Finally, in March of 8431, in the name of her son Michael III, empress Theodora decisively restored the veneration of images to the Byzantine Empire. ... In the practice of its holy rituals, Orthodox theology attests that "the icon [is] the true key to understanding the Orthodox dogma"(Benz 19). ... In the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist, Eastern Orthodoxy holds that worshipers experience the parousia, a taste of the second coming of Christ . ... Symbolically, the suggestion that men were created in the image of God infers the idea that all men carry around the icon of God within themselves...

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In the first half of the 16th century, Western Europe experienced a wide range of social, artistic and geographically political changes that created conflict within the Holy Roman Empire. ... Alexander VI is most well known for fathering a child by his illegitimate daughter, Lucrezia Borgia and actually appointed his illegitimate son (Cesare Borgia) to the College of Cardinals. ... "...the five Vicars of Christ who ruled the Holy See during Magellan's lifetime [1480-1521] were the least Christian of men; the least devout, least scrupulous, least compassionate, and among the least chas...

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