The Roman Catholic Church has refused to move with the shift. ... Stanton stresses that woman's degradation and oppression in the Roman Catholic Church stems from the "Canon Law ""the religious dogma of the Roman Catholic Church." ... This seems like a case of icing on the cake, which would seem that the Canon Law is the ratification of the Roman civil law in the Roman Catholic Church in order to continually dominate women. ... She further stresses that the Canon Law endows man with political freedom and all the rights that belongs to a citizen of a republic and sees woman as a slave...

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• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Romans were highly superstitious. ... The business of the state was also a major concern of the Roman people. ... As an example, during the time of the Roman Republic two consuls (the highest seat of political power) were elected by the people every year. ... The Romans, you could say, had a different way of looking at life. ... The spread of Christianity may have affected the Romans in two ways. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Just as Eastern Orthodoxy cannot be understood apart from Christian Hellenism, and Roman Catholicism is a product of Latin civilization, so the Unification Church greatly profited from the religious development of its homeland. ... Graeco-Roman civilization provided a useful foundation upon which the Christian church could be erected. ... However, in recent years several Christian scholars have begun to see the positive aspects of Korea's religious heritage. 2 If Graeco-Roman civilization was a preparation for the Gospel in the West, shamanism, Buddhism and Confucianism prepared for Chri...

• Word Count: 6321
• Approx Pages: 25
• Grade Level: High School