religion, and this led to the development of Christendom, where Church and State joined forces in ruling for a thousand years. It was easy to become a new-style “Christian.” Whole tribes adjusted their earlier pagan beliefs to versions of this religion. Many of the leaders in Christendom became oppressive political tyrants, enforcing their apostate views by the sword. Jesus’ words to the seven congregations were completely ignored by the apostatizing Christians. Jesus had warned the Ephesians to regain the love they had at first. (Revelation 2:4) Nevertheless, members of Christendom, no longer being united in love for Jehovah, fought vicious wars and persecuted one another horribly. (1 John 4:20) Jesus had warned the congregation in Pergamum against sectarianism. Yet, sects appeared even in the second century, and today Christendom has thousands of squabbling sects and religions.—Revelation 2:15. Jesus had warned the Sardis congregation against being spiritually dead. (Revelation 3:1) Like those in Sardis, professed Christians quickly forgot about Christian works and soon delegated the highly important work of preaching to a small, paid clergy class. Jesus had warned the congregation in Thyatira against idolatry and fornication. (Revelation 2:20) Yet, Christendom openly sanctioned the use of images, as well as the promoting of the more subtle idolatry of nationalism and materialism. And immorality, while sometimes preached against, has always been widely tolerated. Jesus’ words to the seven congregations expose the total failure of all of Christendom’s religions to be Jehovah’s special people. The clergy of Christendom have been the most prominent members of Satan’s seed. Speaking of these as ‘the lawless one,’ the apostle Paul foretold that their “presence is according to the operation of Satan with every powerful work and lying signs and portents and with every unrighteous deception.”—2 Thessalonians 2:9, 10. While claiming to be shepherds of the flock of God, Christendom’s leaders, religious and secular, showed special hatred for anyone who tried to encourage Bible reading or anyone who exposed their unscriptural practices. John Hus and Bible translator William Tyndale were persecuted and martyred. During the bedarkened Middle Ages, apostate rule reached a peak in the diabolic Catholic Inquisition. Any who disputed the teachings or authority of the church were unmercifully suppressed, and countless thousands of so-called heretics were tortured to death or burned at the stake. Thus Satan endeavored to ensure that any true seed of God’s womanlike organization would be quickly crushed. When the Protestant rebellion, or Reformation, occurred (from 1517 onward), many Protestant churches manifested a similar intolerant spirit. They too became bloodguilty by martyring those who endeavored to be loyal to God and Christ. Truly, “the blood of holy ones” was freely poured out!—Revelation 16:6; compare Matthew 23:33-36. http://www.watchtower.org/e/200704b/article_01.htm

Q: where is the nicest and biggest roman catholic church in the usa?
where is the nicest and biggest roman catholic church in the usa? want to get married in the nicest catholic church in america

A: St Patricks Cathedral, NYC. Its an amazing chruch and an amazing setting.

Q: Why was the Council of Trent such a momentous event in the history of the Roman Catholic Church?
Why was the Council of Trent such a momentous event in the history of the Roman Catholic Church?

A: If you would like more answers, consider asking around this site as well... http://christianforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=26

Q: When they say "That year King Henry VIII broke with the Roman Catholic Church to form the Anglican Church",
what do they mean by He broke with the Roman Catholic Church? or Separatists, so called because they had broken with the Anglican Church.

A: King Henry 8 broke off w/ the roman catholic church, by supporting the protastants, and he made himself ruler of the church. catholics were persecuted, and protastants ruled. the sperartist (raticle puritans) said that they had had enough of the angelican church, and that there was no way to salvage it, so they left to make their own church in the netherlands before settling in Massachusettes.

Q: When did Celtic Catholicism become incorporated into the Roman Catholic Church?
I was a bit curious as to a bit of Irish history...so in ancient times, Ireland wasn't yet a part of the Church in Rome, and had its own Celtic Catholic Church? Or was Celtic Catholicism always a part of Roman Catholicism in general? Could someone please help clear this bit of history up?

A: Early Irish Christians had some practices that were not in line with the teachings of the church, among them would have been baptising children in milk, there were multiple bishoprics were set up in line with tribal boundaries, high positions in the church were passed throught he family rather then through normal lines of succession as well as the buying & selling of positions and of course there was good old fashioned thieving of assets from monasteries. The monasteries also tended to have a bigger say over how things were run then the Church. Starting with Synod of Rathbreasil in 1118 they started to bring Ireland into line with the rest of the Church. Starting with re-drawing the diocisean map & reducing the number of bishoprics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathbreasail It was followed by 3 other Synods. As Orla C has pointed out Pope Adrian made Henry II 'Lord of Ireland' and he promised to make us behave ourselves. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laudabiliter

Q: what were martin luther's main disagreements with the Roman Catholic Church?
What were martin luther's main disagreement with the Roman Catholic church? and why did the movement he began spread so quickly?

A: Get a copy of the Ninety-Five Theses nailed to the church door at Wittenburg by Luther and read them.Those are Luther's exact disagreements with the Roman church.

Q: How did Henry VIII break away from the Roman Catholic Church?
How did Henry VIII break away from the Roman catholic church? what did he use to help him?

