How was the pope elected? The Pope is the head of the Catholic church. Technically, the only requirements of becoming pope are that you be male and a practicing Catholic. This leaves a pretty wide field, but popes for the last 600 years have been cardinals who are elected in a papal conclave by other cardinals. Become pope by starting as a priest and working your way up through the Catholic hierarchy until you are elected by your peers.The cardinals meet in the Rome 15 to 20 days after the death of a pope and pick a successor from among themselves in sacred balloting.The cardinals may elect whomever they wish, as long as the person is a baptized male. There have been occasions in the past when laymen were elected. After their election they had to be …show more content…
What are the functions of his positions in the Catholic Church? Well, the pope is the head of the church on earth. He is the vicar of Christ in that he guides the church in faith and morals. First among equals. Of all to bishops and archbishops in the world he is the leader. While he himself is the bishop of the diocese of Rome, he is the leader of the entire Catholic flock, as commissioned by Jesus. The pope by the power of the key and promise of Jesus to protect the church, he has the ability infallible ex cathedra or matters of faith and morals only. This does not mean that he is impeccable or that everytime he speaks he is infallible. Infallibility also extends to all other bishops as long as they are speaking together with the pope. The pope does not make infallible pronouncements as a private person, but rather does so as the supreme teacher of the Catholic faith. Even when he is not speaking ex cathedra his teaching authority is to be respected.The present day process for selecting a pope is through election. The election is held amongst the cardinals of the Church that form a conclave and select the next
The Pope has agreed to help defend the Byzantine Empire! After being appealed to by Emperor Alexius I Comnenus, in 1095, Pope Urban II assembled the Council of Clermont. In order to help the Byzantine Empire and ensure his power over the church he has decided to call for a military expedition to get back the Holy Land.
It is amazing how much political and military supremacy the papacy position gained when the Crusades began. The First Crusade (1096-1099) was a military expedition initiated by Pope Urban the II to regain the Holy Lands in Jerusalem from the Muslim conquest. The Pope gave a speech requesting military action against Muslim takeover to the French people of Clermont. The speech eventually propagated to other nations for further recruitment. Urban’s political and military involvement helped regain the Holy Lands and save the Christian Crusaders souls. His famous speech changed the course of history in part because its dissemination was overly successful, and assembled over 40,000 Crusaders to do the will of God. Why was Pope Urban II so victorious in recruiting people for the First Crusade, and why was his influence so important?
Benedict XVI was elected pope at the age of 78. Since Pope Clement XII, he is the oldest person to be elected pope. He also was the ninth German pope ever.
The Crusades were the first tactical mission by Western Christianity in order to recapture the Muslim conquered Holy Lands. Several people have been accredited with the launch of the crusades including Peter the Hermit however it is now understood that this responsibility rested primarily with Pope Urban II . The main goal of the Crusades was the results of an appeal from Alexius II, who had pleaded for Western Volunteers help with the prevention of any further invasions. The Pope’s actions are viewed as him answering the pleas of help of another in need, fulfilling his Christian right. However, from reading the documents it is apparent that Pope Urban had ulterior motives for encouraging engagement in the war against the Turks. The documents and supporting arguments now highlight that the Pope not only sought to recruit soldiers to help but also to challenge those who had harmed the Christians community and annihilate the Muslims. He put forth the idea that failure to recapture this lands would anger God and that by participating, God would redeem them of their previous sins.in a time of deep devoutness, it is clear this would have been a huge enticement for men to engage in the battle. Whether his motives were clear or not to his people, Pope Urban’s speeches claiming that “Deus vult!” (God wills it) encouraged many Christians to participate and take the cross.
Although the beginning of Church history began around 30 A.D., many events have taken part in the ushering of our faith and the history within it. Practicing my religion daily, I take part in the common aspects of religion, such as prayer, receiving the sacraments, and attending Church. Catholicism has been a part of my life since I was born, starting with my baptism, yet I truly never understood the history behind it. Learning about Church history, I was significantly interested in papal Bull’s over any other topic. I wanted to learn more about their issuing, and the impacts that they had on the religion that I have been practicing daily since Kindergarten.
