The Church is “one” because Father, Son, and Spirit are One. The Church shares the same faith (Eph 4:5). The Church partakes of the same “loaf” of bread, and the same “cup of blessing” at the Lord’s Supper (1 Cor 10:16-17; Eph 4:5). The Church shares in the same ...
His sermons are admirably practical; they are models of what a good sermon should be. After St. Gregory there are some great popes whose letters are worthy of study, such as Nicholas I and John VIII; but these and the many other late writers of the West belong properly to the medieval...
1122; reforms that officially ended the lay investiture matter; simony is re-condemned; and temporal leaders were allowed to veto a candidate for the episcopacy (make the Church choose a new one) Term Constitutions of Clarendon: Definition Henry II, King of England, asserted his royal authority...
In addition to politicians, those involved in religious othering practices often include “priests, imams, shamans, monks and nuns, and they frequently used forms of religious expression ranging from sermons to prayers and chants” (Juergensmeyer et al. 2022, p. 8). In a situation where ...