By itself this "Nova" may have signaled a "Nova" approach to how the heavens were viewed and Galileo may have been one of the stars of this era in triggering the explosion of investigation and philosophical teaching known as the Renaissance. ... It will focus more on how Drake views Galileo, his work and times and how events and the Church played a role in Galileo's science and the developments of the scientific method. ... Galileo's science was not so much a collection of conclusions as it was method according to Drake. ... He shows Galileo's work to be preoccupied by mainly me...

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The most basic catholic teaching is that, "'it is intrinsically wrong to use contraception to prevent new human beings from coming into existence,'" (Locke). ... Disagreeing with contraceptives means disagreeing with more than one catholic teaching; issues like the death penalty, physician assisted suicide, abortions, and contraception all go along with the holiness of life. ... People who are wishy washy with contraceptives, saying that artificial birth control is totally wrong, but that natural family planning is okay, are not going along with Catholic teaching. ... This ...

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During the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church had created a system of beliefs based on the teachings of ancient Greeks and Romans. ... These "truths" were backed by teachings of the Church and standard educational systems. ... At this point many people began to question the teachings of the Church. ...

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Now laziness is one thing, but actually going against the church's teaching, like the Summoner does, is by far worse. ... Even though there is not any specific cases there are books written on the ecclesiastical legal system's corruptions during the medieval times and, "In it is a most detailed account of the unholy methods of the beginning Friars in the fourteenth century. " (Lumiansky 140) Chaucer uses many examples in his tales of the Friars "unholy methods ". ...

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Overall however, the introduction of a more circular method of governance within the Church made people feel safer in a time of world crisis and as a result boosted people's confidence in the Church as protectors of the believers of Christ. ... This generally meant that the majority of the congregation at Mass itself could not understand what was being said, thus hindering their ability to understand and interpret the teachings of the Priest. ... This was especially apparent amongst society's youth who, as a result of economic prosperity meaning that many more people could afford te...

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Rites of Passage A rite of passage, whether defined as a "ritualistic procedure" (Webster's) or as a "ceremony" (Random House), represents a change of status of an individual in his/her society. Rites of passage are generally thought to ensure smooth and successful life transitions and/or changes...

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