Dante lived in a time of intense political strife and competition over land, resources, and people. Many factions competed for power in the region, including the Holy Roman Emperors, an organization of “german aristocrats who claimed an ancient right to rule Christendom” (Moss, Wilson p. 174), the Papal authorities in Rome, lead by the controversial and power hungry Pope Boniface VIII, and smaller groups in city-states such as Florence, Tuscany and Rome. These groups were often made up of noblemen and other aristocracy in the cities that desired to consolidate local power under a “small, select group” (Moss, Wilson p. 174) that would allow them to exercise their will on the cities’ populace. Another class that emerged in the period was the merchant class, impelled by the increasing move towards urban centers and the lessening control of local feudal lords and vassals, in favor of more overarching rule by kings over a wider area. This rise in consumerism and capitalism lead to a desire for power by the merchant class to “establish a system of rule that would protect their newly acquired wealth.” (Moss, Wilson p. 174)
This topic is very important to the type of place we live in now. I chose this topic to see how and why these popes have changed the church to fit the modern society. Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II had different impacts on the church today. Pope John XXIII impacted the church in modern society after he died with the assembly of Vatican II. Pope John Paul II went out into the world to change and embrace it. He had a direct impact on the world by going out into the world. Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII were both very good at what they did and both had different ways of doing it. Both were great leaders and had to follow Lowney’s Four Pillars of Leadership in order to become as good of a leader as they were. The Four Pillars are: Understanding one’s strengths, weaknesses, values and world view, Confidently innovating and adapting to embrace a changing world, Engaging others in a positive, loving attitude, and Energizing oneself and others with heroic ambition. It is these Pillars that separate a good leader from a great one. In the essay I will cover their back round,
JOHN PAUL II JOHN PAUL II was the first non-Italian pope since 1523, whose energetic, active approach to his office, unprecedented world travel, and firm religious conservatism have enhanced the importance of the papacy in both the Roman Catholic church and the non-Catholic world. The pope is also the head of the independent state of Vatican City. Born Karol Wojty3a on May 18, 1920, in Wadowice, Poland, he studied poetry and drama at the University of Kraków. During World War II he worked in a stone quarry and in a chemical factory while preparing for the priesthood. Ordained in 1946, he earned a doctorate in theology at Rome's Angelicum Institute in 1948.
He was part of the ruling class, along with the Pope and the rest of the royalty (Pattie). The Pope was the religious ruler and had power over the church and the whole town (Newman, “Clergy in the Middle Ages”). He was viewed as the human version of God, so he was extremely respected and the townspeople followed his advice and direction. Queens, princes, and princesses made up the rest of the ruling class (“People of the Middle Ages”). The King counted on the queen to support and encourage him, and also as someone he could trust with confidential information.
After becoming the Pope, Pope Leo X paid no attention to the dangers threatening the papacy, and gave himself into amusing his people (History of Popes). He loved to give banquets and host elaborate dinners night after night, one of his guests wrote to his family, “The meal was exquisite, and there was an endless selection of dishes, for we had sixty-five courses,” (The Medici Popes, PBS). Pope Leo X also hired more than seven hundred servants to take care of the papal household, which mostly included his family, relatives and Florentines, more than ever before (Pope Leo X, the opponent of the reformation). Having wasted the money upon his relatives and parties, it still did not occur to Leo that his extravagance was emptying the churches coffers and the debt was to much to pay. Once Leo was aware of the situation at hand, he decided to find means to get hold of money, however that money too was spent on worldly affairs. The reason why the nobles and many others did not realize this is because he bribed them with money and amused them with dinners, and banquets.
Council of Chalcedon. It was just another way he found to exercise his power as the
The medieval Roman Catholic church was extremely powerful and influential through their taxes and ability to control peoples beliefs and religious ideas. The Church acted as a sort of over-lord to the monarchs of the European Christendom, encouraging and in some cases forcing rulers to act by their will and influencing the citizens of the country. The Pope gave himself the power to bestow the power of Holy Roman Emperor, a position which gave the emperor power over a large area of Europe. This ability gave the Pope power over the emperor therefore making the Pope ultimate leader of the continent. Because of all the Popes abilities, the Church became an extremely significant institute and force in the middle ages. Although the church is not nearly as powerful as it was, the remnants of its most powerful times can still be found today.
Kaizen Lui Mrs. Nicole Yuen Period 2 14 March 2024 Immigrant Letter Home Dear Father, I miss you and everyone at home greatly and hope you are doing well. It feels like it’s been an eternity since I’ve seen everybody. Please do not worry about me, as I am doing fine, but I wish I could get out of this wretched place. Working on the plantation is very laborious, but at least I can share stories with fellow Filipinos who also come from Manila.
First, there were the ordinary believers, the citizens of the kingdom who followed the Christian faith. Then there was the clergy, the members who devoted their lives to the church. Each group of the clergy was assigned specific functions by the clergy nobles to help run the Church competently. Amongst all the clergy associates, the Pope was at the top, he had the equivalent if not more power than the ruling monarch and was in charge of all political affairs and administered the clergy. He was able to dictate political laws and even comment on the monarch’s decisions.
Early in history, the Roman papacy consolidated its power. It became one of the most influential organizations in the medieval period. This rise to power resulted from the decline in the Western Empire, the leadership of Roman bishops, and special grants that gave the church land holdings. This rise to power caused some positive ramifications, such as the protection of the church from heresy. However, the absolute power of the pope also caused corruption and abuses, many of which would eventually spark the reformation.