A: Henry sought to divorce his first wife, Katherine of Aragon, because she couldn't give him a male heir. He wanted to divorce her/have the marriage annulled because he was in love with Anne Boleyn and thought she could give him a son. One thing he used in this argument was a passage from the bible that said it was a sin to marry your brother's wife, and if you did so you were cursed. Henry "believed" his inability to have sons by Katherine was due to this curse. He "first asked for an annulment in 1527. After various failed initiatives he stepped up the pressure on Rome, in the summer of 1529, by compiling a manuscript from ancient sources proving in law that spiritual supremacy rested with the monarch, and demonstrating the illegality of Papal authority. In 1531 Henry first challenged the Pope when he demanded 100,000 pounds from the clergy in exchange for a royal pardon for their illegal jurisdiction. He also demanded that the clergy should recognise him as their sole protector and supreme head. The church in England recognised Henry VIII as supreme head of the Church of England on February 11, 1531." Here are some sites to help you: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/break_rome.htm http://www.guide-to-castles-of-europe.com/henry-viii.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Church_of_England#Separation_from_Papal_Authority http://www.historyonthenet.com/Chronology/timelinebreakrome.htm (a useful timeline of events)

Q: Role of Roman Catholic Church following the Crusades?
Europe experienced the development of a competetive state system of strong monarchys following the crusades. What was the role of the Roman Catholic Church following the crusades?

A: A few things where the Catholic Church has made the world a better and brighter place are: + Relief from the Barbarian invasions of the early middle ages + Rescued Christian and pre-christian literature + Spread agricultural and animal husbandry knowledge + Started and protected universities + Sponsored and supported science and medicine + Created International Law theory + Developed and sponsored modern economic theory + Invented charity as we know it + Codified, expanded, and improved Western Law + Western Morality + Created just war theory I suggest you read the book "How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization" by Thomas E. Woods, Jr. http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/history/world/wh0101.html With love in Christ.

Q: what is the origin between the conflict of the eastern orthodox church and the roman catholic church.?
well im doing this test for my 7th grade social studies class and the last question id worth ten points and it says:Explain the conflict between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church.What were its origins and how was it resolved?

A: The Orthodox and Catholic Churches were one and the same until they separated from one another in 1054 mainly over the role of the Pope. There are very few theological differences. The main difference is that the Orthodox Churches (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11329a.htm) use the Byzantine Rite (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04312d.htm) and the Catholic Church use the Roman or Latin Rite. Pope John Paul II said of the Orthodox Churches in Orientale Lumen, "A particularly close link already binds us. We have almost everything in common." For the entire document, see: http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_02051995_orientale-lumen_en.html With love in Christ.

Q: Why is the roman catholic church different to other churches?
What are the Roman Catholics beliefs and practises which are unique to other churches?

A: Religious Doctrines God: Trinitarian Father, Son and Holy Spirit Sacraments: Baptism, Eucharist, Confirmation, Reconciliation, Holy Orders, Holy Matrimony, Anointing of the Sick Salvation: Justified through Grace alone, Saved by Christ alone Scriptures: 73 books, supernaturally inspired Dogmatic Origins: Holy Scripture, Holy Tradition Church: Baptized Christians united in the mystical body of Christ expressed through the Eucharist and unified as the church catholic under the pope, the successor of St. Peter. Theological Beliefs Creation: Man was created by God with a soul; Adam was the first man; the possible validity of the theory of evolution of man has not yet been discounted. Man’s State: Fallen state due to original sin Sin: Original sin is derived from Adam’s fall and creates human concupiscence; the tendency toward evil. Personal sin takes two forms: mortal sin, which destroys grace in a person’s soul and venial sin which weakens a person and increases temptation. Grace: Sanctifying grace is brought through baptism, which purifies a person’s soul, forgives all sin and makes a person a child of God. Baptism is necessary to purge original sin. The sacrament of Reconciliation forgives mortal and venial personal sins and restores sanctifying grace lost through mortal sin. All other sacraments (especially Eucharist) increase redeeming grace. Redemption and Salvation: redemption is a free gift available to all Justification: Justification is wrought by the Holy Spirit through baptism’s saving grace. Faith, hope and charity justify and sanctify a baptized Christian. Repentance: the Holy Spirit moves us to repentance and conversion Sacraments Baptism: Trinitarian baptism; the baptized person becomes a new creature in Christ and receives the free gift of sanctifying grace wrought by Christ’s sacrificial death. Eucharist: the real presence of Christ’s body, blood, soul and divinity under the guise of bread and wine, unites the Catholic Church in an intimate relationship with Christ and brings the grace needed to live as a faithful believer. Confirmation: The confirmed person receives the Holy Spirit through the sacrament and is more perfectly united with Christ as a faithful believer and disciple of Christ. Reconciliation: Sacrament instituted by Christ for the forgiveness of sin paid for by Christ’s sacrificial death on the cross. Anointing of the Sick: Instituted by Christ to confer a special grace for the sick and aging. Holy Orders: sacrament of apostolic ministry, which confers the special grace needed for the Christian ministerial priesthood. Holy Matrimony: a sacrament between two baptized Christians, which unites a man and woman in one flesh. The grace of matrimony bring the spouses together to live a more unified Christian life and continue God’s call to bear children who are baptized into his family.

Q: What is a good Roman Catholic Church to have a wedding in Cebu?
I plan to get married in Cebu. However these Roman Catholic Church seems to want money whatever the way shape or form they can grabe their hands on it. Do you guys know of a good church where I can have a wedding in Cebu that you know also with the least requirements & financial amount.

A: I think the Cebu Cathedral or Sacred Heart Church